The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-23


% and st. Peter on Guard at the
stes.
From the Chicago Tribune.
ocKFoRD, ILL, May Heaven. /" or,
r.. Schweinfurth calls it, "The Church
mphant," has been invaded by an Ilii-
state senator, Leeper, and three repre-
tives. Wilson, Wilkinson and Stringer-
latter the gentleman who nominated
h NJ. Palmer for senator.
accompanying the party were Congress
Durborow of Chicago, A II. Wage.
eugrossing clerk of the House, and sew
citizens of the Town of Oregon, which
he home of Mr.. Wagner. The visit
no official Significance. Mr.. Wagner
invited several of the Solons to become
CHESTS at Oregon, and, as Oregon borders
n the boundary OF the Church Trium-
ant. Mr.. Wagner thought it might do
4 guests good to obtain glimpse of the
Boie without having them undergo that
he examination which is required of the
binary wayfarer who seeks the portals of
Sat other church triumphant whose be-
&yers here are not in accord with the be-
ef of Mr.. Schweinfurth.
Mr.. Wagner asked Schweinfurth If the
tates would be open to his guests, and tue
Individual who claims that the attributes of
i esus Christ have been transferred to him
aid there was nothing barring member
IN the Illinois legislature if he came in the
heck and lowly spirit. The invitation
Originally extended to Senators Leeper,
Shumway, Wright and Farmer, and Re-
bre entatives Wilkinson, Stringer, Mayer,
Craig, Watson, Van Praag, Wilson and
Nelson. But only those whose names ap-
bear in the list preceding this came.
II 1.-THE ROAD TO HEAVEN"
4 A reporter left this city this morning in a
buggy to meet the legislators and watch
4 their advent into the "Church Triumphant"
4 as it is represented in George Jacob Schwein-
furth and his followers.
The distance is an hour and a half drive
over road that is billy and rocky in many
places albeit the landscapes which roll out
in every direction are such as would almost
lead the traveller to fancy that he is in the
vicinity Of a country unlike that which the
ordinary traveller is il the habit Of behold
ing in his everyday walks.
The stranger who drives from Rockford
10 the Church Triumphant" has occasion
to inquire of those whom he meets whether
he is on the right track, owing to the
numerous FORKS" or diverging roads. The
inquiry offered is in these words:
is this the road to Heavenw
So accustomed are the people of this sec
ton of Winnebago county to the query that
they answer sit Is" without anything like
humor on their countenances.
One of the people along the line of whom
the inquiry was made went INTO details.
"You drive straight ahead, p said he, ''about
a mile, and then you come to a schoolhouSe.
Then you turn to the right and drive about
a kalf-mile until you come to red frame
house-that is Heaven" And then he re-
sumed grooming his horse, and not an ex-
preston suggestive or levity was apparent.
The direction was explicit, and followed
out brought the correspondent TO the spot.
1t may be said in truth that few spots in
this western country are more suitable, so
far as typographical beauty goes, for the
carrying out Of such an idea as is here ad-
vanced. Nature has done pleasing work
and excellent taste has added supplement-
which is delightful to the eye.
ST. PETER AT THE GATE.
The assistant who stands at the portal,
and for the purpose of completing the idea
of Mr.. Schweinfurth may be called st.
Peter without any irreverence, is a bald
headed young man with a dark mustache,
who is attired in q blue sack coat and
checked trousers. He meets the visitor,
who approaches the portal over a serpen-
tine, graveled road which leads from the
country lane. He inquiries the name and
mission of the visitor. He says the Sunday
service begins at noon and that no objec-
ton is made to such as desire to come in,
provided there is nothing worldly in the
visit and that nothing shall be said or done
in the spirit Of the scoffer. Then he tells
the visitor to drive around behind the barn
and hitch and make himself at home look
ing at the horses and the grounds until the
''noontide hour"
While this st. Peter is thus disposing of
the visitor other vehicles are arriving The
occupants are not OF the long -haired breed,
nor are they the thi1-visaged people such IS
are often seen in new dispensations. They
are we'll dressed, intelligent in appearance,
orderly, and in every instance come in be-
hind blooded stock-a sure indication, it is
said, Of prosperity.
SCHwEINFURTH IN BLAZER.
The Tribune correspondent, having
obeyed the mandate of st. Peter, saw APP
preaching a dapper figure scarcely five feet
in hight, attired in trousers and vest of
diagonal black, high collar aud immacu-
late tie, a snowy linen front, in the center
of which sparkled a small diamond, and q
blazer IA checked smoking jacket is the
everyday name for it,, and dove-colored
silk cap of smoking cap cut, placed on his
head in what q woman would call a jaunty
set. His whiskers are full, neatly trimmed,
and almost a sunny hue. They are are not
red and they are not chestnut. His eyes are
nearer yellow than anything else, and they
squint as they look
This is George Jacob Schweinfurth, the
young man of SO who claims that the at
tributes of the Savior have been delegated
to him, and that he can heal the sick and
raise the dead.
He inquiries the name of the visitor, as
did st. Peter. He asks the time Of day, and
then says: "Mr. Wagner of Oregon is
about due with his party from Springfield,
and when they arrive you can come in with
them. The ladies have not yet arranged
the rooms for visitors. do not understand
that the committee is here in any official
capacity. They expressed desire to come,
and OF course there is no objection. And
when they have seen all suppose we will
soon know whether we are to be guillotined,
or cruclhed, or sent to Coventry"
Then he smiles, feels of his beard the same
as any other ordinary mortal, and, bidding
the visitor make himself at home, he turns
and disappears through the portal, or door,
OF the Queen Anne cottage at which St
Peter stands.
The barn is inspected; it contains dozen
double stalls and six single ones. This barn
Is extensive, well arranged, swept clean, and
solidly constructed. There are six blooded
horses, one of them being a handsome saddle
animal which carries the master of the
Church Triumphant about his vineyard, the
same being the steed which had a
brush on the road with a WiunebRgo
sports horse, distancing the latter. Mr..
Schweinfurth in the saddle. There is the
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