The Penn's Grove record., 1891-02-27

II aaamc Ithov slu.yc nlapt chair
churches in IN. middle of Tho county
mr. tovnshi, On No to ,;va avarv o,o a
fair cbance and this sdiGcs w,s four
! miles fran ,Le ,a.,est b,m., bobi,a.
tion. right in the min. ,oods I, vas n
! loo cabip abou, oox2o foo, ca,,od hy
Courtesy a church The ,binks betv.en
the loos ware largo anouoh IN sI;po n
cat hroush much In nv satisfaction
ms THAR waa I'M, opa , ;n,,ow arJ ,,vo
narrow for ventilation
Wbe, 7 go. ;,s;aa 7 saw w;,bor,
doubt The -straugsst cotbaring in face
| form custom and manners Tho man
were seated ou one side and The woman
corraled ON the other and all of the
masculine worshiners ,ya,a vi,bout
coats. clad in faded bingham shirts
and leans. between which and their
dust whitened broo,ans oleame5 an
expapse of white vooleu socks Their
hair and beards had Meyer been touched
by shears or razor and the soft breeze
playpd tbrough their tow colored olories
All were chewing tobacco and avpact-
GRATING with great accpr.cu Tn tbe die.
comforture of n half dozen s,pmher;ro
mrs Tho woman wore dirov surbon.
nets and all had snuff sticks in their
months which tbav youId ,er,ap;sb
from tin boxes carried in their APRONS
They were very expert with fin. SNIFF
stick and sbow.d there vere unlimited
possibilities in usiuo it cov,v and as ,
means of Irritation Two mr. tbree ,,o,,.
Ell smoked black MINES and ,ba,a were
two or three in mother bubbards The
girls made nitirrI efforts .t Iool,ipg
CANDY and stylish with faded ribbons
and all over IA had suuff sticks
When all were seated the n,eacber
ascended the icketv pl,tform He
was Iank and loose iointed and bu;lt for
use uurelv and looked mucb Tho so,sa
for wear. lie had been upshaveu for
eyera weeks and spprted an a~u,iouated
Prince Albert coat. which cnva wav .t
the seams with a loud reuorl duriur
his cyclonic discourse. He Was a sym.
phouv Mt awk warduess when
still. and sight for the gods when under
wav He commenced hv saving Rratb.
erep and sisterep. | haint got nothing
mucb IN saw lint T am goipo IN lam tbe
pospel straight mt Won. and then shot
out into space. Tbundered and storm.
ell for An hour. willie the buildinp surc.
ed beneath his poudrrous stamps and
%n,unues When he finished he wos
wrought III to such II pitch of nervous
exhaustion that he could not hold a
glass of water.
Then the Lords SIMMER WAS oh
served and after this ceremony came
the foot washing and il turned ont TO
be A valuable sanitary measure. The
preacher turned TO II of fine deacons
and remarked loudly: "Brother Sim
mons 7 want 10 wash your feet. -
Straight way Brother Simmons prepar-
ed for tbe ab,uti,n The nrsaeber fool,
off his cost rolled nm his sleeves and
led , tow, around his waist like a s.sb
leaving oue end loup epouch tn wine
the feet of the bre,l,ern He led off nv
wasbino R,other s;nmons feet in a tuh
and then all Of ,no monhers fo,lowirg
suit e,ch ore washing his ,eiohhor,s
foot ,,d ,~e,,i,, th. condiments ,s.
,rrroa 7, was moO, oomr,;ootod
,r.ir An.r tho uoyo, ceremony w,o
oror al, shool bo,ds aud s,rg ,nd
,,or ,ho ,,,horins d;s,s,so1
Ave GOT M, doorv ,vo Of tba for
Lawn ,,oIino orrs o,o,cod i, = foro.;ons
combat ,nd 6,,ed the esu,ronrdi,a If.
800. .,;,,, ,o,,ow hr;, .,1 ,o..ieo
WV" o' :" WV ~
howls. Inc congregation ga'hefea
around in impressive silence to watch
the fraca.. In a few minutes the big