The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-11-05
FISH AT FORESTON.
The Doctors Trials and
Tribulations in Getting
Out an Audience.
He Talked Two Hours and
Thirty Minutes and
Made Converts.


In last weeks issue Of the Circuit
West, DR.. E. w. Fish, in his
characteristic style tells of his trip
to Foreston and the trouble he had
in getting out an audience to listen
to the gospel Next time you
visit Mile Laos county, Doctor,
have a five line local inserted in
the UNION and you will not lack
hearers.
st. Cloud at SPIN. Bed. 5A.
NJ. the electric Naturalization near
the head of the bed rung out a
sound midway between locomo
tive smash up and the battle of
Chickamauga- crowed three
times. That meant clothes on and
an early breakfast. We were
promptly on hand at the depot of
the Great Northern for northern
ride into the pine woods of Mile
Laos County. But the brilliant.
eye of the locomoter must have
spied Calamity Shrieker inside
our overcoat-for the train never
budged an inch until after Z
O'Clock. Then we made rapid
time, at least 10 miles an hour, to
Bridgman Station. Got off train.
Walked up to hotel. No one had
heard of an Alliance meeting.
Went to postofce. Same verdict.
Found two Alliance men. Con
frmation Of judgement. Began to
feel a little ''yaller about the
gills.." Found a man going out in
the country about four miles past
Our friend R. N. Athnson's.
Asked for a ride. Said yes.
Sprang into his two-story wagon,
and found he had longer legs than
we did, and we couldn't reach
over the front boa1d. But legs
could hang down and rest. Nice
fellow-nice falkland splendid
hour on that glorious morning
with the bright October sun draw
ing near the zenith.
Bro. Atkinson was in the corn
field when we whirled the chariot
up to the fence!-and 10, he didn't
expect any meeting this week,
supposed it had been postponed.
Still he didn't propose to have US
travel clean across the State of
Minnesota for nothing. He had
no team fuses oxen) but he had
feet. So he sent US into the house
to eat biscuit and honey at the
hands of Mrs. A. and the children,
while he struck out in the inter
minable timber. Where he went
no man knoweth. But he returned
before 4 o'clock, and said the
neighborhood was aroused word
had gone forth-Palmer, too, was
on the warpath-an we'd have
celebration at Bridaman after all,
before morning. At five o'clock
four of us got into the chariot be-
hind Buck and Jerry, two noble
and gentle looking oxen-R. N.
took the gee-haw CAD, and Palmer
took. to storytelling. Old Mr..
Bonney and the scribe put our
ears to work-and away we shot.
Bridgman is station Of perhaps
$50 people. R. N. got the school
house key-several started out to
scatter the news, Doc. got hold Of
the bell rope-and Whoop!-in
came the people about thirty farm
ers and fifty villagers. Then the
throttle valve was opened, and for
two hours and thirty minutes the
music played for goodly number
of old party ears. They were
good listeners and good people
and it was the first time the doc
trine had been heard in that village
and you may look for nine out
of ten votes there next election,
for the Peoples Party.
Speech team at door
midnight ride to Milaca. Bed for
five hours call for train south
and here we are, just now at
Princeton.
Doctor: s'My dear Mrs. Quiv-
erful, how could you bring out
young child on such a day as thiss
It's Is deg. below freezing
Mrs. Quiverful: ssAh, doctor,
you will always have your joke.
How can child of this age posi-
bly, know anything about the Their
mometer?'