Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19
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children and their unfortunate mothers
in that neighborhood.
Then let us take up the newspaper
men who have set themselves up as
models for others to go by, and who
claim themselves as representatives of
the Methodist church - Mitchim,
Handy, Smith and Grove. The people
know these chaps better than We can
tell them.
..Then we will turn our attention to
the ..Big Three" Kendall, Grove and
Isheda. As soon as the returns for the
first car load of melons were in, Signor
Kendall and his Chinaman were on the
road-advertised in the newspapers as
well as by dashy posters.
Not satisfied with ..doing" the people
for ten or twelve dollars per night, an
imported gentleman from Tennessee
with brass cheeks and no brains, must
be added to the combination, to work
every new convert for the price of a
years subscription, SO that he may be
kept firm in the faith. However, the
original plan of this newspaper venture
was exploded by the Ne,cs6oy aud the
biennial stbust and turn the subscrip-
ton list over to the Ghrsstidm 4dUocdte, !"
dare not materialize. However they
are trying to get the sheet to change
hands and let the other fellow bust.
Returning to Kendall again. He
keeps his Chinaman on a shot trail"
during the entire monied season of the
year. Camp and protracted meetings
are held in every nook and corner, but
as soon as the melon and wheat harvest
are over, and the money has been pref
ty well gobbled up, then the plan of
salvation ceases to be so urgent, and
he lies low until the spring flowers
bloom again.
Sig. Kendall claims that he uses this
money to educate this Chinaman.
Well, let's see if he does. While on
the road it costs them little or nothing
to travel. Their board-everybody
knows how they get that. They are on
the road from June till September.
They give an exhibition every day-and
some days, two At low estimate
they ..work" the people for no less
than $500 per season. This does not
include the one and two hundred dollar
raids made at the protracted tent meet
ings.
The cost of educating the Chinaman
is comparatively nothing. His tuition
is free and and he pays no board. He
..batches,n y and the people of Caledonia
give him what little he eats and wears.
Now will Signor Kendall and Ed. Grove
please explain what becomes of this
money they collected off of the people
under the pretense that they were going
to educate heather?
But we must not forget the latest adj
dition to the Combination. It would
not do to neglect ..Arkansaw Bob" the
man who cuts the capers and constantly
..p1ays to the gallery" The man who
styles himself ..the evangelist" and
tears up jack generally.
Now, be considerate. Who is
'.Arkansaw BobPn Can any one tell?
Does anyone knowp All that is known
Of him is from his own lips. He admits
that he is an ex-drunkard and gambler, |
and that he had reached the lowest |
depths of degradation. He claims that |
two sister lifted him from the gutter"
and that caused his reformation. Well. |
that might be-but it sounds very much |
ike fish story to US. However, if |
such be the fact, the sisters where he
came from are very different, and
much more charitable than in this Sec |
ion.
But let that be as it may; s.Arkansaw |
Bob. was a gutter sot. Whisky brought |
him there. Had it not been for whisky |
ne would not be preaching the Gospel
,o-day A nice combination-an nice |
state of affairs indeed. The idea of
,he devil driving man to the pulpit. |
It reminds us of the Confederate sol
lier in this county who, near the close
If the was captured by the Federals
md given his choice-to die or take
he oath of allegiance and fight for the
Union OF course he took the oath.
ought against his principles and now
lraws pension-but votes the Demo
cratic ticket still.
Whether .sArkansaw Bobn drinks or
lot. he has another habit just as vile
md just as sinfuis Whenever you meet
lin you will find a cud of tobacco in his
mouth that will tip the scales at thirteen
,unces, and he can squirt the juice
.qual to street sprinkler
We believe in men reforming and
loing better, but we have no faith in
hem when they do SO ..for revenue
,nly.n
Our people should strive to build up
.reditable religious structures and
,laces OF worship within the borders of
,ur own country and refuse to con-
ribute these religious fakirs who be-
ong nowhere and go over the country
simply for what there is in I
t.-Bent0n Nescsboy.
DR.. Briggs and his Followers
The proposition of the Rev. DIR. Clark
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