The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-10-03


Iture entitled 1.-The Old Garrett in I'm.
ion M. l.. Church on Monday evening,
before tolerably fair sized audience.
under the auspices OF the Earnest
Workers.n
After being introduced. Rev. Mr..
Stengle said the object of q lecture
was two told, one was to make money,
and the other was to Interest and In
lstruct the audience. Hesaid lecture
was like making mince pie, the In
gradients being collected from vario ue
quarters, and In the olden times. even
from the saloon. but in latter days the
saloon had been abandoned by many
of the best caterers.
He said II was necessary that every
lecture should have title, but IL was
not necessary that there should be any
connection between the title and the
subject. He had selected the "Old
Garret" for title, as 1t was ms full OF
curiosities as ten year old boy's peck.
Jet. lie said In former times the old
Rarret was larger than the most OF
those row built. As the roofs were
pitched a man who stood up would
have to keep In the centre or his head
would come In contact with something
harder than flesh and blood.
There were live things also In the
old garrett, and sometimes noises
came therefrom that reminded the
children OF ghosts and made the very
hair stand on their heads. He referred
to the good things OF the past. every
thing being better than at the present
Ievil. These predictions reminded him
Iof the two men who arose In the night
and looked into an old cupboard
thinking they were looking out of the
window, they declared 1t TO DO very
dark aud smelt like old cheese. He
also described the old coffee mill
which sounded like a threshing E1g-
chine. after which he described the old
spinning wheel and reel.
These were antlquoted, and mon
now sit and spin yarn by the hour. just
as tough as any the women ever turn.
ed out. The women were industrious
and happy, the girls wero valuable
then and the men bought them. Jacob
served IA years for Two girls. Now
the girls are given away and a dowry
with them, and yet many men are
afraid to marry. He related an anus
ing dialogue between some four or
lve bachelors, one OF whom had
thought OF marrying, but was fright
ened off by the experience of a young
man who got into Jail 10y marrying
two girls, another got in Jail by calling
to SEQ another mans WIFE while a
third got into jail by merely promis-
ing to marry girl.
lie thought that although th o.
women owed much to the gospel, til Q,
men were equally indebted to 1t. He
predicted that the course of the women
was upward. and he believed that.
they would 20 TO the general Confer
ence before he got there. although lie
had been q candidate for tho past
twenty years.
III passing on no noticed the
evils that came out of tho old
brown jug. which was used on every
pretext, and he related his experience
When hey he was gent to get the jug
rei,lled Tor the benefit OF the harvest.
hands. On his way across tho field he
saw bull coming and he hastily
tree, where the bull kept
MIN for two mortal hours.
On returning home his father took
him to task, and although he told him
the truth, he gave him lesson that
he can never forget. But notwith-
standing that, ho was glad he got up,
the tree and got away from that bull.
He was also glad that the old jug had
got up in that garrett and he believed
standing the act OF the Legislature to
bring 1t out.
He also noticed the practice OF bleed.
ing to let out lad blood. the practice
Of whipping the knowledge into chill. I
iren, the manner of Touching, and
other customs which had been con-
signed to the garrett, and he hoped
that they would stay there. lie also
described the cradle In which the baby
was rocked. He thought the young
mother was never happier than when
she rocked her ilrst-hUrn. The women
had changed, and now many mothers
Il nurse for tho child while
they took care OF poodle dog.
He commended that tho world was
growing better, Notwithstanding the
Of some who always look
upon the dark side OF tho earth Noah
had got drunk and even Moses slew /,
4 man under clrcu nus stances that would :
convict him OF murder ut the present
day. lie closed with an allusion to
tho old trunk which contained grand.
mothers cap, her stael.rimmed epsc-
tacles, her old gown. the dead chlld's
dress and tho old Bible, in which was
the family record from Allan and Eve
down Tor three generations, and he
could DO what most persons can't do.
trace his ancestry back TO Adam and
Eve.
In conclusion he remarked that time
was passing, we were getting old and .
when we ceased to he useful on this
earth God would take home to heaven
all who Kept his commandments and
put their trust in the Lord Jesus
Christ. The lecture was highly in-
teIesting and none who were present
Will ever regret the hour that they
passed in the ramhle through tho old
garnet under the guidance oil Rev.
Adam SteEGle.