Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-09-10
munity where she resides, and is much

munity where she resides, and is much
has large Catholic church with a
resident priest, Rev. Father Nelson,
and numerous membership. One oil
the needs of the place is good in.
dustrious blacksmith, one who under
stands his business, and who will be
contented in small town where there
is lots of work with sure pay at fair
prices. A good, steady man with a
good set of blacksmith tools cannot
plant them in better place for profit.
Leaving Lourdes for the Harvest
home festival, we passed the homes
of BARLEY Naughton. Mr.. s. Walters,
John Healy, VIM. Stanley on the Pat.
rick Richards farm, Mrs. M. E. Long,
John F. Gessel, Fred Paul, Michael
Derr and of John Derr, who by the
way has one of the best farm houses
of the county and the best in Paris
with farm of $40 acres.
| At about three o'clock Friday after.
noon we reached the M. E. church in
Paris and found the people gathering
from far and wide for Harvest Home
Festival to be given there that after.
noon and evening. The church was
beautifully ornanented for the oc-
casion, its motto worked in ever
| green:
I'VE shall come rejoicing bringing
in the sheaves."
Tue organist and audience joined in
the hymn "My country to the
familiar air America, after which
Rev. Cummings introduced the Rev.
Wellemeyer of DEBORAH who made a
very appropriate prayer for the oc.
| nacinn Pov M Moo,,r1xy WOE
then introduced and delivered his ad.
dress 1.-THE modern nearer as seen
from the pulpit" making sharp
points and palpable hits, to the edit.
cation of his hearers. He said there
was as much difference in preachers
as in hearers.
The hypocritical nearer is described
as one who has religion which seemed
to disagree with him. Another class
are those who think they are already
to good to belong to the church.
those who really think when last cast
ing up accounts with the Lord they
found large balance in their favor.
The sleeping nearer was described to
some extent and excused on the
ground that modern science has de.
nlonstrated that the strong intellect.
ual character and profound sermon
of the Clergyman had hypnotized
them, thus demonstrating the pastors
ability and power.
The critical nearer who found no
good in the pastors sermon, was con.
trasted with the old COW in a pasture
Astounding in the most succulent and
delicious grasses stood believing and
moaning over a thistle and though
poorer in flesh than the lean
kline of Pharaoh refused to partake OF
the things profusely spread before
her by on indulgent and provident
Providence.
The modern church choir was beau
tifully touched off in showing how
it sang the hymn "l'm a pilgrim"
The alto opens with Pm pill" and
stops, the tenor sings, ''l'm a pill" and
stops. when the bass in deepest tones
thunders forth "Im a pill" and
the three pills are too much for
The model nearer is described as
one seeking after the truth, but to
whom the flowers of eloquence strewp
by the way strewn are not unpleasant
Rev. Borgess. did not put in APP
pearabce to tell us about 1.-The uod-
ern preacher as seen from the pew
but we think we are not entirely jig
norant upon that point, though he
would probably increased our fund of
knowledge.
The evening entertainment to
which we did not remain is said to
have been fully carried out and was
very fine. A most excellent supper
was provided of which the writer pur-
took largely though insisting that he
was not an hupgered. visitor. The
Festival netted the society about $50
We noted several of the early settlers
of the county among those present
and several from distance, All il
all it was pleasant and profitable
occasion.