The Monitor-register., 1896-06-26

MISS Blanche Given Ia visiting relatives
In Wilmington, Del.
The health of Mrs. Eliza Mattsou. va
believe, is improving.
Charles Zanes, of Centre Square, spent
Sunday with relatives here.
Jesse Darlington, who has been severely
Ill Tor some time, seems to be recovering.
Miss Name Connolly has been spend.
ing some time among her Auburn friends
Miss Linda Pimm, of Harrisonyille,
has been visiting Miss Name Given. of
this place.
Mrs. Belville, the wife of one .of our
former pastors, now deceased, has been
spending some time with friends here.
Miss Lilly and Mrs. Name Megill, who
have been visiting our pastor, are now
spending q short time with relatives in
Bridgeton.
If it can be agreeably arranged, q
weeks camp-meeting will be held In the
grove surrounding the Auburn public
school-house some time in the neal
future.
The weather being onoe more too
stormy to admit our Junior Epworth
League to have their picnic at Swedes-
boro. it has again been postponed until
a more convenient and agreeable season.
On Sunday morning Rev. B. F. Shop
pard will preach from the text found in
Eccl. ii, 1. His subject is 'Solomon's
Experience" and in the evening he will
take for his subject, "The Water of
Life" His text will be found In Num-
bers Xxx, ii. All are invited to come.
The Epworth League the same evening
will be led by Miss Hannah Horner. Her
subje 1t will be, Founded a New Church."
A grand exhibition was Witnessed here
in the church, Sunday morning. The
church was we'll filled and the audience
had the supreme satisfaction of listening
to an interesting sermon delivered by
Rev. B. F. Sheppard, who took for his
text the one published last week. The
sermon was preached mainly to the pro.
b%atiOners who were about to be received
into full membership. J.T Kirby then
led in prayer and the reception of
members followed. OF course, this
service alone occupied a considerable
space of time, as there were thirty.one
prObationers present, all of whom were
gladly received by the church. They
consisted of gray haired mon and women,
and children no younger than eleven
years. While the p%robationers were
marching to their respective seats In the
church the congregation Joined In sing
ing the hymn, "a charge to keep / / have"
after which the meeting was dismissed In
the usual manner.
The road leading from Auburn to Jos.
JOrdan's seems a sphere In which all the
accidents happen In our vicinity. Owing
to the excellence of this road it is the
chief resort for all the bicycle learners,
or those who are riding for sport. About
a week ago s. @. Pancoast built q gentle
mans bicycle weighing about 26 pounds,
which he sold to VIM. Smith, colored, of
this place, and the purchaser, being of a
very liberal disposition, did not object to
experienced hands trying his steed which
was very light in weight, but very strong,
as will be proved later. The wheel also
had a very high gear. Rev. B. F. Shop
pard, who you can very readily see is an
expert at riding, went out on an ill f.ted
trip Ito him) a few days ago. Mr.. Smith
allowed him to try his flyer, and the
Reverend, who has been used to riding q
very low gear In comparison with this
one, and not fully understanding how fast
he dare pedal, went beyond bounds and
before he was aware of it the wheel was
beyond his control and carrying him at
a very fast rate. He was unaware of his
rapidity of speed until the wheel struck
a stone or slipped 10 the mud, but, how
ever, it Is sufficient to say that it threw
the Reverend about fifteen or sixteen feet
In the distance. Fortunately no bones were
broken, although several ugly bruises
were inflicted, one being just above his
glasses, far enough to do them no harm
but mark his eye badly. The wheel was
uninjured with the exception of some
paint being knocked from the frame, and
the lamp foil into its various sections but
was soon put together, SO the machine,
we may say, was uninjured; but the
minister, when he arose from his lowly
position, looked more like q country
farmer who had been ploughing In the
mud than a minister of the gospel. He,
however, loon improved his external
appearance by the free use of soap and
water and would have looked like him.
self noe more but for his bruises. When
he fully recovered his self possession and
was informed of the little damage his
slide had caused the wheel, he calmly
said, II have received my lesson In riding
and am now ready to teach" 80 all who
wish to learn to become an expert rider
come to Mr.. Sheppard; he will teach you
the proper way.