Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-03-20
I-s...I hpn, keY. n. v. Price.
While Rev. d. V. Price was carr

While Rev. ID. v. Price was carry
ing on a revival meeting here, I've sent
the following letter co1cernin Keytes-
vile and her peoi le 10 his home pa
per, the Bristol. Crenn.) Courier,
which. we have no dnuh., viii be IN
trrestng reading to our readers, and
we reproduce it iOr that reason:
DEAR CouRIER:-I lnow you viii
pardon my silence Of month. when
YOU learn that have been closely oc-
cupied and too feeble to do any extra
service.
i wrote you last from New Franklin,
where / had 4 very good meeting, and
a pleasant time. The people there are
social, hospitable. and "kind as a
woman" Rev. Fielding Marvn. the
Methodist pastor, is a son Of Bishop
EnoCh NJ. Marvin. and is a genial, cul-
tured Christian gentleman and very
thoughtful preacher. 1t is said "the
first remove from genius Is 4 giant
or a runt;" and can testify that
Marvin is no .'runt." DIR. n. NJ Bon
ham, mine host, is an old East Ten
nesseean, a skillful physician, and a
strong preacher Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church. / shall never
forget the kindness Of himself and fam
.ly to me during my pleasant stay with
them. (
For a month have been in Key
tesville. the date o. this eIii!:.. We
have had a long hard fight, and VIC
tory. / have found out by actual ex-
pcrience that an evangelist should not
have definite engagements ahead OF
him. All his IN .agemen;s should be
flexible and conditional. 81 that he
can stay at No. I'LL he succeeds in
doing what he can do, and hen go to
No. 2. Tn. frs. two weeks, we ac-
complished but little beyond arousine
the church people; but after that we
began to Sc sSoa,e, auit3 among rs
,UdSaved tfnere were afttf 90 cor.
versions from the world" and some
within the churches. More were In
huenced for good. About IS new
family affairs were erected. a geai
stimulus was given 10 piety in tht
home. ! received the hearty cooper
alton of Rev. c. X. Shilling, tn,
Methodist pastor here, and severa
pastors from adjoining charges. Th'
people OF all the churches worked har
moniously. and the string was divided
Our Baptist brethren will continue th'
work. Evangelist Baker gave us :
very able sermon last night.
The las; ten days the services were
held in the circuit court room. int
which were crowded 1000 peopl
might after night. For n town of 1.
100 population, and with bad countr,
roads this was a great multitude
And the power of the Lord was pres
cnl to heal them"
have never found n more congcn
ial pcoD!e than they Of keytcsviile
No one could receive more social a;
tCniion than / have here received
Everybody seemed to love ne rs ;
brother, and nothing was forgotteI
that could contribute to my happines:
lust think OF eating turkey and Gran
berries every day in the week and Sun
day. too. 1t Is hardly necessary {
say that / an foundercd anu m
friends need not be surprised if com
home minus finger nails.
/ Keytesville is the capitol Of Char
ton, a county rs large in geographic
extent as the state Of Rhode Island
and almost rs rich IN agricultural re
sources IS tire famois county Cf Saline
The mos. principalest man" of Key
tesvlile, and the most prominent Meth
ist (though he is IN cider in the Pres
byterian churc1), Is "Uncle Chap
Crawley. He stands in his shoes 81
: feet three, is spare, wears long gra
, beard, and gray tanglets of unkeT
hair, has IN eye as b.,e rs the azur
,, depths, and as soft as ''moonshine o
a moonshine night" and with a littl
carelessness rs to dress, he makes u
the perfect picture Of Rip Van VII
kle. But let you k..ow when he
awake he is the most uide-awake gel