The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-07-08
WEDNESDAY
OUTING Nos.

] 1t was Sunday. was standing on th,
hotel porch awaiting the ringing OF tn,
dinIer-bel.. A young man that / hat
never seen before came to me and asked
If the camp.meeting had closed. Judg-
ing from his actions and the expression
OF his face, my fret impression was thai
he had been at Waterloo and Was under
the influence OF the strong mineral wa
ter at that place. Afterwards, however,
! concluded that he had not been at Wa.
terloo but was not compos mentis. His
talk was rambling and incoferent, and
his statements, were not consistent with
each other. In the course OF the conyer.
sation, he said that he was from Scio.
asked him what kind OF town Scio is.
mice town" was his reply. l told him
that could not see how q town In which
the hoodiums dacked preacher In wa
tering.trough could be ''a nice town -
His reply was: 81 am glad that they
did ~. 1t gives the people something to
talk about" Soon aftef thie he began to
express himself very freely In regard to
the Inconsistencies OF preachers and
christians, and inferred that he was not
me In Der OF any church. He Was eepec.
Tally severe on professors OF religion, In.
ciuding preachers, who take little wine
Tor their stomach's sake and used fer.
mented vine on sacramental occasions.
In the course OF bis talk he used the
following language: "If Paul, an old
crank, had no. advised Timothy to take
little wine for his stomach's sake there
never would have any whiskey been
made" just then the dinner-beIi rang,
and / left him. In q few minutes he
came into the dininx-room. Just oppos
lte him we're two young men v ith whom
he was acquainted. In hfs conversation
with them, to my surprise. he told them
that he was going 10 preach at Lebanon
that evening.
About three O'Clock In the afternoon.
while sitting in my room, heard a very
peculiar style OF singing. ! put on nv
hat aud went 10 search OF the sin ,er.
Before reached him, the singer had be-
come preacher who was walking to and
iro on the hillside near the Mineral
spring ,gesticulating violently and speak.
Ing In low tone oi voice. will not at
tempt TO give synopsis OF bis talk. This
am not able to do. Il was very much
like the one on the hotel porch, 9 ramb.
ling harrangne without any connection Of
thought. Quite large number OF peo-
pie listened 70 him quietly and attentive.
ly. At the close OF his sermon, az he
called it, some one asked him to sing an
other hymn. He did 90 In his peculiar
way. / was told that he aiways sines
the same tune. whether The measure 10
long. short, common or hallefnjah.
Bufore tie recent election, when HE
letters appeared in the papers. L was told
that he wac ''only haif.witied." Per
haps that 10 a. good q way OF putting is ss
any. His mind q evidentlv not well bal.
anced. and he Is perhaps not entirely re-
eponsibie for what he says about some
preachers and protesting christians. II
seems 10 me that he 10 IA object Of pity
rather than ridicnle aud rough treatment.
80 Tar as can learn. he is nos responsi BILE
Tor his weak'mindedness. The hood
lums who ducked him in the watering
trough ought, therefore, 70 be ashamed
OF themselves. Perhaps q reform-school
would be Q good place for them.
Sodaville, Or. July 2. 1893.
P.S.
What the 0akviIle correspondent says, |
in lasi Thursdsyfs DKxocRAT. in regard /
10 the man who repaired the fence BE-
tween his goats and his bro,herin-law,"
ls responsible for this posi-scrins.
While was taking q morning walk,
n few days age, saw . large dock of /
goats By The way. While / wss looking
At them their owner came along. said /
10 him that / could not see what q man |
wanted with 90 many goais. His reply
Was that they are the most profitable /
stock man can keep The reason az
signed was, that the fleece Of every goat /
ls worth 81 Is, and that every lamb ad- /
ded 10 the flock is worth $500. While
% as on my return 10 the hotel, found !
,ha; 9 number Of the goats had. In some !
found their way into ths College |
grounds / was AZ o loss TO know how
they got over the isnce. The mystery
soon solved. Two boys and dog
came along. The goats made for the
fence and we're soon on the other side OF
it. Neither tne boys nor the dog could
have crossed the fence in shorter time
and with more apparent cate. After
wards l saw oshers in another Geld
noun, the ienee and Ealk along tha top
rail short distance, apparently having
less trouble in keeping the center OF
gravity over the bssc than some Albany
boys do in walking the ratings OF the
canal crossings. / afterwards learned
that they TOO. like those described by the
0akviile correspondent, have q fonduess
for orchards and do not consult the In.
terests Of their owner any more than
those OF the owners brother in.law.
Nov the question arises Are they 30
profitable aites all? u seems TO me they
are not, unlses the owner 10 able TO re-
pair the fence between his-soats and
his brother-iu-law" 10 such . Way at TO
prevent their depredations. @.