Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-04-13
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ne ass q - years sAs sceozpazsed
her p&rsntN q q trip froa Paris, No
70 ProFide1cs chnrch e asssnd Ne.
Ersa; meeting. This ~exrelisnt lazy,
who hnOu abs1a 3 years Ct szs has
. vivid ana F=zdzg recollecticn Of
ne io1rnsy. sac hss kindly farnished
ne nuthor via zoe foEswinx notes.
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nge ! went wiki nY parszsE to the frst
NESTING Of he Missoari BaptEst Gen-
erl AasociGt1oa hslaz II tie rneeting
bpuse known a. P~rovtdsnes Chzrch, IN
Galloway eeozty, Ne. Aliho1xh / wus
- gounE. / vel rszszber to-d1y
lGEy q the inesdezEs Of tha1 long,
Tedious srd act sS1rnsy scaosE sss
pratues bsDs1th tie h1zxtnR rays q an
Ang1a Ga aa1 eEs a. klzos<
trzrkles4 Fegioa- In ny zinzHs eye I
n n0w rsproduss ths kpYsAEA1es q
uhose mos prozlnezL Ssssrutnsd,
hopeful ozsE EEls % kz gszrzey Of
a1R-s4srsHcs Kza trails
"IheEr W1Tk, their zsmo-y, Gz1
their EisszOz Eno1E never Be forrot-
ten Iney wers s-zo1g Eez ard u1s
ard t-l q fzz1h u God II the Gospel
q or Lard and eEFszF gsszs C1EsE
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UErns rss6y G1 Wing 10 z&ks kzy
zcri6cs tar ths cz1sa
~Ias Es-k e tbs grad Cd bo6y &
p5o1ssrs has enlzG& Epoz ~ The 6zsJ
EG1 privhsEs q wuzEzzE sd PrSy1g
fux miHs5S1E ard TIE ezzss ct rsnis-
tsril edaez1isu b0sh a. lasaSs and
ahrc4d.
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taEs SEASON Ct tssyszg ws had 70 re-
soEf 20 every Ec-ztagez 70 krs4k the
Donotosy. Thszs we're mazy Httle
pAs42utgisE and surprises constantly.
oocurriEE- Il gzs : ally, hEyyy
crOve Of peoP1e In TIE p-y fhsrs
ver several who Esrs excssd5nxiy
fono Of plEying al sara q practical
tokes a1d telling fuzny z1scaDte4 /
a remember very vel bow heartily
all laughed 81 Brother S04h Flood,
VINO always hAs sszzethtng interesting
and Oily. And Ezzo1g others ] gemsr-
Der the ~sossrtFic but gifted Rev. Wan.
Hurley, an EnEashmEn and abHchel0F
who rode q roHn boras named Trojan
He ga oonSta.tly ts1aing and yokiug
Old Brother Peek, Of Tuinots, Hho xas
Oolpons1E aEd who had 3 wagon load
Of tracts and Bssss be vas tAklng TO
the Association Ons nemorabie In
stance 10 ne Of the tip xzs thai afsss
NE had gone soma distance in my
fatberAs garage / wEa put into old
Brother Jersniah ysrdsnAn's nne
eushioned carriage and giyen the fnonf
saat-he being very fat bad al the
back seat 10 himself. Bis con, Jerry,
nat ouiHide and drove. / remember
how exceediBgiy uneasy the old gem
tieEAn wac and how fearful be vas
Of being SHAKEN mp and how be kept
PuftinR his head ont Of the window,
calling to Jerry not 10 drive ever the
gopher hills ndbufalo wauows whIeh
abocndsd on every SIDE. Prom the
carriage We say, nov and then, herds
Of dear ard same Elk, bat the buffalo
trails yer al thzt remained TO remind
n that they had once roznsd ever the
whole conntry. We had some old
faahioned hymn books along and when
we stopped for izneh under shade
trees IN the sight Of some running
stream we eRhysnsd the scene BY
singing some good old hynnA
"Anong the lzynen Eboss nRnes 1
nov recoAsct ser cur family ply
scar, d.. G. n Bower, Tm. Carson,
WIN Wright and these ministers:
RsE. Robert S. Thomas, Fielding wiz
HE Peytou Stevens, Noah Freed,
Brother Dunczn, Anderson Woods
fsho In 1855 married myself and dear
buaband3 and Hnany others whose
n&mss ! e&aboE zOw recall There
were a large humber Of youths and
young men along, az On horseback.
81 can now distinctly recall the sp.
PearsDee Of this large eroEd Of peo-
PIE, most I'll Of whom we're on horse
baEks each N wearing legzings and
carrying saddle bags on their horses.
A. tan large oonpzaY Travelled along
HfBdinz thro1Fh ne weeds and along
TIE din paths over he prairie, laugh
nag and taking. foEding rivers, joking
each other, most sIl Of them covered
Win dust here and thsrs dispersed IN
ths crowd carriages filed with ladies',
- think Of % nov q presents . very.
funny pasture. How different, indeed,
Do we 20 10 associations now, seated
m Pullman carr running 80 miles an
hour and with AL the eonvenieDces
and comforts Of modern travel Bot
! believe this old time crowd had .
better time and enjoyed themselves
more than the people vho 90 nova
days on railroads. An the older peo-
pie IN this crowd rode IN buggies and
carriages.
HThe green headed flies and black
g1ata we're exceedingly Troublesome
on the prairie and became 50 very bad
thai we al had 10 stop and rest under
shade trees IN the middle Of the day
and travel BY night. One very pleas
ing incident to me was that an old
gentleman By the name Of Nichols had
quite q number Of water melons in his
wagon and every nov and then he
would stop Gnd cut one snd all hands
were invited 10 Ell. He was q tall,
thin old man, buS "a ; great singer;
my father had known him in Fulton.
aLttfie did We tank when va start
"a On this Trip with : large crowd Of
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