Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-19
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and even went so far as to suggest that the
crow should be shot. though he never
has observed the crow several times.
though he has. far as 1 know. not said
anything about the visit
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I'm the town of Darien. Ga. there is but
one building that stood there before the
war. and that building is a Methodist
church, observed a prominent Georgian
to a Star reporter. and like many other
churches. 1t has an interesting history.
though somewhat different from any that
/ know of. Darien specially suffered dur
ing Gen. Sherman's march to the sea. every
building in the town being completely de-
stroyed by fire except this particular build
ing. Among the buildings destroyed there
were several churches. When the building
that refer to was originally built the aues-
ton came up of putting a lightning rod on
it. There was decided objection to a
lightning rod by some of the members Of
the church. One particular member was
very outspoken against a lightning rod or
anything else in defiance of the will of
Providence He argued that if the Lord
wanted TO destroy the property He had a
perfect right to do SO, for ii was essentially
the Lords property. Ali the other churches
in the town. however. We're protected by
lightning rods. The church was built in
1870. WiiSH lncTe were more Dtllt. tIS IA
the protecting value of lightning rods than
there now. From this position on the
lightning rod question the church became
famous as the only church in Georgia that
was protected by the Lord 1t was for
years. and indeed, is today. drawing card
for Darien. and has drawn more people TO
that town than any other thing or incident
connected with the town, If not more thah
all things else combined. When Sherman S
army had orders to burn the town they
started at the west end of it, for the wind
coming from that quarter 1t helped along
the work. The army spared nothing. the
orders being to destroy everything. 1t may
have been that the church that is protected
by the Lord was fired the same as every
other building, but the fact is that when
the army left there the next morning this
Methodist church was left standing. I'M
scorched even, though the four buildings
nearest to 1t. one of them church, TOO.
were on level with the ground. AS far as
known there was no special Kindness SHOWN
the Lords Church. If. indeed. any Kindness
by the army, but just the same 1t did not
burn Lots of buildings in Darien have
been struck by lightning, which is very
severe at times all along the south Atlantic
coast but this church has never been I'M
favorably affected. though it is today the
only church or other large building there
that does not have lightning rod
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cone of the most knowing little animal
pets ever had is & frog about half grown y
49,
writer yesterday. II made the jumpers
first acquaintance one morning two weeks
ago, when he hoped from the garden
through an open French window into my
studio. where his frequent daily visits af-
ford me much amusement during idle mo-
ments. He is so tame that he will take
worms from my fingers and perch upon my
hand like a bird and sing and croak as long
as | choose q hold him
LAS an illustration of the little fellows
cunning, 1 was one morning feeding ia
vorite cat with a saucer of bread and milk.
all of which pussy did not eat. The food
that the cat left soon attracted quite a
number of flies. The observant frog noticed
this. and, hopping into the saucer. he Rolled
over and over until he was fairly covered
with batter of bread and milk. having
done which he lay perfectly motionless and
awaited developments. The flies. enticed
by the prospect of good meal. soon began
to circle round the scheming batrachian,
and when one passed within two inches or
so of his nose his tongue darted out and
the lily disappeared. The plan worked SO
we'll that the frog makes a regular business
OF rolling himself in the cats leftover din
ner.
One day I wanted to paint him in pic
ture and tried to take profile view. But
he evidently had a dislike to being sketched
for whenever placed him in the right posi-
ton he would hop round so as to face me
and then go on my drawing paper Then
| put him on a plate with some water so
that he might be more comfortable. This
plan answered very well as far as keeping
him off the paper went, but when | turned
the plate so as to get u side view he hobbIed
round and would face me. Then | tried
edging round the table, but with the same
result. SO that l was obliged to hold him
Sideways while l drew him. But whenever
| raised my head to look at him he raised
ybr,,
gan to paint, and we went on holding ar
each other like two Chinese mandarins.'