The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-13

Richmond and Cambridge City, with APP
pointment in Randolph county and one in
the State of Ohio. The salary was S255 and
house rent, but the receipts were $ls3, out OF
which house rent had TO be paid and much
OF this was In country produce, which had
to be exchanged at the store for groceries
and dry goods, but never for cash.
Later Mr.. Goodwin taught four years IN
the Madison Female Institute. He was two
years pastor in Evansville, and later two
years president of the Brookville College. BY
1853 the question of slavery had become the
burning national question. and prohibition
the leading State issue. To find an organ
through which he could be heard on these
subjects, in 1853 he bought the Indiana
American, one of the oldest and best known
Wing papers in the State, but the Wing
party was dead and Mr.. Goodwin took up
the live issues of the day and soon obtained
a wide circulation, being one Of the few real
anti-slavery papers in the state, with the
Richmond Palladium. It's influence i'm the
Fusion party of 1854 was second 10 none In
the State. The State circulation had be-
come so large that in 1857 he moved the
paper to Indianapolis, where IL at once took
first rank as family paper and an advo-
His attitude on these questions gave him,
in 1860. very large circulation.
The demands of the war for daily news
made the Weekly American too slow, and
he sold out, and IL soon after suspended
publication. During the war Mr.. Goodwin
was an allotment commissioner and spent
most of his time with the army helping the
soldiers transmit their money to their fam
lilies. In this capacity he handled more
than two millions Of dollars, losing but one
package of SIS.
During all these years he has continued TO
preach, often more frequently than some
pastors. For twenty years, from 1859 10 1879.
he averaged 100 sermons a year. and In the
twenty years he received less than $50 for
all his services in that line. Now. though
eighty-four years old, he still breaches fire.
quently. His catholicity, as well as his ac-
ceptability a preacher is seen in the fact
that he has preached in the pulptts OF In
dianapolis for eleven different denomina-
tons. He has been all these years fire.
quent contributor to the papers of his
church. and to the local city papers.
HIS LIFE COMPANION.
The life of Mrs. Goodwin has been a COM
| plement OF that OF her husband. Her earli-
er years were spent In the quaint old town
| of Rising Sun, near where Colonel Laugh
erys band was massacred by Indians
After their marriage. in 1912. she attended
him on his circuits frequently, sharing his
| poverty and enthusiastic plans for the flu
ture, and inspiring him by sacrifices al
most heroic TO greater effort. In the days
| when the circuit-riders salary was less
| than 500 year wives had TO exercise
more ingenuity than they do in these days
to solve the troublesome problems of do
| nestle existence; and IL was only by care
| fully calculating all questions OF family
expenditure that the ends were made TO
| meet.
| Mrs. Goodwin has all her life taken an
| interest in public questions hardly less in
tense than that Of her husband. As young
| girl she was an ardent Wing and attended
many log-cabin rallies where the cry was.
''Tippecanoe and Tyler, tool" DR.. Good
| win was a Democrat of the old days and
conservative in his views.
| One day after Miss Craft had returned
from a particularly enthusiastic Harrison
love feast. she gave vent TO her political
ardor by predictions calculated TO vex the
| young circuit-rider, who had become fire.
| Quenter of the Craft home.
| well" replied the young preacher. 81
will make you a bet that your man Harri-
What will you bet?" asked the young
Whigite.
That's too little for such a big thing.
she said. 'Can you think OF anything
else?"
very thoughtful. Then he looked the young
woman straight in the eye and said:
I'll tell you what i will do. l will bet
myself against yourself,"
II don't understand" said Miss Craft
| 81 mean" he replied. eff Harrison loses
| you will have to marry me; and IL Van
! Buren, loses, 1 will have to marry you
| Miss Craft thought the queer proposal
over carefully and then, with her eyes
| atwinkle. accepted.
Van Buren, lost and. according TO the
terms of the bet, Miss Craft had TO marry
the young preacher, which she did without
a protest.
Their married life has been a perfection
of congeniality and felicity. Mrs Good
win has been a leader In many departments
of church work, and has always been IN
terested in charitable and philanthropie