New-York tribune., 1903-01-18

Of the abolitiopists Mother" said young Bas-
ny Fser business Dgl and canno an ssr @ @
Most of the older men left the house, but the
sstt and when S Re had n nshed Foster began
me1sd bv ,h sSsb bNfs naYg sf gee ad S
mother The older men now made a rush back
toward t the door; The young men however inter. ter.
fun and fres opportanty to speak in @ religious
house in Lynn
hos es dds s hsag ao f Of hs . @
SElayery meeting to be held IN Lyeeum HAL to sne
lily cast out with disIocated thumb. Foster went
ne had been dragged only a few hours previously
throuFn before read1r ter n notices h but Foster
TOO. was grabbed; and carried out as soon as ns
part of his coat collar IN their assault hin.
snG & me Sappsts now toe one OF nts sleeve eu rs
aftee1 or twenty minutes in a dark closet under
lamps oil cans and similar utensils beIonsfng the
establishment.
LESS STRENUOUS METHODS
In the final years Of the antl-slavery eonfict con
not consider 1t necessary to go unlnvitea rnIo aI
appeals and denunca tOns. but at tnaess when hss
the nation, ne would think OF that old method OF
his and tell his friends that ne was not sure Dut
u,andng hirn to resume bis former haoit ahd h
& sssre & she AeTean M @ - PEOPLE a l9G @ mfs WAS always
strenuoas and IL was in the tnick of ais SGnIssI %
Rogers dated at Canterbury. N H.. JANUARY l'
HE . -
haps for the winter Possibly even for longer per-
Cd Indeed. when dare look my shattered form.
I sometimes think prisons viii be needed Tor me Dut
little longer. Within the last fifteen months Ioer
times have they opened their dismal ceils Ior ny
reception. Twenty-four times have my county
dragged from their temples or worship
and twice have they thrown me with great violence
from the second story Of their buiidlngs caLslSss ~
OF consequences. Once in a Baptist meeting mouse
they gave evangelical kick In the SIDE wnlch
left for weeks invalid Times out or mem
ory have they broken up my meetings with Nlo.SlSs
they indicted me for assault and battery Once, In
the OF outraged law and Justice. nave t4tley
attempted to put In irons IWice nave thSS
punished with fine for preaching tne 1ospet.
they deliberately attempted TO murder me. and
were only foiled in their designs after tnnlcung
twenty blows my head. face and neck. 1y
the heroism OF brave and noble woman -
pearls before swine. but her name snail oe kIoNn
In other worlds. Still. will not complain thouS1l
death should be found close on M track NY lot -
easy, compared with that of those for Whon
labor. I can endure the prison. but save me from
the plantation" -. -. -
Lucy Stone came later than many into tne 1ed % %
labor but Parker PiIlsbUry once saw her hit on
the head by a large prayerbook hurled across tLle
hail. and she gives account OF roster racing
with her a furious mob on Cape Cod. It was noI
TIL twenty years after the above letter was In
that slavery was abolished. Those years IN tne
life Of Stephen Foster can best oe studted "a -
connection of love and labor with the woman WhOni
he married. No permanent record has been mace
wife. They travelled and toiled In obscure ols-
tricts and only occasionally do their struggling ns
ures come CLEARLY into the view OF the student OF
the times but always when thus glfmpsed tney are
Hebrafcally impressive and worthy OF utmost rev.
erence.