Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-07
The Famous Lorenzo Dow.

great deal about this eccentric old
man, who, by the way. was a minis
ter of the Methodist persuasion. In
deed, if we remember correctly, our
Maternal grandmother, who was a
devout Methodist, had a book of
Dow's life, and we read it with a
great deal of interest. Dow was &C.
centric, but he was wise man and
fine student of human nature. 1t
is said that he would make appoint
ments months, and even years, ahead,
and that he would always meet them
promptly. We might relate several
incidents in connection with his wife
Peggy and himself, but two will suf-
flee for the present.
On one occasion when he reached
the neighborhood where he had an
appointment waiting for him year
or more, he was told by gentleman
that he had lost his axe. (Axes
were very costly, we presume, in
those days). "Well,'" said Dow, elf
the thief is in this country will find
him." The whole neighborhood and
the regions around about were on
hand next day to hear his sermon.
When he had finished his discourse
he announced about the lost axe and
his intention to find it. He said ::
"The rogue is In this house, and
have a stone in my hand with. which
l am going to hit the fellow right
square in the head" So saying, he
swung his arm around as he faced
the audience with a motion to throw,
keeping his keen eyes on those who
sat before him, and one man lodged,
"There," said Dow, sis the fellow
who stole the axe" and it was true.
The man was guilty, aud he could
not keep from showing it. Guess he
thought Dow had smooth stone in
his sling like unto the one with which
David slew Goliah.
Just one more incident. On a
similar occasion, when arriving in a
neighborhood, Dow was told about
woman who had lost her rooster.
1t may have been rooster the good
woman was saving for the preacher.
No doubt preachers loved chicken as
well tnen as they do now, and Dow
may not have been an exception.
He proposed to get that rooster. He
got large washpot, turned it upside
down with chicken under it, blind
folded the crowd and had them to
walk around the pot, and each one
was told to touch it with his hand,
Dow stating that when the fellow in
the crowd who stole the rooster
touched the pot, the rooster under it
would crow. When the perform
anne was over he demanded a show
of hands--took kind of hand pri-
mary-but one mans hand had no
smut on it. "There," said Dow, els
the fellow who stole the rooster"
He was afraid to touch the pot,
knowing that he was the rogue and
believing with all his heart that that
chicken would crow if he touched it.
Are not these illustrations apropos
to conditions in these latter days
Just lift your hand and see the dodg-
ers. 1t is ludicrous to behold. And
see the fellows who are afraid to
touch the pot lest the rooster should
crow. They have clean hands, but
within they are full of corruption.
See the fellows all over the country,
from the big insurance men down to
the little swindlers who could not
stand the test.
And Dow! o, Dow Suppose
you lived in these days, and edited a
newspaper, and heard the walls and
the lamentations of folks whose cries
: so up daily as they run hither and
thither, saying che means me-" How
would it do for you to take the
Speakers stand in the House, in Co
lumbia, and wave your hand over
Al l. l. n