Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-15

HduooOiuc uoSuc III AC8Os %. LAX,
where his family resides, but Glover
der the roof and took to sleeping in
a part OF the bene6cence along with
the house. the difference between the
house and the barn was not evident
to the neighbors. But they forgot
perhaps that Consistency Is a Jewel"
everywhere else but in religion.
Glover is u sort OF "ne'er do veal.
His avoeaiion, is he has one. is that
OF mining prospector. On oeea-
sions when he has struck pay dirt,
or sold some stock which he has
done two or three times. he has pro-
ceeded to hays a good time while IL
lasted. and then gone back to his
grub stake" III he should succeed
in getting hold of any considerable
part OF his mothers money he will
doubtless have a good time again;
one that will probably be less TO the
glory OF God than the promotion OF
the Kingdom OF the other chap. Blu,
in any case II looks as II Mrs. Eddy's
right to personal privacy was being
nnwarraniably invaded under forms
OF law. and like Marie Antoinette she
may very properly eSciaim: 20 liber-
~! wha, dog-goned ioolishness goes
under thy name"
BY the way while on this subjec.
OF religious healing. ! want TO say
tha, Uncle Billy Matthews has case
OF miraculous cure. Mr.. Matthews,
as all his friends know has been go.
ing lame for years with hip trouble;
IN Ter ,s.I. O. -.
him out. Less than year ago he got
into miS-up with a runaway bron-
cho and had his thigh broken on the
nigh side. close up to the lame hip
joint. Everybody land he has host
OF tricnds). particularly the Rnsiuess
Mems Club. sympa,hised with Uncle
Billy. But VIC do not know that they
made his case \ subject Of prayer.
Strange TO say however. Mr.. Math-
ews' hip disease has been getting bet
ter ever since the accident. and sev-
cral weeks ago he was able to throw
away his erutch. The way he puts II
MP himself Is that the original trouble
was hypcrirophy of tho bony s,ruc-
ture OF the hip. and that when the
thigh bone was broken in the runaway
Nature had to get busy supplying
bone nutrition 20 mend the break and
forgot about storing n, mp in the hip
joint, OF course Uncle Billy ism,
making any afhdavi,s to this effect.
But II the hip keeps well until he
buFies tha, broncho he may set up 4
shrine on this old nag's grave for the
special healing OF hip diseases.
Incidentally. ono of the be,. things
l ever heard Uncle Billy get of in
religious way was at ! public meet.
ing up in old Rccker Hall. II was
when We had the oil well fever bad.
We had fellow from Denver with 4
divining rod that told just where the
oil was running 4 thousand feet un-
der ground a; S2s divine and rail-
road and hotel bills paid. Everybody
was signing up for stock. and trust
ing in Providence for the money to
pay for ], II IL was ever called for.
a public meeting was held at RcckcS's
hall and a. c. Conner had charge of
the gathering. The enthusiasm did
n, run high at the hall. everybody
having seemingly signed up their linn
II before going to the meeting. A few
doubled and trcbied their subscrip-
tions. but TIE crowd was soon pump
cd dry. Uncle Billy had already sign
cd for Two or three job lots and there
was a merry twinkle in his eye as he
put up his finger and bcckoncd CO.
mer over to him. A. C came. cx-
pcetinR Billy was about to take an
other $50 block of shares. and he
looked radiant as he sailed down on
him. When he got there Uncle Billy
simply hutehcd himself up on his
crutch and whispered loudly: "Co-
mcr. you f-f-f-forgot to open the
m-m-m-mccting with prayer"