The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-16
THRILLING
Experience Of Two Mt. VGr-
non Boys In A Boat
On Buckeye Lake When The
Engine "DiGd'
One Offered Prayer And The
Other Sang
FinallyIResCued By Another
Small Boat
WOOISOn And Kirk Have An
Exciting Time

The Newark American Tribune has
the following story concerning two
Newark newspaper men, both resi-
dents of Mt Vernon:
Dess B. Kirk, the sporting editor,
and Frank Woolson, the imported tai
ent on the Daily Advocate, engaged
in a singing and prayer service on
Buckeye Lake Tuesday night.
1t will hardly be believed by even a
generous public, but it is the gospel
truth. Kirk had not prayed in public,
though very devOut in secret for a
matter of 27 years when he showed
his mother how. Woolson is not long
in that direction though he is the re-
Quired length in most every other, but
developed some speed as an impresar-
10 and to the surprise of all present
recalled and rendered, "There is a
Land that is Fairer than This" and
"Shall We Gather at the River?"
The story listens this way. Charles
Henry is absent from the city and left
his estate temporarily in charge of
Paul Henry, his son. The estate in
cludes fine launch on Buckeye Lake
and Paul is on growing terms if inti-
macy with all newspaper men and is
intimate with "Dess and Frank" He
invited them to go as his guests to the
lake back into the launch and after
tour of the waters he would blow them
to chicken supper in Thorn Cot
started to return from the supper in
the gathering gloom and the rain
storm. In the middle of the lake the
engine laid down on them and they
were helpless, with only the one light
on the boat and not an oar to hold her
head to the swell if they knew how.
While the helpless boat rolled in
the trough" Woolson remembered
that he had wife and young baby to
live for even though he had to live in
Mt. Vernon. In short he told the god
of storm that he would rather live in
Mt. Vernon than go to the bottom Of
the lake just to be in Licking county.
There is very little company in Mt.
Vernon congenial to a live and pro-
gressive newspaper man but at the
time Woolson felt that 1t was prefer
able to the society of blue sunfish and
| trr nd nf
of the BLACK Diamond" 1t looked aw-
fully strong to him at the time.
Between songs and lamentations
Kirk promised that he would leave the
town of Newark with its riots and
five-cent ante, two breweries, new
chief of police, fugitive mayor and 9th
er minor temptations and stay in Mt.
Vernon il he had to raise potatoes on
the "shears" (they say that is the way
in Vernon)
Before Kirk had exhausted his vo,
cabulary and Woolson his repetoire OF
camp meeting music help arrived from
the level and not from above where
they were were looking for 1t.
Captain Somebody in charge of the
good launch "The Cutting Up Kid
saw their predicament and FASTENED
to the prayer meeting which was going
on furiously enough and one night ear
ly in the week. "E Eaved EN- ha
owser" they grabbed it and with an
"Aye Aye, Sir, Fave to- the Kid tow
ed them into shore.
AS the howser frightened Woolsor
J quit singing and at the present time
has so completely lost his voice that
he won't talk about the occurrence
Kirk is equally reticent and consoles
himself for a violated vow by saying
that you can't plant taters in the fall