Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
Continued from last week.

Continued from last week.
One afternoon a young couple
came to the parsonage to be married
and after the ceremony the bride
groom began diving down into the
pockets of his trousers in search of
the fee, which, after several joyous
efforts he finally succeeded in un-
load.ng on the table in front of him.
lars was all in nickels; there were
sixty of them and it required sew
eral exclusions down into the capa-
cious depths of his Sunday trousers
before he managed to get them all
fished up and stacked on the table,
but he seemed to enjoy his labors
and l am quite sure the preacher
and his wife did, while the little
ones looked on with interest, and
the bride blushed very prettily and
said: why, john" and John eX-
planned that he had been saving UP
the nickels for long time expecting
to make five dollars worth, but they
came so slowly that after three dol
lars worth had been accumulated
he found he could not wait any long
er. We lad good laugh creF t.1c
incident, while John and Mrs. John
took their departure to all appear
ances quite happy in the possession
of each other. God bless John and
his bride. May their number never
decrease. May the American home
never become less stable or less hap
py than it is this day.
By the end of the year the circuit
had become too large and unwieldly
for one man to handle, so it was
thought best to divide it, therefore
at the Conference which was held al
Clinton that fall, the division was
made. The name Maquoketa circuit
was dropped and in its place appear
ed Elwood, which embraced the west
end and Delmar the east. o. D.
Bowles was appointed to Elwood and
II. Fl Green to Delmar. The division
made Elwood much the strongest fin.
ancially, but there was that parson.
age again, and as Delmar was yet in
its infancy, requiring some nursing
it was thought that the old pastor
who was familiar with the ground
might be better fitted to cope with
the problem of its development thar
a stranger, who knew nothing o.
existing conditions. The year passed
very pleasantly for us, nothing O.
special interest occurred and at tht
following Conference we were as
signed to Wyoming, our first station
where there was but one preaching
place. Arriving at Wyoming, wher'
there was no parsonage, We rented ;
comfortable house, which became
We were pleasantly received by tn
Methodist people, and at once enter
ed upon our work in good heart.
There were only two churches II
the town, the Presbyterian and on
own. 1t did not take us long to dis
cover that the relations between tn
churches were not as cordial as the
might have been. For some reaso
they were not working together har
moniously; no serious trouble, onl
just a little friction, hardly discern
ible beyond a few of the leadin
members in each church, and yet sui
ficiently acute TO attract attentio
and cause remarks. Upon maxim
this discovery, | at once opened ne
gotiations with the Presbyteria
minister, the Rev. A. K. BairC
whose garden cornered with mine.
was our custom TO assemble oul
selves at the corner and with on
hoes in our hands, discuss the situa
tion as we leaned over the fence o
a summer afternoon. OF course W
soon came to an understanding wit
each other. A warm friendship gre'
up between us, which continued uI