Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-07-05
(Continued from last week.)

(Continued from last week.)
To reach Decorah, was obliged
to go to Cedar Rapids on the c. &
N. w. railroad. thence to Dubuque,
from Dubuque by boat to McGregor,
thence by rail to Conover and from
Conover by stage to Decorah.
did not unite with the conference
at that session, but "took work un-
der the Elder" who appointed me
to Summer Hill Circuit. q wide area
located in jackson and Clinton
counties, embracing all the territory
lying between Maquoketa and Elk
river.
/ had previously disposed of my
interest in the store. and having
purchased horse and buggy was
ready to move to my work. John
Holroyd. a member Of the church,
living on the charge, volunteered to
move our things out to the parson-
age, distant some thirty-five miles;
so our stun was loaded on the wag-
ons and the procession started. Hol-
royd got away In good shape and ar
rived at the parsonage without ac-
cident. Not 50 the other two teams;
their drivers had evidently forgot
te. the lessons taught them in the
Sunday school. for We who followed
them in our buggy some hours lat
er, discovered the teams hitched In
front Of q saloon just outside of
town, while the drivers were inside
drinking. remarked to my wife,
II am afraid we shall have trouble
with those fellows before we have
done with them" And indeed we
did for when they reached the par
sonage the next day about thirty-five
dollars worth of carpet was missing
and the furniture was badly broken
up, several Of the new chairs were
nearly destroyed and of one OF the
Jars OF fruit which the preachers
wife had so carefully prepared there
was little left; the bedding suffered
severely and in fact nearly every
thing on those two wagons was more
or less injured. lne teamsters had
evidently gotten thoroughly drunk
and had been racing their teams.
Tor some people on the road told us
afterward how they had heard them
WAooping and yelling like mad men
a they drove past. Evidently there
was need of missionary work In that
country.
The parsonage, which was locat'
"a IN an isolated position at . bleak
dreary spot on the top of g hili
which had once been covered with
timber, was surrounded with scrub
Iby underbrush. 1t was distant nine
miles from Maquoketa, the nearest
town. A barn-like structure, which
was q mere shell; it defied all efforts
20 render 1t anything like comfort
able in the winter; SO We suffered
from those piercing blasts which
swept over the exposed country
driving their way pitilesly through
/ the cracks and crevices into the
house and freezing everything that
could not be kept close to the stove
used to wonder why 1t was not
\ called Winter Hill instead OF Sum
mer Hill.
The people were very kind, how
ever, and kept us we'll provided with
fuel. so we survived the winter
when we arrived on the charge
there we're five preaching places. al
OF them school houses. but during
nv second year two more were ad'
ded. so was kept busy supplying
the work. The drives were IRON
ave to twenty miles long and as mrs
Z Green almost always went with me
when the weather would at all per-
nit: We did not always return nome
on sunday. evening. but remained
AYR aad visited among the peopl'
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