Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-08-20

with blapched faces they looked at
each other. Finally one broke the
silence and suggested that there was
danger that all might get killed, and
that it w ae proper time to pray.
Finally Fir Meyer suggested to Fred
Burr, Fred you ought to know how
to pray, you go to Sunday school and
all your people belong to the Con-
gregational church. Fred pray. ="
Fred Burr was pretty we'll scared but
he mustered up courage and in that
inimmitable solemn tone of voice in
! which he now calls off in the
Orpheum, THE next is a thousand
foot real taken by the Thanhauser
Company entitled, The Girl Bandit
of Arizona, commenced:
Now I lay me down to sleep
pray the Lord my soul to keep
And if die before I wake"
When he got that TAR a gush of
wind lifted the tent over their heads,
blew out the candle, fierce flash of
lightning followed by loud clap of
thunder added to their Consideration
and a deluge of rain followed. The
boys were not dressed for company,
picked up what clothes they could
find and scampered for the school
house. I did not witness the awful
scene, but listened to this tale Of woe
when related by one of the boys. The
boys insisted that Fred Burr's fervent
prayer saved their life. Do not grin
at the boys for they only did what
millions Of grown people would have
done. There are a good many grown
people that never pray when every
thing looks fair and the sun shines
but when in dark night the light
ming flashes and thunder roars and the
storm shakes the foundation of their
house, or when otherwise il mental Of
physical anxiety every thing seems in
confusion around them, then they fall
upon their knees and anxiously pray
to the Lord to get them out Of this
srcape and expect him to drop all of
his other work and make a special
trip to relieve them.
Some years sgo Mr.. Samuel Yeno-
wine, of California, an uncle of my
wife, paid us visit. One day he
told me that early in the fifties he
had a contract to build a mill on a
river not far from Lancaster, but that
he could not at this time locate the
place nor the road on which it was
constructed but remembered that the
mill was built by a creek, and that
few days before it was finished,
high water washed it away. 1 took
him riding around the country to
show him all the beauty spots and
among others we went to Kings
Ford. While crossing the river he
said "stop," Pointing up the river he
said. ''There is where 1 built the
mill. =
Mr.. Harrison King informed me
that during the year 1854 man by
the name of Martin built saw mill
just above the ford and that the mill
was washed away by a flood which
also carried away all his logs and
three yoke of oxen. But few of
many people that camped around
Kings Ford ever dreamed of this as
the former mill site. I wondered
many time how the rocks came in
to the river at that place. To me it
did not seem as the handiwork Of ma
ture.
Perhaps the greatest camping party
that ever assembled at Kings Ford
was twenty four years ago, I have
the picture of the group Of most all
of the campers before me. Mrs e.
B Showalter, acting as chaperone,
graces the center of the picture, and
near her is jolly Name Barnett who
now resides at Fennimore, keeping
time with her good husband Albert
| Weber and then there is Kate elise,
| looking with confidence into the
future when she would capture Joe
| Nathan, who sat almost at her feet
hiding behind Myrtle Uorliss, who was
also supported by John Calls who is
trying to pull of his suspender with
his right hand and support Myrtle
Coriiss with his left. In the south
west corner sits Jospehine Corliss who
was better known as Oslo of whom
] will tell more hereafter.
Just above her is sweet little Berthe
Kinney, beloved by all and the on ly
one of the group that has passed away
and now dwells in the new Jerusalem
beyond the skies
In the northwest corner stands
little Allen Kidd. He came from
! Washington, where he learned to
economic; he got a handkerchief
around his neck to keep his collar
clean. He is still bachelor and is
bo1yoioo TIoo1o Cov1 r. tho ~ n