The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-07-23
Letter ir00 Rev. Wm. C1aWese4
Clinton, Wis, July II. 1914.

A6ttS6 To- R6Vs " -
Clinton. Wis. July II. 1914.
Rev. Louis Heb.
Julesburx. Colorado.
My Dear Mr.. Heb:
l have just been reading in the ADJ
vance an account Of the dedication OF
your new church building. a picture
of which accompanies the narrative.
Permit me to congratulate you upon
the successful completion of 30 credi-
table q piece Of work.
1t occurs to me that l have a GER
tain relation to the Church In Jules
burg-a relation not exactly historic.
but prehistoric. On the 2lst day Of
June, 1863, I there set an example of
keeping the Sabbath day. l had been
commissioned by the American Home
Missionary Society as the first home
Missionary of our denomination to the
territory of Colorado. II was neces-
sary to go by coach from Omaha to
Denver. an awful middle passage" OF
seven days and seven nights. Before
my starting, the question naturally
came up in my mind whether l should
ride on the Sabbath day or not. The
sentiment in regard to the observance
of the SABBATH was quite different then
from what It is now. l felt that II
were to have boldness In preaching
as pioneer, must keep a good re-
cord. AS I was passing through Chi
cago I CHANGED to meet Rev. A. B.
Robbins of Muscatine, Iowa, a member
of the famous Iowa Band" and l
asked him whether should travel on
the Sabbath day or not. He did not
give direct answer, but >gave his
experience. When the Band" were on
their way to Iowa, he said. in crossing
the lakes some of them journeyed on
the Sabbath, and others, among whom
MIR. Robbins himself. conscientiously
stopped to rest Those who Travelled
sed about in fear and misery, and final
ly reached port at the same time with
those who rested.
Emboldened by Mr.. Robbins narra-
tive, got off from the coach at Jules
burg on Saturday evening. June goth.
taking my chances of finding a seat in
the coach on Monday morning. The
coaches were running pretty full, and
there was need of some faith.
Everything turned out we'll for me
1t so happened that the man and his
wife who were in charge of the Jules
burg station had gone away for two
or three days, and had their room
and their bed. l had quiet Sabbath,
and on Monday morning I found a
coach which was not as full as the
one l had left.
That was fifty-one years ago, and
my recollections are somewhat hazy.
There was no village then-only sta
tion for the coaches, with house for
the few men employed and barn for
the horses, probably both of logs. If
there we're any other buildings, l do
not remember them. l think it was
m eating station, and l suppose>that
on that Sunday one coach going east
must have stopped, and one coach go
ing west. What remember most dis
tinctiy is the blood -curdling stories
which heard concerning still earli-
er time.
It seems that the first settler there
was julie or (Jules), and he had been
succeeded by an agent of the Overland
Stage Company of the name of Slade
S!ade was described to me as hand
some, well built man. of reddish hair
and rudy. complexion, who knew how
to be either gentleman or despera-
do. Between him and julie there was
deadly fued. julie for safety had
gone away, but for some reason had
come back and was lurking in the vi
cinity. Some of Slade's men by his di-
rections caught julie, brought him in,
and tied him to post in the barn in
a basement stable, if my memory is
correct. Then Slade, who was a good
marksman, fired with his pistol first
u one hand OF Jule ana tnen at the
!. other. then at one ear and~at the other
unit, at last, tired of Internal amuse-
ment, he shot him through the heart.
will not vouch for the truth of this
story. but it is what was told me.
Slade subsequently went to Mon
tana, to what place 1 have forgotten,
and there he became worse and worse.
He would ride through the street
shooting right and left, and in general
he led a career of unbridled reckless
ness and violence. Finally vigilance
committee seized him, and told him
that his end had come, and he must