The Hartford republican., 1915-10-08

eat while he was talking to them.
And old as he is he was fond of talk
ing to women. He thought old Ball
might be hungry and the women
brought him bundle of fodder and
they took the bit out oe old Balls
mouth and slipped the bride back
to the collar and there he was eat
ing apples and cracking jokes with
| the women when, as the devil would
have il suppose. old Ball got scared
and away he went. They all holler-
ed "woah" hut Ball didn't mind them
and Just then the basket of apples
turned over and scared him worse
and worse. In the next place his
| Did hat flew OF and sailed like
buzzard soaring the horse still worse.
! NJ last he struck a stump and the
! old man got one Of the highest falls
ever seen. and broke his leg and he
is lame yet"
The narrative does not tell waht
he Bishop did for Edge.
james Axiey who was elected a
delegate to the genera; conference in
1912 offered the following resolu-
ton: Resolved that no stationed or
local preacher shall retail spirituous
or malt liquor without .orfeiting his
ministerial ch"racter among Ms" u
was sent to the table several times
and then II was finally put to a vote
and lost. Again in 1916 he went as
= delegate and offered the same reso-
iution and this time it was passed
~ TIE conference. Some of us were
anxious that the century of Axley's
resolution, 1916, should see Ken
.ucky voted dry, but like Axley's
resolution in 1912 it has been tabled
for the present but :. will not down.
II vii come to vote and Kentucky
will he dry some time.
AXley had a great aversion to
slavery and would not open the doors
OF the church if he thought a slave
holder wanted To join. He was also
bitterly opposed to the use Of tobac-
co. often quoting this rhyme:
Tobacco is an Indian weed.
And from the Devil does prorneS.
II spoils a woman. burns her clothes.
And makes /, chimney of her nose.
He also preached against Masonry
because of its secrecy. He was also
hard on dress in women. Placed once
by his presiding elder to let in the
good and keep out the bad he turned
several women back who had frills
and fiXins on. At last woman.
whom he knew to be pious came to
the door with the first furs on her
that he had ever seen and after scan
ming her for time he said, Go in
sister, catskins and all"
Two of Hartford's presiding ell
jers were elected to the episcopacy
They were McKepdrie and Morris.
Other preachers OF this place in
The days long gone were: John
Smith. VIM. Allison. Nathaniel Tai
bott, George McNeiIly, Hirem Kel-
lums, Thos Taylor, John PiHkston.
John Daviess. Thos. Stevens. -
phipps and Joe Miller but l refer
YOU to a small book by Judge l.. p.
little, of OwensbOro. for more per-
onal information.
OwensbOro does net appear in the
ist o: monthly preaching places un-
il February 25, 1926. al which time
he Hartford circuit had only thirty
tx preaching places scattered over
territory now covered by at least
twenty-five pastoral charges.
In 1919 Rev. VIM. Hart who had
een a successful itinerant preacher
or several years located near Hart
ord and did much by his piety and
alents to build up MethOdism in all
his section of Kentucky One of
is sons. Henry Hart whom | knew
fly years ago in OwensbOro. was a
uccessful teacher and christian gen
eman of the highest order ,