The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-10-06


q bad lob ~ even the bride. He Ept
everything ready and started out AS
he was going By old Sister Babhit's.
Who had several old girls about the
house and who were kind TO preach
ers. he stopped before the door and
vas proud Of his gig He would not
get out and the woman and girls
came out to talk to him and they
brought him a basket Of apples to
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 q bundle OF fodder and
they took the bit out o. 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 it suppose. old Ball got scared
and away he went They all holler-
ed "woah" but 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
old hat few of and sailed like a
buzzsrd soaring the horse still worse
At 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 vsht
the Bishop did for Edge
James Axley who was elected a
delegate to the general conference in
1912 offered the following resolu-
ton: Resolved that no stationed or
local preacher shall retail spirituous
or malt liquor without FORGETTING his
ministerial character among u.s." II
was sent to the table several times
and then II was finally put to a vote
and lost. Again in 1916 he went as
a delegate and offered the same reso-
luton and this time it was passed
by the conference. Some of US were
anxious that the century of Alleys
resolution. 1916. should see Ken
lucky voted dry, but like Alleys
resolution in 1912 it has been tabled
for the present but it will not down.
1t will come to a vote and Kentucky
will be dry some time.
Axley had a great aversion to
slavery and would not open the doors
of the church il 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 proceed.
1t spoils a woman, burns her clothes,
And makes a 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 a 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 a time he said, Go in
sister, catskins and all"
Two of Hartford's presiding ell
ders were elected to the episcopacy.
They were McKendrie and Morris
Other preachers of this place in
the days long gone were: John
Smith, VIM. Allison. Nathaniel Tai
bolt, George McNeilly. Hirem KEEL
lums, Thos Taylor. John Piakston,
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-
sonal information.
greensboro does net appear in the
list of monthly preaching places I'M
til February 25. 1926. at which time
the Hartford circuit had only thirty
six preaching places scattered over
a territory now covered by at least
pastoral charges.
In 1919 Rev. VIM. Hart who had
been a successful itinerant preacher
'or several years located near Hart
lord and did much by his piety and
.alents TO build up Methodism in all
his section of Kentucky. One OF
his sons. Henry Hart whom l knew
fifty years ago in Owensboro, was a
teacher and christian gen
leman of the highest order.