The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-06-16

"kind q Seems A. II the Great Spirit
OF America Was in That Water"
1nere were emigrants on their
way to the Far West in the
crowd-men, women and children and
babies in arms-Irish, English, Ger
mans and Yankees. There were also
well-dressed. handsome young men
from the colleges Of New England
going out to be missionaries between
the desert and the sown"
Buffalo, on the edge Of the mid
land seas, had the flavor Of the rank,
new soil in it those days-and especi-
ally that day, when it was thronged
with rough coated and rougher tongued,
swearing men on a holiday, steve
dOres and boatmen off the lakes and
rivers of the middle border-some of
whom had had their training on the
Ohio and Mississippi. There was much
drunkenness and fighting in the
crowded streets. Some Of the carriers
and handlers of American commerce
vented their enthusiasm in song.
They had the lake view and its
cool breeze on their way to Silver
Greek, Dunkirk and Erie, and a
rough way 1t was in those days. (
Enough has been written Of this
long and wearisome journey. but the
worst OF it was ahead OF them much
the worst Of tin the swamp flats
of Ohio and Indiana. In one Of the
former a wagon wheel broke down,
and that day Sarah began to shake
with ague and burn with fever. Sam
son. built a rude camp BY the road
side, put Sarah into bed under It's
coyer and started ifqr the nearest vii
lage on Colonel's back.
EaI Shah never forget that day spent
In a lonely part Of the. woods" the
good woman wrote to her brother. ut
endeared the children t4, me more than
any day 4 Team remember. They
.bEoilght water, from the creek. q great
| quantity, and told me stories and
cheered me In every way they could.
NY faith In Gods protection was per-
feet and in spite of my misery the
children were q great comfort In
| the imnidhe III fheg afternoon Samson
returned with a doctor ana some tools
/ and stick of seasoned timber. How
good he looked when he came and
knelt by my bed and kissed me! This
is a hard journey, but q woman can
bear anything with such a man. The
doctor said ! would be all right in
three days, and I was. NJ
Late that afternoon 1t began to
rain. Samson was singing as he
| worked On his wheel. A traveller
came along on horseback and saw
our plight. He was young mission
ary going west. samson began to
joke with him.
".You're happy man for one in
SO much trouble, said the stranger.
4 "Then heard Samson say: Well,
sir, I'm in Ak where happiness Il
absolutely necessary. Its like grease
On the wagon wheels we couldn't
60 on withoutsit When we need any
thing we make II II we can. Ny wife
4 is sick and the, wagon Is broke and it's
raining and night ia near In lone
some country, and it Amt real good
d time for me to be down In the mouth
-is It, now2 We haven't broke any
h bones or had an earthquake or been
scalped BY Indians. 80 there's some
n room for happiness
Look here, stranger--I like you,
said the Nman. IL there's anything
can do to help We, I'm stop q while
ys He spent the, night with them and
helped meId the felly and set the
4 tire. n IN 1
The fever and ague passed from
A one to another and all were sicl
before the journey ended, althougf
Samson kept the reins Ia hant
through his misery. There were mani