The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-03

(Jhorru o.v Od Wood c.lI) fly; and so sudden would be the jerking of the head that their long loose hair would crack al- most as loud as wagoner's whip"
 From this it may be inferred that this ex- pounder of the d-time religion didn't ap- prove of ladies of fashion, This impression Is strengthened by his statement that they would faint if they had to walk 100 yards in the without a parasol; they were braced and stayed to such an extent that they could not step more than six or eight inches at a time. Should they by any accident happen to lose their moorings and fall, they are imprisoned with so many unmentonables that they could not get up again"
 Just as he disapproved of such vainglorlous folk Tn the larger settlements of the Middle west, SO did he have his own methods of rebuking the supercilious attitude of big city dwellers toward country folk. On his first visit to New York he went to the famed Astor House. A naughty clerk regarding the roughly-clad frontiersman as a regular hayseed," assigned him to room away up under the reof. In little while bell from that room summoned the servant who had shown the circuit rider to his quarters.
 No sooner had the servant returned from his trip up several flights of stairs (for there were no elevators in these days) than he was called back. This was repeated several times until finally the servant reported to the clerk that the guest in that room must be crazy" Asked to explain, he replied: "The first time he called me up there he wanted to know how we were get ting along down here The next time he was bothered by the bell on the city hall and want ed to know where the fire was. This last time he said he wanted an ax"
 An ax?" asked the clerk ncredulousy.
 "Yes, sir, an ax."
 "What in creation does he want with an ax.'
 "I don't know, sir but he insisted that he must have one"
 So the clerk climbed up to the distant room and demanded an explanation of the unusual re- quest.
 "why. you sec" said Cartwright cheerfully, back In my state when a man has distance to go in a strange country he blazes his way with an ax, so that he may know how to get back. I want to leave my room, and want to blaze my way so that can find It again."
 "Who are you anyway?" asked the astonlshed clerk
 My name Is Peter Cartwright" replied the old man humbly and immediately he was given better room, for the fame of the great circuit rider had penetrated even to the benighted ln- habitants of Manhattan.
 Cartwright was not only one of the most noted circuit riders this country has ever known but he was also prominent figure in politics in the period before the Civil war. When the Metho- dist church divided on the slavery question in 1S44 Ga schism which lasted for 80 years) Cart. wright stood firmly upon his principles, declar ing "God will show my deluded brethren tht error of their way and bring them back to the way of righteousness" However, he was net in favor of trying to solve the slavery problem by force for he said: q believe the most successful way to ameliorate the condition of the slaves and Christanize them and finally secure their freedom is to treat their owners kindly and not meddle politically with slavery In 1S46 Cartwright was the Democratic candi. date for congress from an Illinois district but | he lost in the election to a young lawyer named | Abraham Lincoln. Thirteen years later he was an ardent supporter of the candidacy of Lin. coins famous debate opponent, Stephen A. Doug. las, for the Democratic nomination for President, and made impassicned speeches in Douglas be- half.
 By 1863, when the Civil war was at Its height, Cartwright's views on slavery had undergone change. In that year Methodist conference was held at Springfield, H., and 1t was to be opened with prayer meeting to ask for success l for the Union army and a speedy peace. The venerable Uncle Peter" Cartwright was chosen to offer up the first prayer. 70, Lord, If slavery be the cause of this cruel war, remove it." he | cried. A loud chorus of amens followed. Then Cartwright cried out 70, Lord, remove 1t any way '" and a louder chorus of "amens!" than ever before went up from the throng gathered there.
 Cartwright lived to see his prayer answered. He died at his home near Pleasant Plains Ill.,. on September 25, 1872, at the age of eighty eight leaving behind him a record which has few equals In the annals of the church In America U eWsstsrn Newspaper unisa.