Year: 1875




told by Methodist Preacher


At the Methodist Preachers meeting,
at the Methodist Book Concern yester-
day morning, Rev. DIR. Fisher. of the
Pittsburg Conference, was introduced as
1.-THE man who was wonderfully saved
during Quantrelrs raid by the heroism
of his wife" Methodist preachers al
ways have time to relate or hear ''an ex-
perience," and such an introduction. of
course, set dozen or more of them call
ing for the story, which the Doctor re-
luctantly consented to tell By the way
he is i'll the city by invitation of the
Ladies' Home Mission of the NJ. f.
Church, and arrangements are on foot
for securing his services as Superintend-
ent of the work of that society.


ONE OF JIM LANES CHAPLAINs.


After some preliminary remarks, DIR.
Fisher began the story. He said: 81
was always an anti slavery man of the
most anti kind, aud after | moved to
Kansas, without any prominence having
been given TO my sentiments by myself.
l found myself the object of vindictive
hatred of the Lro slavery party of the
region where resided. My life was un-
successfully sought several times. When
the war broke out | went as a chaplain:
Most of the male members of my church
went to tile war, and went as one of
Jim Lanes chaplains.


The news of my connection with the
army, and of my being put in charge of
contrabauds who were sent to Kansas.
got abroad, and the rebels hated me
worse than ever. They got my photo
graph and distributed it throughout the
country, aud it was fixed among item
that | was to be shot whenever met.
Once when wa sent Hp the River with
body of eOntrabands, not being we'll,
went home for little rest. | was living
at Lawrence. The town had a few guns
In the arinery, and there was an under
standing with the farmers of the sur
rounding country that upon the ringing
of an alarm they should come in and de-
fend the town, but the coming of Guam
treli andshis men was a complete sur
prise. When the alarm was rung the ar
senal was already captured and on fire.
J was in bed, aud heard, about 3 o'clock
In the morning, horses galloping very
rapidly away, and awoke my wife tell
ing her it was singular that horses should
be galloping so fast so early in the morn
ing; but she said she guessed it was
some farmers who had been been in to
some railroad meeting the evening be-
fore, and were hurrying back to their
work. We lay and talked for some
time. The children were going out that
morning to get some grapes, and my
wife thought she would call them earlier
than usual, and herein, brethren, / see
the hand of Providence. 1t was not day
light but day was dawning. Having
called the children, she went and look
ed out Of the front door, and Instantly
called me: "Pa, the Rebels are in
town" / said that could not. be; but,
nevertheless, sprang from the bed and
ran to the door


THERE THKY WERE


There they were just across the green,
and just then they shot the United
Brethren preacher, as he was milking
his COW in the barn yard. / rushed back
into the house; my wife caught up her
babe: have four boys; one was on my
wife's breast, another was by her side,
and the oldest was II or II years old.
We all rushed up the lot in which our
house stood. Then left my wife, and
with the two Oldest boys ran up the hill:
but something seemed TO tell NE that /
was running away from safety. So | told
the boys to run on, and would 90 back
to mother. It was then in the gray
light Of morning, and the rebels had
divided into little squads and were ran
sacking the town, killing every man they
found, and burning houses. Ny boys
separated, the oldest getting with a
neighbor's boy, Robert Winton, and
while the two were running for life the
soldiers saw them aud fired volIey, kill
ing poor Bobby and frightening my boy
almost to death. He ran in and hid
among some graves in the graveyard.
Ny younger son ran off on the prairie.


N THE CELLAR


In fixing my cellar had thrown up a
bank OF earth near the entrance and |
crept down there and laid myself be
tween the mound of earth aud the wall
IN sach C. way that the earth would
partially screen me. lay up close to
the kitchen floor. had not been there
long, when four Of Quantrell's men rode
up TO the house and demanded admit
tance. My wife went to the front door
and let them in. They demanded
whetherI vas not in the house or in the
cellar. She replied: ''My husband and
two older boys ran off as soon as the fir
ing began" The leader swore that he
knew was in the cellar. Ny wife re-
piled that she had two young children
by her, and that she did not want any
more oaths uttered before them. "YoQ