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Vicious Horses,
Scarcely a number of any ag
ieul-
turi paper appears, that doe, not
contain questions from farmeraud
stockmen relative to the taeateient
best suited for the cure of nti bet -
less forms of vice in horsea, bot in
the stable and at work ; an in
most cases the remedies recoiled] ml -
ed are entirely inadequate to e ect
curesof not actually in theme Ives
hurtfal to the animals subjecte to
there.
We commence on a broad b sis,
by saying that stable viciousnes is
generally caueed by ill-treatin nt,
and aice in harness by fear and by
the animal having been overta ed
when first worked, Vice in he •
saddle is generally caused by p
A badly fitting saddle .has gal ed
the animal and . readered his b. ck
tender; consequently, ever aft r
any weight on the back causes him,
if not icute pain, at least the f ar
and discomfort of pain. Balking n
harness -is invariably caused by c e-
mending over exertion of you e,
uneducated !horses. Thus, for ja -
stance, a colt is harnessed for tl e
first time, and he is required to p
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a weight, perhaps on au unev n
surface. Now, no matter how lig t
the weight may be, it requires a
immense exertion to move it, to h s
untaught brain.. He refuses, s
punished, and fights bale, or grow
sulky acrd stubborn. In. either cas
• his temper is injured, and his vain
as an article of merchandise, is les-
sened.
In the stable- horses pull upot
the halter, first from fear, and then
from fatigue. The colt pulls on the
halter to regain his lost liberty; the
overworked horse to obtain rest, as
thus palling he reduces the weight
on his wearied limbs. Horses loll
their tongues out tb Tapp
the tortures of severe bridles
and the epzistantly inflicted agony
of the check -rein. They kick and
bite to keep Off their tormentors
and abusers, because to kick and
bite are the only means of defence
furnished them by nature. They
kick in stables when unmolested,
not from vice, but from nervousness
and the habit becomes confirmed
by -the animal being punished for it;
whereas the exciting cause should
be removed. Horses crib bite from
being debarred from a suffieient
amoun If of open an daily exercise,
and they obstinately. refuse to lie
-down because the stalls are toonal--
row, and being once or twice, en-
tangled, fear ovei•cornes fatigue, and I
the animal stands whea he ought to
lie resting and recoverlg strength.
Horses shy on the rJad and street
from fear alone, save, when full of
away is a yice, and when a horse
_bolts in unskilled hands, a most
dangerous one. This vice springi
generally from tea, Sometimes from
playfulness and from overtension
of the nervous system._ When.
a • horse bolts, from ! fear
the ” surest way to cure him
of the habit is to allow
him to run and guide him safely
along his road, and as soon as he
evinces symptoms of relaxing his
speed, to gently' encourage him.
Withoutpressing him so as to in-
jure him or to increase his let ror, do
notpermit him to stop exactly when
he likes, but arrest him with a sud-
den word of command rather than
with a jerk on the rein. Avoid a
a steady pull on the bridle, and
while he is running feel his mouth
gently and hold his head straight.
-Never jerk or worry his head. This
would increase his fear, and ren-
der him more startled and pig-head-
ed than before. 'Ilorsee run away
in nearly all cases from injarroils
.treatment. They are kept shivering
•in the cold, or stung to fury in the
heat, till their patience ,is exhaust-
ed, or they are frightened by harness
giving way or by a load running on
thorn, or they are tortured to mad-
ness by -severe kits and cruelly -tight
check -reins. . The most confirmed
runaway will never attempt to bolt
a third time if treated as we recom-
mend. unless he change bands mid
be again injudiciously or cruelly
treated. .A horse that has once
contracted any vice, even though ap-
parently cured of it, is certain to
return to the old evil if again sub-
jected to exciting influences. No
cure is radical save that of kind and
judicious treatment, steadily-er-
sisted in.
Farm News and Notes.
Apples can ' be bought for four
cents per bushel in some parts ofee11-
linois.—The foot and . mouth clis- "
ease le increasing to an alarming
ing extent among English .cattle.
Late returns show an increase of
4,000 cases in th e infected districts..
To fatten hogs profitably, it is
important to commence early in
Autumn ; for , the reason that the
mild weather is much more favorable
to taking on flesh than that of a
severe cliarecter.---Hens cannot
produce eggs unless their feed 'con-
tains the eements of which the egg
is composed. The kind of feed that
s offered to liens must be deterMin-
d by the object to be attained in
feeding them. Hens intended, for
he market should be fed that kind
f grain which is known to contain
large percentage -of the fattv- or
ily substances. But hens hens kept as
t1e, they sometimes shy from play- I layers should be fed on that kind of 1 .
fulness. The remedies certain of l grain which contains a larger share I
really affecting permanent GU/ es in I of the al bumoids or egg producing
in the above specified instances are 1 elemen ts.—Professor Kelly gives
not to be Maud by using force or init as his conviction that if a dozen
the causes es. I
I
coercive maasures, but by ren)oviiig I our most common birds could be
di the so-called vicIf 8 ept from existence, we should
horsea „
1C in harness, put him in longer be able to grow the principa
' 1 1
company with a steady mate, and
avoid all possibleca
exciting uses.
-11 If he does not get' worried into a
kicking tit for a few weeks, you may
regard him as cured, while he re-
mains under a mild rule. The same
can. be said of balkina. A ball -
E
that the oil and labor cost less than
the waste of rust, and does he not
remember that my S ring Slowing
is halt one „before his plows are in
working ord'er I His ens roost. in
trees during the storm of Winter,
and he-compiains that they lay no
eggs; his cows shiver y the side of
the fence, and be co plains that
the children eat too Lich butter ;
be goes to -the grocery ith a jug in
one end of the sack a d a stone in
the other, and he wi es his nose
with his coatsleeve.
Stick to the Co ntry.
.A young laborer in the co ntry,
working at $1 per da and oard,
is proportionately bet er of!and
more independent than clerk in a
city on $700 a year, ho has to
expend $600 fora livi . There-
fore, we would adyise t e farmers'
sons to remain in the' untrY, and
learn to cultivate the sol in the im-
proved manner, and the will both
seCure wealth and happ ness. The
city is fell] of young mei and boys
who are working for wa es sea -cely
sufficient to pay for poor b ard.
They are not wanted in the ?ity, ;
but they can do well t ie country
if they will.
HARNESS, HA
NES
S.
Great Varie
AT WILSO
SEAFORTH
TRUNKS of all kinds,
VALISES—not a few,
WHIPS—of all sorts,
COLLArSz--all sizes.
Bushes, Curry -CO mbs, Cards. .
All prices—from 10 cents up
Bells, Blankets, eircingles, Saddles,
And in fact everything usually foflund in a
r
class Saddler's Shop, and at prices extraruely lo
•
JAMES WILSON
Takes thili opportunitrof thanking, his nnmerops
.
friends arid customers for the liberal npport
tended toward him for the past year ud hopes
by strict attention to business and nmufacturing
a first-class article to merit a fair share f the pat-
ronage of the many.
Remember the'Sign of the
• "GOLDEN SADDLE." 215
TO 'THE PUBLIC AT L RG}
W. H. OLIV
Harness, Saddled
an
kANUFACTU.RER,
SRAPORT
..4;1
ci'ops,. and insects would riot and
ill tiply beyiend the possibility of
r etraint. --- Trona '30 ti ees,
six years planted, standing 12
f et apart, aid covering one-tenth of
a acre, a. Michigan fruit grower
thered this year • 60 bushels of
arse is far less dangerous than a ' plums, of the Canadidn Egg and
.
he requi
a kicking one ; stilles to Ccure him an equal amount of gond! w re sold in the Chicago market,
r- r's Golden Drop varieties, which
temper and decision on the part of 1,iii d netted $4 a bushel. ----There
his driver. To start a balky horse ca be no doubt that in the summer
treat him as you would an uneducat-
ed colt : ask n.othing of him, start
his load for him, and if he is fatigued
never demand any exertion of him.
This treatment steadily' pursued' fo
a comparatively slibre time will in- : veetables two or thre-e times a. dav
variably cure even the. most - con- i are liable to disease.—One of the
firmed balker. When a harness- ! mo t injurious dietetic habits of
horse is iii the habit of lolling his A ericans is that of eating fresh
tongue out, take off all extra etraps 1 bre d, cake and biieuit. The Prus-
leave bis head free, and he will !. sia Government compels bakers to
speedily forsake Jus evil habit. I keel their bread at least one day
Kicking in the- stable can be pre- ' bef re using If Americans would
b
b'
ented by n proper amount,of daily 'I fall w t, It -dr example, there would be 1 Agent for Sewing Machines. Mcney
an fall seasons people who live
in- inly on fruit and berries and
cot rse bread can almost insure ex-
emption. from Sickness, while those
who eat heartily of solid meat and
run..
SIGN OP TIIE SCOTCH CIOLLAP.
A choice assortment of light and heavy Larness,
Whips, Bells, Hone Clothing, Lte., kept constantly
en hand. Repairing promptly attended to, and
charges moderate. Remember the place, Sign of
the Sootcli Collar. W. H. OLIVER.
VIOLET
!rm.
J. SEATTER,
EXCHANGE BROKER,
And 41ealer in Pure
DRUGS CHEMICALS AND DYE STUFFS,
PERFUMERY,
FANCYAND TOILET ARTICLES
exercise, by removing an &uses of few r dyspeptics than at, present. I to lerld on eaSY
ear or annoyance, and stalding the I then is not one dyspeptic GermSEATTER,
an ' - terms.
Oise ill a loose box, or at least in a i whel.e there is a dozen dyspeptic Seaforth, li07. 3, 1870. 59-t .
J.
'ailing on the halter ; ,Ani tie ins. -
s at ouce prevented by FOR LIVERPO-01. iiiiii-QU-EETIS-T-0-4---N-. '
one, tie the horse to a low, h-dte.
ox stalls. When this cannot be 1 sPr ad the Dropping e of Cattle. TNAIAN LINE OF MAIL STEMERS SAILING
.
-L from New York,
br , A. a a rule droppings of cattle in
nd run the s winging bar across the i pas4 res are net spread. They fer-
aek of his stall. Let it be securely i tilize a very small space • and the
. _
. , arid be of stout, oak, strong i grass grows so rankly that the cattle
!lough to support the weight of the 1 will lot touch it until they are forc-
,
orse, as he is certain to lean again st i ed b, hunger. These little green.
i, support being what he looks for. i ',lac Jes ai.e noticed in every cow
lie worst crib -bite). can be Ilievent 1 r • -- 1. .e. There is a loss of food for
f• rom cribbing by simply kee1i11,c4 ; at lea t two yeats by this neglect.
un in a stall t4e superlicies ol' I If th •!, manure were spread every
ich are smooth tiled offer no i Fall ;- nd spring, as it iS in meadows,
i
The beet external H. MUSTARD'S
MUSTARD'S
-KING OF OILS,
otigh or sharp edges oo, which he i it wo dd -cover a very large Sp ICL . edy for Rheutuatis n,
J1, &Steil his teeth, for by ineans I and b come immediatelv aveilei I -. -&-e
_ e es end every conceivab le •
t l a one can he hold on I At le. st ten times 1:3 much sucTOCe -; •.',C
•• Sprains, Woumbeltru s-
--.4,ally enough to suck. io. air, and it I would feel the effetas of the manure,
IN
-,--:- , sore, old ornew. Give it
zlin-Sur:kipg anti. not th P. crib-. I and tl e cirnss would nll be ero ) >eti
b
44,..., , le!):4; aili;31tefIlTYeinA,
Z:. k•v a trial. Almo, try the
ting that hurts the zinimal. When" and re urneel again to the soil, -and
, , e
-e.,,..;c,:e. ecc.-,' and if you ant a
*a or es, j u d oln e u t is necessary I Made rnmediately availitble.
re
'''''.Z
i genvilEiTi.i.:1".tni.F; piLL
= dece whethor itiis done in. play ' ,, 1 Demme:a all obetrn .
. -
., ____
idthins of the -Liver, Stoin-
il 1R R•IlcrtQl'. 1 r 111. I A. vi.
-.- Jayy flieu a Wla Farming will not Pay. &(..., try
-- ' I nob And 13oln:els, Dyspepsia, Headache, Costivenes.,
rd sharply spoken will ward off A witei. in the .Practical Faemer
4-, ., —
Mustard's Anti -Bilious Pills,
,! ev I. -; r in auger, a thi en t beef saya! farmer NOM) is graill Wing 1 Or if yon require a safe and snro remedy for Worm.
1
a voice awl the eight of the whip; him wi enever 1 got throuel usine
la
e a blow ia necessaay. An- well 1 that famine don't ietY, asked hoar '
ken hoteeir fear and obey- ti It u- I kept ny plows so brigh. .- I told it yon have Catarrh, Cold in the Ile id, Neuralgia
1 n usEllIT'STARD'S DOIINION IV( UM CANDY.
in ,in or Nervous Headache, nee .
the coachmen or. teamster wh-0 them i ) the F.ill, ihistard'N Oatarrh Spec;fle,
iee ribl 0 G tanumg obedience gave th iii a good. coating of grease. Fa (wadi
.
1 clea aed - and wee& ale secure relief nt once.
gentle means, is useless and :He eaid the practice 'didn't nay.'
Idd be distnieeed,
Running , Si porson, does ha not know
. EVERY THURSDAY AND EVERY —
SATURDAY,
Tickets sold to and from England, Ireland, nd
,
the Continent, et as low rates as by any other line.
15, Broadway; N. Y., or ' Is superior to any
JOHN SEATTER,
JOHN G. DALE, Agent,
gxpos.okiToRlf
., •
• 0.01)ERICH .FOUNDRY.
1T..e./ .ie.
• •
:E undersigned, having sold the Huron Poundry property and stock to the " Goderich Foundry
and Manufactu ing Company," begs to thank the public for their liberal support (hiring the peat
nineteen years and rusts that they will pontinue to send their orders to the new Company.
f
Goderic 10th sin le, 1872.
R. RUNCI31AN.
Referring to the above notice,
The GodTrlch Fpundry & Manufacturing Co,
Beg to inform the public that they ate prepared to contract for,
STEAM ENGI E& AND BOILERS; FLOUR, GRIST, AND SAW MILLS;
SA -WING MACHINES, &c.
On hand—IR
SUGAR AN
COOKING,
N AND WOODEN -PLOWS, with steel boards ;
GANG PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, STRAW -CUTTERS, &c,
POTASH KETTLES, GRATE -BARS,
WAGGON BOXES, &c.
ARLOR AND BOX STOVES, of various kinds.
SALT PANS MADE TO ORDER.
- ALSO,.
IRON AND. -BRASS CASTINGS, AND BLACKSMITH WORK.
BOILERS AND SALTj PANS REPAIRED ON SHORT NOTICE. -
1 i
TWENTY TO THIRTY -HORSE POWER TUBULAR BOILERS generally on hand for sale.
1.." All orde'-ii addressed to the Company or Secretary will receive prompt attention...=1
ROBERT RT4NoIM,AN ' - HORACE HORTON,
General Manager .
President.
GEORGE NIEBERGALL,. ARCHIBALD HODGE,
Manager Agricultural Department. -, Secretary and Treasurer.
Goderich, Ontario, June 10, 1872. . .
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243
THOMSON & WILLIAMS'
AGRICULTyRAL IMPLEMENT
AND ENGINE WORKS.
01\TrT.A.R,..tCs_
JOHNSTON'S SELF -RAKING SINGLE REAPElt.
-WE recommend the -above celebrated self -raking Reaper and the CAYUG.A. CHIEF, SR., MOWER, as
tho best harvesting rnachinee now manufactured. We guarantee these two single machines,
costing but $200, to outwear any two combined maehines, costing and with less than one quarter
the cost in repairs. We also guarantee each machine to do its work better, faster, and with much
lighter dra.tight, than any combined machine. These two machines have not only a perfect lifting ap-
paratus for the table and bar, but have also the only perfect tilting table and bar. We offer any trial
the purchaser may desire of either or both these machines. We also build the
01310
040-1\eTIE3Il\TEUD 0IVI-A.01-1.11\TE7
WITH JOHNSTON'S SELF -RAKE,
tending purchasers. We a so build
Which we guarantee equal to the best combined machines reade in Canada, and we offer a trial to in -
TWO -HORSE WOOW-SAWING MACHINES,
And all kinds of
1
ARICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, AND MACHINERY
FOR MILLS AND.FACTORIES.
STEAM ENGINES A SPECIALITY.
THOMSON & WILLIAMS,
Mitchell, Ontario.
Address
: 285
IJ -ST RECEIVED BY
ROBERTSON & 00.
oF
A Splenctid Assortment of
O DIRECT FROM SHEFFIELD.
O LARD, ELEPHANTSTOCK'S AND OTHER
MACHINE OILS.
BUIL ERS' HARDWARE, •
IOF EVERY DESCRIPTION, hid' we can aell at less than PRESENT vrEforzsiux PRICES
ELEPHANT ND JAA•lES' BRANDS WHITE LEAD.
-
RAW AND PiiikLE BOILED OIL
GLASS,; 4:DUTTY, ttc.
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF
ifiRRIAGE-MAi:CERS' AND BLACKSMITHS' HARDWARE
In the Connty.
lest AMERICAN WATERLIME and CALCINED PLASTER, Fresh and Dry,
And warranted good.
, •
WM. ROBERTSON- & CO.'S.
Plated Ware,
THE VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE
DECLABIIS THAT THE
SIGN OF THE
OCT. 11 1872.
Jarnes' Genuine and No. 1
WHITE LEAD,
Walker, Parker & Co.'s White Lead.
Brandrurn's
"Elephant
BEST ENGLISH
RAW AND PALE
LINSEED OILS -
Sax's Heavy Engine Oil.
Bon's Machinery do.
Pale and Seal.
Elephant
do.
do.
Virginia Lubricating do.
SUPERIOR, .
BLACK MACHINERY OIL,
By the barrel or gallon.
At JOHNSON BROS
•
Main -street, SEAFORTIL
HURRAH FOR 1872.
W.M. AULT,
MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH,
TTAS ON HAND a superior stock of FAMI,LY
-A--1- GROCERIES, embracing Teas of the best
brands, Sugars, Raisins, etc. Also, Crockery ant
Glassware, and every other article usually kept in
a first-class Grocery Store.
4
PIRO VISIONS: _
Such as Flom-, Oab and Corn-nieal, Potatoes, Pork,
ete., also, every description of
FEED,
Such as Oats, Peas., Brett and Shorts, all of whicks
.,'t will be solcl cheaper than the cheapest.
VA.1111111 ' Pia OD TUC13,,
.The highest market price paid for all kinds ief-
Farm Produce.
Remember the place, Main. street, East side,.
Opposite Coventry's Boob and Shoe Store, Seafortk.
213
W31. KULT. ,
REMOVED. REMOVED..
M. ROBERTSON,
Cabinet-maker and Undertaker,
HAS REMOVED his ware -rooms to ,
JOHNSON'S OLD STAND,
Maiu-strebt, Seaforth,
'Where ho has on hand a superior stock of Furnie
true of every description.-
CALL -tfArD SEE _IT.
17X3BRTAKING.
Having purchamm
ed Mr. Thomas Bern HEARSE,
I am prepared to attend !anemia on the shortest
notise, either in town or conntry.
coffins, All sizes,
Kept constantly on. hand.
SHROUDS! SHROUDS I
M. ROBERTSON
CABINET MAKER AND UNDERTALR,
:Johnson's Old Stand, -
Main street, Seaforth, has now on hand a good
assortment of
SI-11R.CDTeTIDS
Which he can furnish cheaper than they can be-
got elsewhere. 205
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT
PAIN.
f+-
ARDNER:SEWING MACHINE
230
Seaforth.
inpan3r each of the above
preparationsgold by drnggists and dealers in
medicine generally. Mann fav tnred hy
234-1l03fUSTAltD, Ingersoll, On
t.
Having been examined and tried In'
and
pres
•
the most skilful mechanics and best judgee the country cah produce, T
y them awarded Prizes tit all the principal Exhibitions held tbrouglmnt the Dominion during the
nt year; and although all the leading Machines were arrayed against it, the GARDNER PATENT
has been declared
ri CARTWRIGHT. L. D. S„ Surgeon Dentist,
‘-'• extracte teeth without pain b? the use of the.
Nitrous -Oxide Gits. Office—Over the Fountain of
Fashion, Mr. Porter's store, on the Market Square,
IAttendance in Seaforth, at KIIOX'S Hotel, the first
Tuesday and Wednesday of each month ; in Clinton,
at the Connuercial Hotel, on the following Thu -
1
1 days and Fridays. The remainder of the time at
110 w in the Market
1 his Stratford office. I '
1 -
. Parties requiring new teeth are requested to call
, if at Seeforth anal Clinton, on tne first days of at-
- 1 Over 54000 patients have had teeth extracted by
1 the use of the Gas. at Dr. Colton% offices, Nevi*
York.
208
ICTORIOITS OYER ALL COMPETITOR
and 6,
upon every test, now stands foremost in the rank of sewers. I
- T 113 LIST .Z FOR 1871;
great Central Fair. I" •
Fir t Prizo at Toronto. First Prize at London—the great 'We t
First
landp
Pair,
•
EASE AND COMFORT.
HE BLESSING OF PERFECT SIGHT.
Th
ere is nothing so minable as PERFECT SIGHT,
and Perfect Sight
Can only be obtained by using
PERFECT SPECTACLES,
e difficulty Of procuring which is well known
Messrs. LAZARUS, MORRIS & Co.
ve, after years of experience and expeliment,
1 the erection of costly machinery, been enabled
noduce that grand 1.1. I
PERFECT SPECTACf:ES
'Which never tire the eye, and many last years
hout change.
247
Th
.e atSt. 0101er-tiles, Comity of Lincoln. First Pi -i7, at Clutha:4u, Conrity of a
air. First Prize at Gnelph—the
-t TT
First Prize at Waffle°, Coutty of 'Weterleo. First' Prize at Orangeville, County of Sinicoe.
rize in Mono, County of Peel. First Prize in Caleflon, Cunt:i of Sinicoe. First Prize at Wel- to
'ingston, Diploma at H
rt, County of Welland. First Prize at Otterville, Count -v of 0 f • I
1, and various Comity Shows.
•
Thi beautiful specimen of mechanical ability is a purely Canadien invention, smpessing in simplicity, • wit
durikbpity, and usefulness auy other Sewiug Machine, 1101F in the market whether or Canadian, American,
• Second Prize at Provincial
or English numnfatiture.
It n ill hem cord, braid, trick, gather, fell, arid do all and every kind of Family Sewing and ljght
iimplee.
some °there, it is the cheapest in the- end. Province of Ontario, Tx the /ratter nf jA.11E8
3Iann defining Work, nein, all kinds of thread. It lies a nioat complete SET OP ATTACHMENTS
BIT NO OTIIER. If the price ie a little higher than
Send r Cironlars .arid S
Insolvent Act of 1869
GARDNER SEWING MACHINE ,COMPA.NY HAMILTON, ONT.
An Ineolvent.
Call and examine the C-;-ardner before -enchaing any other, at Witnram Giussires Warereem, the Tinder mod will .*S1.t th I 1
On MODAY the 14th day of October next,
Gederih-etreet Seefin-th. Agents wanted.
P. S. Iutendiug pureharere should hot be inieled unserupnlone 80'0 t o Companies who
peek tellineS they do not yell in a d atate, to make capital for themeves.
179-r
PETElt GE ASsip,
Seaforth.
CountY of Huron. YOUNG the elder,
01 tnesai,L•
Court for a dischnrge tinder the said Att.
Dated at Seaforth, this twelfth day of September,
A. D. 1872. JAAIES YOT4NG, Sr., by
BENSON & MEYER
240-5
Ilis Attorneys ad Litera.
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OCT.li, 2 R72.
A PIONEER METHODIST.
BZV„ PETER CARTwRIGHT.
Bev; Peter Cartwright, the pio
borne, Dear Pleasant Phxins, Sanga-
eer Methodist preacher, died at his
mon County, TN, Sept. 18, at the
lige of 87 years. He was the oldest
.Drdained member of the Ilethodistl
Church in the United State, having
Vs principal field of labor was
en. in. its ministry ov-er 60 yeara,
she Western sountry, where he AVIS
widely known for his untiring zeal,
bonaely eloquence, and occasional
h'h
ccentricities. The story of hi F life, fie served over bss t ;--
Taphy, ppreosses,es special interest from
own indivylu.Jitv
wadi every page of it bears. Re -1,
he wrote :
iSeof t(s1 . irg. %
Re-
garding his parentage,
I was born Sept 1, 17815 in Amherst
_County, on River, in the State of
ViniaMy parents were poor My
father was a soldier in the great striv-,,,le
for liberty, in the great -Revolutionary
war with_ Great Britain
two years. Shortly after the United
Colonies gained their independence, my
parents moved_ to Kentneky, which was a ••
• wilderness from Virginia to Kentucky
new country. It was an almost unbrok
wasi filled. with thousands of - hOstile
at that early day, and this wilderness
Indian, and many thousands of the
emigrants lost their liv-es .by the,se sayd
Flis parents settled in Logan
ounty, Kentucky, and he describes
as follows the state of things in the
rude district wherein his 'boyhood
was passed
When my father settled in Logan
County there was not a newspaper print -1
ea -south of Green River. no Dallis short
.of 40 miles, and no schools worth the
name. Sunday was a day set apart for .2
huntingfishing, horse -racing, card play-
ing, balls, dances, and ail kinds-ofjollity
and mirth. We killed our meat out of
the woods, wild, anci beat our meal and
honainly with a pestle and mortar. We
stretched a deer skin over a hoop, burn-
ed. Meg in it with the prongs of a fork,
ifted. out Meal, baked_ our bread, eat it
and it was lirst-rate -eating too. We
raise gatherednu f the woodb, our
d or t o -
•
.own tea. We had sage, bohea, cross -
vine, spxce, and sassafras teas, in abun-
dance. As for coffee, I am not sure that
I ever smelled it for ten years. We
made our sugar out of the water of the
maple tree, and our molasses too,. These
were great luxuries in those days
We raised our own cotton and flax.
We water -rotted our flax, broke it by
hand, scutched it; picked the seed out of
the cotton with our fingers ; our 3nothers
amd sisters carded, spun, and. wove
into cloth, and. they cut and made our
garments, bed-elothes, &c, And when
we got on a new suit thus manuactured,
And sallied out into company, we thought
ourselves ‘-so -bg as anybody.'"
He says frankly he was neither
better nor worse than the other boys
-in his section:
'41 was naturally a wild wipked boy,
and delighted in horse -raking, card -play-
ing and daneing. My father restrbaned
Rio but little, though my mother often
talked to me, wept over Me, and often
drew tears to my eyes ; -and though
-often wept under preaeMng,
.ed to do better and seek rligion, yet 1
broke my vows, went into young com-
pany, rode races, played cards, and
-dan01, when he was in bis
1.
in
ed8"
six-
teenth year, there was a religious
meeting held near his home, and he
was converted. He says:
"To this meeting 1 repairca a guilty,
-wretched sinner. On the Saturday
-eveng of said meeting, I went with
weeping multitudes. tad bowed before
the stand and earnestly pra.yed for
raercy. In the midst of asolenm struggle
of soul an impression was made ' -on my
niind as though a voice said. to me, 'Thy
ins are all -forgiven thee.' Divine light
flashed all around me, unspeakable joy
sprung up in my soul. Irose to my feet,
opened my oeycs, and it really seemed as
if I was in heaven: the trees, the leaves
on them and everything seemed, and
really thought were, praising God. My
mother raised the shout n3.y 'Christian
friends erow43.ed around. me and joined
faithful, yet I have never for one mo -
been since then in many instaaices
rean
meligiinn.pr)a,ising Goa_ and though I have
nd there forgive my sins and give m*
mo-
ment doubted that the Lord aid then
There was a great revival of re-- ii
gi
slieveTain
ctlni1p8m0i'and
meetings oliefthllettendil
Metho-
dists and Presbyterians, anal in the ,i
Sprint: 02'1802 he was formally per-
initted to 'exercise his gifts as an
exhorter' The 'Kentucky boy' arta
the ' boy preacher,' as heiwas called,
entered with great ardor uon. his
duties in the Waynesville 'cirvuit,
andbefore his twentieth year was
Widely known for his zeal and elo- :
(Dece. Iil 1808, he and about
twenty Kentucky preachers attend- Z
ed the Conference M East Tennes-
see, at Ebenezer Church, Nollii-
ote hi iu lit pcn arkoiaben,aytain;llfla,001,:ials ordained a dea-
travelling preachers had been placed
vations they had thoeeiThiagere
con by Pishop Asbury. Several
with prevailed
U8 this insight into the hard times
et(!olifthdeeaegeipylf
slid not receive half that amount These
Year enough "I(1t8htii. no6)k bIutrneleaenivyedo f aboutourfpreachers t hi ,,)
were hard. times in those Western wilds;'
nony very inan.y, pions and useful
preachers Were literally starved into a
glooatiss te:BI do not mean that they were •
Was rouh, yet the preachers generally
got enough to eat But they did. not gen-
erally receive in a whole year money
dressed i
starved for want of food; for thouish it
'alld- if people and preachers too had not
n h eohtma oat I:I eipon int i In al a . ,oi. sloe). ti ih hat oitgif , presented c:ntal i eto
their preachers with clothing, they gen-
ge to work and clothe themselves. Money
Was Very
tebaruertct sieroeni nif from otmfhttiht iene oe,tri etzttrtymiifeaent, ,tabui;