Akron in 1859 and 1860 was a place of 3,000. Now in 1924 over 200,000.

In the fall I secured a school about 2 miles away. The district beyond offered me a school if I would teach for less wages than the usual amount. I declined for which I was thankful. I didn't believe in lowering wages. Before my term was out I was getting scholars from that district.

I walked back and forth carrying my dinner and kindling in a 2 quart pail.

When the snows came, I use to cross lots and strove to see how straight lines I could make. Sighting my object, then took any object intervening and made my lines straight.

I never whipped, but one boy. Looking out of the door, I saw a big fellow beating a little. I went and cut a switch and when school called, I had him on the floor and gave him a good trouncing.

None of my scholars live in my memory. The most I can say, I did my best and the trustees counted they had a good school.

Two winters ended my teaching, but gave me a high idea of the proffesion. The honest faithful teacher earn every cent they earn. As a class they have been underpaid.

I was a member of the choir, singing base.

One Sunday night father started his congregation saying "Brethen, we are going to have a Revival and you'll have knock out this end of the church and build bigger".

Going out of the Church some folks tarried and one teacher said "How dare he say such a thing. We haven't had a Revival in 17 years".

The next Sunday night he repeated with greater emphasis the same thing. It's very boldness inspired some while others thought it never could be.

The Revival came and it was great and glorious. The old church in a few years

I persued my studies alone and had a good start when I entered college.

In the spring I did a good deal of work for MR. NELSON, about the yard. I became as one of the family and the intamacy continued thro the years. All the family has joined the ranch of the Blessed ex Captain Nelson, who is a very successful banker in the city.

A strange thing happened some 3 years ago when I was on the sick list.

While I was in the breakfast room lying on a couch, Gertrude came and said there was a big man in the front room who wanted to see me. Walking thro the hall, I kept wondering what big man wants to see me.

Opening the door, I looked and quick as a flash, I said I know you, NELSON STONE.

So far as I know, I had not seen him in 50 years. A slender boy, now tall, over 200 lbs. I know him, how I don't know. He and PHILO were in the first Sunday School class I ever taught. The family consisted of the parents, MRS. BEARDSLY, PHILO, NELSON and DWIGHT and EMELINE BEARDSLY. One of the churches nobelist families I ever knew.

Emeline had a great career as the wife of REV J A KUMMER, and out living him she married the brother-in-law, MR. BARNES of Coshocton, Ohio, a coal man. Philo was a very bright noble boy, died early. MR. STONE was S. S. sup't and LIBBIE, his wife, was one of the woman whose name spells useful.

Aside from these, PAMELA GOODWIN was one of the most charming spirits I ever knew, 3 years younger than myself.

At this time the slavery question was hot. There came to Akron, JAMES G. GARFIELD. How straight he stood. Built for an athlete, red hair, in every way commanding. He gave a rousing speech for the Republican Party. Little did I think he was to be sometime in the White House.

I was greatly interested in the national question and wrote an article and sent it to the Akron Beacon. It was too radical on the slavery question and the Beacon refused to publish it. My brother, J.B., committed it and spoke it before the high school.

At the close of the term J.B. left home to go to Cleveland, to learn to be a telegrapher. Jane and I were the only ones. She had now become a widow. ORLO was removed by cancer while we were living in Painesville. She was a hard worker in S. S. and was a great help in the choir.

At the end of the year, Meadville put in a stong plea for father. You want your son in college and James was already there working his own way to his credit, but said while he was home with us part of the time, in Meadville he fought his own way thro medical college and became a very successful Physician and had an open office for 52 years.

Father could not well resist the plea to go to Meadville.

So, in that year, 1860, when the whole land was full of wildest excitement, we bade farewell to Akron that was so dear to us all.

There was no R.R. in Meadville. Linesville was the nearest point, 14 miles away.

Father and mother preceded us. I'll never forget how Jane and I staged it and how we rattled over the stones coming into Meadville. We were all quartered at SQUIRE RICHMONDS for a few days, then took possession of the parsonge.

When college opened I sat on the front seat until my name was entered and they called me STUBBS no. 2. How strange it all was, dignified Professers and some 2-3 hundred students, that looked as welcome as the outside of the houses on some city streets.

How near and dear they were to be as the days. One has to knock before the man comes to the door or window. When the man comes we forget the outside was well nigh meaningless. Sometimes the inside is not so inviting as the outside. "What a goodly outside falsehood hath". When the greenness began to wear away, and the home feeling, summer like entered my heart. The Prof and students became life itself.

This fall had it's double life. The whole country was wild with the most intense excitment. These were the days of wide awakes, processions in uniforms carrying torches, paraded the streets. Boys from surrounding villages and cities joined the ranks and there seemed to be no end to the line.

These clubs would go to other places to strenghten the popular sentiment.

Democrats would try and outvie the Republicans. Lincoln thro this section of the country, outranked Douglas. Wilder grew the heat of battle as the great election drew near.

While I lacked 3 months of majority, none the less, I was enthusiastic as if I had the decision in my hands.

As Lincoln prophesied, Douglas divided the Democrats, and Lincoln was elected President.

Then burst the storm cloud - war

About this time my brother, J B took charge of ther telegraph office in a corner of Thompsons book store. The south had succeeded and having pretty much all the was material in their hands began the war.

Fort Sumpton was attacked. That first gun woke the nation. I was in the store when the first news came and J B was excited, he could hardly read the tape line and my hand trembled so, that I could scarsly write the words for the press. Meadville was wild as all the North was.

We had war, books and college.

I anticipated completing my course in 3 years. I had finished so many of the works before enrolling that the faculty gave me credit for a year with some studies to complete.

I was what was called irregular. My classmates were scattered from freshmen to seniors. More of my chums were among the advances scholars.

One EPHRAIM LUDWICK and I became fast friends. Two brothers could not be nearer. Many an evening we had together, then it was the books.

I was a diligent student and so far as I know passed in all my studies the first year. Not thinking my application attracted the attention of some of the older students and I was invited to be a member of the PHI KAPPA PSI Fraternity.

In my last year I was elected to the highest office. At that time we were the only fraternity and under the ban of the faculty. We met in a room in some hotel. The second year we had the Ante room in the ???? building. Soon the Deltas had an organization, and now Greek letters are about as numerous as the letters of the alphabet.

There were 3 literary socities, Biblical, Philo, Alleghany.

The speaking, debating and wailing had a great influencing in mind development.

My first attempt to make a speach was a failure. I worked hard enough to mark out the ideas I wished to advance. I would not write and commit. I thought I had it well in hand, but I did not count on the critics. I got along for a few minutes, then I lost my self possession and my thoughts vanished like some dream. I came in for the murderous blows of the critics, and felt as guilty as as if I had been robbing a hen roost. I then explained that if I ever became a speaker, I would not be bound by a manuscript. That rule I never broke in 50 years of Ministry.

In my second year I competed for the Hunter prize. DR. HUNTER, kind sole, lovely man, established a prize, Clark Commentaries. How many entered the list, I do not know. One of the best of our society A J LINDSEY was my competetor. The topic was Paul. Wonder if sometime he would like to hetchel the millions who have mercilessly abused his name and misconstrued and misunderstood his word. What Peter said of his wordings, will hold just as good now. Many wrest them them to their own destruction.

I won. News came to the Parsonage while I was busy in some other part of town. Father started to find me. Mother said he was like a hen with his head off. It was an illustration of how intensly he was wrapped in my life. Such moments show the greatness of our Father and Mother.

The hum drum of life leaves theirs as ordinary, or cold, while such a scene shows the grandness and glory of their charecters.

Second year, The feeling of the students was as intense as that pervading the North.

There were some southern students from Tennessee, Some of us learned they were saying

DR. LOOMIS, president, called us into his study and tried to intimidate our hot blood. It was no use, we were defient and refused to retract one ioda from our position.

Inside of the prescribed time, the boys from the south took their departure.

At this time our enthusiasm run high. Someone procured a flag and we determined to fly it from the dorm of Bently Hall.

I was mounting the last difficult point when James over took me and said, I am taller and can get over the difficulty.

He took the flag and in a few minutes the stars and stripes were for the first time waving in the winds of Heaven.

What finally became of that noblest emblem of Liberty that flies respected, honored of all nations, I do not know.

There were outbreaks of patriotism and a college company was formed by Cox Ayre that distinguished itself in the war.

EPHRAIM LUDWICK was used up by what you call frog felon or whitetow caused by our work in the hayfield. It finally became so bad that he gave up college for several days and came to the parsonage and slept on a lounge in the study. His suffering was intense. One day I went with him to DR. BEAL to have his hand lanced. The dr took his hand and was about to plunge the lance when Ludwick drew back his hand. Then the dr put himself between the hand and his (Ludwicks) eyes and again the hand was withdrawn. Back we came and nature finally opened the suffering hand. Relief came, but it was a long time before the wounds were healed. Now this same man that was a coward at the sight of a lance, afterwars distinguished himself in many battles, lost an arm, and won the Colonely of his regiment, 112 New York Inf.

Recovering from his hand wound, he had an invitation to take the Forestville M. E. Church.

Why the vacancy, I do not know. I said go.

Ludwick and I started a Sunday School about 3 miles in the country, The little house was packed. The second year I had it alone. Ludwick being in the Army.

The school house was packed and the school flourished. What lasting benefits came to the boys and girls and teachers. I have no means of knowing.

In the Meadville S.S, my sister, Jane and I took pains in drilling the school in songs. Jane easily picked up the tunes and I soon caught the melody, and that school certainly could sing. One enthusiastic girl, ELLA ADRAIN, raised money enough to buy a large edition of Shakespere and the school presented it to me.

I had a class of wide awake boys, made up largely of sons of the Professors, DR. LOOMIS' son GEORGE, DR. BARKERS son, PROF HAMNELTS 2 sons, PROF MARVINS son FRANK and others whos name are to the number of 12.

Some of these boys I know are gone, but where are the rest and what their record, I can only guess. Let us hope they turned out well.

One Saturday, I went out into my S.S. district to visit a friend, Wint, his name. I think he was a cooper and a Bee man. Nicest kind of people.

Coming back into town I found the boys all excited over war news. Will you go? I

The next evening JOHN BAIN was to preach a war sermon. That will add fuel to the fire, we thought. The excitment was so great DR. LOOMIS thought the college would be broken up.

When I came from my S.S. I saw JOHN BAIN and DR. LOOMIS enter the Parsonage. That forbodes disaster.

The Church was crowded upstairs and down. LOOMIS sat in the alter looking as tho his last friend was gone.

BAIN preached a great sermon, but out when he came to the students he dashed our faces with cold water. It was just as necessary for the students to prepare for his after the war. As it was that some boys should enter the Army.

When I came down from the choir, I was face to face with DR. LOOMIS.

"By what authority did you appoint that war meeting in the Chapel? (By what authority was a great expression and became a word among the students)by authority of the committee. Monday morning the boys assembled in front of the Chapel and were given to understand, No meeting there.

Over Sunday boys had been telegraphing home and the replies, no no, had cooled the war ardor.

But down we marched to the Court house. When the test was made only 10 were found who were willing to face the music. FRANK ARTER dubbed us the immortal 10 and we all went back to College.

Some of the boys I knew. HARVE HENDERSON I knew well, tho he graduated 4 years ago. Harvey was tall, well formed and noble Lawyer for a few years, then for a few years was a Methodist preacher. As an illustration of the man. When at Forestville he found a ??? forsaken man just outside the village.

His wife gave him no peace while in the Ministry, and he returned to the law, settled in Pittsburg. He lived to be 84, i think, making a noble record in law and his church.

JAMES R MILLS was a fast friend. He entered the Ministry on leaving college. He made a fine name, was a minister of Mark. Long since he went to his reward.

FRANK ARTER in the class following me, was quit a chum. He has had a remarkable career. He has done more for his Alma Mater than any other graduate and for his Conference. He has given $100,000 for Conf-Annuity on condition the Conf raise $400,000.

The story is that on graduating he started a refinery on a small scale in Cleveland. He was prospering. It was at a time when the Standard was buying up all the stills or crushing them. They came to him and offered him $25,000. Agreeing to pay him that amount every year as long as he lived. Wisely he has accepted and has become a rich man and appears in good health at 80 or 82.

TOLLERTON in a lower class was one of my friends. He married one of the finest girls ever was, and choicest friend of LETITIA ADRAIN.

In after years TOLLERTON became Judge in Cedar Falls. Both he and his wife passed away years ago.

ED CUMMINGS of Poland, Ohio was a visitor at our house. Bright, Jolly, Graduated the year before me. Entered the Ministry, traveled a few years in the Eris Conf. Soon went west. Was for a time missionary in the Black Hills. Energetic, successful Minister. Health failed him and he settled in Springfield, Il and for a time was in the milling business. Some 3 or 4 years ago he joined the celestials.

JAMES BRAY was in my class. Became a Pitts Conf man for 3 years, then joined the ???,

J. RILEY WEAVER was in my class, a good student. Entered the Army, Was under fire in Charleston. After the war he was appointed Councel to Burundi, Italy, which position he held for some years. After coming home he became a Proffesor in DePau University. I had a letter from him a few years ago, shortly before he answered the roll call on high.

ALEXANDER ASHLEY, we considered the Patriarch in the Biblical Society. We thought he would distingquish himself as a preacher. He entered the Army and proved a good soldier. He fell into the signal Corps.

The war ending he became member of the weather bureau and there remained for many years, and then entered Heaven.

REV. FRY and FRANK FRY, who were among my friends, entered the law in Meadville and so remained as long as they lived.

TRUMP THOMAS was my room mate for a term. He came to the Pacific Coast. I wrote him in 1915, but he was not inclined to speak of college days.

DANA HUBBARD was in the same building. He was the son of a Senator from West Virginia, distinguished, wealthy.

To my mind, Dana was one of the most promising young men in college, He disposed of his allowance before a month was gone. He was given to borrow pencil and paper and stamps from me. Who was going thro college on a mer pettence.

One Saturday, rainy, disagreeable, Trump and I were in our room. Dana went down to town, about noon he returned, came into our room. He had been drinking and was in condition to be noisy. He backed against the door and began to spout. What the speach was about, I do not recall, something familiar, he became quite noisy, so much so, MRS BARKER, the widow of President Barker, was much

Young men she said, I will thank you to make less noise. Innocent, I had to take the reproach. This incident would not be worth mentioning, but after all it was prophetic of the life and fate of Dana. He that should have made his mark on the world, lived a worthless life and died early.

Here I had my first experience in sitting up with the dead. JOHN BAIN, son of GEO BAIN and grandson of the preacher, died of diptheria at 6-7, bright, promising lad. The father, a one time student of Alleghany, a man of abilities, but a life cursed by rum and ruined by that demon.

Watching with the sick and the dead entered largely into my experience as a Minister.

MOLLY NORTON, daughter of Preacher NIRAIN NORTON and Mollie Carr and LETITIA ADRAIN were among the young ladies prominent in our church, the two first members of the choir. Letitia 2 years after became my wife.

Dr. LOOMIS was President, Prof Hamnett was second and lived to be a hundred and served the longest of any Prof in Alleghany College. A.B. HIDE was a brainy man, was taken to Denver to live to a ripe old age. Prof MARTIN was scholarly, Prof MARVIN was the scientist, well liked. He and his son FRANK became Professors in Lawrence, Kansas. DR. HUNTER, one of the best men ever, was author of My Heavenly Home is Bright and Fair, sung thro out the Methodist Church. Prof WILLIAMS, the mathemetician, went to war and soon after died a mile in the country. His wife was a sweet, beautiful charactor. As his remains were lying in the parlor, the last one to take leave was she. Remaining what seemed a long time, some of the family went into the room to lead her out.

I think all of the Professors are in the shining ranks above.

The last term of the year, I was permitted to spend with my people in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

Here my sister and I were busy in Sunday school work. I was induced to try and preach before presiding elder W.F. WILSON at a quarterly Conf. I had, I guess, a splurging speech fully commited, but had the grit to go thro, tho my memory nealy deserted me. Long since it went into oblivion.

How will I recall the evenings when the Cleveland paper came. Father and mother would seat themselves and father would try and find if Johns regiment was in any battle. Oh, the anxiety of those days.

Going into any country church, you only had to look to read the sorrow that had come. So every congregation silently told the horrors of war. The Church and the Little Red school house told the story of sacrifice and triumph.

What studies remained of College, I finished but as I could.

I prepared my oration and had it my tongues end. The first sentence is all that remains of that immortal speech. "We are in the midst of Revolution". The Revolution marches on, but my speech was never delivered. In those days the seniors had a speech at Commencement, abandoned now, The great day was now at hand. I must go and give account for myself. Now I must soon meet the great world. Would I prove myself worth?

When my train stopped at a little country town, Orange, I looked out of the window and I saw a sight that startled me. A few rods away was a train slowly moving, and standing in a big open door frieght car was A. JOHNSON, the Valadictorian of our class. What does it all mean? There was no opportunity to pass a word, and in ignorance I arrived in Meadville.

The town was bedlam. people lined the streets, moving to and fro. Not knowing what they were about

Soon I learned college was dismissed. Students scattered to their distant homes. LEE,LEE had invaded the sacred soil of Penn and soon Washington would be threatened. Now there must be no childs play. The Governor has issued call for troops. At once I entered what was largely to be a College Company and next day we were headed for camp HOWE. Before going out we were treated to a meal provided by Pitts ladies. Coffee and bread and fresh onions. Good, no mistake I had blessed those women to this day, and they kept that going thro the war. The war had never been fought, but for the loyal women

At camp Howe we took the oath of Allegience -July 9, 1863. We took the oath for United States service. Our camp finally was on open field, now east of Williamsburg. It was in the boiling sun, but good for our health. Camp life was more or less monotonous. Yet we had our diversions. Harvey H. and CHAFFIN, a Unitarian preacher, use to amuse us playing chess. Chaffin played blind folded, but he always came out ahead.

I had a Sunday off and visited Rev'd MRS. EBBERTS family, who were fathers great friends.

When I did turn to kneel, I saw the vast audience, without exception on their knees. It greatly impressed me, but someone told me afterwards that the boys and girls are whispering and flirting, so I changed my views. One night I went across the fields to the WILKINS home, where lived 2 Alleghany boys.

On July 3, while Gettysburg was raging some of the boys claimed they heard the far away cannons. I'm inclined to think it was imagination.

That's as near as we got to the great battle.
One hot evening while we were sitting and lying on the ground, the wickedest man in our company gave ua a talk on God. The stars were his tent. It was a surprise and astonishment.
Could it be possible, that man who seemed to have no respect for God or man could after all have sublime thoughts. Perhaps bad men think more about God than we suppose.

After while, few days, our company was sent into Ohio, down the river. Morgan was making his celebrater raid thro Ohio. We were sent to guard the fords. Our cavalry was in hot pursuit. We went to Stubenville and LaGrange. Now Brilliant, back to Wellsville, and up to Salineville. There was a gun boat a few miles below us that prevented Morgan crossing the river. We headed him off on front and Shacklefored behind bagged his troops.
Surrender was necessary, Our company was chosen to guard some 600 prisoners to Columbus. Morgans men were a mortey looking set. Going thro villages, they made way with all the clothing and were dressed like speckled birds.
On the way by rail we saw where Morgans troops had burned bridges. They confiscated horses along the way.

Coming home PERRY CARSON was killed. The only man we lost. Our train parted and our coach fell behind. The engineer discovering the break backed his partof the train and crashed into our car. Perry seeing the danger leaped for the break, and as he seized it, he was crushed between the cars.

We stopped at some station, laid him on the floor. Now our wickedest man ordered the few who were present to stand aside, as he would care for the victim. In a few minutes he grew sick and it fell to me to Minister to the dying man.

A few of us went to a country and saw our companion laid to rest. CHAFFIN performing the last sad rights.

When we, the Company derailed and appeared on the streets, Meadville gave us a great ovation.

The history of our company will be found in a paper by one of my most loyal friends, Comrade MOSLEY. He copied it from the United States records showing we were in the membership of the G.A.R.

While we were in the service, the Erie Conference met in July in Ashtabula, Ohio, and I was read with 22 others into the Erie Conference.

I was appointed junior preacher on the Ellington N. Y charge. REV S.W. DAY was senior preacher.

And now I was to face the great world.
I had behind me my College, and Society training, a few books, no sermons and no experience in preaching.

September- The frosts were on the pumpkin vines, and the corn was badly nipped by an early frost.

A camp meeting was in progress near Cherry Creek. Never was I in a more embarrasing position before or since. They called on me to preach. I felt like the prodigul son and I spoke a few minutes about that luckless forlorn. Shabby penitent youth and sat down in dismay. What my people thought, I never knew. They were to kind and forbearing ever to offer ant critisism, but when they fixed my salary for 10 months at $190.00, Gold their bring 290.00. I knew how they felt.

I managed to say, Brethen that wouldn't pay my board. Board round, Do you mean it? Yes, yes we will be glad to have you. I will and that settled that.

Now, Ellington Charge consisted of 6 appointments. Ellington headquarters, Cherry Creek next in importance, Gerry Hall, Waterboro, Millspaugh School house, and a deserted church at Clear Creek, where I preached only once.

L.W. Day, largeman - 200lbs, was a good preacher. Serving a few years, he fell into the East Ohio where he was recognized as a man of ability. Naturally he bore the air of the manner of the Superior officer. We got along admirably.

How it came about, I can't tell, but my first home was with the INGERSOLLS, 1 mile from Waterboro. While I did find their places, I yet spent more time with the Ingersolls. Uncle Peter had no love for preachers or churches, yet he proved one of my best friends. Mrs Ingersol was a women of remarkable charactor. Peter was given to drink and Mrs Ingersoll and her sister managed to get the farm in her name. This kept Peter on the whole a somewhat sober man. I never saw him when he seemed in any way under the influance of liquor. Libby was one of the very ??? ???? ladies on the charge. Charles was

Lambert, the youngest, a fine young fellow, married later unfortunately, and soon ended his career.

It was necessary to have horses and buck board. The harness was the gift ROB ADRAIN. When I settled in my new home I had $25.00. I gave my note for $50.00 on buck board and $45.00 on the horse. Before the notes were due, I paid them in full. My home training served me then and all thro life. Mother knew the value of a dollar, schooled in the severities of the Ministers life. That event had been the prophet of my business method "pay as you go".

I took Uncle Sams clothing for every day life. I had a fair suit, but little worn, I made serve for Sunday. A new suit, never worn, I put in my trunk for I expected to marry at the end of the year.

My whole Ministry has been in the rigid discipline of financial hard strugling. My debts have ever been paid and none left behind to shame the next Minister.

My buck board had a box fixed under the seat. In this, my Bible, Shakespeare, books for conference study, paper, ink and pen. Thus, I was never without the tools of business. Going to a new place I would be given a new room where I would do my studying. In the afternoon, many times I would make calls in the neighborhood coming to know my people.

My headquarters where I kept my trunk and clothing were with MR. & MRS. BOICE, 1 mile north of Cherry Creek. What glorious people they were. Kindness itself, like a mother she was. They belonged to the Heavenly land while here on earth. Heaven does slip down into there mundane spheres to give us a fore taste of what awaits us on the other side. When I lived in Forestville MR. BOICE came to live with his daughter, MRS. THATCHER. I visited him often.

Some 2 weeks before Conference, I went to Meadville.

On the 29th of June 1864, I was happily married to Letitia Adrain.We took train, James for Cleveland and other places. Father and the newly wedded went to Chargrin Falls.

Tish remained until after conference. Conference was held at Greenville, Pa. Father was sent to be guest with a prominent family. I was asked to be a guest, but A. J. Merchant chose otherwise and counting it all up I tried 11 different places.

A Large class was examined. We ventured to ask question till one of the examiners said, Young men, I am not on examination. We all passed, and so far as I was concerned, I never fell down any year of the 4. As the years have fled, I noticed none of the old books are any longer in the course of study. The tests are far more severe and more students come from the Seminaries. At this writing the old type of preachers are hurling in criticisms that the books are unorthodox. Drifting to Rationalism and higher criticism and weakened Theology.

Modernism, Liberalism, Fundamentalism are the words bandied about and threatening to make havoc in all the churches.

Where was I going? That never troubled me. I was only too glad to be counted worthy to serve any people.

My name was read out for Hamlet, Junior preacher, with W.W. WARNER Sr.

Wife and I found our way to Kennedyville. Where someone met us with the buckboard and we drove to the INGERSOLLS.

Next day we stopped at Cherry Creek with the Boices for dinner. Then on to college where we put up with Lucius HUBBARD.

In a day or so we were ensconced on 2 rooms just across from the church, in the house with MRS. MILLER. Two rooms seemed a prison to one born in a good brick house and in a town with 3 to 4 thousand inhabitants.

But in all the quarter of a century and more, no one ever heard a complaint from my wife. Those 2 rooms were a paradise and life to us was ever a joy and so it remains to this day.

My parishoners thot my wife was a sweet 16, so fresh and rosy her complextion.

W.W.Warner, my senior preacher, was one of the finest, noblest men I ever knew. He lived at Hamlet and the out appointments were Pine Valley and The Abbey 3 miles from Forestville. We lived in College and the out appointments were Nashville and Dayton Summit (now Dayton). I spent 2 weeks at my end of the circuit then 2 at Hamlet.

When we set up housekeeping, tho on a small scale, we had many things to buy.

Over to Forestville we drove and there bought a stove and dishes that served for many years. It seems to me now there could be no nicer people than were about ???. How dear they came to be. There was one Uncle DANIEL PROSSERE who has never been surpassed in my love. One day he called. After chatting awhile we went into the door yard, still conversing, He put his hand in his pocket and took out $5.00 and handed my wife. This is yours, you are not to report it and made his remark.
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