. Conquering the wilderness; or, New pictorial history of the life and times of the pioneer heroes and heroines of America, a full account of the romantic deeds, lofty achievements, and marvellous adventures of Boone, Kenton, Clark, Logan, Harrod, the Wetzel brothers, the Bradys, Poe and other celebrated frontiersmen and Indian fighters ... with picturesque skteches of border life past and present, backwoods camp-meeting, schools and Sunday-schools; heoric fortitude and noble deeds of the pioneer wives and mothers, flatboating, the overland route and its horrors; the gold fever and filibusteri
. Conquering the wilderness; or, New pictorial history of the life and times of the pioneer heroes and heroines of America, a full account of the romantic deeds, lofty achievements, and marvellous adventures of Boone, Kenton, Clark, Logan, Harrod, the Wetzel brothers, the Bradys, Poe and other celebrated frontiersmen and Indian fighters ... with picturesque skteches of border life past and present, backwoods camp-meeting, schools and Sunday-schools; heoric fortitude and noble deeds of the pioneer wives and mothers, flatboating, the overland route and its horrors; the gold fever and filibustering expeditions; ... eccentricities and self-sacrificing labors of Cartwright, Axley and other celebrated pioneer preachers, and describing life and adventure on the plains .. . ^ for breakfast, dinner and supper, if he could get it. Histext was always ready: . Behold the Lamb of God, etc. Thisiwas old-fashioned Methodist fare and fortune. Under such circum-stances, who among us now would say: Here am I, Lord, send CHAPTER XL. OLD JIMMIE AXLEY. BRUTAL BULLIES SCENES AT A CAMP-MEETING A MINISTER KNOCKED DOWN RALLY OF THE ROWDIES BIRKHAMMER THE CHURCH MILI-TANT THE SHERIFFS POSSE OLD JIMMIE AXLEY A DISAPPOINTED CONGREGATION OLD JIMMIES REPROOFS BAD CONDUCT THE NOISY MAN THE VAIN GIRL THE SLEEPY INDIVIDUAL THE TOBACCO CHEWER BETTER BEHAVIOR EARNEST AND HONEST PRIMITIVE CHURCHES THEIR ACCOMMODATIONS THE MUSIC INNOVATIONS OF YOUNG AMERICA GLENDENNINGS MARCH ANOTHER ANECDOTE OF PETER CARTWRIGHT SCOFFERS ANOTHER SINNER DOWN CON-VERTED. That the pioneer-preachers duty was not all one of peace, we maycite an incident occurring at a camp meeting, held under the auspicesof Bishop Asbury, at Eushville, Ohio. Upon the grounds were alarge number of miserable rowdies and brutal bullies, who did every-thing in their power to annoy and disturb the jDreachers and themembers of the church. On one Saturday they determined to breakup the meeting, and having become about half intoxicated, theyat
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