Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1889 — ANNALS OF TANGLETON. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ANNALS OF TANGLETON.

Juniper Place, June 20, 1839.

BO the pubEck: Besides the Methodists an Baptists an sum independent, scatterm outsiders, we hed a good menny Catholic peepul, an among em was quite

a number of old folks. By far away, the most pious old woman in the town was Mrs. Mackelhan. She went to church to say her prairs evry dav—rane or shine. After tha got thnre new church on the South side she found it much easier to pi ay, fer she dident hev that hill to clime. Old Jerry Smith hed lost sevril childun, an fer eech one he hed put a butyful staned-glass windo into ilxe new church. “Memorial windos” thd cald em.

Every boddv Eked the priest, Father Dickson. He was so good-natured that no man in town was afrade to talk to him, or to ask him fer munny. But Father Dickson was a regler Jehu; had no mercy on a horse, an as he had a church out south of town, he had to drive a good deal. We hed a mary pretty near Eke him in that. Dr. Culver alius drove, as if he ment to get there, in a hurry. The Dr. was a man that knew his bizness, an wus well Eked. An his wife, tho she was stilish an dressy, was awful clever an kind. If the Dr. hed bin sum sort of a poor noboddy, with his Unyversalist idees, folks woodent a bin a bit conserned about him. As it was, tha did try hard to convert him. But laws ! when you find a man Eke him, you find one that doezent giv nix his oan noshens till he is offered better ones. Sum times Dr. Culver wood get a Mr. Long to cum an preach, an oi.ce when he wus expected Uncle Timmy sed: “Sum sort of an infidel, Unyversalist, I gess, is cumin to lectver tonite.” The Dr. herd of it after, an how he did lass! Bite neer naburs to the Culvers wus the Danels family, an awful nice folks, too. Tha wus Baptists, but tha often went to the other church. Mr. Danels wus pritt.y well up in yeers, an gray as a rat, but he wus a grate worker, and hed quite a property. I mustent forget to speelc of the Pattersons. Tha lived down on Main St. tored the river, an hed a luvly place, with lots of fruit oh ‘ it. An secli a lot of flowers, too, fer Mrs. Patterson alius hed luck with em. I gess tha hed bin Presbyterians, but after awhile tha cum into the Methodist Church. We thawt a good deel of all the famly, an when thare was a soshable at tha re house—a nice big bouse it Avas—evi-y----body went an hed a gobd time. Then thai-e was the Waverses, a youngish cupple, Baptists, or rather, I mite say, tha was till sumtliin riled em an then tha turned to the Methodist Church. Cale Wavei-s wasent a bad sort of a man, but he was alius tryin to set things rite fer sumboddy, an gettin into trabble hisself. His wife was a pretty woman, an a good housekeeper, but she was too much Eke Cale. More

anun.

JUNIPER BERRY.