Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1888 — Two Remarkable Indiana Men. [ARTICLE]

Two Remarkable Indiana Men.

Jefiersonville Dispatch to Indianapolis News. The upper end of this county has been startled by an eccentric evangelist. Who he is, whence he came, or where he goes, nobody seems to be able to tell. He made his appearance a few days ago, and claimed to be a new edition of John the Baptist, a forerunner and a prophet. He said that he could see a hand, invisible yet to most men, and hear a voice unheard yet by others. He scared * some people by telling them that the w orld would collapse on the first day of . the first month of the coming year. From the eastern part of the county comes a tale of heroic self-denial. A Methodist minister called upon a merchant in one of the villages, and, with tears in his eyes, apologized for his inability to pay a small debt. His creditor Teamed the following: The preacher w-as sick three months last fall and reduced to the necessity of the strictest economy- to get through the winter and pay his bills. He actually wintered his horse and co won $2.50 each, and the food for himself and wife did not exceed 25 cents per w eek. This is probably the closest housekeeping ever attempted by a white man. The’poorfellow, however, is very feeble, but HQ as almost all his ,4&bt&4>aid; ... . An Indiana lawyer who has been lookr'— ing up the matter a little, finds that there are 800 dead laws on the statute books of that State.