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FORTY YEARS AGO (1833) BY REV. ELIJAH H. PILCHER
I said nothing to any one, but did say to myself, "my ax will find work in the morning. " In the morning, after breakfast, shouldering my ax, I went to the scene of action. Finding "all quiet on the Potomac I proceeded to attack the fence, and ceased not till every board was off and laid away, and some of the posts cut down. I thought a little muscular Christianity might be of use some time. While at work, the old gentleman who had had supervision of the fencing, came near enough to see that his work was being demolished, and to recognize who it was that was doing it, but said nothing. The next morning the constable visited the parsonage, with a warrant for the parson, in an action for trespass. On the return day, the parson went into court, pleaded the general issue, and obtained an adjournment for three months. In the meantime he made visible improvements. The ground having thawed out, two days before the adjourned day, a man was sent to plan it. As the parson was walking down the street, while the survey proceeded, he met the claimant—a lawyer—at a point from which the lot "could be seen. As he came up he began to laugh, and reaching out his hand to shake hands, he said: "Mr. Pilcher, you got up too soon for me this time. " To this I replied, that was what I intended to do. He said, "I will withdraw that suit. " "Very well, " said I, "do as you"please. " So the matter ended. By this act property was saved to the church, which otherwise would have been lost, and which to-day is very valuable.
In 1832 (September), I was assigned to Monroe circuit, which extended from Trenton to Perrysburgh, in Ohio, including an Indian settlement at Fort Rock.
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