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A Man With A Record

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Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
March
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Mr. líen. F. Wilson, of iNew Batan, Nolson county, Ky., is now yeur.s tf age. He has been manistrate twclve yeais. He fines cvery man $1 for each time he n profane oath, and hasreceipts for paymcnt of the same. lie never uned a profane oath. He never tasted a drop of lupior. He never stnokcd a cigar or toluv", or chewed in his life. He never saw a horse race for money. lie never was at a theater. He never knew one card from nnnilnr, though he is known from here to New Orleans. lio has boen a Manon for forty yoars. He has beon a meraber of the Metliodi'l church for sixty years - elass-leader and steward for fifty-nine pean. He has been going to sunday school for sixty-four yeart, líe lias (ravcleil (hrituh eleven Slatesol the Union. He is ready to s;iy with l'aul : " I Imvi fóuht a eood fight ; I have kept the faitli ; hencefortn thero is laid up for me a crowo of ufo which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall gire me."