We all took tea with Judge Holt, and like…
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ingston recently
to install the officers of a new lodge of Masons,
and also dedicate their new hall.
We all took tea with Judge Holt, and like
a great many in this country he did not think
proper to have bread on the table, but there
was plenty of pie and cake and (?).
After the services at the hall, we all re-
paired to the Mountain Pride hotel, where the
table was groaning under the weight of good
things that would have been good enough to
set before a king, let alone three of a kind from
Silver City. The affair was replete with lots of
merry-making and I trust was the means of
knitting our hearts together for all time. The
lodge was good, the supper was good, the hall
was good, and the waiters good. But to cap it
all, as we were waiting for the train at Lake
Valley a number of showmen got aboard, and
a young man stepped up to me and asked me
where I was going to show and I told him I
desired to show up at home. He says: “Don’t
you belong to this troupe?” I said no. He then
asked me when I quit, and when I met the lady
star of the profession she said I was the dandiest
looking preacher she ever saw ; and I have come
to the conclusion that if I get out of this country
with any character at all, I must quit preaching
with Morehead and traveling with his troup.
In all we will always have pleasant recollections
of our first visit to Kingston, and will hail with
delight when we are privileged to go again.
W. H. Williams.