Show it I v V THI vua OLD OCD TI From Wilfred Beaver Sp Sparta WI I remember though a I bit dimly dimly dim dim- ly 11 the traveling preachers and medicine show how caravans that roamed the countryside before modern modem economics caught up with them The Th traveling preachers held beld revivals and received donations dona dons of food farm produce and meals meala and lodging amon among the congregations con they addressed Make no mistake e. e these men did have their place in our society as ss much muchas as II the traveling salesmen but few jokes were made about their strange appearance and the thun than der and of Gods God wrath Usually a s tent was wu staked near I a small town and in a place where the people could safely wely assemble with the usual burning torches and banners bannen All this thi was wu done to attract attention and it did I remember one OD revival where seats ta were made of rough roup planks supported on either end eod by squat squar- off ed tree tre trunks rum The H seats were arranged n in I a wide semicircle semi so a that the preacher could move to and fro on OD the rough roub plank plant platform plat plat- form front and center |