He also told of a circumstance that took place at his Father\u2019s house. A proud young man with some other company came to make sport and ridicule and while his Father was preaching the young man would spring into the house with a large hickory club in his hand and scream as loud as he could and then dodge back again and at last went round to the back part of the house where he could look in at the window and went to dancing to mimick the believers, and one of the Sisters looked sternly and solemnly at him when all of a sudden he was taken with the jirks and was jirked around the house and thro\u2019 the brush and bushes and would at times be thrown, (as if by a strong man,) completely heels over head, flat on his back, and the staff which he held in his hand would be thrown 20 or 30 feet from him. He then would try to get his staff again and would have to crawl on his hands and knees to get it. Then it would be thrown out of his hand again and finally he was compelled to turn in and dance for an hour or more in order to get rid of the jirks. After he got released he [spoke] to his company and said, \u201ccome boys let us be going\u201d; took out his whiskey bottle and treated the company and rode off affecting to care nothing about it, but after riding some few hundred rods he was taken again with the jirks and thrown from his horse in amongst some blackjack bushes, and his clothes torn mostly off of him, and had to take another spell at dancing. In the afternoon we visited the east or Gathering family. Found quite an [interested] little family. Not many Brethren but a goodly number of Sisters. Sung several songs to them; gave and received much love, and strove to encourage all to be faithful.<\/p>\n
Weather extremely hot and the earth suffering for want of rain. Perhaps in generally very good for the season.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Source<\/h3>\n
Daniel Boler, Journal, July 22, 1852, V:B-153, MS 38944, Shaker Manuscripts, 1723\u20131952, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio.<\/p>\n
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