my lecture to the thugs, and further said that he was a merchant in Deadwood and quite addicted to the use of liquor, that he spent lots of his money over the bar and was not true to his family, but on hearing my lecture to those men he concluded to live a better man and had already told his wife about me and given her his promise to reform. I asked him if he had his store and goods insured, he said he certainly did, that he would not go a day without adequate fire insurance. I acknowledged his wisdom in keeping the fire insurance. Then I said, 'Dear brother, I realize the step you have taken to reform and lead a better life, but I know the temptations of appetite and the influence of association that you will have to encounter; I want you to insure your life against those temptations, that you do not fall. The insurance that I recommend is not paid for in silver or gold, but has already been paid for by the Blood of Christ, now I want you to accept Him and you will be saved." Before leaving him, he agreed to accept Christ and I thank the Heavenly Father that at least one dear soul was benefitted by my temperance lecture on that construction train.

In order to give an adequate account of the several phases of my missionary work and their importance, it is necessary to include other territory than that of Nebraska. The work was solely frontier, and if allowed to say, it was a frontier's man who did it and he had no "Yellow Streak" down his back, nor carried any "White Feathers".

Trusting that this "Write Up" may meet your expectation, and will be considered worthy to be spread on the annals of your honorable Historical Society and assuring you my grateful appreciation also that of the American Sunday School Union, I am

Respectfully yours,
              CHAPLAIN C. H. FRADY.

Summary of Activities.

During the 25 years of Missionary work I organized in Nebraska 419 schools having 1581 teachers and 14,327

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"God Bless Our Home." An Early Settler's Family Center. Photo 1888. Butcher  Collection in Nebraska Historical Museum

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scholars; Black Hills, and South Dakota 43 schools having 134 teachers and 1262 scholars.

 Wyoming 12 schools having 21 teachers and 316 scholars.

Montana 32 schools having 58 teachers and 540 scholars.

For Indians 6 schools having 8 teachers and 200 scholars.

Re‑organized 19 schools having 109 teachers and 1085 scholars.

Total 531 schools having 1911 teachers and 17,730 scholars.

Again, I found on the field many weak and struggling Sunday schools which had been established by local individuals, that were in need of aid and encouragement; the same I gladly rendered, in:

Nebraska 488 schools having 2,210 teachers and 21,896 scholars.

Black Hills and South Dakota 65 schools having 265 teachers and 1262 scholars.

Wyoming 10 schools having 35 teachers and 370 scholars.

Montana 41 schools having 168 teachers and 1620 scholars.

For Indians 5 schools having 6 teachers and 315 scholars.

Total 609 schools having 2,684 teachers and 25,463 scholars.

Both the Sunday schools organized and those which I aided required frequent visitations, thus my records show that I revisited in the 25 years of work schools previously reported: 1771 schools having 7,024 teachers and 73,769 scholars; or a yearly average of: 71 schools having 281 teachers and 2,950 scholars.

And in Sunday schools located in cities and country places off of the field I addressed, for the benefit of the Society: 48 schools having 400 teachers and 4100 scholars.

Amounts sold to schools $2,899.45, given to schools $1,624.35.

Amounts sold to individuals $193.94, given to individuals $45.89.

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Amount of contributions received for the work $1,416.57.

Number of families visited on the field were 23,234.

I attended 49 County Sunday school Conventions.

9 State Sunday school Conventions.

13 American Sunday school Conferences.

One M. E. Conference -- was ordained Deacon.

Wrote 534 Missionary letters to supporters of the work. 950 special letters to schools and individuals.

Held 77 Tent and Grove meetings for Sunday schools. 26 Bible Institutes for teachers and others on the field. 47 Revival meetings at different points.

44 Special Prayer meetings.

17 children's meetings.

Delivered 1,787 addresses; preached 2,377 sermons.

Distributed 2,640 Bibles and 4,215 Testaments. The Bibles and Testaments were furnished by the American Bible Society and forwarded to me by the American Sunday School Union.

Married 3 couples; preached 10 funeral sermons.

Traveled 215,907 miles in the work.

Number of counties reached in Nebraska 42, in South Dakota 4, in Wyoming 5, in Montana 12, a total of 73 counties.

It was my opportunity to establish Sunday schools at the following stations of the different railroads extending westward on my field.

On C. & N. W. R. R. in Nebraska west of Norfolk: Battle Creek, Meadow Grove, Tilden, (Burnett), Neligh, Clearwater, Ewing, Inman, Atkinson, Stuart, Newport, Bassett, Long Pine, Ainsworth, Valentine, Merriman, Bordeaux, Chadron, Pierce, Foster, Watson, Lynch and Bristow and in Black Hills, South Dakota: Oelrichs, Buffalo Gap, Fairburn, Hermosa, Black Hawk, Piedmont, Fairfax and Bonesteel.

On the C. B. & Q. R. R. in Nebraska: Erickson, Burwell, Bloomington, Wausa, Osmond, Brunswick, Orchard, Savage and Royal.

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Burnett was the original name of the town on the Madison - Antelope county line. The name was changed to Tilden (after Samuel J. Tilden, democratic candidate for president in 1876) about the year 1893. The name was changed because it was so much like Bennet in Lancaster county that mail was continually missent between these two points. I founded the Burnett Blade, first newspaper published in the village in 1884.