After Smyth recommended the Freeman's Journal to H. C. Hill of Bloomer, Arkansas, he secured a subscription from him for one year. The agent for the Journal, John Dodson, asked Smyth to send in the $3. himself and renew his acquaintance with McMaster. At the end of each year Smyth encourages his congregation to subscribe to good Catholic papers and always recommends the Journal. Dodson says his daily prayers over the pages of the paper and puts it under the pillow of his sons so they may imbibe its Catholic spirit. He is one of the most reputable men in Fort Smith, is very well read, and acts as an agent for Bishop Edward Fitzgerald of Little Rock, Arkansas. He encourages subscriptions to the Journal wherever possible. Bishop Fitzgerald treats his priests very kindly and the entire diocese is flourishing, even though the Bishop is, as McMaster has called him, "The Little Rock who kicked against the big Rock." :: I-2-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.