The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-11-27
A!i1rrilanruus Rrahiug.
Rifle, A1e aao 6aeeIs- Baas.
HENRY u. BAsCoSi.

HENRY u. BASCoM,
Among the many graphic sketches
to be met with in the work above men
toned, we extract for tho entertain
ment of our readers the following
The author assumes that three stools
for the civilization of the great West
were the Rifle, Axe and Saddle Bags,
and having shown how the hunter
made his footing good against beast
and savage with his ritie-how the pio-
neer made erection for comfort with
his aXe--he next goes on to show the
harmony and culture borne over all
its remoter sections in the saddle bags
of the Methodist clergy, and takes as
an illustration and type the charac.
ter and history of Bishop Bascon.-
We drop some of the features of the
sketch, but preserve enough to give a
conception of the subject.
| And now let INC give You some
facts. from the history of one of my
own friends. whom / loved well.n;gh
as father, one of the noblest men that
ever trod this globe. lie left us near
| ly six years ago. Although not one of
the earliest, he was i'll the field at n
sufficiently early date to entitle him to
the name OF n pioneer preacher.
lie too was a specimen of young
America, for he began to preach ut
the age ofsixtcen years AS Iremem.
Ter, he had never received three
months schooling in his life. lie was
remarkably handsome. For five and
twenty years he was called the Appel.
10 of the West-albeit for good por-
ton of the time Appollo in ho.nespun.
Henry Clay, who should have been a
good Judge in such matters, pronounce
ed him the most eloquent man he cv-
er heard open his lips.
have said he was very handsome,
and that, in the esteem of many Of his
brethren was equivalent to hercsy.
have known many well-ineaning SIM
pletons, couldn't abide him because he
looked so like q s'dandy." Many OF
the old brethren ofthc laity and cler
gy thought it "wasn't in him to be u
preacher. When they saw him com
ing towards them with his ingenious
face and kindly carriage, their connten-
ances would lengthen to preternatu-
raj longitude, and nttering what they
meant to bea pious groan, they would
murmur among themselves, she'll new
cr do"
There was one old brother, who,
while he shared this prejndicc, never
theless felt some interest in the strip.
pling; blunted, indeed, must have
been that nature which refused res
ponse to the generous spirit of my
friend. The old gentleman took it up
on himself to deliver admonitory lee
tures on the subject ofapparel and de-
meanor," to the candidate for holy or.
ders. "IIenry, my son." he said, in a
gruff, rebuking tone, ''why don't you
try to be like preacher, and look
like preachers You'll never be worth
shucks as long as you live"
| 81 don't mean anything by it, mod
estly responded the young man--nevcr
have known woman more diffident
than he was, except in presence of
peril, where lion was never bolder--.
can't help iho way took; am just
the way God made me-"
! "No you amt, ,"rcsponded the senior,
i"you can help it. Dress better, and
don't look so much like a fop."
Il have to wear the clothes that are
given me; you know ] have no money
to buy new ones"
eff that is all,n said the old man, eit
can soon bo fixed. VIII you wear n
lsuit of clothes I'll haye made for Won ~
/. Anything in the world rcjoined
the other.
j "Very well, trust me. I'll make
Iyon look Ikea preacher"
81 wish you would, with all my
hoart; nothing would please me bet
ter" |" said the future orator.
| They parted, the young man going
to lis work, the old man to sec to tbs
Tailoring. At the end Of six weeks