Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14
49,: 9.
For the Spirit Of the Age.


DEAR AGE My last communication for
your instructive columns, left me in my
scholastic sanctum amidst the Houries Of Yves
tern North Carolina, and surrounded with
Books, Maps, and piles Of Philosophical in
struments, with which l was striving to
4" cram" scientific ideas into the Uranium OF
my Beauties. An expression Of this position
to you, Mr.. Age. drew out from the pen OF
your Lord and Master, the very significant
and honorable appellation of I" Noodle Cram
mer !" which, if properly understood, re-
ceiye with as much pleasure as If 1T had been
an A. NJ, sufixed to my nomen, by some lit
erary Institution.
Thanks to you, Mr.. Editor, for the title.
I'll try to do honor to the name. And
will tell you how l intend to carry it out: i
will carry with me, three separate contain
ers Of distinctmaterial one, containing n
ot0gy another, Literature and the third,
containing the principles Of TemperdRce.-
And wheresoever | find an empty Uranium
I'll make u compound Of these materials,
and with the proper intrumentalities, III
cram his pate.
But Sir, / give you no thanks for your ad-
vice to my Z" GaL5." The fJgs and mlsts
which naturally and frequently envelop the
SUBMITS Of the surrounding mountlins, and
extend their airy wings across the entire val
ley beneath, intercept the rays Of old Sol,
AMI rive US cloudy days and gloom enough,
without endeavoring TO becloud the reflect
ing satellites of the world in the form OF Fe-
male faces. and thus shut out all the living
light Of heaven.
The time of my release, pro. tenn, from
the Academy, at length arrived. With
Mollie (my rib and a cherub of recent earth
10 o~rigin''I left for q C~amp-meeting in
Cleaveland county, where | expected to meet
nm with a great many Of my old friends and
aenuaintances Of former associations.
AZ the solicitation Of brethren of Morgan
ton Division of the Sons, | made my way
thither; and with the help Of Rev. n. IL.
Xavier and j. Il. johnson, that Division OF
Chartered members was organized. We
elected and installed their officers the same
night. With the material we carried along
with us, we tried our drumming system here
a little, and think these pGtes are pretty wei
crdmmed.
We crossed over the South Mountains in
the same Creeky, Crooked, ROoty, Rocky
route that the Editor and his family hac
Travelled some weeks before, and wondered
in our souls Why he or the Editress did no
give the readers Of the Age, a graphic des
]cription Of that road and it's surrounding
mountains. Reached the house Of our frient
and brother, j. Il. Osborn, M. d., about
p. NJ, and RECALLED ourselves upon the dam
ties Of his richly laden table. The long
rough road over which we had travelled, ha
given an edge to our appetites, and we dl
honor to the Dr.'s table for once. Here W
tried the process of examining again, but nc
the craRium.
On the morrow, the DIR. and myself left on
Ribs to lucubrate by night, to read the al
ecdotes of Byron and Burns by day, and
discuss the merits Of c%olors, c%alicoes, an
different modes Of raising cabbages, bear
and poultry, while we rolled away to tn
~camp-ground to join our brethren in bait
against the Devil. Found Rev's. brethren
Puett, Thompson, Moore, Connolly, Mole
ard WashburR already on the field of battl
and the war commenced. Here we renal
ed to the end Of the meeting, firing our pr
gun occasionally; or, rather trying o.
eramming system with good success. A q
rious meetingl Souls converted to God J
Two days from close Of meeting found
40 miles in another direction at a Tempe
ance meeting crammjng again. Here,
the result of a speech from ourself, and o
or two from III. TX. Hoyle, T.. II. Kayler, al
w. Crawford we took Is new names to
added 20 Jones' Grove Division. We q
now in all, both males and females, 33 stror
With truth on our side, and God to help
we are sure TO triumph"
And while we expecta reward for our
BILE efforts in extending the principles of Tie
psrance over this community, yet we m,
willingly attribute our grand success to
light difused by that most excellent periC
cal, the Spirit Of the Age, and to the efo
of its philanthropic Editor.
NON serbia