Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-06-04


the logs. We had to "stoop low" as Cot
ton Mather advised Franklin when he
bumped his head against the oross-beam, to
get IN at the doorway. The floor was the
earth, and filthy in the extreme, and the
lodging places Of the inmates were a spe-
cies Of scafTolds around the walls, and ele-
waited on forks. In and around the dirty
shelter we found eight human beings, male
and female, and the youngest nearly full
size. Soon as we entered, the youngsters
rushed out with an expression that proba-
bly, was a mixture of wonder and fear
The old man and woman remained. He
was either offended by having his domcile
invaded by decent looking persons, or he
was too stupid to converse much. She was
more tractable and answered our questions
as though she felt some interest in the con-
versation. His shock headed appearance
was as though he had slept alternately on a
heap Of cookie burs, and ashes. The young
men and women would .show their dingy
faces through the orevices between the logs,
and in the doorway. II was not from des-
tituton of water that the whole family re-
mained unwashed, for fine spring burst
out within twenty yards of the cabin
Their dress was an object that attracted my
attention, while my colleague made the ef-
fort 10 instruct them In some of the primi-
tive truths Of religion. Not "a particle of
cloth of any kind did discover about their
bodies. Men and women were dressed in
skins that once the wild deer claimed, but
covered and saturated with grease, blood
and dirt. We gathered the following histo-
ry, chiefly from the old woman. They
were 'raised in the States," which on fur
ther inquiry meant North Carolina; there
they were married, and one or two children
were born. There she and "the old man"
Joined Baptist church, and heard preach
ing once in month. Neither had been to
school in early life. They soon moved "be-
yond the settlements and had continued
to move as the settlements" came near
them. They had been in Missouri some
three or four years, and supposed they would
have to move again soen, for they heard the
settlements" were getting into the Boone's
Lick country, and the land was TO be sold.
On conversing with the old woman about
an experience OF grace and the way of sal
walton for sinners, through Jesus Christ,
she wept add said, That's jest what l
hearn the preachers say afore we left Caro-
lins." She could read little, but had
neither Bible, Testament or hymn-book.-
She "wanted a hyme book nightly" and we
gave her small one and also Testament.
We read chapter, gave some familiar
explanations, and prayed with them; but all
we could say, aided by the persuations of
the mother, we could not get one of the
young folks in the cabin. She said "they
had never heard a human pray in all their
born days"
MORE CIVILIZED BEINGS.
We crossed the Lamine, and were hospi-
tably entertained in the neat and comforta-
Bile cabin Of Mr.. Forbes, where Mr.. Pat
terson had sent an appointment to preach
but it failed in reaching the place. We en-
joyed a comfortable dinner, had our horses
fed, and after praying with the family we
rode TO Mr. Jones where we spent the night.
This must have been in the range Of Noun
Nebo church, where | attended the General
Association in l849.
One of the most striking contrasts in the
character and habits of those we visited was
in family government. Many Of the fami-
lies we called on, like the one described
were not only wretchedly ignorant and filthy
but wholly destitute of skill in family gov
ernment. Children were left to act out
their vicious propensities, without the least
effort on the part of the parents to assuage
and restrain their ungovernable passions.
THIRD DIsTRIcr.--We understand that
the Americans and Wings of the Third Con-