Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-07-17
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80 LITTLE BROTHER, AND OTHER STORIES.
is the title of book written by Fitz Hugh
Ludlow, and just published by Lee X Shep-
ard Boston The .'other stories are
- Fleeing to Tarshish. >. Little Briggs and
|, and :. A Brace of Boys" The style of
this book, like all of Mr.. Ludlow 5 writings,
seems suited and affected 1t is evident, if
he were to convey the idea Of whipping the
devil round stump, he would write, - cas-
tlgated his satanic majesty around the radi
cal rudments Of a tree Vet. III spite of
this affectation Of fine phrases, the author
writes an entertaining book, and the stories
in this volume are very readable His style
il graceful and animated. if not simple,
and his narratives are entertaining and in
teresting. although not written in such SEN
tences as Irving or Hawthorne would have
used Mr.. Ludlow is among the popular
writers for magazines. and his style has the
faults as well as the cxcelencies Of that kind
of literature. an attempt 10 arrest the read
er's attention at once and hold it for the brief
space of a magazine article, rather than an
effort to write something that the q world
Will not willingly let die.
THE CAMP MEETING.
In the story of q Fleeing to Tarshish. " Mr.
Noodle, the clergyman, who was rector in a
pretty rough parish in Missouri, whittier he
had fled to escape from the love Of the wife
of one of his fashionable parishioners in New
York, and where he had worked for several
years without seeing much fruit Of his min
istrv was much disturbed at the advent of a
camp meeting. The incident is thus mar
rated
Mr.. Noodle had preached good. faithful
sermons twice on every Sunday since he came
to Muddy, save the three included in his buf-
falo-hunt on the Republican he had held
weekly services whenever it was demanded
by the calendar of the church and possible tc
the roads Of Missouri He had frequently
exchanged pulpits with the Rev. Joseph Bow
ers, and, wherever he preached.-in his own
parish out of it,-was regarded an able
self-denying, and Jealous minister. 4 mar
approved of all the churches, however, is not
necessarily one who answers the other apos
tolic idea, and commends himself TO all them
that are without Mr. Noodle had every
mans respect but it could scarcely be ex
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that he should make all men understand o.
all men like him. He did not fill up tn,
church rapidly To be sure, in that part 0
Missouri, few ministers did. A great man,
of the rough characters of the settlement
now and then a stranger from some othe
section,'' would drop in, drawn by curios
itv to see what the service was like, or b,
the rector's growing reputation for preachin;
busters, which is the Missourian for pulpi
eloquence The curiosity satisfied and tn
reputation criticised, these visitors general.
returned no more. The faithful few, who
with Binks at their head, had kept thci
lamps burning through the religious midnigh
of Muddy, stuck it out bravely still
women more especially, suffered from
no declensiOn.
I Mr.. Noodle mad for several days been sorel
lamenting the condition of Zion, when. on
certain morning in June, several wagon-load
of singular-looking people, followed by sev
eral wagon-loads more of equally singular
looking baggage, drove into the Muddy set
tlement {" from up St Lonis way" just a