Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-04
FROM TULLAHnmA
TO the Editors Of the Union and American:
OUR OHURCHRe

unite together, and thus insure an audi
ence respectable as TO numbers, and re-
Ieve the preachers and the choirs in
proper order and rotation. This would
afford pleasant variety, and would also
serve to keep congregations out of the
nets they fall into, and remove some of
their hallucinations with regard to preach
ing and music, which are both suscepti-
BILE OF vast improvement.
read lately about builder who loved
to go to church because he could uninter-
ruptedly devote the sermon time to PLAN
ming houses; and so l might say of the
merchant, who apparently gazing on va
cancy, Is meditating on the coming
weeks work-on the rise in goods and
stocks, and how to meet his next note.
The lawyer knits his brows and cares
ses bis chin ref1ectively, as he pondcrs on
the knotty point of Some important case,
or arranges the heads of his next great
speech. The politician gets aboard of a
train of thought laden with heavy major
tiles, fat offices, the spoils of yictors, and
ii may be 'new departures.
The pious deacons and warden-, know
ing that they have already heard the
sermon or its match many times before,
and feeling assured from previous cross
examination that the minister is sound on
all the essential doctrines, such as regen-
Grafton by baptism, original sin, psalm
singing, total depravity, etc., indulge
themselves in comfortable, satisfying
snooze, while the young meu-poor
fell0ws-take this excellent oppor-
tunity for examining the state of their
exchequer, and arrive st the melancholy
conclusion that they have attended too
many balls lately, and INDUCED too Law
ishly in stunning neck-ties and kids; then
in addition to this retrospective but un-
satisfactory vein of thought they feast
their eyes on the pretty girls, and wonder
| how much their governors would shell
out, in case they should by some hocus-
pocus or other, make up their minds to
accept fortune with gil attached.
Nor are the ladies backward at enjoy
ing the same breathing spell quite as much
as the gentlemen; one will find ample
food for thought in contemplating Mrs,
AS new suit, and thinking how she could,
by turning the skirt upside down, putting
the back width in front, and some new
trimming, make one out of that old pop
lin at home to look quite as well; another
will be mentally wondering whera on
earth the BIS or the C's get the money to
TO dress the way they do, and will
arrive at the satisfactory conclusion that
they must starVe to do it, or else live on
bacon and greens; another is arranging
her summer programme or household do
ings, while the girls are studying up what
they shall wear to the next ball at the
| 'Norton House, u or mourning over their
inability to procure that ravishing article
of dress at Campbell & Genthner's."
If the preachers could only realize
what thoughts reign paramount over the
sermon, and on what strong ground it
falls, they would give up in despair, and
in many cases, it would be quite as well
if they should. The truth, as told by our
religious papers, is, that the ranks of the
ministry are mainly recruited from the
country districts; where, if boy shows a
disposition to shirk work, and be weak,
lazy, spiri.less, he is supposed to show
an aptitude for the pulpit, aud conse-
quently negotiations are entered into with
the proper parties, and he is forthwith
sent TO the Seminary, where he is sup
ported by charity or the pinchings of his
friends, until he obtains sufficient theo-
| logical knowledge to scratch for himself
By preaching the gospel.
OUR TOWN.
Tullahoma is one of the Oldest towns
in this section of the State. 1t is situated
on the first plateau of the mountain, and
is surrounded by as fine an agricultural
region as there is in Middle Tennessee.
Within the past two years q spirit of pros
gress has manifested itself, induced doubt
less by the influx of many Northerners
who have here purchased farms and 10
| Gated. 1t is also notable in the number
of dwellings which have been completed,
| and those now under course of erection.
The passage of the Cumberland aud OHIO
| railroad through this place, will add in a
great measure 10 its prosperity, by pro-
viding an outlet for the produce in that
direction, and an inlet for merchandise,
besides the increased facilities for travel
from the North.
OUR HOTEL.
AS g general thing, l do not like to
speak of the merits or dement's of hotels,
but in this instance must do 80. Ia no
one in this section of country is there a
greater combination Of good qualities than
st the 'tNorton House" Mrs. Norton,
the worthy proprietress, seems to have an
intuitive perception of the wants of the
travelling public, and her extensive expe-
rience enables her to supply those wants
most admirably. The hotel is excellently
plarned-ihe rooms are large and well
ventilated, the furniture neat and home
like, the bedding clean and comfortable.
The dining apartment is most admirably
arranged, and presided over by highly
skilled chef de cuisine. AL the subs
stantials are to be found on the table and
served up in the most appetizing style.
To sum up, the prices charged are reason
able, the accommodations first-class, aud
l can recommend the house to the patrons
of the travelling public. GLAUoUs.
SIR WALTER SCOTT.
The fifteenth of the present month
being the one hundreth birthday of this
great and good man, the inhabitants of
the old world, as well as many intelligent
citizen of the new, are looking forward
with bright anticipations, to celebrate the
centenary of as pure heart as ever livA
cd, and who possessed nature as noble
as ever adorned the annals of any coun-
try. Sir Walter Scott was born on the
fifteenth of August, 1771. He died at
the age of sixty-one. IRbued from his
early infancy with desire 10 cultivate
all those noble traits of character, per
tanning Onlv TO the inst and trlIa ,fia no