The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-21
Didn't Know Him, or The He'll You
DON'T

Senator White, generally known al!
over the State as "Jin White of Haw-
kins, possesses a rare combination of wit,
wisdom and wind, and can do more hard
work, strdtghtoat drinking and whoIe>
some "eussin" than any man Of his age
this side of the Cumberland mountains.
he is always to the point, and a "shOrt
spell'' in his company would warm up a
hyperborean, or cure the worst case of
hypochondria ever known. Once upon a
time he was "snubbed" by an acquaint-
ance of his younger days. He tells it thus +:
Said he: my father was a hard work.
ing, energetic, ecor omical man, and he
made me do all sorts of ] BIS when | was
a young lad. While was growing up
there was a nice young man, graduate
of al Eastern college, came into our Sec
ton, in the eastern part of Tennessee, to
preach for US as a temporary supply. AL
though / didn't wear very expensive gar
meuts, | could have bought This young
chap out and then had ssme money left
to bank on, for all the property he had
in the world consisted Of an old sOrrel
u
and hymn book.
The young preacher and got to be
very good friends, as my fathers house
was a sort Of headquarters for all the
Methodist in that country. | used to
feed the prea sher's horse, brush up his
old saddle bags and do all kinds Of er~
rands for him.
In the course of time the preacher left
our section, drifted into Middle Tennes~
see, and then to St Louis. While all
this was going on | didn't stand still, but
kept on growing, until finally l got mar
riGd to old Major Is daughter, which
| thought was q mighty exemplary ar
Tangement, as she was OLe of the finest
girls in that whole country. About this
time they run mighty short of timber to
make Legislators out OF, up there, and
very much to my surprise they elected
me to the General Assembly. l told my
wife thought it was rather big thing
for young man to get married and be
elected to the Leg islature, but | thought
| could stand it. So | invested Ia a pair
Of doe skin pants and some other good
clothes and come TO Nashville, and the
first thing did after got here, was to buy
a copy Of The Legislator Guide, "a hum
bug of book and set toNvork study
ing up l didn't know the first thing
about my duties, but didn't propose to
make that fact public, knew if talked
much, the people would soon discover
how little | knew, 80 | just sat still and
said nothing, but | looked wonderfully
wise, and 50 created an impression that
l was 4 very deep man.
One day it was announced that Bishop
Soule was at the Capitol, and he was in
Vited inside the bar of the House. Then
a mast fed member made himself very
Ofhcious showing the Bishop around, and
introducing him to the other members
took that good man by the hand anu
felt humble, for l felt that stood in the
presence of a christian gentleman.
was introduced to the Bishop as a son of
a Methodist preacher ami | felt proud of
that. Just behind the Bishop stood my
old acquaintnnce-the shabby young
preacher of the old days. | was mighty
glad to see him and | reached out my
hand IN a very hearty way. lie drew
himself up in a dignifed sort of q way
and looked down at me from a height of
six feet and several inches, and says he
Il -ah-excuse me, but all don t
believe know you That made the devil
in me rise at once, for l knew he knew
me, so l said The HI you don't Why
man, you and | used to be oronies IN the
days when you were a travelling Method,
list preacher; I've curried your old sorrel
horse for you, brushed up your musty sad
die bags, and I've chased down more'n a
thousand yellow legged chickens for you
when you stayed at my fathers house,
and now you don't know meY ought
to have been ashamed of myself for rip
pin cut so before the Bishop, and l was
afterwards, but the fact is, that was
mad Just then"