The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-10
THE OLDEN TINE.
Il "Reminiscences OF the Good Old Days In
Tennessee.

! Montgomery county, Tenn, commemo-
rative of his visit to the scenes of his
| youth after an absence of sixty years.
In response to this generous Outburst
of welcome the Judge related at length
his early experiences, from which we
make the following extracts
Man in his nature is unfit to govern
himself or control the destinies of the
world. They are the instruments, how
ever, in the hands of women by which
great revolutions and reforms are made.
We can do nothing without lovely wO-
man. They fire the heart and nerve the
arm to great and glorious deeds. Who
would live without woman, her beauty
and heaven-born influence? If there is
any such, he is a Comanche, and should
be made to Join his tribe in the far dis
tant west. Our great ancestor Eve, by
her beauty, Establishments and impor-
tunities, governed and controlled the
father of our race, Adam, and the same
influence of woman has controlled and
governed our race since that day. A
basin of water split on Mrs. Washam's
gown deprived the Duke of Marlbor-
/ ough, the greatest English captain, of
his command, and led to the inglorious
peace of Utrecht. The abduction of
| Helen lost Troy, the indignities offered
Il
Rome and gave liberty to Italy. Joan
| De Arc headed the French army, re-
stored their native courage, and in that
! great battle saved Paris and drove the
invaders from France. Cora brought
| the Moors from Spain, and an insulted
| wife and husband led the Gauls to Gu
/ SUM and thence to Rome. The elope-
ment of Dearbborgial with McMurchad
| conducted the English to the slavery of
Ireland. A personal piQue between
Marie Antoinette and the Duke of Or
| leans precipitated the first expulsion of
! the Bourbons. Esther, to save the jew
| ish nation, prevailed on the king to
have Haman hung on his own gallOws.
History gives other accounts of the ex-
| traordinary influence of woman over
man. It permeates society and controls
| it it is silently and beneficially felt in
all of the private walks of life. Gen.
| Jackson knew the force and power of
woman's influence. When he was waited
on by the citizens of New Orleans and
| asked to be permitted to carry their
wives and families up the river and then
| they would return and help fight the
| battle, Gen. jackson replied by the
eternal God, no A woman shall not
leave the city till the battle is fought
and won" For he we'll knew that the
gamecock fought best when the hens
were present, and the result was the
| glorious victory of New Orleans, Then
| [ appeal to the fair of the land to exert
that influence and make such reforms in
! the fashions and customs of the coun-
| try, as will elevate our race and make
us n more prosperous and happy people.
want again to see that nice striped
homespun dress worn by the first daugh-
| Aa,.u nf ~, lnVn6 G1nl, vu.,T1I1 lnnIr
| lovely, more beautiful, and carry cap
tive the heart of man worth having,
much sooner and more effectual than
the women who appeared at Washington
! lately at one of the receptions, one Gov
! cred with Jewels and diamonds costing
! from $50, 600 to $780, 600, others cost
ing from $40, 900 to $4,000. No hon
| est labor or honest calling can afford
| such OUTLAWS. I would as lief be bit by
| a rattlesnake as to have such a womaH
for my wife. A man tc marry woman
of such vitiated taste, would have to
become a rogue to be in the line of the
fashion and to keep it mp, and shortly
| become an inmate of the penitentiary.
This change in the fashions might be
made by degrees. If welded to some
of these customs, we should do as the
temperance lecturer who, after tenn
perance speech and a long ride in the
SIM, stopped at the house of a friend
and was RECALLED with lemonade, when
his host, insinuatingly, asked if he
wished the least drop of something
stronger to brace up his nerves after his
exhaustion. "No, replied the lecturer,
''I could not think of it, I am opposed
to it on principle but" he added, with
a longing glance at the black bottle,
which stood by, elf you could manage
| l. l. L 4 - l. I
reckon it would not hurt me much. y
So if you keep up the present fashions,
let it be unbeknownst to you.
THE LOG CABIN.
will give you some "reminiscences of
SCIENCES occurring here upwards of sixty
years ago. The fine natural growth OF
the forest covered the entire country.
Here and there a log cabin might be
seen, with a small opening of field for
corn, cotton and wheat potatoes and
other vegetables were also raised and
consumed by hardy, industrious and
virtuous people. Generally we had one
large room, with puEcheon floors and
clapboard roofs made without nails,
but supported by poles sustained
by cross-pieces. In the winter we
"chinked" the cracks between the logs,
and in the summer we knocked
out the thinking, which afforded light
! and ventilation to the cabin. In those
days no such thing as a glass window
was ever seen. The whole end of the
house composed the fireplace. Tim
Der was convenient, and with the oxen
we hauled up large logs and put them in
; the fireplace, filling the entire end OF
the house, and affording warm, steady
fire all night. Oh, who can tell the
! comforts of such a winters fire, around
which the family and the neighbors
assembled, the boys sitting in the chin.
ney-corner listening to the stirring sto
: ries of the Revolution and Indian wars
{ Being in an extensive Scotch settlement
r and my father an educated Scotchman
the wars of Wallace and Bruce carried
on with King Edward were rehearsed
2 as we'll as that of the Douglass. Their,
I we're no formRlities which destroyed tn,
sensibilities and gushing of the heart
No visiting cards in those days YoT
never heard a lady say, 90 I must make OF
return a call" I despise to hear it now
2 have commanded my pretty daughter
T. never to use the term, but they won
s obey their daddy :" they say they mus
S conform to the fashion. On this subjec
= am a fogy. When the spirit moved
' our people, they came and found
, warm welcome. No stranger was driver
a fron their doors, but taken in and freely
fed. The poor claimed kindred there
and had their claims allowed.
l " The broken soldier kindly bid to stay,
2 Sat by his fire and talked the night away,
Wept DER his wounds or tales of sorrow done
Shouldered his crutch and showed how field
! were won"
, When more than the family remained
: all night, curtains were stretched acros.
the room, and comfortable Lodgings
given to our guests. There were NJ
; conventional rules sitting the noblel
feelings of the heart, thereby destroy
,, ing the pleasures of society.
= SNAKES.
Q In those DAYS this was the finest snak,
j country that I have ever seen-the rat
] tlesnake, the rusty highland mOccasiiI
] and the monmouth. with their stumpy
) tails, which were the most venomous
+ | Billy Rushing. robust and remarkable
5 for his fine appearance, lived across tn,
! branch, about two hundred yards from
. our cabin, and rs he stepped out abou