The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-03

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iuuiiug II warm, steady fire all night. Oh,
vino can tell the comforts of such u winters
fire, around which the family and the neigh
hurs assembled, the boy, sitting in the
rlimncy-curmcr listening TO the stirring
stories Of the Revolution and ndiin wars.
Being in an extensive Scotch settlement
and my father an educated Scotcllian, the
wars Of Wallace and Bruce carried On with
King Edward were rehcarsed, as well as
that Of the Douglass. There were
no iormAlities which destroyed the scnsi-
bilities aud gushing of the heart. No WISH
ting cards III those days. You never heard
a lady say, 81 must make or return u CALI
drSl,iSc to hear il now. | have commanded
my pretty daughters never to rsr the term,
hut they wont obey their daddy hey say
that they must conform to the fashion. On
this subject | am Il Iogy. When the spirit
moved our people, they anne and found
a warn, welcome. No stranger was driven
from their doors. but taken III AMI freely
f,d. The poor claimed kindred til ne, and
hid their claims allowed.
'rlr broken soldier kindly bid 10 stay,
Sat by his fire and talked the night n~a V,
Wrul ON his wounds ar tales uI -nr,u" Zone,
NhOuldrrrd his rrutch and showed h"S ields
were wun,'
When more tlan the family n mllned
MI uiull. curtains were stretched
grro,, the room, and cunlorl.
hIr olriuuS Given lO orr quests.
There were no conventional rules sLinluu
,hr uublrr fnrliuoS Of the lrmt. thereby
dcStroyiupt the pleasures of society.
NNNE OF Alt KIND
f., r,.o DAVIS w,. abundant door h,,r
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ave. .n,I "~rnunIhnrs ',Thr mann. mink,
v.. lrIirinn. ~ wsII ma tbr Gn,,y ,rihr nr
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uI an at,tmlEl night, he was bitten
! urald the scream. My father ran doNu
aud followed 20 see what was the mater.
The tore" OF the lick CA the alr!r Whrle
the poisonous tam%s were driven IN, was 5"
violent tlnt' Mr. hu'llln" tloug'd II Was
one Of illr weight poles Oh the root OF 1ht
cabin That had fallen on his leg, and coUtd
ipU hc conNlnccG oihcrWls" ANN III" swell
ll% began To rapidly extend up ms I"G,
when 10y close Inspection lhn entrance OF
the two iLugs was dissolved. II" swell
ing was rapidly approaching the body. MY
father drrnrhed him rs We Ito a horN', with
u bottle OF whisky, and got Il bed cord aud
tied his foot up to the ioist, keeping il clr-
waited to make the swelling ascent. My
impression was, though ii may NC rrGudrl
improbable, his biz toe swcllrd to t,c sin.
OF 4 small watermelon. Every SHOWN
remedy WAS applied, including the ,Wious
snake roofs and the poisoned stone. Mr..
Rushing suffered greatly and liuerrla long
Time. Nv O@piuiOu is That the WHISKY was
a check if not an antidotc ,to the poison
and saved his life. When We
moved to Sumner county he was
periodically affected hv this bite, but sur
vyrd many wears. and now sleeps W ilh his
fathers. The next mornium wc found the
ntt,r,uake under the luncheon floor and
killed him. lie had sixteen %ratt!cs, and
WAS. of course. that many wears old. This
WAS Al, awful snake country. sure. The