Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27
FROM ANTIOCH TO AsBURY.

These are the names of. the two
best charges, having the two best
parsonages, in the Tennessee Con-
ference, NJ. f. Church, South. Such
is my opinion. 1t is contemplated
that the remainder of my itinerant
days, and that of j. w. CullOm,
will be spent on these two charges,
he and I exchanging parsonages
every four years. Let no presiding
elder, bishop or resident sheik dare
to interpOse an objection to this
permanent arrangement, lest he be
brought to grief, and everlastingly
lament his temerity. Did not Gull
lOm, with a fOur-hOrse wagon, haul
the first sill for the Asbury parson-
age? and did not CullOm make and
carry the mortar for the brick-layer
and plasterer? and did not Cullom
do all the painting? and must not
CulIom say who shall live in the
Asbury parsonage from this on.
Was not the beautiful and commO-
diOus Antioch parsonage purchased
during Goodloe's administration
and must not GOodlOe's voice be
heard as to who shall dwell there :?
The thing is fixed, Mr.. P. E., and
all the people say, Amen!
But, from Antioch to Asbury is
my subject. Five twO-horse (mule)
wagons, driven by C. d. Roberts,
TOmmie Allen, Bobbie Edmond
son, Sam Hinton and BatsOn Mills,
brought wife and children, and
household and kitchen furniture,
through in sweeping trOt, in time
to enable them to return home the
same day, October II, 1877. My
job, assisted by one of my little
boys, was to bring the COW and calf.
The very thought of undertaking
such an expedition was crushing to
my feelings for week beforehand.
Did any of you CHRONICLE folks
ever drive COW? Then you know
how to sympathiZe with me. If
cOw-driving was my only way to
make a living, should be COM
PEELED to starVe. Do not the dear
quadrupeds go into every gully,
through every brier patch and tree
top, turn every fence corner, galIOp
gracefully down every path, and
climb over every log along the
route? If a COW has more than one
accomplishment | have not yet
learned what it is-the one she pos
seSses is dtSdccOnlOdGtiOn. Hereafter
there is to be no more COW driving
CullOm must leave his cow and |
will leave mine. Marvellous to re-
late, the COW and calf did get there
in good time.
Our new home is in a most de-
lightful community, and l am to
serve a people as famed for their
hospitality as the generous South
siders. Mrs. G. is especially pleased
that there are so many excellent
neighbOrs in walking distance of
us. 1t is the Pastors wife, after all,
who has to suffer the greatest in
convenience in this itinerancy, and
for her sake the parsonage, like the
one here and, on Antioch circuit,
should always be located adjacent
to good neighbors.
On the day that we arrived I
learned that the Rev. David Stack,
the model local preacher, was hold
inga prOtracted meeting at Brewers,
and on the next night l went to
his assistance. 1t was an occasion
long to be remembered-One soul
was converted, and Christians re-
jOiced greatly in hope Of Heaven.
Thus in eight days after my APP
pOintment is announced at Edge
field, am in my new field oflabOr,
and have the qualification of seeing
the work of soul-saving begun-an
suspicious omen, l trust.
a. T. GOODLoE.
October 20, 1877.