Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-12
ATURDAY EVENING. OCTOBER I9. 1878,

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cover the contingency Of losing a horse
thereby During rouader one horse
was sure 10 give cut, and sometimesN
several would break down, aud occAs
ionly horse would die for us.
"0nce on Saturday evening, bsingn
full Of iun and frolic, was the leader OF
a gang who made raid on the field OF al
farmer residing near where we wereE
stopping We stole quite quantity Oh
green corn, aud took it TO the tavern
and compelled the women to cook il forg
us. On Sunday morning | was nearlyE
dead with cholera mor0us. Not beingE
able to do anything for me, the oiherf
teamsters hiiched up and drove off leav-
ing me and my hired man and two teams
behind
by Monday morning | had sufFiciR r
emily recovered to follow alter my com
panions. Nv horses we're go fresh, andS
In such good condition, that | drove
much further than usual that day. Ase
/: they still walked off freely on Tuesday II
drove as far as had driven on Monday I
,fhe teams showing no signs cf faGgueE
ION Wednesday, drove that day to thes
regular stand and stopped with my
3iriends who had driven of from me onh
gSunday morning For the remainder of (
stbe week travelled in their company. IL
esaid nothing, but ] did a wonderfully
samount Of thinking | resolved to try i'll
sagaiu. Consequently. the next Sunday
5mornng | feigned sickness, and all the
Sothers drovc of, leaving me and my twoI
&teams behind. On Wednesday EVENING"
q overlook my comrades, and kept With
Ssthem till Sunday morning Again andI
lagain | tried it, and always with the
Ssame result. continued it till had
Rmade 'rouader; and you must notI
aaugh at me when | tell you that after
ifrestng at home for week my twelve
team horses we're in such fine conditioa
Atrom having rested on Sunday for the
@psst few weeks. that | sold my extra
ahorses ! continued on the road for FIVE
@years thereafter, and never lost another
Mherse by death, never lost an hour :
htme on account of worm out teams
MFrom getting their rest on Sunday, my
.Ahorses did not wear out; nor did again
@buy an extra horse,
IA when the railroad destroyed our oc
.3cupaiion, | sold off my teams. AT first
II | was greatly distressed, bu, soon | saS
Htbat, although railroads did away with
eEwagoning; they created demand fol
/, $hrewood and sawed lumber There being
Eno saw mill around here, | bought thi,
,Nspot Of lard, had this establishment
Eerec,ed, hired an experienced workmau
iMengaged 10 the new enterprise. aud soor
tAbscame master of the buslness.
~ Having had the experience which
5Ehave just related to you, | resolved ,ha
Hmy saw mil should never run on SUI
, Eday / knew that it was not flesh, bloc,
2 Sand bones--that it does not require res,
' Jos my horses had done; but | knew the
&both my man aud myself required tn
dsSFest OF Sunday
. "a The 6rst Sunday after the sow mi
,smVas started my hirad man and ! wei
Ios loaGng among the oedsrs over tber,
h ESoon we heard the noise Of several wal
h nons coming over the road In a sho
sth htims they appeared in sight 10 Us, bl
4 eve we're hidden from them. Each wa
"a Aon was loaded with logs for my saw.mil
,p 8 The drivers shouted them mselves hoars,
~ Ebut my man and were dead TO the
: Eculls. At length they uuhitched the
,ophors's left the loaded wagons and wei
~ Nhom2
us About the middle Of The forenoon O
Ig@ Monday the farmers returned With th .
ldNhorses and seemed to be in a bad humo
Il Hl helped them 10 unload their WACO,
Svithout appearing to notice the conc
or ion OF their temper. After their tors
a f,were hitched to The wagons related
seq as have just done to you, my e
I'd dEperierea ~ gagoneri and they unde
veastoQd that bad good reason for n
'Is1gllowing my ssw.mill to run on Sunda
)nSI eaw, too, that by having msde my
hp pnsolVe was saving the farmers hors
! l., s hat day Tor rest The matter becan
y 5kneEu thrGgghopt the setllepent and
cy adave not had any difficulty hetetofo
O %upon the subject Everybody kuo,
lily N'hat | do not make any pretense OF
w-@lng religious, and that it il not for Il
Ter areason that any church might censu
onNpe fpP goTEipg on Sunday lh9t seieai
kibut that say that / will not, and thl
ouS Ill know that | mean what say.
ohW Now, after eighteen years, for 4
oNR6 st time am threatened with destru
E5tion Of my business, when | am comps
5lGyely Gn old msa, bscagse | sm true
8my vow because ! will not become /
Inconsistent because | will not break n
'ilIH Hword aud that, too, by an officer in
HGhEFeh, Oh, think OF bis credit Thi
aWRof his wiokedness, It tAeFe be agy ttu
lin religion Think of his hypocrisy,
'u'Ehe believes what he processes ! He sa
Sihst if | we're Christian he could G
'rkgcuse me but il Christianity is snythi
oil kmore than an empty name and he cor
Eipdqee me 70 WqTk sn sunday, "
onSwould excuse him | will make ou.
Rbill against him this very afternoon.
tooNto his house this evening" tell him of
abaseness before bis wiio, his children,
toatoFe the worldly men Sbs are eagag
Yin building hts bNru--men who, lk IN
lgbEself make DO hollow preteusions Of 4
me Eing pious, who do not, like him. livt
no; alie. Then | will leave him, and he m
logsgey bis work done as hest hp a4a.N
"a After " Fom /" finished talking |
flu him and went home but Icould
ore @dismiss the subj ct from my mind.
lndH Sunday, | am tree to admit, | felt biz
'Fk @lY indignant at witnessing that lAFE
ookaooeupyins position aaohg the eld,
butEof the church, but | did not speak
art the affair to auy person, as was no
lnd.member and it did not directly affect q
pn Monday afSernosn, 90 / vas seal
las in my Office carefully reading a les
inaN authority in case in which was .
Occasionally concerned, | was surpri,
u Sby receiving visit from the owDer
the&tbe SEy'miF, After ihe usuai salu
he tions he asked nae for private int
ToSyiew. W. went into my inner roc
when be closed aud locked the do
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