The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-09-05
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Nssss~s mad tn~ls~Mts ~ M Uid. tMaht0ssrsI
tmsnp. ss~~ssnE.
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Cue VI those occasions, which surely
Tor agreeable "reminiscences never will
~ forgotten NY any one whose privil.
cgs u may have been ~ participate III
them. WAS the olsl-fA shiOncd com p.mcet.
Ing " Kentucky and Tennessee, with
In genial associations aud rccognitionS,
its hearty carpcssncsa. simplicity and
religious devotion. along with i,H
Astounding hospitality; for no decentIy
appearing stranger could possibly make
hts appearance II one III them without
having more kind and cordial invita-.
ti0ns extended 10 him 10 pxrtakc ~
their good cheer than hc possibly could
know what 10 do with.
Usually held In some exceptionally
pheasant location and open grove, where
plenty Of good shade would be over.
head and iine wster abundant, the com.
psny would detsrminedly lay them.
solves out lss . good time In every 70.
spect; aud, " they didn't hsvs II men.
tally, physically aud .spifittslly,' II
wonldn't DO Tor want 81 pleasant sur.
r0undtngs In regard 10 the first two
conditions mentioned, or for the third.
10 Che presence ~ two or three "royivAl
preAchsrs.s tho IioancSgcs 81 Che ciscuis.
OF 0f two " three adjoining circuits.
whoever he might bc. bronchitis"
being worry little known among them.
Upon tho particular occasion In ancs.
ton which ] propose 70 describe. hap.
psncd u be tho guest NJ "locMl
preacher aHd campers; and the Ratli.
rrtng took place ~ cluster of .trnts."
although they were really cabins" and
stOod there permanently, III one 0f thu
p1eMsMntcst valleys " Tennessee. adjoin.
Inv Kentucky. Ths ground wan level
Aiid tuTfy. md where not abnnLantly
supplied with close grccn 1warI. waA
eFsv1lly, - along the bank " thu clear.
little br0ok1et, which wAs supplied w
countless springs scattered along m Tho
sides u tl,r valley. Held, TOO, lust u
tho clOpe VI summer, when everybody
feels likG taking loD9 bY0slIs,' ~ II
were, with tho hardest and hottest NJ
rural labUr over tOr tho season, there
came inevitably with such oscsaions \
sense ii resf, that permitted 0nr "
abandon himself Tor ihe time being Ii
whatever w. calculated ~ remind him
that lie NM not mmalc altogether In
hard work bnt thst rat WA 4 thing "a
~ hoped Tor and enjoyed, 10th hero
snd In thu hereafter.
And, although certain preparations
were indeed made Tor cooking. thcAe
we're 70 Int small extent, Or something
Ike picniebink moro than auGht else,
these preparations Dcing " prepare
cC0se sud tor. gst up hot biscuit 90.
casl0pally, and certain dishes that re-.
quired the merest minimum NJ labor
and this WAS heartily performed. too,
Tor Wa Il not novel - kind ii child Il
play, ~ IL were, this "camldngY"
For whst consti,n tnd good living t,e.
SIDES u great feature upon these oeca.
sions there ws4 = prodigal preparation
msde before starting from homo, tesii.
ned ~ by any amount u great hsmpers
almost bursting with cold roasted
tntk1ys. chickens, boiled hams. pics,
eshes, pickles, jslIies, honey, and, In,
0eed, whatever elss could be pvcAsctI
Into service fSOm slDsiDding niippjies
ssssh :. hardly any country besides on
chs face 0f ttis broad earth could sur.
pa2a, Or even equal; and when thu din.
uer h0nS cAsne, and thu long, white ID.
blNsClOths we're spread upon thu green.
eWarti, and thH niHtfUns. aided by tI,ci,
nmsteSsd servants, began 10 roll ouI
tlssss edible lnxuries. lhs young siyls
~ On ths slsst, IN. with quick and
0saee1ml steps ~ arrange everything
WITH - ey6 not only ~ comfort snd
G0nvenisnce, hut 10 SOME prsttineas IN
stslss, u - . sight this apparent ~
t11vnCnnes IN quantity ~ make ILL
0coma0t0lits from other anil Inss forth
nate countries wonder, and, more thar
that, cOncstjS tI,at this N nDt only III.
1nnd ~ promise. but ~ Performance.
I'D plsn6y Alsc.
Ard thsn, how sharp The appetite,
los1sssd ~ this hcnicking-- Religions
nt1kniohiDk, u ~ Tho reader plns1es
- sojOnSn u days IN thu open III
Ard, - the young girIs watched viii
o1Sltvo G1ancsG anil heightened color IN,
nppgoach 81 nsiehDUs lads, snA thu 81.
ohatted ehS&rfajly VI tho meeting, III
weather, ~ ~ ~ good crops, ~ friend
moe1 friends With glalldsned looks, ~,
- eoft bgssxs stirred thu green Iesv~
oSogheo1, u - hard 10 imagine mnrI
1870 shees5nl snd Welcome scene updS
80 brood canopy u thu heavens.
The diunss over, and tho very hound
= attendance embarrassed With III
t1ohaese o5 tbs feast, LIT any ons iusG
10, II they ran, i congregation In bsl
- mo0d n In thsDhful Tor III
4 A1mlghty's b~sl giftS, noticed siwsy
4 p ~ afternoon service, however, Kin.
n sodals department. subdncd pla
lf1tty moi common II other periods D
- twentg .1ons h0nm; = condition u
eeeo1vsd into hind N worldly anil 70
lDloue sompIeMnsy tbAs II vs. hasd /.
11oeagb ;eOs, whatever The pssachss migI,
~, there w. apparently cOnvtclloi
soomped on almost every laSs tAat III,
1o1th II ths Lords, and the fnlIne,s
thess0fjs and tlsat, moreover - ~
Z ID - hsvs bssn concluded upon ces
- 1ime w tho Old partlans ll,s g0Dt
fnDs - FOR thS Lords peopIe." III
- neeeohne kfmnen. - thln Mme D