Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-15
Incidents of Travel.

Ross, f. r. Davis, JAS. Spurlock and
ID. l.. Brown, and also DIR. Dewitt
who took with him an elder to sit in
Synod" at Bowen's Chapel, near John
sonville, on the Tennessee River, all
left McMinnville for various places and
purposes. Nothing unusual occurred
till we reached Morrison, when the
cars were boarded by some fifteen emf
grants and double that number of part
ing friends, whose united shrieks and |
cries monopolized all sounds and sue
pended all business. Such cries of
grief and such scenes II separation are
seldom witnessed. They took posses
sion OF the cars and crowded them to
overlooking, and so surrounded the few
passengers on board that soon all be-
came one indistinguishable, moving
mass of mourners. John Ross head
lowered above the scene, on which he
looked with moistened eyes, while Mrs.
r. ond Mrs. b. surrendered to the in
evitable and submitted to be numbered
with the mourners. An old lady who
had lost or forgotten her spectacles, and
installing us for one of the friends to
be left behind, seized and shook our
hand heartily with parting blessing,
notwithstanding we were aboard the
same train with a ticket for 179 miles
over the same road. Seeing that was
the order of the day, we told her good.
bye and went on with her.
The next episode was at Tullahoma,
where ID. L. Brown, John Ross and
DR.. Dewitt had another opportunity
to see Cooper Il Jackson's show, which
exhibited on Friday at McMinnvllle,
Saturday at Manchester and Tullaho-
ma on Monday, and they reached there
just in time to see the street parade.
When the nOrthbOund train came, an
other scene of separation followed, this
time it was the departure of these gen.
Ulelleu lTOill lne CIRCUS.
At Murfreesboro Rev. j. H. War
rem joined the Synodical expedition,
and at Nashville Revs. R. NJ. Tinnon,
of Edgfeld, and NJ. L. Galloway, Of
Springfield, with Messrs. W. A. Hobbs,
of Wilson county, and j. W. Lester
and j. w. Fitzgerald, of Lebanon.
At Waverly Prof Il. V. Foster, OF
Cumberland University, was received
into full connection.
By this time we had begun to think
seriously how we should be transported
from Box's Station to Bowen's Chapel,
three miles distant We therefore re-
solved to organize for the expedition.
Prof. Foster being regarded as quite an
cuuisition to our numbers, and owing
to the fact that he was well versed in
Hebrew and Greek, as well as learned
in the wisdom of the scriptures, We
unanimously elected him ox-driver-in
; chief of all the oxen, yoked or to be
yoked, for the expedition. thus antici
E pating the troubles that might arise il
8 any kind of teams which should bt
] placed at our service. One serious
trouble in driving teams is that the an
) imals seem not to understand the Ian
~rEo---o~ Il. .-Lioi. -U,,v- v,.rIIrrafI,ls ar,
g given, and we obviated this by appoint
. ing a driver who could speak to then
in Hebrew or Greek if necessary.
On arriving at Box's Station w
D were met with ample conveyance 70
d ninety persons in the way of two-hors
e wagons drawn by mules, and our Syn
odical party fell short of the amour
of conveyance provided just seventy
!. seven seats; and only had to suppl,
this deficit two honorary members, to
: wit; Col. Leon Trousdale, who wa
hunting big cornstalks to show at tn
Atlanta Exposition, and Prof. Larkn
n of Charlotte, who has taught schoo
r A years in the same building, and wa
h so addicted to equestrian modes of IL
comotion that he utterly refused al
four-wheeled conveyance, and took
, horseback over the ridge, and Col
:" Trousdale arranged for his big corn
y stalks at the depot and disappeare
D. from sight. Our new train was 500
d in motion with Foster and Warren i
4 front, followed by eleven boxes draw
by the more safe and steady means c
animal transportation, which Col. As
Faulkner says is the most costly kin
J. of transportation known to man. ]
t. cost us nothing, however, except jolt
e. and jars incident to this mode of cor
re veyance over a rough road. Our pos
y. ton was about the centre Of the lon
procession with an entire twO-hors
is wagon to eurself, and an empty on
re imm ediately before and behind us r,
spectively. Whether this was meas
ure of caution to prevent accidents i
nc case of breakdown, or was itself az
7 cidental we did not stop to inquir,
. Onward to Bowers was the cry, an
TX we reached that beautiful church abol
ID 10 a. m. Tuesday, and were assigne
g. to our quarters and fulloughed till Z !
IN M, at which time Synod would NEE
= Warren and Foster went counting, D
ID Witt and Tinnon hitched old Fatht
Wilson, the pastor, on theology, SON
Of us went fishing and some squirr