Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-13
A CHAPTER OF FANCIES.

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room at one of their regular weekly
meetings, on the subject of "Ancient
History" which was divided and treat
ed in seven distinct periods.
Having presented the facts of An
cient History, We now propose a chap
ter of tancies in connection with the
facts.
In the first period, fancy to yourself
Adam and Eve dressed in the latest
spring styles Of the fig leaves, with no
preaching to attend on Sunday, nor
cold folks at home" to visit on Satur-
day evening, nor yet any neighbOrs to
make them the first call as the newly
arrived strangers in the community.
If Mrs. Eve Adam had been as formal
and fastidious about who should make
the first Ca as some of her daughters
have proved to be, she would have
been sitting under that fig tree yet
grieving over woman's inhumanity to
woman which makes countless thou
sands scold But, nay verify, Mrs.
Adam, although she enjoyed distinc-
ton never allotted to any Of her gen
erations after her, that of having cap.
tivated and won the affections Of every
man on ealth, yet she was none ofyour
stuck up aristocracy, but like all seusi.
bic people in new country, she laid
aside all her precOnceived notions aud
prejudices of the customs and conven-
tionalities of life whence she came, and
very wisely concluded as she was in
Rome she would do as Rome did, and
pitched out of the garden and made
the acquaintance of her neighbors with
out the use of the visiting card, or the
formal introduction of our day. And
what devotee of etiquette will deny
that Mrs. Eve was the model Of her
race and the paragon Of her sex?
Again, fancy to yourself Noah, the
first preacher Of righteousness, a Meth
odist circuit rider perhaps, riding the
circuit of the Euphrates for 100 years
because there was no Bishop elected to
change his appointment to a fresh pas
turage of spring chickens and autumn
nal camp meetings.
Then in your fancy step over the
; dlluvian into the Patriarchal period,
and there behold a man of unfaltering
faith and venmrsome pluck, leave his
own native country, Ur of the Chal.
, does, and 60 out to camp awhile in the
wilderness of Canaan. If Abram and
5 Sarah had possessed that peculiar mod
ern fascination for stone fronts, corner
lots and brown houses which has seized
upon 50 many of their faithess descend
ants they would yet have been linger
ing around the brazen gates and hang
ing gardens of Babylon--but they took
that wholesome advice so gratuitQusly
given by Horace Greeley, when he
said: $50 west, young man, 60 west ?
b. Whether Abraham ever read the book
"What | Know About Farming" by
Horace Greeley, or not we are not in
formed, but it is said of him that h
went out "west" not knowing whithe
, he went, looking for city whose foun
dations were already laid and who's
future was not at all problematical
Thus showing that he had imbibed thu
spirit of Mr.. Greeley's advice, as vel
as the poetical sentiment so Prophet
e cally expressed by Bishop Berkle.
., when he said:
y "Westward the star of Empire takes its wa
!! The four great acts already past
70 The fifth will close the drama of the day.
', Times greatest empire is her last"
"a Now on faucy's wings let us take
fight across four hundred and thirt
!. years and imagine yourself standing
the presence of Moses the Hebrew,
is man about six feet high, and of mi
y jestic corpulency and magnitude wit
to an avoidupois specific gravity of %
" pounds, neaty attired in dark trOwser
white vest and cravat, standing coll,
and blue cloth pigeon-tail coat wit
brass eagle buttons and white fl
hat that would hold a peck of shellt
corn. This is the man that had grad
D ated at the University of Egypt (''
all the wisdom of the Egyptians al
~ had taken the degree Of d. d. at Il
Theological Seminary on Mount Sn'
and in our day would be styled tt
49, Right Rev. Hebrew Exodus Most
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