The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-14

dozen 4l~.o spt,vs under the same cir
cumstances, Please give to him and 9TH
ers; my best wishes for their welfare, and
my fond regrets that an untoward fate
separates me from them.
do not know how to make my letter
interesting to you; since you are stran-
ger TO persons and places here, and I,
though in the land of my nativity, am a
stranger among strangers. l am one
among them, but not of them. caunot,
indeed try not, to identify myself with
their pleasures. Not having been with
them during the whole oil their lives or
any part OF them we are necessari ly Htran-
gers, and have nc. "reminiscences of old times
70 relate. True, now and then,I encOun-
ter an old fellow that can talk Of, and
remember the scenes of long ago-way
back In the forties. Gen'l. didn't know
was old till came back here. and
wasn't old either. Down in Chatham,
where | knew seven tenths of the folks,
would be relating some incident that
EEEniNu nuA ANHA WIN NWAgl AAiN "NNAN
appcal to some one if he remembered it;
he'd shake his head and say "that was be-
fore my day." and that same fellow had a
houseful Of towheaded children. Many
times some one Of this sort would come up
and say: allow are you, glad to see you,
have heard a heap Of tell of you" I'd
look at him, but couldnt place him, and
would say: az don't know you, what is
vour nameY" aBrown." 40, yes" said
!. "son of Jim Brown" "Jurt go" Then
I'd go on to relate some circumstances that
teok Mace IN our boyhoOd days, when he
would excIaim: "GOshl that wsFn't pap,
,bat was erandpap." Such incidents az
these q the long ago on fellow with as
much certainty, as the entry in the fam
lily Bible.
How vivedly the scenes Of boyhoOd APP
near. how distinctly the scenes Of 1910 are
lined upon my memory-the log cabins
tbe hard cider, the coons, the tippecanoes,
,bo Wild enthusiasm Of the wings, their
b;, r,sss meeting AZ Raleigh Oct. s, 1910,
-, 7 Jaw some ef the big men of the
nartv. Geo. F. Badger, afterwards Sec. Of
az Navv. Ed. Stanly, and Kenneth Ray
ver members of Congress- Charles Man
l. oT,erwards Governor Of the State, and
,.nv others prominent in political circles,
And I remember what rejoicing there was
AZ Warriaon's election, and what sorrow
there was al his death on the Attn OF April
1s41. And I remember how James X.
poIt defeated Henry Clay IN "A, and
how I hated Andy johnson Just because
no was such a bowling, sledge hammer
democrat and how ! loved M. +. Gentry,
Mat Tavior (father Of Bob. and AID and
- Henry Just because they were
,.h;os And Andrew Jackson, "Old Hick-
or,,S allied INV boyish mind with awe and
sender. BY the way GenI. this day Is
srniVersa-v Of the old hero's death. On
~ SIR 81 June. lS45 he passed away.
A NAN az indomitable will, undaunted
courage and lofty patriotism
You will please pardon TINS dlp INTO
,l,e mast. It n a desperate effort to inter
80 dear and valued friend, and hope
!, vsjlI stir the fountains Of your memory
60 thai / can have the great pleasure OF
.a5;nv some of the incidents and recOl-
io'.,;ons with which il is so richly stored.
an with high esteem yours respect
fully, -, - 80 saI;o Gnrhl-i'' e
t-,.,v friends You permitted the publ
-, II INV letter ot 22nd 10 you. This
- ,,ost delicate and hattering testi-
a,SsI az the regard Of yourself and Them
tbat could be offered. &c