Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-13
FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
Rev. R. E. Travis Writes Readably On
Several Topics.
To the Tobacco Leaf-cnronicle.l

Yes, on the mountain You
would y, think so when Boreas sets
wing for sharp, daring flights and
swoops down to mantle these sum-
mits in icy sheets. The thousands of
tiny pores-windows of ones body
seem to stand as wide open as the
renowned wicket gate in Bunyan's
allegories, and every dash of wind
tipped with icicles. 1t is heroic.
But there is way to battle this un.
chained element-plenty Of fiannels,
the indoors of the coy new parson-
age, with its bright walls, convenient
arrangements, and good supply of
coal at six cents per bushel. | have
reIished many summers day on
the mountains, but this winterolOgy
is new ology to me. / don't know
whether it il doxy or orthodoxy,
perpendicular vr lateral, ethnologi-
cal, aerial or some impalpable dex-
terity of the aurora borealis. l am
like Mark Twain was by the mince,
though, "If / don't know what it is,
l like it, "Getting acclimated" is
what one needs. Then one can do
as the Irishman thought to try after
the priest had soundly lectured him
on giving thanks for "everything."
Proceeding from that sacred pres
ence on bucking mule, and with
the lessons of the homily fresh in
MUD, as with measured jumps the
animal approached fearful pool of
mud and water, this son of the EN-
erald Isle, as he passed rather un-
gracefully over the head of the beast,
met his bath eXclaiming Good
Lord, prepare us for what we are
about to receive" So it is, if a grain
oil prudence be in everything, one
may be just as comfortable here this
season of the year as elsewhere.
BY the way, | see that DR.. Buck
ley and our great sister, the M. E..
Church, are having lively time with
"wOmen delegates" to the General
Conference, and the question of
woman suffrage. AS for myself, l
think the greatest menagerie now on
the boards is the question of woman's
rights. Woman at the polls 1t is
the final expression ofthe worst form
of lunacy now running at large. l
am in favor of woman's rights in the
most sacred sense. But the ballot is
womans wrong in the sense of un-
crowning the queen and robbing her
of her heaven-appointed empire.
Fear has been expressed that DIR.
Briggs would shake the Presbyterian
Church, North, to its foundations.
No, no-never! The Doctor, learn
ed as he is, will make no creed.
There are but two sides to theologics
-Arminiauism and Calvinism-
there can be no other. These two
principles are as eternal as light and
darkness; as cold and heat, Hy-
potheses and mistletoe, as in the
Briggs case, will grow now and then
from paralyzed limb of one of these
trunks. But the trunks will remain
intact. All churches and all worlds
have one of these two. In vain do
we look for others. believe in the
people who hold the one as much as
| do in those who hold the other.
Politics amongst us, as Mr.. Sena-
tor would say, seems to be going in
to "in0ccuou5 desuetude." When
Satan wants big center he takes
preacher from some clover field, puts
harness on, and makes him come to
grief on his chosen display.ground.
| may be "fogy," but / decline to
act the clerical clown for the tin horn
crowd, or pose as a Moses to my be.
nighte1 brethren. When Jobs war
horse paved the lightning that
brother no doubt thought his boils
then were about at their worst, and
that it would be prudent for him to
be at home with wife and children,
or maybe in bed. Wild colts, light
ming, boils and politics, suggest
strong brides, insulators, salves and
that rare commodity, common sense.
The Prince of Tophet will get a fel
low to cut the "pigeon-wing," and
then refuse to go on his bond or be
present at his trial
We love the people of Tracy City.
A strong church and bright out
look.
A Happy New Year to the editors,
LEAF, its readers and all friends.
RUFUS f. TRAVIS.
Tracy City, Jan. 7, 1897.