The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04

appears 90 mo that rom Garner writ
something sorter ike Il Ia a lottor
from Texas once That carly upset
no, and tho old preacher noticed H.
After the prayer wo said goodbye and
got IN che buggy. For half a mile the
old man never said "a word; neither
did l. Suddenly be gave side look
toward me aud slowly said. Brother
williamson, are You right sure that
you have in your heart she evidences
Of being a ChrlsiiauY ] replied With
great humility that sometimes i did,
and sometime j Ind nv iouhts. and
/ tried 90 quiet his alarm about me.
Brother williamson ho continued,
your conduct today was unsoomly aud
unohriatian, and the othor day as /
passed you on the sidewalk and you
we're talking 10 some hilarious friends,
/ heard you use SOHO very unscrip-
tural language
''rhis surprised and perploxod me,
and I asked him what IL was that ]
said. You said, "Coniound itI"' ho
replied. Hereafter you should not
call down q curse or a malediction up
on anything, but lot your eommunioa-
ton be yea yea and nay nay"
Some OF the preachers then discuss
ed the doubtful propriety Of such
words and the use Of slang, when /
was reminded OF the way in which Bob
Taylor reproved a man, and so I told
them that q rough countryman was in
troduced 10 Taylor, and after looking
him over and up aud down he said:
"Well, Bob, it seems 10 me / have
seen you somewhere before, but /
don't know where in the hell il was. I"
"What part of hell do you live IN, my
friend?" said Taylor, without q smile
OF a change OF countenance.
Glow is politics withyou?" inquired
a Roman friend. "All calm aud Sc
rene, said 1. care we going to have
better times?" said be. eyes, Of
course" said I. "We always do after
o presidential election, but how long
it will last remains 20 be seen. We
will now have q fair test for several
-ears of a gold standard and a high
protective tariff, and al's we'll that
ends WE'LL"
"The day before the election, " said
he, zone of the most valued members
of my church said to me that the ma
tion was in great peril-greater peril
than it had been since the war that
he trembled to think of the momen-
tous results that might ensue in case
Bryan was elected. Reputation, au-
archy and ruin would follow in itl
wake. I listened to him with pro.
found attention, for he earnestly be.
lieved what he said. A few minute,
thereafter I met another valued mem.
Der of my church. and be said: I tel
you, my friend and brother, we are
going to whip this fight. Providence
is on our side, and will not let Bryan
be defeated. I sincerely believe thai
he has been raised up to save hi
country, and If he is not elected there
will be a revolution. The dOwntrod
den people will not stand the oppres
sions of the plutocracy any longer
told a friend of these alarming and di
vergent views of two good men, ant
he said that it reminded him of the ole
negro preacher who said, Ah, m,
bred'rin', der am but two roads t
trabel-one am de broad road da
lead to destruction, and de oder am d
narrer road dat leads to de debil; nov
what you gwine to do-which roa,
you take?' An old darby exclaimed
BLESS de Lord, I takes to de woods I
"Well, I was sorry to part COMPANY
with the preachers, for they are Away
to be enjoyed. They are in goot
health and good humor, and are clear
in body and in mind. They are th
best class of people, aud their exampl
and morality and Christian faith is tn
best safeguard of our government
They have gone to Athens, and bot
thesynod and circus open there today
The grand procession will pass thei
church, and reckon they will take
recess--I reckon they will, for it is n,
sin to look at the animals, in the street
is it?-BILL ARP, in Atlanta Constitu
ton.
Soma Men Are Frivolous.