Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-24
Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.

Mr.. Editor; | am on my End
round on this District. On ac-
count CT sickness in my family, II
tailed to be at the Quarterly meet.
ing at Lowryville, but was ably
represented in the person of
L. l.. Gregory. %y trip to your
town involved the greatest hard
ship Pve ever had in travelling,
When | reached the house OF my
good friend. DR.. L. b. Irwin, after
"a most delightful night, | left my
buggy, borrowed a saddle and re.
sumed my Journey on horse back
for the Quarterly meeting on Sa.
vannah CT. at the Oamp.ground. !
reached the home of my good
friend Esq. j Ohm A. Smith fully ex.
pecting to be joined by him to the
seat of the Conf, but found that
a lawsuit was pending before his
Honor. On inquiry, | found that
the Court was as greatly disap'
pointed as I. AS it was too incle.
ment for any of the ladies to at
tend theConference | got the next
best company in the person of his
Honors son, Eugene Smith. We
met small crowd and held the
Conf. and returned to firendSmiths
and spent six days and nights
delightfully."-. The weather was cold
and rough, but our stay WAS most
pleasant.No man was ever weather
bound at II better place to stay.
The fair ladies in that household
know what to cook and how to
prepare it. Our wood gave out,
Gene summed up his courage and
soon put more on the ground.
Blessings on his head and may he
survive this cold spell of weather.
On Friday we found our way to
the residence of Mr.. John s. Irwin,
a cleverer man than whom does
not live in Tennessee. We spent
two nights beneath his hospitable
roof. AS much as / think these two
gentlemen it is clear to an 0bserv.
ant mind, at glance, that they
have been very Fortunate in mar.
rying. There are many other cases
in Savannah equally as patent. In
deed, this is so common after one
has been there several times, he
becomes accustomed to the dis.
parity. We also shared the hospi.
tally of Judge Il. d. Patterson,
James Williams and Rev. Il. L.
Gregory. We had the pleasure of
calling at the homes of Capt. j. W.
Irwin, Edgar Cherry, Mr.. Gillock
and DR.. Hardin's. Our calls at
these places were most delightful.
We regretted very much that we
could not comply with invitations
to visit many other homes equally
as pleasant. We regretted to learn
that our good friend Judge Broyles
was somewhat indisposed. Mr..
Cherry showed us a bottle of
Champagne that he ''pressed"
from Gen. Grant while he made
head quarters In the Cherry resi-.
dence. We remarked to Mr.. Cher.
~ that since he had kept this bot.
tie unbroken for over thirty years
that it was an evidence that he is
very abstenious. We had a short
but pleasant call at the Courier
Office. The service Sunday with
the good people of Savannah was
pleasant, to one at least. We rode
out to "Itinerants Rest" on Horse
Greek, aud spent Sunday night.
Knowing that we had to start next
day on trip of 70 miles,we listen
ed to the rain and sleet for a few
moments, then committed our
selves to the care of Him, who di.
reefs all things Alright. When we
arose, we found every thing cover
ed with ice and sleet. After a most
palatable and refreshing breakfast
we mounted our noble steed. Bro.
Irwin said "l'll 60 with you to the
creekp When he got to the bank
he shook his head aud said "You
can not cross" We then had to 20
up Horse creek and cross the iron
bridge. We crossed, and soon re-
sumed our journey on the Savan-
nah and Waynesboro road. But a.
las! our horse sank deeply in the
mud and in a mighty effort to ex.
tricate himself from this dilemma,
pulled off a shoe. Knowing that
this noble steed could not 60 bare
footed, we rode up to the gate OF
that clever gentleman Mr.. Frank
Parker, and in voice of distress
called on him for help. When he
said that he could put the shoe
on, our hopes frightened. We
told him that we felt very much
like the old woman who said, when
, we paid her a pastoral CALI thai
"sho was thousand times oblig
f ed 10 u.s." where-upon our bene
factor said "you are a Thousand
times welcome" We re.mOuntet
our trusty animal and arrived a
DR.. L. b. Twins in time to partak
ola most refreshing dinner. Ate
f ENJOYING the society of this goo,