Evening journal., 1908-12-22


Of the land. for from the time you get
TO the top Of the hin Cgoing from
Taylor's Ccrncr) whore Lacompts
campmeetins woods stood, famous fm
its annual campmeetings sixty-hvc
wears ago. there is nothing but broad
acres and nne farms Of as fine farm
ing land as ever a crow few oven
/ Where a man I'm the days when mon
/ prided themselves in running
straight corn row with a plow and two
/ horses. could sit his poles rangus
across a forty or sixty-acre field and
see them all at the same time from emo
/ 70 end and where from five TO ten Of
the best Graders that Blackbird
Forest or the surrounding country
could afford. strung in around one OF
those fields. when with one simultane.
Gus and uniform stroke and precision
would FIJI their cradles with the ripened
grain and throw il to the knee, anu
with one accord made their grip. pro.
ducinE a scene that was beautiful L.
behold. and would make the young
farmer Of to-day stare in wonder
Now reader imagine as best you can.
The kneen scythe shave. the ripened
straw.
The whole crowd as one man,
Throw the cradle back.
As II TO make the dip;
Gathering full. take in the slack
The harvest grain to grip.
The binder coming just behind.
With fingers for a rake,
A band OF straw around entwined,
A sheaf would quickly make.
No machine by horses drawn.
or Irvine To- make the shcaf;
No saw by which the straw was
sawn
To make the cutting brief.
Old Time campmeetinss.
Now let's get back to the campmeet
ing woods on the tract. occupied h,
Philip Lacompt am not sure thai
he owned H.. but ] recollect him as a
very large man. who. with his good
lady came down to old Union to
church on Sunday In two wheeled
carriage called gig; common in those
days.
Those fine farms were owned ana
occupied by the Rothwells, Wilson's
Hansons McCrowns. Kaneleys. Gibbs
Crawfords, Davis, Roberts. Readings
and others. Major William Rothwel.
tion with the State militia, I think.
was a fine specman Of a man. ana
noted for his powerful manhood TO.
gethor with his gentlemaniy bearing.
and In this connection I will relate on.
little incident that happened in Smyrna
one day as told by my father There
was "a very similar man at Christiana.
(Abram 7. Shannon) who was
n H ~ 1tn
with the major and then
friends proposed that they test then
manhood by wrestling match. which
was fashionable i'm those days. They
procured tow-linen pants and wenl
into somebody's back yard for tn,
fray. which proved a very uncertain
quantity. being nip and tuck. but no
clear fall until their friends saw that
their blood was getting warm and that
they we're getting So much in earnest
that they we're apprehensive Of some
, thing more serious and prevailed with
them 10 deslst and call IT a draw
/, was with my father one day wher
We met tho major near Middletown
where some roadmen were repairing @
I bridge and as the horses were a littl'
timid about going over. the roadmer
offered to lead his horse over, when hs
declined their pronered kindness 10y
saying: mo. thank you. I am nc
nay bob" or some such expression. 81
prefer to lead my own horse" Which
made a lasting impression on my mind
small hoy as / was. and the NOR,
particularly so because father callet
my attention To IL after we had passet
, on. as he usually did OF anything Ou
of the common order that happened
when / was out with him.
He was known for his large holding
OF lands. slaves and mules. in addition
90 his large number Of large an,
healthy sons. IL was said that whci
a mule with propensity for being OF
the wrong side of the fence was caugh
in that predicament. and the bars %
gate were not conveniently handy the!
Just chuclSed him over the fence lik'
any other chunk and made nothing q
H.
His sons were Gideon Emery Roth
we'll (by his first wife) who ownc'
and lived on a fine farm near Smyrn'
Landing. and the father Of George c
Rothwcn. prominent in Democrats
politics in Blackhird hundred. Gidcol
T.. Rotawoll. Gideon J.. Barlow an
Gidscn r., Euldn Cmy father were 81
amel for old Squire Emery, n yer.
prominent man in his day. Gideon p
was q Democrat. while his father am
all the half-brothers were Wings. an.
afterwards Republicans. The oldes
of the half brothers was the only MAJ
ever knew who spelled his name Will
four capital RS. his full name beinl
Robert Richard Reynolds RothweN
and a man who never knew his owl
strength. of rather an amicabe disposi
ton. but would not allow others Il
iostle him ar stick pins in him.
A Ouarrolsome Fellow.
on one Saturday afternoon at Blackblr
there was a very disagreeable. quarrel
some sort of a fellow there picking a
everybody he came near.So finally he tao
led Mr. Rothwell. aud he told him to 3
away and let him alone but &c only mad
the fellow worse SO TO settle him. h
straightened his arm out toward him an
down went his house. and the fellow cam
again and he repeated the trick and sal
to him now II YOU come any more wi
give you the other hand next time. Bu
he STAYED away. They got into a pus
about the window on election al Black
bfrd aud ono of the hest men on III