Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-17
Doctor GueTant'S Visit,

This article was unavoidably crowd.
ed out last week.-ED.
Doctor E. o. Guerrant, of Wilmore.
KY, who visited our city on last Sun.
day and Monday, is indeed a wonderful
man. Though three score and ten. he
put in two strenuous days that would
nave tried the strength of q much
younger man A sermon Sunday morn
ing and talk in the evening, and be-
tween, drive out to his old camping
ground on the Peery place a visit to his
friend of the wartime, AUNT Kate
Peery. On Monday the long drive to
and from the Cove to visit the scene of
the winter camp of Marshalls Brigade
IN front of the old General r. T. Bowen
homestead. Returning, he attended a
reception given in his honor by Mr.. and
Mrs. A. L. Gillespie, to meet the Dauph-
ters of the Confederacy. and then at
night gave a two hours lecture on
"reminiscences of the Civil War" and
IN addition to all this, partook of numer-
GUS meals that, in their bounteous splen-
dor, are as hard on the digestion as the
meager meals of the mountaineers in
his chosen missionary field. Truly, two
wonderful days of worthy work, well
performed.
DR.. Guerrant took for his subject on
church. why am l a Christian?" and
told how the prayers of a devoted moth
er took him from the field of medicine
to the missionary field, and in the eve
ming he told of his arduous work among
the Hlghlanders of Eastern Kentucky.
On Monday night at the Methodist
church he lectured for the benefit of the
Daughters of the Confederacy on his
"reminiscences of the Civil War. For
the most part he dwelt on the humorous
side of life in the army, and of the high
Jlnks the boys would play to relieve the
somberness of that strenuous period,
but occasionally his voice would rise ex-
ultantly as he depicted the swing and
dash of the cavalry charge, the rattle of
musketry and dull roar of the cannon as
the opposing sides met in armed conflict
and then-with lowered voice. in pitv-
ing pathos, he told of the pathetic side.
of the supreme sufferings endured by
the brave boys who followed the for
tunes of the Lost Cause under the
Stars and Bars. And then again. with
head erect, in proud voice, he paid q
glowing tribute to the womanhood OF
the COnfederacy and to the valiant
Army of Northern Virginia and its in.
trepid leader, Lee. 1t is doubtful II
ever before such applause resoundeC
between the old walls of the church as
greeted these feeling tributes of respect.
OF Huguenot decent, DIR. Guerrant
speaks with slight French accent. A
rapid thinker, his words fall over each
other IN endeavoring to keep up with
his thoughts This makes it a little
difficult to follow him at first, but as
soon as one catches the charm of ex.
preston that runs like a golden thread
throughout his discourse, the difficulty
of listening disappears.
To show the tribute to the Southern
women well deserved, the Daughters in
the choir rendered the two songs as
signed to them in beautiful manner.
Before closing the article, and at the
request of a number of our women
readers, we want to ask DR.. Guerrant
to enlighten them as to how, in the
army, ''stewed eggs" were prepared.
Our columns are open for the recipe.