The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-08

named thompson owned the stage line
and drove IL himself. The old rickety
thing would fall into the deep holes.
and Thompson would vigorously use
his whip, picking the poor horses
often on the ears. 70 dexterous was
he In handling II, and they would
jump up and Jump down: but not so
/ the stage until after many struggles;
and when Il would rise out OF the
/ depths. the old rig would creak and
/ lunge, and Brother Rowxies beaver
would suffer accordingly. dore than
an hour had been consumed in reach
ing the bridge. Mounting the bridge
and pauslng for n rest, Brother Row
zie broke tho silence: Are these the
best horses you have in this section
Of the countryr' This nettied the
driven and owner, who replied: yes
good as anybody'a horses. Do you own
any betterT' mo. SIR" said the pious
agent. II do not own a horse myself:
Il but / think that IL you would give
me sufficient hogs hair and potato
peeiings ] could make a better horse
/ than either one of these" Thompson
\ appreciated the knockout blow and
4 reached over, remarking: "Give me
!. your hand You look like a preacher.
1 A preacher that can tell rs big a
/ whooper that can ride in my stage
/ free for life" Suffice 1t to say they
l became warm friends, and the agent
always had free passage He was
1 preaching to the colored people one
/ afternoon In Murfreeshoro, I was in
/ the pulpit with him. He was discus
sing in his usual style our Lords
i temptations. The colored brethren
seemed Intensely interesting: and deep
groans and ejaculatory approrals con-
/ stantly greeted his pointed comments
/ yes, pointed, for his preaching always
/ pierced, whether to the whites or the
Z blacks Finally, In referring to the
/ devils offer of all the Kingdoms of
/ the world, he remarked; My friends,
/ the devil had no kingdom to offer.
4 He was lying and has been liar
/ from the beginning. The truth Is that,
i II you were to rake hell with fine
+ tooth comb. YOU could not find n nine
/ pence" good old darby exclaimed:
/ My Lord. niggers, We don't want to
/ go whar dere's such po' trash dat"
I | shall always be better man for
| having known w. II. Rowzie. To know
| such 4 man Is a religion itself
/ One of the Field Hands.
! Alexander Carney was one of the
"feld hands of the conference. "a
goodly fellowship" too were they. He
wac from the Blue Ridge section and
1 TONED the conference rather late in
/ life His class Of deacons were all in
vited TO dine with a notable family in
Petersburg, where the conference was
/ held that year The wife was a Meth
1 odist, the husband Presbyterian.
4 George w. Motley, of whom ] wrote in
I former letter. an old friend of this
/ family, was invited to chaperon the
/ deacons. All were seated at the long
/ table and to a most sumptuous dinner,
Il Just such a dinner as dear old Vir
/ ginia could spread. Brother Carney.
/ having been reared In the mountain
country, had never seen an oyster.
/ Following the custom in his section,
| ne accepted a part of everything on
/ the table. and lol such a plate full.
4 There were no side dishes in that day,
4 but the plates were of good size.
| especially for dinner. The oysters had
| not yet been served and were steaming
hot. Tho good lady. seeing the con-
/ dition of his plate, ordered saucer
1 when she offered him the celebrated
Il blue points They were called sleepy
/ nole'' oysters In that day. There he
was confronted by a bigger task than
he had ever before tackled Another
custom of his region was to eat every
thing on ones plate. At last, after
much msgiving. he partoot of the
| bfvalves. He had never tasted one be-
/ fore The whole thing lodged in his
L throat, and he was showing signs of
great distress when Brother Motley,
seeing the critical situation. arose
from his chair and landed u heavy
blow upon Brother Carney's back. Re
lief Immediately came, and out few
the oyster, turkey. turntps and what
not with a peculiar twirl and spread
to the movement. Such confusion.
worse COMPOUNDED, was never witnessed
ut table; but the dear brother, after
getting his breath, calmly remarked:
THAT thing nearly choked me to
DEATH The after eating was hurried,
ha nj dessert n
doned rnuch-yes, very much--to
Brother Nolley's disgust and regret.
better man than Carney never trav-
eled those big circuits. and he was wise
10 win souls
Fine rig story.
81 close these rambling remarks
(did you ever hear preacher say
that when he was in the brush and
couldn't burn out9l with another In
cident II occurred on the Pasquotank
, Circuit Brother Carney travelled in a
vehicle known In that day for its car
rying cauacity. Addison Whedbee was
a wealthy farmer and high-toned
gentleman O, the memory of those
grand men and women of that day re-
freshes me even In the scar and vel
, low leaf of life! Brother Whedbee was
staunch Methodist, and his house
was preachers home. During one
, Of Brother Carney's visits, as they
were sitting on the front veranda, "a
Mig 1.-THE and rotund. ran across the
yard The carryall eyes. that was the
name} was already well loaded with
various articles useful for housekeep-
ing Brother Carney remark ed; Bro
/ Their Whedbee. l would like to have
/ a pig at the parsonage" well,
Brother Carney" said the farmer, you
can have that one that has just run