The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-02-26

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to be the taller. "All right, +" said Mr.
Lincoln, we will see who is the taller. !"
So he deliberately measured the young
backwoodsman and found that he had
him skinned just little. | believe
that only really great man in Mr..
Lincoln's position would have acted SO.
A narrow-minded and conceited man,
am sure, would have acted quite diff
ferently.
Mr.. Bryan, the greatest statesman, as
l believe, President Wilson not except
ed, that America has produced for fifty
years, is considerably above the average
in size. Dean Swift, author of GULL
ver'e Travels, was tall and fine looking
and something, I believe, of a f1irt.
Socrates was powerful. man with a
head like Jupiter's, such as Phidias
carved and Homer sung. Washington
was over six feet and capable of great
endurance. Nearly all of Napoleon IS
generals were large, strong men, and
the dashing Murat was very handsome,
so much so that sometimes even his
enemies huzzaed as he rushed to the
battle on his fine charger. But Napo-
leon himself, to my mind the greatest
military genius the world has ever pro-
duced, was below the average in height
but we'll set.
And that leads me to remark that
many great men are of only medium
size, and some even small. Edgar
Allen Poe, perhaps Americas most
brilliant man of letters, was only five
feet eight inches. Aaron Burr could
have been easily spanked by compar-
atively strong man. Esop, the great
fablist, was a small, monkeyish looking
fellow. Mn Wesley, founder of Meth
odism, only weighed right around a
hundred pounds, and his gentle wife,
who was no doubt something of an
Amazon, sometimes entertained herself,
as have read, by dragging Mr.. Wesley
over the floor by the hair.
l believe | have depressed little, but
l can plead the example for that of such
llustrious essayist as the humorous
Lamb and the rather stoical Montaign.
And what did Emerson or Carlyle care
for method. But [ know there may be
some danger of presuming too much
there.
But to return to our meeting. After
the sermon we had one of those old
fashioned, Obion County kind of din
ners -on-the-ground. And it was evil
dent that our ladies in preparing it for
got all about the hard times spiel that
is going up all around us, for we had
plenty and more; and all ate in that
hearty and enjoyable way that was very
complimentary to the ladies who pre-
pared the dinner. Kentucky claims to
have the prettest girls (but l should
have to be sighted), but | defy their
ladies to knock up any better dinners
than our Obion County ladies. But to
tell you, who were not there, how good
our dinner really was might make you
too conscious Of your tongue and cause
kind of gnawing feeling in that part
of the human anatomy just below what
doctors call the diaphragm. That din
ner reminded me of Lambs juicy des-
ertation on Roast Pig" But We
had boiled pig, baked hens-but I'd
better not tell you any more, or some
of you people that have left Obion
County would come taring back-and
indeed we would be glad to see you do so.
Mr.. Will Bryan, wife and daughter,
Pauline, of Union City, some of our
former members, were among our much
welcomed visitors. The representation
of stewards from the other churches
was very good. And a number of our
good Cumberland friends, who often
come to our aid in very substantial
way, were also with us with well filled
baskets, and would have certainly been
more than welcomed without the bas
kets. | have been intimately associated
with Cumberland people from MY youth
up, and if should say anything derog-
atory to them, as body of Christian
people, 1 should belle my own most
sober and honest convictions. If l
should speak of other denominations
at all it would be in terms of cordial
friendship, not prejudice.
The business part of our conference
was very good and encouraging.
Brother H. B. Terry, our pastor, is
we'll appreciated with US and we hope
for great year on our charge. Bro.
Terry has two very recommendatory