. Incidents of western travel [electronic resource]: in a series of letters. hilly, heavy road, Ihad hard work to reach the place in time; but suc-ceeded in getting there before the people congregation was good, and the service plea-sant—I hope profitable. Here I saw several famil-iar faces, and shook hands with some old delightful these greetings are, far from home,among strangers! But the days work is not done. Eighteen milesmore must be passed in order to reach Cross-Roads by eleven oclock to-morrow, where anotherappointment awaits me. Brother Lawrence, aLocal prea
. Incidents of western travel [electronic resource]: in a series of letters. hilly, heavy road, Ihad hard work to reach the place in time; but suc-ceeded in getting there before the people congregation was good, and the service plea-sant—I hope profitable. Here I saw several famil-iar faces, and shook hands with some old delightful these greetings are, far from home,among strangers! But the days work is not done. Eighteen milesmore must be passed in order to reach Cross-Roads by eleven oclock to-morrow, where anotherappointment awaits me. Brother Lawrence, aLocal preacher, wishing to be ordained next day,has come to guide me to his house. BrotherRandle, the Presiding Elder of the district, kindlyaccompanies me. Before dark, we arrived, after a INCIDENTS OF WESTERN TRAVEL. 95 Gilpin drive, at Brother Lawrences hospitablemansion. On the Sabbath I met a large and intel-ligent-looking audience, and preached to them onthe great plan of recovering mercy. I went homewith Brother Carraway, near the church, and spentthe afternoon and l^Pfilii^l 96 INCIDENTS OF WESTERN TRAVEL. LETTER XI. LOUISIANA—RED RIVER BOTTOM SHREVEPORT IMPROVE-MENTS—GREENWOOD THE CIRCUS IN TEXAS. INorth Louisiana is an interesting country inmany respects. Much of it along our route isbroken—far more so than I expected; and eventhe more flat and level portions are sufficientlyundulating for drainage. The citizens say it ishealthy. A stranger, however, while looking atthe marshy bottoms and the dull, sluggish streams,would come to a different conclusion. It is veryproductive, especially in cotton. Corn too doeswell, but wheat is a very rare and uncertain crop. At the time of my visit, the low rivers had madebiscuit scarce. Men of wealth were unable toprocure flour. Indeed, the want of navigationthrough all this region over which we have beenpassing since we left Missouri, had put the com-mon necessaries of life, especially salt, at fabulousprices. This indispensab
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