1881.
COPYRIGHT BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
1881.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| [I.—] | Why I relate my experiences in the Southwest. Introductory | [1] |
| [II.—] | My outfit for my life in the Brush | [12] |
| [III.—] | The itinerant pioneer preacher's faithful horse | [35] |
| [IV.—] | Old-time hospitality in the Southwest | [47] |
| [V.—] | Old-time basket-meetings in the Brush | [60] |
| [VI.—] | The baptism of a Scotch baby in the wilds of the Southwest | [82] |
| [VII.—] | Barbecues, and a barbecue wedding-feast in the Southwest | [90] |
| [VIII.—] | The old, old book, and its story in the wilds of the Southwest | [103] |
| [IX.—] | Candidating; or, old-time methods and humors of office-seeking in the Southwest | [130] |
| [X.—] | Some strange experiences with a candidate in the Brush | [156] |
| [XI.—] | Experiences with old-time Methodist circuit-riders in the Southwest | [171] |
| [XII.—] | Heroic Christian workers in the Southwest | [193] |
| [XIII.—] | Strange people I have met in the Southwest | [204] |
| [XIV.—] | Old-time illiterate preachers in the Brush | [238] |
| [XV.—] | "Ortonville"; or, the universal power of sacred song | [278] |
| [XVI.—] | Work accomplished in the Southwest | [294] |
IN THE BRUSH.
CHAPTER I.
WHY I RELATE MY EXPERIENCES IN THE SOUTHWEST.—INTRODUCTORY.
On a visit to New York, many years ago, after the first few months of my ministerial labors in the wilds of the Southwest, I met a warm personal friend, a genial, generous, noble Christian woman, who at once said to me: