Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
Monday the , I walked thirty-five miles and
spent the night with sqr. Hardamand in Hardamand Co.
Being very weary I went to bed early; but as there was a
ball that night in honor of the return of the sqr's two sons
from college and dancing until 2 o'clock in the morning I
got but little sleep. Mr Hardaman lived in great
splendor. At breakfast time next morning, when his
table was surrounded by ladies and gentemen, he asked
me if we beleived in music and dancing. He was an
Episcopalian and esteemed highly those amusements. I
replied in a spirit of pleasentry that we did not consider
it essential to salvation to which he returned in the
same spirit that he did and so should not join our
Church. Starting again on my jorney I walked twenty-
four miles and spent the night with Mr. Jacob Sipes and
preached in his house. This was in Madison Co.
