Eureka Reporter | 1905-01-20 | Page 3 | The Saddle Bags Passing

the saddle bags passing many years ago the gifted eloquent and blind methodist episcopal minis ter W H milburn gave to the literary world the rifle axe and saddle bags it was an attractive little vol ume making the implements used in the title symbolic ot the men and forces of a past period that have led in the work of western civilization they typify the hunter the pioneer farmer and the early itinerant preach er the presence of two or three hun dred ministers attending conference during the week without the sight ot a pair of saddle bags is evidence that this typical implement of the travel ing preacher has served its day and passed away and remains only as a sentimental memory of a past gener atlon talladega mountain home