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Show i , Tennessee Mountain Preachers. i The oratorical gift of the preachers I of mountain regions of Tcnnessoo It much admired by their simple parish loners, If somewhat too florid for so ' verer tastes. Ucsldents of that pari I of the country relate many anecdote: of their eloquence, as well as their ab- I surd Interpretations of Scripture. It Is the bight of every boy's ambition to be n preacher, although it is an affec-tntlon affec-tntlon among tho horny-handed portion por-tion of the population to pretend to despise thoso who do not engago In manual labor. |