The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-06-20
COMPLIMENTARY.

I
Il visit to the city Of Charleston. S. G..
On his return, circumstances were
such that he found it necess Try TO lay
over awhile in our neig hborhOod. He
is here yet, aud we hope he will give
US every convenient call In writing
to his paper from this place, he thus
speaks of our town and its inhabitants,
after having written a! some length
in regard TO his Charleston trip.
am at present in old Tennessee --
in the ancient village Of Winchester
the home of my youth, where every
object that looms up before me re-
minds me of the happy days of child
hood. This is indeed IA pleasant vii.
Iage, situated in one Of the most love-
| ly sections Of country, where the
mountain scenery is grand, and the
wales are spread out in beauty--where
silvery streams flow over gravelly
beds, where pleasant breezes blow
and where health blooms on almost
every check.
Winchester, though small, is far
ahead of some larger towns in many
respects For many years it has been
noted for it's fine Female Schools, and
the literary tastes Of it's people gen
orally. And while its citizens encour-
are literature and seek after llnowl-
edge, they are Jealous in the cause OF
morality, sobriety and religion. Few
places can boast Of such society as old
Winchester. Her young men are
such as she may well be proud OF, for
! they are moral, industrious and intelli-
gent, and few of them indeed are
found seeking pleasure in the intoxica-
ting cup, or the midnight revel. Would
that as much could be said for some
other towns.
Among the young men of Winches
ter there is an organized Thespiar
Corps, which does much to relieve the
monotony the village. The com
pany is composed Of the best young
mrnoI the place, who frequently per.
form moral plays for the amusement
Of the citizens. Their object is not
to make money, but to improve them
Ives, and entertain the cltizens.--
They arc to give one Of their perior-
manccs tonight, and, Judging from
the talk | hear On the streets, almost
everybody will attend. The play fol
tonight is the Golden Farmer, or the
Retired Ilighwayman," to conclude
with the farces Of cousin Joe," and
BOX and Cox" Among the perform
ers there is considerable talent.
1t seems to me that Huntsville ought
to be at least up with Winchester in
histrionic talent, and | hope soon to
see it developed. With the advantage
of a good theater building, lighted
with gas, and excellent scenery, it is
strange that there is not a Thespian
Society in Huntsville.
! NltlOE w a. tldDlC, Ill' lJuChtUH-
ans Minister to Guatemala. LETT his
home here yesterday for his new field
of labor. A large number OF his old
friends assembled to bid him goodbye.
Previous to his departure, two enter
tainmen,s were given him: one by the
citizens generally, irrespective OF par
ty, and the other by Col. II T Robinson
of Winchester.
Tomorrow the ceremony of laying
the cornerstone of a new Cumberland
Presbyterian Church will be perform
ed here. The building when compile
ted, will be quite an ornament to the
pIace-the finest building perhaps ii
town.
The crops in this section, though
very late. are growing off most beau
tiluIly. The wheat crop was neveI
more promising.