Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-14
TWHOLE NO. 1910
is happy people. o may Goe speed The

uay Where all Ianus, TloeS, people, What-
ever this dep radiation now, may enjoy what
We do this day! o may we all. as consist
enr Americans and Christians labor to ex-
tend the area of Christianity, civilization and
liberty, and as far as we have power and
means aim to circumscrbe the area of the
contrary. o may the bright morning soon
dawn which shall break upon the darkness
with its Jubilee "ring,ring, ring" proclaim
ing "l,berty throughout al the land Gnio all
the Inhabitants thereof"
After the addresses, and singing a few
Sabbath School Hymns, the assembly Gis.
persed through the grove in friendly prone.
made, or in social repast, the material tor
which seemed to abound in tasteful profu-
sion. Those who brought had superabun-
dance, and those who come empty had re
lack, in the community os the rspast.
The deepest of this days intellectual feast
ing came in the evening-the exhibition Of
the High School. At an early hour, the
old Court House was thronged to excess
and discomfort. 1t is presumed many could
not find even standing place within doors.
We observed very large proportion of little
boys and girls in the assembly; of which
we think this deserves more than a passing
notice, but we must now pass it.
The young gentlemen and the young
Misses of the School acquitted themselves
to their own credit, and to the honor of
their teachers, their parents and tie com.
munity of which they form part. There
was display OF more than ordinary talent.
The performances of the young men-aud
they seemed all to be quite young--would
have been no discredit to young men of
matnrer age and more extensive experience.
Their pieces were highly sentimental. yet
practical and apropos. They were com.
mendably moral. and in many instances
grave, religious. evangelical and even solemn
in their tone. They were spoken with
gravity, earnestness, and a manly dignity
almost prophetic in its influence What
rejecting mind did not look toward into the
future of these young speakers, and in pros
pec:ve sketch give to them a leading place
in our country's future iistoryl What friend
of religion and of the Chuch did not feel
the pous glow of hope in regard to the
honest fields in which soms of them will
soon reap and gather souls. the travail of
the soul of our common Redeemer,
The very little of the exhibition, that
was calculated 10 give little mirthful gess
md racy spice to the mixed audience, was
we'll tempered and held within the bounds
of propriety und good taste. We notice one
instance as an example. The lawsuit was
designed to please as well as instruct. And
here we expected, if any where, an indui.
gence in pleasantly. at least. And we are
happy to say, we were delighted with the
manly and dignified repres antation of law
sui. without even the appearance of infring-
ing upon the rules of strict morality.-
When the time for empanneli ling he Jury
came. we ins,inctively asked ourselves
will these young men swear the Jurors! Blu,
to our qualification, the performing of an
oath formed no part of the trial. That was
and to the credit of teachers and scholars
we record it--omitted.
We have but one exception to take 10 the
whole exhibition of the evening. We can,
with the more freedom, notice this since the
worthy manager, Prof. Pugh, made apology
at the opening OF the exercises We refer
to the music. And here too, we wish TO be
understood, that we make no reflections up.
on the musicians. They certainly played
we'll their parts. even t. the rafting of the
homes, No principle in mental philosophy.
as regards practical results, more operative
or better understood, than association The
associations connected with the fiddle, in
10 certain minds. is the frolic and the dance.
Among .he liQht. tooied--and usually iqit-
headed too, the effect of the -fddlinq and
rdttlinq of the Zones terminates upon the
feet Horror. much of the noise. from the
smaner ones. In point of good taste an in
terlude Of fiddle and bones after an address
to all our religious feelings, by a closing
appeal to the judgment bar, and all the
solemn realities Of the future state. is, to
say the least, incongenous. And even
farther, we carno. see the consuah,y be-
twixt fiddle and bunes,and literary sxhiSi-
tion. IF we must have an interlude-an6
we give it an approbstion--let US have, a.
in ancient tragedy, the choirs. And can
we not have at our exhibition choir, and
some racy temperance, or liberty songs CAL
cvlated to wake up the intellectual and NOR.
al powers of the mind. and sing requiem to
lhe feet and hands. and even tongues Of stir
rirg and noisy ones, We shall wait.
All credit to the teachers for their untir.
ing labors in training. All credit to the
roung men for their high toned intellectual
and all praise to the fair ones
v no eraced the exhibition with their touch.
ng essays, their concert recitations and
\ ih their smiles.
To the friends of education, we say YOU
nave reason to be cheered on in your efforts
% encourage the mental and morsl and re-
igious training Df our youth. Much as mas
,ave been done. more can ll,be Gone.--
Ours is an age of progress. The age and
he worlds wants demand the right training
If the rising generation for the immense
abor Of the vast fields of the worlds harvest
low white for the gathering. The Lord OF
he harvest now saws, in his word and PRO.