Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-06-25
crxHxsyrr.,.E q THE ACADEMY,

Event 20 Clarksville for the purpose of
preaching a Coinmencement-seri In the
Academy, Tuesday evening, June !, found
said: "Pa, is II you? Tamgiad to see YOU y
So was I. Nol,ody sends u carriage to meet
nee at the dr1'or Why did Won not let me
know that you were comingg Would have
husbands buggy, In which he goes round
visiting patients.
Next day, while seated IN the Office Of the
Academy, the President thereof came in.
1 rose TO greet my Jicnd-took his hand
placed my left arm on his shoulders, hut
could not speak. We sat down and wiped
our eyes something's griefis dumb and he
lreavement quiet There was "a shadow on
the door sill |: the light had faded out OF
two blue eyes. A bright, intellectual agency
had be n broken-the mirror was darkened
Nary, Ia weep. one link of the endearing
hcartll-crcle was missing. 1t was the first
death In this family.
up and see my wife. She bears 1t better
than 1 do" She was reclining upon "a
couch. Taking her hand, / said, sister
West, how.do you dof" "Not very well"
with handkerchief I.spoke to the child
rem. and took o chair by the window. I
Looked Mt their mother. The handkerchief
was by her side. and placid look went up
from her moist eyes---a look of Christian
resignation. looked out upon the grass
under the oaks of the lawn. How mystic
IflouS IN lie! Wnut ~ mystery Is ueatn
Spirits unclothed of cloy.-where are they9
Aud, Nettie, where is thy home2 Faith
looked up land Heaven whispered, Herci
For the infinite and invisible, knowledge Is
nuthing-fnith every thing. | thought OF
n lily filed with Gods sunshine, warmed
and changed into the purity of spotless
white, once blooming with beauty in my
| friends earthly paradise, and shedding n
Ghost shining down into spirit which
opened herself to tile all pervading influx,
brought to light and life, and JOY ineffi,ble
! What can there be?
IL was deemed unit to have The usual an
Inual Commemorate t-exercises, and the
Intended sermon must submit to the
change.
1 met n few friends-never had many
Friends. like poets, are bOrn--not made
II any one thinks this contradits the New
| Testament, let him nuke them according
to the book: that Is, Ii he has the money
and can part with it. The book is true;
aud some poets are insane, and so are al
i GAINESVILLE Is n city of worthy citizens
having charming families, good ehurche,
and schools, nice stores and shops, bushes,
reereations, healthy location, good wate'
and asllating-rink. The root of this word
i II IL has any, is hidden from me. Nor do
crave acquaintance with the thing 1t rep
resents. III Is now moot point, whether
some in exercise and tendency than the
dance. Certainly is IL but little more dan.
gcrous to limb and integtiment than slxat.
Ing on ice. heard OF oneyoung man only
one young man whose leg was broken IN
the rink; but Nature, with osseous cement
and the aid of bandages has nearly mend
ell that. Another had his arm treated :
lust the same. The young ladies, bruised
by frequent falls, do not complain. The
one who said she had fallen eighteen times
rose as often, and Is still rising. Children
must have amusements and recreation
Old folks naturally expect them to get hurt
occasionally. This sport demands u geniu'
for posing; keeping the center of gravity
perpendicular To the center of motion; ant
n still ankle, which is sometimes soon ac.
quired. The critic who said the diameter
OF the castors was too great for still beauty
should be told that the design is to secur,
lspeed rs well as beauty. which could not b,
so well combined In smaller rollers. Here
then, you have elevation, speed and beauty
Pretty motions have the rink, the circus
and the race course; somewhat violent
tits true, but always inclining to the Ho
garth line of beauty. Perhaps il is thi.
allures to these diversions. The Greek,
worshiped beauty.
/ Ihave witnessed the CQmmencement-eX
ercises of several Colleges and Academies
In them all, the proportion of teachers I,
pupils has varied. The proportion in th'
ClarSsville Academy Is II to 30. Every
pupil can be thoroughly Taught: not 10 on
of 40; or D in 20; but the whole 20. Here ar,
Ii ladies' under the direction of one gentle
man. with various intellectual Church
beliefs, harinOnizing In one great purpose
without q jar The work is we'll dOne-ad
mirably. Diplomas Were awarded to ST,
young ladies.
II had daughters At TO he properly ed
ucated, the first Monday of September, 1870
should find them in the Academy undo
the Presidency of the Rev. j. B. West, ID. %.
Clarksville, Tennessee.
JNO w. HAMMER,