Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-06-10

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that the PLEASURE u participating
OF Saturday last, In The annusl Pie
Mic ExcurslOn u the Prssby tCriail
Sunday School Of this place. The
<scoaslon was 90 universally enjoyed
by all present, both old and young,
that I cannot resist my desire to ask
Of you, a small space In your columns
to give expression, To some extent, to
the general Joy that seem to beam
from every face. We are oil we'll
aware, WITH what bright antIcipa.
tions Sunday School children, gener-
ally look forward To the comingOf the
day, when with books thrown aside,
and faces flushed with the exhllara-
ting country air, they can skip with
light hearts over tie gre, N grassy
hill and dale, and wade unrestralned
In the pebbly bottomtd creek, enjoy
ing with gnsto, that we older ones
can now hardly appreciate, every
bright flower and strange shaped peb-
BILE AS 1t glitters In the dancing waters.
However bright these anticipatl0ns
might have been In those young aud
gay faiicles, feel satisfied that l am
not going beyond, what every one
present will sustain me In asserting,
that the realization on Saturday, was
In every way equal, II 1t did not sur
pass, even their brightest and gdyest
dnticipdtiOns. l9il Ft9i z ii6ii.a
However, started out to give you
some Of the Incidents and particulars
of this pleasant excursion, and will
try and not wander further from the
point. fsf - = - r-..-I.T
The Sunday School was notified by
its excellent and energetic Superin-
tendent, ID. N. Kennedy, on the Sab
bath before, that the ringing Of the
church bell on the following Satur-
day morning, at . o'clock, would an
nounce to the children, and their par.
ents, that those who had the NAH
agement Of the Excursion, regarded
the weatler as favorable for carrying
1t out on that day, and all who desired
~ g0, must be ut the passenger depot
by So'clock-"equipped and ready Tor
the fray" rt-1lsF ~ s5He
The evening before, (Friday) you
will remember, was a cloudy, rniny
and preface, to ", at might
beexpected the following day. 1 have
no doubt there ascended that night,
from many q little girl and boy,
If not In words, at least upon the
wings Of neutrality-suspicious. that the
m0rrow's dawn might bring with II
q bright and beautiful day. The sun
next morning peeped from behind the
hills, evidently c0ntending with the
clouds for the mastery. AZ 9 O'clock
1t was sufficiently master OF the field
for the managers OF the Excursion to
think they were justified in giving
the announcement. The bell so anx-
iously listened for, by many little
fellow, pealed forth its summons, and
by "a O'Clock, merry hearts, and "big
.bellied" baskets, Oiled to overfiowin :
were in rapid transit to the depot
Your correspondent reached there
about "a o'clock, finding the Iron
horse" with three passenger coaches
attached, ready to receive those all
Important "biy bellied" baskets, and
have them properly labelled, that
there might he no confusion In re-
turning them to their owners, (but
not till emptied,) and to seat aud ar
range the little children and ladies,
in the cars, were In attendance, busi-
ly engage,iin their duties. In short
time, d fine delegation from the Pres
byterian Sunday School, In New
Providence, made their appearance
and were comfortably seated In the
cars. a u,a w
The destination Of the Excursion
lists was u beautiful spot ON Wells
Creek, about three fOurths vt mile
this side of Erin station, In Houston
county, Our new neigh b0rs, - just
formed from parts of Stewart aud
Dickson. About 10, minutes after 8
o'clock, it was announced that all
was in readiness to start, and with
the shriIl whistle Of the locomotive,
aud the cry of "all aboard" We
bounded away. BY this time, the
clouds that looked q little threaten
ing, when the sun first appeared,
scattered, as the morning mist, be-
fore Its brightness, and everything
indicated u beautiful day.
We went dashing along as Joyous
and happy a party as you ever saw
In search of pleasure. AS we neared
our destination, we were hailed u
number OF times and several deleya-
tons joined Us.
We reached the grounds about 10,
where we found n large number
of the good people of Houston await
ing our arrival. In q short time, all
were off Of the cars, and children
wild with joy, over the beautiful land
scape stretched before them, and ex-
hilarated with the fresh bracing air
scattered over hill and dale. Some
rOmping in delight over the green
grass--others fishing, throwing stones
and wading in the beautiful pebbly
bottomed creek, that rippled along
SO invitingly at their feet. Others,
older, and more romantic, strolied
away in pairs, in search of 'hearts-
ease" and a beautiful cave that WAS
the opposite hillside. Some returned
without finding the cave, but i was
suggested that cloves eye Is blind"
and that they We're poor explorers,
and would not have knocn q Gaze II
it had opened up before them.
A short time before the hour for
dining, the children were called to-
getlier, and sang several beautiful
Sunday School songs, after which
their Superintendent addressed few
remarks Of welcome to the kind
friends of Houston county who had
met them on this occasion, urging
them, at the same time, as fathers
aud mothers and bearing "a RESPONSE
l,ility for the future of their children,
to spare no effort to bring them up
under Sunday Schoolinfiuences. Fol-
lowing Mr.. Kennedy, DR.. j. Ii. Shear
er, President Of Stewart College made
n short aud appropriate address urg-
ing the Importance Of the Sunday