The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-23
Correspondence Of the NawI.
Letter from Alexander Col
lege,' KY.

"News" from the "Model Town." z
and for which I thank you. The ar I
rival Of a newspaper is hailed with 9
delight by all of US, and let them
come from what place they will, !
they are always eagerly read.
Perhaps you would like to know !
what we are doing down in the
mountains, so 1 will try and give ,
you an idea. The location of our
town is beautiful-waIled in on .
three sides by grand old hills, and
on the fourth flow the deep and tur-
bid waters of the Cumberland. 4
The morals of the place are quite
beyond most towns of its size. There,
is a Good Templars' Lodge, number
ing several hundred, and in Consid-
/ Grafton of the size Of the Lodge, and
by the influence of some of its men,
bers, the Legislature passed a special
law, prohibiting the sale Of intOxi-
eating liquors within three miles of
the town; and as a natural conse-
quence, there are few, if any, Of
those evils that are found in compa-
ny with "drinking." But the town
is so very still, that some days one
is hall inclined to believe that he
has found the land Of the "Lotos
EATERS" or that ages ago the river
of Lethe rolled its slow waves thro'
/ the land, and the inhabitants hav-
ing drank deeply of the waters that
bring rest and quiet to the soul,
have left as a legacy to their chill
dren a portion of its magical power.
Not that the people are slOthful, for
they are certainly industrious but |
there seems to be an atmosphere of /
such perfect peace and quiet pervad-
ing the place.
There are some very beautiful
homesteads along the river side, and
the names betray the owners love
for them for instance, ''The Golden
| Curve" Speaking of the river
side, it has been ga thing Of beauty"
ever since my arrival here in Au-
gust. Then it was purely emerald
in color. Masses of cedars, pines,
trailing hemlock and laurel grow on
the banks, while farther back is
found the graceful, beautiful "Cu-
cumber" tree-the Magnolia Of Ken
lucky. Since the leaves are grow
ing golden, gray, crimson and
brown, the effect is superb. Here
and there in the midst of the ever
living verdure of cedar and pine, a
: hardy sumae filings out its gorgeous
banners of defiance to the rapidly ap-
preaching winter. Twining around
every ruined tree, over fences and
bushes, the "Virginia Creeper" rem
, ders good its claim to brilliancy of
foliage. Whole fields are covered
with "morning glories" and trum-
. pet vine.
, What at home is cultivated under
the name of "Azeratum," here
grows wild, and species of MimOsa
: abound. Some of our boarders were
= walking on the river bank a few
days ago, and one of them, a lovely
, little Texan girl, whose bright eyes
, spy out all the beauty, brought back
, large bouquet of viOlets, as fresh
, and fragrant as they ever are in
, Spring.
, Our school is Rourishing finely,
=, numbering about eighty pupils. The
College is a handsome brick build
7 ing, standing on a slight elevation a
short distance from town. The Prin-
8 cipal and his wife are both persons
, of rare refinement, and possess that
, inexpressible charm of manner
o which renders it nearly impossible
, for one of their household to indulge
: in hoIne-sickness Or-crOssness.
| We daily wonder if the good people
! of Burksville are aware of what a
treasure they hold, in the person of
o their Teacher and Minister. By ed
o ucation he is fitted to fill any pulpit
I in the land, yet seeing that the Ia
o bOrers are few, and the wide field
, that lies before him, ''white for the
harvest" he has been content to re-
main here. All good people will
! bid him God speed in his labors of
D love.
In this mountain region we are
yet in the days of the ''stage coach y
The driver is fond of music, and
when he comes in sight of the Col
Iege he greets US with tune on the
traditional stage horn. They are re-
. ally melodiOus, and are rendered
s dOubly so as they are caught up by
the echoes that Iurk among the hills,
and tossed from summit to summit
a till they pass away, softly as the
It Emusic of a dream"
But 1 fear am taxing your pa
tirnce, and will close.
Yours, with good wishes,
R. is.
Dispatches rom San Francisco an
nuunce the destruction in the North
Pacific Ocean of 33 whaling vessels
and cargoes, amounting to 1906
bbls. oi Oil, 965 bbIs. of sperm and
100 600 lbs. Of bone, worth S1,5O0,'
600 The crew were rescued.
'And now 1 guess l will light all
three Of them together"
S" saying he threw them all into
~, The fire.
sd Mrs Button declares that thai