Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-22
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A Charming Local Watering Piace-lts
Principal SehOOl-The Graduates.
IuKA. MSS, June 10. 1871.

IUKAy MISS, June II, ISL
Editors AppeoI-Having been for a
number of years 4 resident Of your city,
but more recently OF this, where good
health 9bOunde, and the best and pUrest
Of water is ever seen winding over its
pebbled g its onward course to the ses,
I am DESTROYS Of noting a synopsis, in
part, Of the mode and manner we denizens
pass Our leisure moments in the hill and
pine regions Of this delightful climate,
health-recuperating and Iife-prolonging
atmosphere. Though I 2n 10th to ac-
knowledge the duh and quiet attitude in
which thet trade Of u village has recently
fallen, the gloom, and, I hope, temporary
despair, which 1t has wrought on the
minds Of our merchants; yet with all
these forebOdings, it is with cheerfalness
that / can say, u various churches and
Sabbath schools are often and numerously
attended, the membership of each insti-
tuition is being continually augmented,
and much good in this way is no doubt
accomplished. Thus showing that
though cur earthly hopes are blighted,
there yet remains q spark of hope within
US, beaming with all its ethereal efful-
gencs, teaching man the glorious prom
ises Of mans futurity.
While many of our fellow tOWnsmen
engage in the delightful sport OF fishing
and hunting-especiallY Colonel NJ, Cap
tain s., Mr.. D., Mr.. B., cur esteemed min
lister, Mr.. L., and that polite and ever
obliging scholastic gentleman, Professor
ST. cannot omit to MENTION a particular
opportunity of unprecedented pleasure
the humble writer availed himself OF not
long since, in Witnessing (oy special invi-
tatiOn) an examination Of a select school,
at " Beall Mount" eight miles north of
his place, of which Mrs. S. F. Brame is
principal. Several times during the last
session, I made it my special province to
-s-He ~ H--sne-EH.- ---s
and with a degree OF earnesbneSs can sEy,
that never in all my life AVE 1 spent a
more pleasant day, or witnessed a more
complete n satisfactory examination.
The pupils were all perfect in their vari-
GUS studies, including the ancient and
modern languages, and mathematics III
all its complex branches.
To be more personal, allow NE TO say
that Miss M. and Miss f, of West Point;
Miss p, of Chattanooga; Miss B., OF Ken
lucky; Miss W., of Georgia; Miss B., of
Rienza; and Miss s., of our own de-
lightful village, are indeed fit companions
for the learned of our day, and with all
my heart 1 bid them "God speed" in their
onward march to the highest round in the
ladder of literary fame. Mrs, Bsme is
indeed a refined scholar, than whom a
better teacher is not often found, and L
could safely advise all, who wish a
thOurOugh education impaired to their
children, to make application at once to
this most estimable lady guardian and
mother. The discipline under which this
SHOOT is conducted, is reduced to a science,
not by harass, torture, or unnecessary
threats of presumed arbitrary power, but
by the sweet influence of that love which
flows from the heart Of a pure Christian,
as free as the dews from the ethereal
skies.
The music department, both vocal and
instrumental, is perfect, IA of which
Professor Gustavus Dolfus is master, and
thoroughly capscitated as teacher and in
struCtOr.
In the culinary and table department,
over which Mrs. J. E. Mitchell presides, |
and is chief proprietor, there can be no
Improvement, nor can it be eXcelled even
in our far famed cities of the South and
West, with all their tropical advantages.
Long may it be said for a truth, that
such institutions of learning exist in the
bounds of our beautiful South, where the
minds of our people can be- trained and
taught in all the higher branches of liters-
ture and science; their hearts elevated in
praise to God; their souls qualified as fit
habitues for heaven, the saints delight.
Since natures sweet restOrer' now
beckOns his subjects, and especially this
one, 1 bid you good night, Mr.. Editor,
and with a light heart and a clear con-
science, lay me down, a willing sacrifice, |
at the shrine of his merCies, TIT ]