The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-04
Of DR.. j. &. Shapnrd be.
tore the Temperance Organi-
cation Of Winchester

Many circumstances combined have
lcrrtutor made Winchester one Of
he most delightful places OF residence
10 be- lONNd any where in sll the land.
The beauty and saluhwty OF its situa
uon; its facilities for education; ana
hove all, lis cultivated and refined so
cirly, have given Il charm olIIe place
that few other towns possrss' 4"
proot of which it may be said that N
Nhutcvcr part Of The earth any OIL It's
citizens may have wandered tiev are
sure to turn with 1 wis,fnl eye to WIN
chester as the Mecca Of all their earth.
" hopes.
But Winchester IS not now prosper
iny We have known the place for
more than thirty years, end never OK.
relt during two or three years of the
war, have we known it to look 80
Gloomy rs now. In fact it bids iail
to become a rival Of Goldsmith de-
serted village, This ought not So to
he.
II is true that ours is not the most
fertile of countries, We have no great
staple as cotton, sugar, rice. tobacco,
or wheat to enrich us We are not
yro wing grass and raising sock AS in
the great basin below us. Neither have
we any great commercial facilities
Manufacturing facilities We have IN
nhmdaUcc, but they are yet undevrl
Oprl. But wG have, within our grasp,
a source Of wealth which. rightly man
aged, would more than compensate us
tor the want Of a great staple or com.
merrial acknowledgements that is our
Hqh-iQnd Mtuoti0n. and consequently,
oul almost entire exemption from ma
larial Influences whica makes 0ur veal
llller neighhors Of the Gulf-S;atcH turn
hither in summer in quest Of health
and pleasure AID also as u suitable
place for schools for the education of
their children.
Already there is a Southern school
located on one Of gu. mountains, in
sight Of our town. which, although in
its Infancy, is now cXpcndInG two
hundred thousand dollars "a! Southern
money in eur county every year. But,
strange u say, Winchester almost ig
uulcs the eyi,lancc of that school,
University though it he, and i, taking
no measures to secure Il palt OF til,
wcaitl, flowing lhtlClrrm.
There is also Il school in our tow
winch draws its chief support from tn,
States south Of us, wlicn We suppose /,
%cXprnling o tam one lIunIrc'
thousand dollars Of southern money
among us annually. A glance attni'
school and its surroundings is sutliricn
to satisfy the most ,krplicaI that it i.
the chief source Of the prosperity .
the town.
Aud every summer finds numbers
Of wealthy AMI refined su u~tlirrnrr'
Knocking at onrloor,. seeking a rri,l.,
from the burning >un aud ca IL nj S
staples contribute 50 much to tin
worlds wealth
Ih" Question now is, how best t
avail ourselves nrllis treat advantage
1t j. apparent to every one that /
louking nround tor II Srllahlr place to
the education Of on, $ chi|lrrn-pal
lrulnrlv daug htcrs-or for a sumnnc
r, s,dcnce for ones family. am0lu til
first considerations would hrthc tenn
pcrancc and sOhrirtv of the pcOpl
among whom they were 10 reside :,
long II time In regard to these con
sihcrnti0ns it must he confessed, tina
tor some years past. the reputation q
our town has been not as good Il
could he desired. if our confession
on this subject is not sufficient, the ties
timony Of strangers when they visiI II
can he addurctl IN supporting it
which testimony is that they are sur
,risrl to see SO much intemperancc II
mong us-parliruIariy among our lead
ny cil'zrps. To this may also be added
# necessary. the Testimony OF onr wv
citiz"ns when they go abroad, which is
that they hear the intempcrance OF on
people spoken of mucl, to the disc,cdI
of our tow. 1t is charged against II
that, while we cannot, or do not. lii,
orally support Il single minister OF TIT
Gospel, We. we ahundanlly support
number of drinking saloons !. that while
our ministers are suffering and ON
churches lau.ujsling, our saloon keep
ers are tlouri,l,iny rs the green bay
tree, ad,in. to their possessions ti,l.
to field. aud house to house; thai
" lie our doctor hills remain unpaid
our merchants accounts unsettled, Oul
ministers and teachers salaries allnus,
unnoticrd, and whilst our mechanics
are suffering the pinchings of ''har,|
times yet our saloor bills are prompt.
~ paid every quarter-ayc, every
month that whatever may be our lu-
tel accommodations, or whatever
sources OF amusement or entertain
mcnt VIC may offer. Of one thing, how
ever, there is never any doubt and
that ~, il the gentlemen are 50 Inclined.
they may always fad plenty Of . od
liquors on which to make themselves
gloriousIy drunk.
Now, We may reasonably c,nclnlr
that, although the people from abroad
nave heretofore palronizcd our scilno!s
IN consequence of their high aplrccia
ton of them. yet there is danger that.
unless our town should establish "a bet
ter reputation tor temperance and So
they will hereafter find a less
objectionable place for the education
Of their daughters, ana for a summer
for th,sn -r,vrs. The con.
oi the whole matter is, that il
.VLld have our town To- DIOsu"r.