Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-07-31
ACADEMIA, Pa, July a, 1878.

ACADEMIA, Pa, July a, 1873.
MEssRs. EDITOR: Another week has
passed, and with your permission, i
again appear before your readers to con-
tinue my tale of events, both new and
old:
About tour O'Clock P. NJ, after passing
quite pleasant nigh. and day at the
R. r. Hotel, in Mifiin, we experienced
feelings of eommingled joy and anxiety
at sight of the stage which was to con-
vey us to Academia, joy at the fact that
this was our medium of transportation
to the Eldorado of our desires, and
anxiety lest this ancient looking vehicle,
with its corresponding team should not
be equal TO the task Of depositing US
safely at our mountain retreat. But
we thought of the many who had made
this same journey in this same carriage
before US, and bravely resolved to cast
fear to the winds and push on to the
end. After crossing the "Blue Juniata,- p
our gothic steeds drew up the beautiful
Tuscarora Valley; lovely for its silent
shades, its qniet homesteads, its rippling
stream, and its two mighty mountain
walls, nsone side the Tuscarora lifting
its crest twelve hundred feet above the
level of the sea, on the other, the great
Shade Mountain, so called from the long
dusky shadows it throws across the
Valley, as the sun goes down over its
western slope. This nine mile ride up
the valley never fails to impress the
traveller. The scenery is so varied and
pictuI esque that even the most COM
mon-place mind cannot help but appre-
eiate it. As you come around sharp
bend or spur of the mountain sudden
~ Academia opens up before you, not q
mighty city nor busy town; but a
quiet little hamlet nesting among the
leafy trees on the mountain side; with
It's peaceful inhabitants quietly working
out their destinies as they pursue their
daily avocations, far away from the
dusty turmoil, feverish lie, sin and de-
moralizing influences Of the city. sAs
its name ;nd;ce,es ;ts chief features arc
two schools, one for the education of
young men the other for young ladies.
One of these called tho ac.demv hos
been in successful operation for thirty
seven wears and during that time has
educated over three tbo;,sapd rouno
men who are now filling imnortant M.
sitions among their fellow men. The
present conductors are men full of life
md enerov and cannot fai, of s,,ccess
The Institution itself bears The evidence
of prosperitv on its face. The other
called the Tuscarora Female Seminary.
though none the less suecessfnl. is not
so old. but has by far the most beauti-
ful bnildino and orounds This Is the
place of our destination and therefore
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