Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-06-05
HUSHLNG LOCALS.

LUSHLNG LOCALS.
Recently we heard q silvery-haired
sage remark, ''The Spring is very back
ward" and not wishing to deteriorate
his unquestionable veracity, not calm
ly In that belief. Truth conlpels US to
admit that the Winter king hss been
loathe to quit his reign, but to the
great satisfaction of all and more espe-
cially the farmers, the genial rays of a
vernal sun have, at last, broken in upon
us, the merry song of the farmer boy
Is heard reverbrating from hilltop to
hilltop, aud as we have the promise Of
q seed-tiIre and harvest--the former of
which we now have had-rest in the
hope that
"Time at last will set all things evcn."
The dreary environings of monotony
have encircled our little Quaker village
for so long that it had almost assumed
the character of something "that was
to be-" but fortunately for us the fairy
hand of prOpitious fate. shifted the
scene and gave ns a temporary relief
through the salutary instrurnentality
of Sunday School Institute, held here
on the Goth and 21st, under the super
vision of Rev. s. Burt, the present Pre-
sing Elder on this (Barnesville) Dis
trict, assisted by Rev. w. F. Smith,
Pastor in charge at this place.
The occasion throughout, was one re-
plete with manifest interest and appre-
citation, although many of the patrons
of our school were necessarily abselh,
in consequence of the press of business
on their farms. Yet withal, we feel
warranted in saylug, that the salutary
influence of the occasion will work in
valuable good to the Sunday School
cause In this place.
The exercises, which consists of sd-
bearing upon the literature,
music &c. of Sunday Schools, and Ser
mons teeming with practical thought
on the workings thereof, by Revs. Burt,
Pierce, Peregoy, Anderson and Others,
was interspersed with full tide Of
song, by the scholars of our own and
other schools, under the management
Of Rev. Burt, who by the way, is as
amply qualified both theoretically and
J for the duty as any one it
mas ever been our pleasant privilege to
hear. He il a gentleman, whose schol-
arly attainments, wht Sc Inagnanimity
If character and congeniality, both in
md out Of the church, cannot fail to
'ndear him, by lasting ties, to all who
Know him. lie is meritoriOus Of any
our pen might pronounce,
or the sOul-felt interest he manifests in
he S. School Cause, church interests,
md the ele alton of his race, every
where. @
II j. out meek encomium upon our
worthy lk.stor, Rev. Smith, to say, he
Employed every intiuence ut his COM
nand to make it pleasant and prof.
able occasion. Rev. Smith, though
young In yesrs and ex-
'erience, is practical, energetic man,
ntirely worthy of the esteem and
raise Of, not only, those imbued with .
hat kindly feeling and Christ-like! !spir-
which should characterize the mill
ant sons Of God, but the outside world I
) well. '-.'t..
Our duty would be Incomplete with
ut mn acknowledgment of the debt of +
we owe 10 all who coEtribu- :
ID to make our Institute success
.nong those especially deserving are,
.evs. Pierce, ParegOy, and Anderson.
ur Oryanist Miss Ingabee, ]. Howell,
nj Misses Fannie Norris, EssIe Ham
ton, Ida Little aud Lilah Howell, for
,eir efficient services in the choir. To .
! We ran give his assurance, that your ]
Inrls VI ore not futile. The seeds sowp y
y your wise councils were not sOwn
the winI.
But ~ it could not be all sunshine
I'd no shadow, We have this to regret,
lat, the mSnagers did not defer it one z
eek later, until the throng of the sea- .
IA was past with our farmers, which I.
rms large per cent. of the patrons A
our school. However, with all =,
hose privilege 1t WAY to be present, III
e can say, with one OF old, sit was
,Od for us to be there"
sour" Pike, known as the Flushing Of
I'd Uniontown pike, under the man. ~
cement Of Mr. Vim. McLain, is being 20
pidly prosecuted to compilations; will al
} completed the coming summer
r. McLain, although the victim of -
verse fortune, having met with some
avy losses since taking the contract, n
Is evinced an energetic and determin- yo
spirit and certainly, Justly merits =
Iblic favor. ~ !"