Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-16

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named Hazenplug had narrow
escape, being protected by network
Of IRON at the side of the abutments.
child of John Wadsworth was sliced
by the hair by q swimmer and drawn
ashore.
| Il HEROIC MINISTER.
Rev. Mr. Pratt, the officiating cler-
gyman, was just repeating the ritual
when the bridge fell. He threw off
his coat and by a courageous effort
succeeded il saving six lives. The
man is totally crushed by sorrow. He
has some injuries, and suffered much
from exposure.
OTHER WONDERFUL ESCAPES.
Miss Keith, Of Dixon, stood Oh the
outer edge of the bridge, and when the
crash came she started to jump into
the water, but was held back by
George Anderson, and both were res
| cued. Miss kennier, of Chicago, had
a very narrow escape.
~. G. q Is. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| Times--AnsOnyiiEe The Gratlen
| Schoci-sTip ever i:sc EEI.Is-Eilcs-
| willie, &C.. &c.
| DEAR Journal: We left Wilmington
! ttcO1U tIIt IsioJ VI a pm " tdht IL I1lb1t
! trip up the line Of the W. G.. & r.
Railroad. The day was beautiful and
We rolled pleasantly along, gazing at
| the fast expanding foliage of the for
! est and the blooming flowers as they
| sprang up and opened at the genial
touch of spring. We almost felt a
touch of the old romance of our nature
coming back to us, until on landing
among the hills OF Arson county, at
Lilesville, fierce blast of cold air
struck us, and We regretted in an in
slant that we had left our overcOat.
How much higher is Lilesville than
Wilmington? And how much Wades-
boro' than Lilcsville Can ANYBODY
tell? 1t grew colder all the way to |
WadesbOro', so that Oh our arrival we
were glad to find fire in the house of |
orr genial host, Mr.. J. b. Burns.
A day at Wadesboro' convinced lis
Tat the times were dull there, as every |
one we asked about business replied |
''times are dull" and we could not |
doubt their word, for they have the |
reputation of being honest and truth |
full merchants. From Wadesboro' we |
went to Ansonville, ten miles north, |
over a deep red clay country most of |
the way, and Of which, one can say, |
that it has the worst roads in the |
world during the winter, but now
spring has come, the road had dried |
and we went the ten miles in an hour
and half, whereas in January it had
taken us three hours and a half to 90
the same distance.
This little village OF Ansonville was
built by a number of gentlemen Of this
section OF the State for the purpose OF
educating their daughters. To that
end they put up a large and commodi-
Gus College, built OF brick, standing
on a hill, surrounded by q beautiful
grove. Having established the Col
1ege, they built residences around it
at convenient distances and made it
place OF summer resort. one of the
being that it has at
the foot Of one Of the hills fna
Chalybeate Spring, which has proven
of grta' benefit TO inyalids and has
effected some remarkable cures. Some
of these residences must have cost
twelve thousand dollars, and the wards
are all more OF less ornamented with
and flowers, with large gar
dens and orchards attached. Stores
We're put mp and considerable business |
centered there. There are five stores
here now, with good stocks Of goods
During the var the school was |
the Consequences OF the war | {
scattered the families and the place {
was almost abandoned; large brick
dwellings, were left vacant and to de-
cay until last summer, when Professor
J. X. Tucker, formerly of Trinity Col :
ege, opened the College building here
md established a ''graded school,
aking one wing OF the building for
he males and the other for the fe-
males, whilst his family lives between
From the day Of opening it has been
success and the capacity Of the build
ng Was tested to its fullest extent He
cared he would have TO turn some
away, but families moved into some of
he vacant houses and took boarders
md lie has been able to take al offer
NC. l
We had some curiosity to see how
hese graded schools worked. We
NEW the subject had been under dis
.ussiOn in the Northern States as well 7
Is in England, Prussia and France for
everal years past. We had also dis
met remembrance Of certain leg ca
'in known as an "old field school
louse which we once had the honor
i attending and graduating at. The 4
'oItjc"t0I' remembrance being Of
ertain sound hickory thrashing we got
IMPLY Tor wlnizing at one OF the schOl-
rs, which II she-stOp, We are ram Il
ling We had desire to see the e.
radcd school OF these days. so we fC
rent up and asked permission OF the "
resident, which was granted, and we fo
pent the recitation hours in passing D
rom one recitation room to another. | v
he bell rang, & class was called, say | II
L arithmetic, the males came in at one re
DOR, tie females at another. One of o.
ach sex went to the blackboard and | a
he recitation went on, the most per- tt
9ct order was observed, and attention al
the lesson and rivalry in answer h:
lg the questions of the tutors or pro- a
9ssor seemed 10 exist, which resulted 81
llncommonly well prepared lessons. tt
We dld not see failure during the I'll
ay. When the recitation was over
IL retired as they came. As one of T.
he results OF the war there are seen in III
u our schools, we believe, many young pc
len who were unable to get their edu-
atlon then, and are seekingi it now ,sothat L,
class you will find scholars-males St
lly, with ages ranging from ten to m
llrty years. This cannot be said of ct
lie female classes, for VIC do not think | CO
e saw any there over twenty wears an
q: Io illustrate this a little, one FL
tie fellow, about twelve years old. pc
id: 81 don't fear these grown up pr
Ell L can keep along with them du
1t that girl land he pointed to one loe
'out fourteen years old, on the oppo- CHI
tie bench,l bothers me-" This also pl,
ustrates the rivalry of the sexes. cal
We left Ansonville, with its Profess SUI
r and corps of tutors toiling away at Gre
nat we always considered thankiess no
SIX, and started for Luneville. The ria
Id had abated, the weather was clear. the
d We had delightful ride of ten i'm
les over the slate hills on a slate up
ad. These slate roads are the only ]
ssable ones up here in Winter. Not the
at the others are not passed over or are
rough, but it is with great toll to fur
N and team, with light load, and Y
Instant danger of wreck to your We log
In LOT II,