Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-09-04
TROUSDALE COUNTY.
Opening Of Masonic Female Institute
-Farmers' Convention, ETC.

Opening of Masonic Female Institute
-Farmers' Convention, ETC.
To the Union and American:
HARTsvILLE, Sept. 8, lS73.--The Harris
vile Female Institute opened on Monday,
Sept. 1, under most favorable auspices. The
attendance last year was over an hundred
Young ladies, and an hundred and fifty
will not exceed the expectations of our peo-
pie this term. 1t is truly gratifying to the
friends OF education to see the progress that
this institution is making, and 10 know thai
its prospects are br ghter now than at any
time since its organization.
Prof. J. N. Phillips and his accomplished
lady, Mrs. Lucy D. Phillips, better known
in the world of letters IS "Irene," whose
writings are part and parcel OF the literature
of the South, seem to be aroused 10 con-
sciousness of the fact that female
education hCretofore has been too much
of a glittering generality 'parrot's les
SOD ,ntsught by ''parrct instructors" and we
see the lamentable result everywhere In the
scarcely half-educated graduates, whose mi
fortune is attributed solely to the incompe-
tency of those in charge Of the educational
institutions Of the country. 1t will be the
constant labor of Prof. Phillips and his as
sistanis to impart athorough education, and
TO develop rot stuff the mind, bat call into
existence all the mental powers Of each pu-
oil, at the same time pointing each, in his
Instructive lectures, to the brigh5 crown that
awaits female superiority in the great world
of letters.
Aroused to a sense of duty, the boarding
department as well as the college buildings,
have been repaired, enlarged and thoroughly
renovated, so there is ample accOmm0ds-
ton for both teachers and pupils. The
voung ladies who were mem1ers OF the
Presidents family the last year are rapidly
returning, and we expect soon 10 be greeted
BY that alright smilen that "haurts Us STILL
To persons at distance we would say
that this Institution is owned and Controll-
ed by Union (HRrtsville) Lodge No. l13,
Free and Accepted MasOns, and that Il IS
devoted exclusively to female educate u,
and under the guidance of its PRESENT in
structors will become an ohjset OF just pride
to every good citizen in our community, as
well as a speci,l favorite with the ancient
fraternity whose highest reward is found IN
the performances of duty, and whose Torl :
wide creed is to visit the sick, comfort the
afflicted, bury The dead and educate the or
pbsn.
With cur pleasant climate, healthful 10
cation. pure water and the refined and ele
waited character Of our society, we are salts
fed that there is no more favorable point
for those who have daughters to educate
than the HartsVille Masonic Female Insti
tute.
FARMERS CONVENTION.
A Convention of the farmers Of Trous-
dale county, was held in the Courthouse on
Monday, Sept. /, for the purpose Of select
ing delegates to the convention to be held
at Nashville on the 16sh inst. On motion
J. A. Jones was called to the chair and j.
P. Andrews appointed Secretary. Col. W.
A, Caruthers was then called for, who, as
he always does, made an appropriate, re-
plete and pointed address, after which the
following delegates we're appointed:
District No. l. W. A. Caruthers and B. 2.
Reese.
Dis. No. 2. DR.. johnson and Isham
Bsesley.
Dis. No. 3. ]. P. Andrew and Geo.
Burnly.
Dis No. 4. T. p. Harris and NJ. Burnly.
Dis. No. 5. David Fits ard l. NJ. Henry.
Dis. No. 6. l. L. Carson ard A. B.
Newson.
Dis. No. 7. G. W. Miller, W. ]. Hale and
81. C. Ellis. .-
Dis. No. 8. R. R. King and Peter Aver
lite.
Dis. No. 9. Col. D. L. GoOdall and E. P.
Lowe.
Dis. No. 10. W. W. Averitte and W.
Turner.
We are glad to see cur county taking
step in the right direction. Too long they
have borne the burden of oppression, snd If
they would be free they must strike from
their limbs the fettered shsckles OF de-
pendence. Not from the poisoned plume
of the boisterous harrangue-not from the
nevertheless equivocation Of the PARTISAN
enterpriser, not from the honest but pre-
posterous vehemencs of the political pulpit,
not even from the speeches OF Modern
Statesmen who climb into high places over
tie brawny shoulders of the Patrons Of
Husbandry, nor pledges Of third-class Leg
islators, nor railroad rings, nor political
bounty jumping lawmakers, nor bribery,
nor theft in high places, are we to expect a
redemption of all that is grand and glorious
in the destiny of our country.
We have tried every theory, and but one
remains. From Maine 70 Georgia may be
heard the rising pean Of the ''Pttrons Of
Husbandry." Like Him who walked upon
the troubled waters, their banner foa,s
high and pure in the air bearing no irscFip-
ton upon its folds but, onward, upward N
civilization, advancement, progress and de-
velopment of the common interest of the
common people. Like HIM the united
voice of this organization may be heard
speaking to the troubled waters, the Earring
discords, the dissatisfaction of both factions,
North and South, "Peace, be still }" nothing
can be gained by antagonisms, hatred and
desire for revenge.
Agriculturally we have to pass down the
halls of the Future as one people-one Ms
ton, with one destiDy-theE why not let us
walk on through the &C INJURIES, Norh and
South arm in . N, East and West side by
sid ;" presenting to the world straight and
unbroken front?
Let demagogues whine and whimper and
wrishe if they will; no aDtagonism can ex-
ist, no Eolus can open the cave OF the
winds and set a. war the meanest passions
of the human heart, while the Patrons OF
Husbandry shall remain to pour oil upon