The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-11-01
A PLEASANT TIME.
TEACHERS EXCURSION on THE
y. ANDV ROAD.

EDITOR BULLETIN The board Of edu-
cation OF tho city OF Cairo gave to the
teachers holiday Friday, go as to enable
them to accept Mr.. A. Is. SaGords and
Major Morrill's kind offer OF free ride
TO Vincennes and back on the Cairo and
Vincennes Railroad.
Your correspondent, happening to DO
on the train, formed the acquaintance OF
most Of these teachers, ard found them,
taken all in all, Intellectual, bright, viva
cious and good (lookng) The last two
words particularly upply to the
ladies-but 10 this case there being
bat one gentleman teacher in the party,
wa will make the application general, and
FAY that Prof. G. G.. Alvord is as good
aud goodlooking in our judgment as
Hamlcts father was 10 biz. Wo cay this
on short acquaintance, bu, have slep. on il,
and are Of the same opinion still.
At any rate, be was AS devoted 10 the
happiness and enjoyment of his party as
he could be, aud We think the young
ladies appreciated his efforts, by the m an.
ner 10 which they clustered rround him
while he pointed out to them the many
beautiful views Of romantic scenery along
the line OF tho U & V x r
THE TxAcHERs
Miss N. 4. McBride. Principal Of the
co cred school, "a smsrl-ws mean il
head Ike good Congressman, mot Gle.
mrnts).
Misses Ruth and II ,t,ie, her sisters, are
te,ehers in the white school, and are also
'ry inteil,c unl and bright. They are
al graduates Of Oswego Normal College,
New York.
Miss Mamie Mckee, well-known in
Cairo, and TO the manor born, is q grsdu.
ate of Cairo High School. She has charge
Of the grammar department. and wins adj
turning sharp corners. She is WELL
liked.
Mise Emma Livingston, Is Il graduate Of
Notre Dame, Ind. We have the Profess
sor's word for it that she is a success.
Miss Thompson, Of the Thirteenth Street
Grammar School, is a good teacher, Of
course, or our Board Of Education would
not have retained her for three years,
Miss Annie Pnillis, Cairo graduate,
also to tho manor born, ia bright, intelli-
gent and genial.
Miss n. Powers, graduate OF the etste
Normsl University, teacher in the ThIr-
teenth Street School, is a plessant.man-
nered, good.looking young lady with no
airs nor aasctstion.
Mics Rogers ia well-knOwn as the pre-.
siding genius OF the Eleventh Stree.
School.
Mia Houston is by nature sensible
practical, and w'.hsl agreeable.
Miss l.. Walbridge, also Cairo girl is
known TO BIO substantial, persevering,
pleasant and pretty.
This constituted the, makeup Of Cairo
teachers on tho train which leaves Cairo
at o'clock q. m. and arrives at Vim.
cennes a, 1870 p. m.
We were happy in taking dinner at the
Railroad House, kept by our old friend
Lew Watson, who car keep hotel. Jus,
think of everything good you ever ate,
and then add bakei trout-sll cooked by
a $3.50 per month cook land you ca n be
gin TO comprehend our Vincenes dinner
Major Morrill, was on ths train going
up, and took especial pains to make our
party comfortable and happy. james
rhii'is, route agent, was also kind and at.
'ent've Both these gentlemen have the |
~armes' thanks OF the whole party.
We do not know to whom we were in
dsbsed Tor the brAss bard serenadss al
Oarml and Vincennes We are too modes,
10 attribute 1t to the unusual good LOOKS
Of the party
Wa lett Vincsnnss fifty minutes. behind
TIME and ran like Mark Twain's scared
"osycie' until We reached Usrni, where