The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-06-26

L know not how many more Metho
dist preachers reside in the place.
haye mentioned enough to give an idea
OF the character OF the comm dnity-it is
Methodistic. That is the SlGntnlon1 Boz
mum. An Old>time adversary said o.
this ''sect:" "In their way these Meth.
dists do much good; so let them sing and
shout, pray and preach, build meeting
houses, and haYe their school, too, il
they insist upon it, That is Just what
they have got in this f1ourishing village
-Culleoka Institute, w. r. and J. w.
Webb, co-Principals, or, as our English
friends express iC, head-masteTs. They
are hedd-masters; if anybody is ahead OF
them he has passed entirely out of sight!
do not propose regular report of
the examination exercises, but simply
to say something of the school. The
method of examination showed very
thorough teaching. The class in Cicero
was examined specially on the analysis
and history of words. 1t was the incest
woodworking L ever saw.
Mr.. Editor, / have thought all the
while that you were head-master on
words, but the seals must be kept sus-
pended until hear you preach another
Commencement sermon. The Messrs.
Webb stripped there signs of sense in
skilful style. In the language of one
OF the big boys, they got at the sense of
every word; or, as amended by another,
they got the sense out of every word.
The whole exercise was instructive and
profitable, not only to the pupils, but to
the persons present.
l could grow almost as fluent as Bish-
OPP Haven oyer the Cesar class; but, as a
truthful chronicler, 1 cannot aver that
any "bOy nine years old read that able
author f1uently.' The class followed
that great General in his most difficult
marches, ana sustained severe seiges,
like well-drilled soldiers.
| like the old meaning OF examine
the tongue of a balance, a weighing.
AS modernized, it presents lively pic
ture of examination day, when boys
and girls are seen in the scale, and the
quick eye of the head-master determines
the mental weight of each. In the
weighing at Culleoka, the girls sustain-
ed themselves in the scale quite as well
as the boys. In that PARKWAY time,
weighing day was a public occasion
the examination a public person-the
examination common concern, OF
course, I do not moan that crowd col
lected to see their children weighed in
these mental scales; tor, at first, an ex-
animation had no bearing on books,
and but little on boys. The word came
Id i's 81 - N-."s-.I' uono4urreu when BOYS
began to spout their speeches. In this
sense it meant a swarm of bees. This
seems a tiny thread by which to con-
meet and characterize things so SEEM
ingly different. But the implied analo-
gy is not so remote as at first appears.
We are told "thera is curious con-
trivance in the service of the English
marine. The ropes in usein the Royal
Navy are so twisted that a red thread
runs through them from end to end, by
l. l., l., 10
OgniZed as belonging to the Crown"
The gentle Greeks, and the rough Ro-
mans too, bestowed much care upon
Gle culture of bees. They regarded a
community of bees as almost essential
to the existence of each empire. The
@ instruction of cells NAV ho--
U go .Ii0!A4 'A4o >. intelligent idea of hu-
--..n nabitations. Virgil's most ami
mated description makes the men to
come and go as burdened bees and la
borers lightened OF their loads.
Military men studied their movements
as they issued in long line from their
curious camps, or sent out solitary
scouts in divers direction. The Scrip
lures describe the warmth and Obstina-
cy of pursuit under the similitude of
bees-"The AmOrites chased you as
bees in SER"
Bees were model workers. They
were not only self-sustaining, but furn-
ished food to others, the sweetest then
known. 1t was much esteemed by phi
lOsOpherS, poets, and orators. The
highest laudation was to compare a
mans words to honey. Hence we read
The eloquence of Cicero is sweeter than
honey. XenOphOn was called the
Athenian bee, and the goddess of Pur-
suasiOn had her home upon his lips.
The bee is no inappropriate model for
an orator, nor beehive for school
room.
Bees will thrive on a rock, on the
ground, or in hollow tree, or the
carcass OF lion. l knew a colony du-
ring the war to seek safely in a smoke
house, in which there was no meat
4 healthy hive will become so full in
the course of year that right regard
to the laws of growth makes it necessary
that the industrious inhabitants should
swarm out. This was sometimes sud-
den, and not Iequently it happened
that no new house was ready to receive
them. Then they pitched promiscu-
ously on mans head, or the chimney
top. A compact column once lighted
on the church steeple. Did the melli-
fuous sound of the bell cause them &c
settle there?
l didn't find the bees at Culleoka set
tied on the steeple, but at work within
the walls. Verify, the school at Guile
Okla deserves new house. The Broth
ers Webb commenced to teach there
about four years ago, and when it was
thought that the old hive would do
The buzzing OF wings was heard afar,
and the bees swarmed in until now
they must swarm out into ampler &C
commodatiOn. These they must have
for body of bees, settled in a strange
spot, belong according to bee-hunters
rule) to the man who can best locate
them again. l believe the citizens Of
Culleoka will secure the swarm by
building a handsome house on one Of
the many beautiful sites in and around
the town. Culleoka is picturesquely
located on the Nashville and Decatur
Railroad. 1t is a high and healthy
point. Board can be obtained in the
| best families at very low rates. Some
OF the students from the more Southern
! States will spend the summer there, in
study and recreation. Houses have al
ready been rented by persons who pur-
posed ming to CulIeoka to send LneiI
sons 10 school.
There are too many attractive forces
to be enumerated, but l cannot omit
the great reverence paid to religion by
! the Principals and pupils, both in and
| out of the school The Church priv
! leges are very fine. Mr.. Orman is q
| minester of acknowledged ability, and
his Sabb4th-schOOi is one of the besl
| in the Southern Church. The Presby-
| terians have beautiful building the
congregation is ministered to by thai
| singularly-gifted man, the Rev. Mr.
stoddert. Besides the resident minis
| tiers mentioned, there were severa
| others in attendance.
=Their son Symmetrical, now sainted