Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-16
FIRST EDITION.



| THE LAND OF GOSHEN.
The eleven First-Day schools within the limits
of Concord Quarterly Meeting compose the
Concord Quarterly Union, which met al Goslon
abont three miles cant OF West Chester on
seventh-l)ay last, the 18th inst. A Representa-
| tive OF the COMMERCIAL makes this report
Stealing quietly out from the only half walked
up neghborhood OF Front and Madison Sts.
THE LOCOMOTIVE, Az II STARTLED
by its own timid, whee2y whistle, plunged head
long into peoples woods and corn fields dashed
over the dusty carriage roads and pixies tilted
and whisked us round the marvellous curves
OF the Reading Il. r. bringing mp short now and
| then, cloAe beside somebody's barn or kitchen
door, but giving us all the way, lovely, misty
meadow pictures, where tho shaded Brandywne
| spreads in cool repose and the fat cattle lazly
turning out from the yards and sheds, made
bright green tracks in the dewy grey grass !;
whirled us up among the rich rolling hills,
crowned nearly every one, with its comfortable
homestead, lordly yet smling-for the
FARMERS ARE LORDS on THE DRANDYwrNE VALLEY,
and each cottage il castle of comfort and
strength OF hospitality and good cheer-and fl
naly landed us at the wly-done-up, and sadly
needing-it little station at Sager's Here, the
thrifty and managing stage-driver slowed away
| fifteen Of us into his reti-pancled vehicle, which
| looks like menagerie-c car. and with crack of
the whip and a lurch, as we whirled round into
!
serpentine-bedded hills that climb one over the
other,
| UP TO WEST CHESTER;
where the horses were reined suddenly in, stop
ping up with q jerk that shook the dust from
| our eyes, before the low stage-ofice on Church
street, whore we jumped out, and went to look
| for conveyance to Goshen.
BY the kind attention Of friends we were soon
in roomy carriage and ON our way, past the
Court House, down Gay St., out toward ''Gallows
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remains, except the unenvable name, to mar that
| fair prospect; the few executions in Chester Co.
within the last half century, having taken place
within the jail. For a long time. however, the
scene OF many a
FEAR INsPIRINd NURSERY TALE.
| and wierd iireside story told by old crones ON
windy stormy nights was laid at Gallows-Hil and
superstitious people drew in their breath and
walked more hur1iedly If twilight or darkness
overlook them in its neghborhood. The brick
yards and manufactures of J. ]. Parker now
crown the gentle ascent from which is a fine view
of the grove-like streets of West Chester with
here and there spire or taller roof showing
amid the mass of foliage. No loveher, cleaner
town can be found than this one, reposing like
rural queen on her green hills and gathering in
her lap the wealth Of her domain.
Getting farther away from tho hilly Brandy
wine country we rode amongst
THE BROAD FARM LANDS OF GOSHEN
and realized in its ''fatness" that it was no dis
creditable namesake for the rich pastoral dis
trict of Lower Egypt where the Hebrews dwelt
assured against famine by the overflow Of the
Nile.
ship the Goshen Meeting House stands on gem
tleselevation overlooking wide stretch Of coun-
Try. The noble old trees that used to surround it
are all cut down and pert young Athenian Popais
scarce as tall as the low roof rustic in the sunny
yard. A little way back, stands all old
gay stone school-house, surrounded by
forest trees, and across the road
there is fine, new two-story building. in which
is kept the graded public school of that dis
trict and which has thrown the old building into
disnso, AZ a school house.
THE MEETINo-HousE WAS WELL FILLED
at a seasonable hour Among those present were
Pierce and Sarah Hopes, and Martha Dodgson,
all Drowned by their European trip, Lydia Price,
Sarah Breen, Benz. and Hannah Kent Henry
Fnssell and wife from Media, Judge Broomall
this quarterly meeting district. The clerks, NJ.
II. Bartram and Matda Garrignes conducted the
business of the meeting with system and dis
patch.
Forty-four delegates to the meeting had been
appointed, of whom all but thirteen were pres
ent. Reports more or loss minute were read
| from ten of the schools, and verbal one was
| given from MiddletOwn. None spoke OF failure,
| and but few OF decrease of numbers, West
| Chesters report gave rise to much commenda-
| ton, as it impressed upon the minds of teachers
the necessity of acknowledging 'the Great Head
| of the Church,
WILMINGTON sroKE AT SOME LENGTH
upon temperance and the necessity of training
children in temperance principles in order to
have moral community when they grow mp.
| Many remarks were made upon this subject, and
much excellent advice given; indeed through
out all the reports, essays and addresses, there
| was marked attention paid TO this vital subject.
In the report from this place, also, mention
was made of the children receiving at the close
Of school a present, valuable in proportion to
| the degree of punctuality attained. This habit
| and the principle involved were taken much ex-
| cepton to and considerable discussion arose out
| of it. 1t was claimed that low and poor mo-
tive WAS thus put before the children, instead Of
teaching them to do good act because ii lcds
| right, and not for reward that we made
| ''hirengs" of the children in that way, in the
place of teaching them that every good act if it's
own reward, then and forever. 1t was shown on
the other hand that the children could not be
taught unless they were present, and some in
dncement to them to come brought them within
the reach Of good training.
| AN EXCELLENT AND ABLE ESSAY on EDUCATION
in and out of First-day schools was read by Hem
| ry S. Kent, and three other very good but anan-
ymoua essays were read by the clerk. A list Of
forty or more approved temperance works was
read, comprising many very suitable ones for
First-day school libraries. 1t is hoped that this
kind of literature will be pnt freely into the
hands of the young. The cultivation of q cor
rect and high literary taste was urged by Judge
Broomall in some very interesting and profitable
remarks, in the course of which he gave some
account OF his method of conducting his class in
Providence school, which from description
must be most valuable and useful and the school
altogether most pleasant place to be.
Joel Sharpless, Henry Fussel, Phebe Griffith,
DIR. Smedley, Sarah Pierce, Lydia Price, Hib-
berd Bartram benjamin Kent and many otEers
took an active part in the proceedings, and the
meeting was considered by all present an in
tend the Philadephis Associations meet
ing, at Mount Holly, N. j., on October
17th. Mordecsi T. Bartram and Matilda
Garrigues were appointed clerks for the next
year, and the long discussed question whether
to hold two, three or four meetings of the Union
in each year was at length decided in favor OF
two, to be held in the 3D. and 9th months. The
next one will be held at West Chester, in the 3D.
month, (March,) 1875, on day to be hereafter
fixed. 90 'N ". w.
Ne5RnbOrfug Counties,