Middletown transcript., 1875-11-06

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L capszing the boat and plunging the inmates
' into the water In going over the sail siruci
$ ihe colored man on The head, badly stunning
him. All three, however, succeeded in clutch
! | ing the bottom Of the boat. With their we
!. clothes clinging to them, the weather intense
: ly cold and strong wind driving great wave
over them, their suferings now became al
most unbearable Before leaving the city
young Lockwood had sent his valise home bJ
steamer, but Mr.. Morton had his in the boa
7 with him, and of course when it was upset al
9 the contents were thrown into the water and
all their clothing, guns, gunning apparatus
&C., were lost. Their position was certainly
an unenviable one. Each succeeding wave,
they feared, would wash them from the boat,
and, 10 their exhausted condition, they would
be drowned. Their hearts and voices were
lifted in earnest prayer for safety, while the
storm continued in unabated violence
At length, Mr.. Lockwood, declaring
If he was to drown it might as well be in On
effort to save his life, quit bis hold upon the
boat and bravely struck out for the nearest
land quarter Of a mile distant. Though his
crippled hand somewhat retarded his efforts
be succeeded in reaching the shore though
nearly frozen by the icy water: His account
Of his suHerings while swimming is most
touching He often felt that he must SINK.
Indeed, when hundred yards from the
shore, be gave up, but in allowing his feet TO
20 down they struck bottom, and be managed
to reach the beach, where be sank down, oy
this time completely exhausted. Two boys
came to bis assistance, and after be revived
they procured q boat and rescued Mr.. Morton
and the negro from their dangerous position
on the inverted boat The three stayed that
night and next day at farm house, and on
Monday, penniless flor they had lost all the
money from their pockets) walked to Balti-
more, distance Of sixteen miles, where their
pockets we're replenished with money, and
they subsequently reached heme, where they
related to the undersigned this account OF
their voyage and the sufferings they had to
20 through with. 1t is safe to say that no
amount Of money could induce them to un-
dertake the trip again, for, as they are on
land safe, they wish to remain co.
The Teachers' Institute.
Our last weeks record cf the proceedings
of the Teachers Institute held in this town,
closed with the morning session of Friday.
We continue with the
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The exercises were opened with music by
the choir, followed with prayer by rrof. VIM
A. Reynolds, of Wilmington.
The following gentlemen were added to the
committee appointed by the resolution adopt
ed at the morning session: Professors Rey-
nolds and Purnell, Of New Castle county; F.
A. Williams, Of Kent, and T. q. Williams, Of
Sussex
An essay on grammar was read BY Miss G.
o. L. EHommedieu, after which the subjectof
.'Grammar and how to teach it, was taken
up for general discussion, which was partici-
pated in by Profs. Reynolds and Stevens, Of
Middletown Academy, and Mr.. John Stevens,
of Odessa.
A lively and interesting debate was held
on the question-"S -"Should teachers have con-
troll over pupils on their way to and from
school, This was kind of free race open
for all, and was participated in by Professors
Reynolds, Woodruff, Purnell and Jones, and
Messrs John Stevens, Sharpley, F. Williams,
Mote, and John Cochran and Captain J. NJ.
Barr. The two latter were outsiders, and
joined in by invitation 1as4 vi
EVENING SESSION.
Opened with music and prayer. Mr.. s. 3.
Shurz read a humorous poem-about darius
Green and the Flying Machine" Professor
Woodruff then delivered most excellent lee
ture entitled s'Success and Failure" depict
ing the true successes in life in glowing terms
and the causes Of SO many failures, holding
that not those who succeed only in acquiring
riches, or in attaining to high political sta
tions, but those who do something for the
benefit Of their fellow-men, are the truly sue
cessful in life. It was an able essay and re-
ceived frequent plaudits from the audience.
At the close of Prof. WIS lecture, Mr.. q.
Sharpley recited poem about "Peter and
Thisbe'' and their loves and courtship. Mr..
s. E. Shurz read an essay on Reading and
Prot. Purnell read stDavid's Lament over Alb
SALON." A beautiful solo was then sung by
Miss Marion Hurn which called forth the most
rapturous applause and a hearty encore, but
Miss a. declined to sing again. Mr.. John
Stevens read story Of "Oysters, or Prac-
tical joke"
The following resolution was presented by
Mr.. 3. Sharpley, and unanimously adopted :
Resolred, That the thanks Of the Institute |
be returned to Misses Lizzie Blackiston and |
Marion Hurn and to Messrs. G. T. Stratton |
and j. L. Gibson for their kindness in fur |
nishing music for this occasion.
Closed with the Long Metre Doxology.
THIRD DAY, SATURDAY.
Opened at 9 A. NJ. Roll called, minutes |
read and approved. Supt. Groves urged |
upon the teachers the propriety Of the adop-
ton Of the new school books recommended by |
the State Board Of Education as early as pos |
sible.
An essay on mental Arithmetic" prepar.
ed BY G. W. May was read BY H. Sharpley,
for the author who was absent.
"Written and Mental Arithmetic" was dis |
cussed BY Messrs. John Stephens, Wiley,
Cox, J. N. Barr, Higginson, Jones, Stevens,
Of Middletown, Sharpley, Woodruff and Rey-
nolds, Of Wilmington.
A recess Of few minutes was taken, after
which Government of Common Schools''
was debated by Profs. Woodruff, Reynolds,
Stevens, Of Middletown, Wiley and Stephens,
Of Odessa.
The following resolutions were presented
and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks Of the members |
Of this Institute be extended to the kind peo-
pie of Middletown for their generous bospi- |
tality in entertaining US during the continu-
alton of the Institute.
ResoIUed, That the thanks Of this Institute