The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-05-26
For the Hartford Herald.
Another Hot Bafh for s.JunO--
MAY "a l27:

sue OF the 18th inst. a correspondent from
Beaver Dam. signing himself or herself,
Juno, has seen proper to make some
unkind illusions to Sunday School for
colorsd persons, lately begun on the pro-
perty..of, aud near the Render mines ID
would not be necessary to notice in any
way "Juno's" remarks, but for the evil
dent design..on his, or her, part to mislead
the public and cast \ stigma on some
most worthy people; and must therefore
ask small place in your columns to re-
ply to Juno" Her or she, is anxious for
the public to know that they Speaking for
the people of Beaver Dam) take no stock
in it. Now this was all superfuous and
unnecessary on 'Juno's" part, as most vi
ne are fully aware that they take no stock
in Suday Schools Of any kind, white or
colored. But l must confess i was not
prepared to find Beaver Dam so far de-
generated as to be setting up as their
champion and mouthpiece heather god
dess, most fit and appropriate advocate
for the views and opinions Get forth in
this letter, and well worthy of the era Of
ancient mythology. Juno" is very min
ute in his description of this "lonely little
hut in which the school is held, and for
celestial is singularly inaccurate He,
or she, even goes 80 far as to give a hiss
tory Of all its former occupants and the
connubial intelicities that befel its inmates
But how was it, Juno" that you the "pa-
tron goddess of married ,oome,a' did not inter-
pose your almighty authority and restore
tranquility and happiness to this distracted
and unfortunate household, for we no
where read that even the heather gods
made any distinction on account of race,
color, or previous condition ofservitude."
| rather suspect, Juno" that you, adopt
ing that favorte custom of the gods, had
metamorphosed Yourself into an Adonis,
and with Burnside whiskers and deli
cate cane, was playing the devoted to some
fair Cromwell damsel, or, maybe, you
were the very young buck" who, while
squeezing Hartford girls hand, was told
"let 60 that hand; / want none of your
Beaver Dam foolishness around me-"
Juno" says further, abiding to the tea
cheers, that "only.one resides at this place,
and he being government officer, sup
pose there is nothing wrong in it," How
cruel and unkind this Juno" thus to try
and belittle an Office which did you not
try hard to get and failed? And had you
succeeded, might not be called upon to
write this, but rather to record the noble
and self-sacrificing devotion Of Juno" in
the cause Of colored Sunday Schools. But
why argue longer with one whose views
are narrow and contracted as the corpo-
rate limits of Beaver Dam2 will rather
dismiss Juno after a little moralizing
and an earnest admonition for him to take
the cars and travel as far as Rockport or
Elizabethtown. and learn that the days of
bigotry, prejudice and intolerance are fast
disappearing, and that we live in the en-.
lightened age Of the nineteenth century,
and not in the days of heather mythology,
and while some may be, neither the world
or Ohio county is governed by the opins
ions Of Beaver Dam; and when he awakes
from his Rip Van Wrinkle sleep, he will
find that things do not remain IN statue quo
ante beLtum, and the sooner this fact be-
comes realized the better for US. ! might
proceed to argue with Juno" in Chris
tian point of view, but fear | would be
violating the Biblical injunction, Cast
not your pearls before swine lest they turn
again and rend you"
Taking the view that il is better for us
to instruct our colored laboring class rath-
er than to leave this duty to evil and de-
signing men from Northern and Eastern
States. who have no interest in common
with us, and believing it to be best for
both white and black, Iexpect to con-
tinue to instruct them whenever opportu-
nifty presents itself, never having discov-
cred any evil To- result therefrom, and even
at tine risk of FORGETTING the good opinion
of the citizens of Beaver Dam.
A few words more, Mr.. Editor, as to
the origin of this school, and am done.
Some five months ago, Rev. G. Ghorton,
a Presbyterian minister, and his wife,
came down from Louisville for mission
airy work at the different mines in this
county. Rev. Mr. Ghorton, native of
Georgia, has been tor years pastor of the
Seventh and Chestnut Street Presbyterian
Church, and is too well known, honored
and respected by the people of Louisville
to need any eulogy on my part. Being
advised by his physicians, on account of
his wifes i'll health, to try country life, he
chose this field for his labors He holds
services twice month at the Render mines
for the benefit of the three mines in this
vicinity, and has iourishing Sunday
School both at Rockport and Render.
He also breaches at Rockport on the
first and third Sundays, and at Paradise
on the fifth. He has also established
Bible readings every Tuesday evening at
the Render mines, which are largely at
tended and exceedingly instructive. The
colored population having manifested a
desire to be instructed also, he told them
if they would procure house he would
aid them all he could, assisted by any of
the white school who might feel disposed
to do so. The negroes procured this
"lonely little hut close to the Render
mines. and each Sunday morning they
are instructed here al ga. NJ This much
for the colored Sunday School
/ will conclude, NJ Editor, by quoting
from some remarks recently made by an
eminent Northern divine, who after al
luding to the prejudices that bad imbued
his mind in regard to the South, and how
they had been bispelled by tour through
that section, he says: "A villager, whose
little world has been bounded by hills and
trees, that have gladdened his days and
sentineled his nights, can hardly escape
being narrow-minded. The cosmopolite
who has been Drowned by the suns of
other lands, will probably have breadth Of
Judgment and catholicity of feelings and
opinions, and to this cause must we attri-
butte a large proportion OF the mistakes
that ALLEVIATE, or the more positive enmi-
ties that antagonize, members of COM
mon human family; for the social habits,
nolitical opinions. and religious conyic-