Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29
CORRESPONDENTS.
EVANSVILLE, Sept. 10th, IS,


might be like taking Goals to New
castle, for long before the bright
face of the city shone upon mine,
yours was full of its light. But if
you don't like my way of looking,
or your analytic skill to detect error,
you may consign my report to that
bourne where most productions of
genius belong the waste basket
blessed benediction there evermore.
yeq@tescat, &c.
did not come here to pick flaws,
neither for eulogium, but as the
town burst upon my view, embow-
cred in green, and picturesque from
hill and spire and water, the exclam-
alton of the old Prophet came to
my lip. ssIIow beautiful for situa-
ton is Mount Zion, the Joy of the
whole earth Now GAINESVILLE is
no Mt. Zion. The aspect of the
famed city in the year Is, is the
broadest satire upon the P salmist's
rapture. There is probably more
beauty in GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, or
Norwich, Conn, Or almost any 9TH
er finely appointed rural village in
America, than in all the Sheik world
of the Orient.
! am glad a poet said, "a thing of
beauty is a JOY forever" I shall be
sure now the Court House here will
stand forever. Situated on a com
mandlng site, its architectural de-
tails and general effect greet you
like the hearty salu tation of friend.
Surely Law ought to mean the
harmony Of worlds there, and
Justice almost dare TO unveil her
eyes.
Education, SO far as this CORES
pondent could see, is good looking
in GAINESVILLE. Fine school buildings
and enough of them to tell of the
march of mind. When the battle
really comes for and against our
public schools, the rural districts and
the intelligent thinking inland cities,
will constitute the reliable reserved
force that must do the heavy and
decisive fighting.
After the teacher, comes the
preacher. Not much use for him
to come before1 The churches seem
to be enough for the population.
The Congregationalists are rebuild
ing their house, with the full pur-
pose to make it equal to the one de-
stroyed by fire. A capital thing l
picked up with regard to this enter
prise, viz: the unalterable decision
on the part Of the enterprising So
ciety, that when the church shall be
dedicated, not a dollar Of debt shall
remain. Of all the mill-stones that
get into the wrong place, church
debt hung to the neck of its hopes,
is most to be deprecated. The peo-
pie look and act here as if Religion
didn't hurt them. It was the for
tune OF your correspondent, SPEC
TRoscoPE, to look into the faces of
a congregation on Sunday, that
locked up genial and joyous, like
flowers from garden at sunrise.
They sing also as if it did them
good. A religion that makes peo-
pie look unhappy, is not apt to make
them act better than they look. I
didn't see any of that sort in James
vile.
A very pleasant fact, and one in
the line of the general thrift of the
community, is the Grange some FIVE
miles out from town. The GRANGE
you must know, is a coinmodious
comfortable hall, built by the farm
'ers of the region round about, in
the interests of Agriculture. Here
the members of the organization
meet weekly for consultation, re-
ports, essays, discussions and for.
social purposes. The wives and
daughters Of these noblemen of the
soil accompany them on these occas-
ions, with flowers and music and re-
f1nement. A library is already start
ed. A grand idea this, pointing in
the right direction. On nearly
every Sunday, the hall is filled by