The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
Teachers, Insiitnto.

'loiiuay, August 10Th, and adjourn
ed to the next morning, when they
met and organized and proceeded to
business.
Forty-eight teachers with goodly
number of visitors attended the sess-
ions.
Taken as profession, they were
sufficiently good looking, intelligent
and civil, to merit the appreciation
Of the most fastidious.
The exercises were conducted by
the County Superintendent, Chas. L.
Hogg, whose amiability and social
ity with his concise and able illus
trations won the admiration of all.
The Superintendent was assisted by
Prof. W. J. Kenny, A. NJ. and Prof.
J. b. Yeager. These gentlemen are
first-class instructors and thoroughly
understand the science of teaching.
Miss Braiding, of Gallipolis, fav-
ored the Institute with lesson in
writing decimal fractions, advancing
some new ideas and rendering very
plain this troublesome to explain
rule of arithmetic.
Messrs. Pofenbargcr and Kincade
delivered very good declarations,
and Messrs. PotIenbarger, Rifle,
Fisher, Shank, Tillis and Mossman,
with Misses Evalce and Lille knight,
sallie Jones, Mile Stephens, Mile
Craig, Ella Newman and Anne Den
ny, read essays giving their views
regarding their chosen vocation.
Miss Mollie Bay delighted the To-
vers of good music with some very
fine solos; Prof. Kincaid and choir
also contributed some very good mu-
sic.
All went home feeling they enjoy
ed a feast and a flow of soul rarely
experienced and very much pleased
with the kindness and hospitality
shown them by the citizens of the
place, and feeling that their time
was well improved in gaining new
ideas and extending their acquaint-
ance with their fcllow-co-laborers.
At the examination on Saturday,
sixty-two applications were made to
the Board for license to teach.
During our stay in the city we en-
ioyed the hospitality of Mr.. c, NJ.
Cole and wife, who kindly volunteer
ed to show US the points of interest
in around the burgh. Among these
we visited was the grave of Cornstalk
who sleeps beneath the sod in the
Court House yard, without even a
stone to mark the last resting place
of the fallen chieftain,
Just outside the corporation our
attention was attracted to the gard
en- of Mr.. John S. Miller who sup
plies the city with vegetables, and
has also some of the finest fruits we
have ever seen. His vineyard and
garden embraces some twenty acres,
all under a high cultivation, and at
present a very pleasant resort for
pleasure-seckers.
Ascending the hill back of town
we passed a stone mill where were
slabs, bars and grind-stones, sawed
from the solid rock, lying in piles
around the quarry. Having gained
the top of the hill we were delighted
with one of the finest views in the
Ohio Valley. With the aid of Il
glass we could see several miles up
and down the Ohio, and quite a dis
lance up the Kanawha, over hill
and dale, forest and plain, meadow
and orchard, river and brook, far as
the eye could reach, bounteous crops
with trees bending with fruit, the
reward of honest toll, greeted our
sight and made our hearts glad with
the thought that honest industry is
always beautifully rewarded by the
benifcent hand of the Creator.
After rambling round the ruins of
the Notifications we descended to
Ellinipsico a pleasant little town on
the Kanawha named in honor of the
murdered son of Cornstalk for whose
death the place was cursed one hun
dred years. Passing down the Kan
awh we were pleased to note signs of
prosperity in several new enterprises
which will probably add much to the
business of the place. During our
stay in the city we were delighted
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