The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-03
Mass .snnllny School picnic.


 forming 2 procession. The Cove school was formed, followed bT Union, Pisgah, Galley Creek and Prairie Grove. These file schools represented eight denominations. To see 900 sunday school cilil- dren marching in line, all cnthus- ed on the subject-and some ol them six feet long, too, with heavy beard. is a scene which is "beau- Gifully grand" to the eye of the l beholder.
 I have seen a boy less than five feet, and smooth face" who felt "too big" to be a sunday school scholar; but if he was there that day, dare say he will be q better boy in the future.
 The procession marched about q quarter of mile down into one of the most beautiful little valleys, dcnscly covered with forest trees of sll kinds, (making q shade so l dense as to obviate the necessity of an arbor) near good spring, which afforded plenty of water for all present; where the schools were seated around the platform l prepared for the speakers. The audience, supposed to be about 500 or 1000 were called to order by Mir. c. k. Smith of Cove School. Programme announced ; prayer by Rev. ". J. Dodson song by Cove school; address by Dr, John II. Potts, of Atkins, in behalf of Cove school subject, "Modern Civilization" The Dr. showed that he not only knew how to combine medicines and make pills, but that he knew how to combine a subject and make a speech. The pr. is one of Pope county's native specimens, stand ing in less than twenty minutes walk of the place of his birth ; while his aged parents sat with breathless silence, under the elo quence of tue boy, who. perhaps, twenty years ago, upon the same spot, mingled his vcice with the echo of that of the shricking pan ther, bowling wolf and growing bear, while chasing the cunning fox, or pursuing the raccoon and "the opossum, too" over the noun tain's craggy sides, at which the orator raised his eyes, as if eX- pecting to hear the voice of by gone 20 years. Singing masters say of piece of music when all parts agree, it's all unison sound, so l think all who heard the Dr, S address, would say, the man, the place, the occasion, the subject, and manner of delivery. were all unison. At the conclusion of the Doctors speech, the Prairie Grove School arose and sang a beautiful piece to time; after which, the Rev. Mr, Oates dcliv- cred an eloquent address in be- half of the Pisgah and Galla Creek schools, subject, The Bible This speech needs no comment, for to hear it falling from the lips of the Reverend gentleman Is suf- flcent to convince the most skep- tical that this most important subject had fallen into master hands. A beautiful and appro- priate piece was sung by the Union school (the youngest school on the grounds, but per formed it's part admirably. Speech by the Rev. Mir. Gideon, in behalf of Union school, subject, Education. The speaker showed the time for, importance and lie cessity of education; also what it had done and would do for the world. Closing song by the Cove school
 Dinner being ready, the schools in order marched to the table, (under the direction of Esq. Jas. l. Potts, Supt. ot Cove school, ) loaded with the necessarics and luxuriea of life, All ate and were filed, and the fragments taken rp-baskctsful, after which the multitude was silenced by the re verberent sound of music from a distance, flashing from hill top to hill top, which the soltest melody ever made by human voice, seem ed to distill like the dew of Heay en and settling on ail the valley