Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-04
FROM SAND MOUNT, ALABAMA.

We are permitted to publish the following ex-
tract from private letter from Miss MANY
BEACH, to her sisters in this place. Miss b. is
engaged in teaching school at Chattanooga, a,
Tenn, but who, with the other educators of thai
city is a "refugee," by order of the Board Of
Education. from the yellow fever scare:
Here we are, over a thousand feet above
CbRtta n0oga, in MS healthy place, suppose,
as wa can find. Our coming to this place was
rather a sudden move, although we have for
some time held ourselves in readiness to leave
at moments notice. We have had school
only one week since our return from the North,
Then there was quite panic, caused by two
cases of what the physicians pronounced yell
low fever, Ou street near the school building
Many people left the city and it was decided to
close the schools for two weeks at least. We
were OF course alarmed with the rest, but had
not made up our minds to leave when the phv-
sGians decided the cases 10 have been ''Prr-
niciOus Intermittent" instead of "YellOw"
fever. After This we were much relieved and
settled to enjoying our enforced vacation M
much as it was possible. There have been
sew erai "scares I" but AS each rumOr of fever
proved only a rumOr and as cases contra cted
gan to think Chatta nnOga's 700 feet ele.
walton would save her. The alarm this time,
however, seems TO have foundation IN tact, aud
our friends, the Vs. having concluded 10
leave we thought best 10 be on the sale side
and go also. On Saturday, after waiting in
vain for more favorable reports, we started
An hours ride brought us to the stntinn, where
We left the iron horse Ia: one better adapted to
mountain climbing. Our landlord us m, At the
station with anox team, but we buth preferred
riding on horseback aud found the three miles
and halt very pleasant, feeling scarcely any
fatigue.
The scenery is grand-almost, If not quite, rs
f1ne as lookout We have an excellent board
ing phcs, our host and hostess being quite
young, intelligent people from the North. We
like them, and they do all they can To make our
stay agreeable and intend to take II to see all
the objects Of interest. There is a bluff right
in front OF the house, where we can look oh
into the valley and see many miles. We are
truly above the clouds this A. ". At times they
quite conceal the valley, then they dissolve nd
Tor time we can see everything. Just now il
looks perfectly lovely. Sunday we went 10
meeting in the school house. The people take
turns IN reading sermons. They have an ex
cellent organ. There were 23 there. We
were introduced TO nearly all, aud they were
so cordial and pleasant that we liked them from
the FIRST Most Of the people are from New
England ana of the upper classes. la fact,
we think we are quite fortunate In securing 81
desirable plnoe. They would not have taken
us, probably, ii we had waited much longer.
We hope very much that Il will not be long be
fore we can get back to work Ia Chatta nooga,
although we think we have not less than two
weeks yet before us here. We expect to hear
irom the city to-day. Meanwhile, we feast on
apples, persimm0nsi wild grapes, sweet pota-
toes aud other good thlngs, and await further
developments.
September 20, 1878,