The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-11-28
GA the Road.

Rev, W, d, Ma,6 It, celebrated
Baptist divine aud editor Of the Nash
vile Baptist Reflector, writes 10 thnl
| paper, uud"r the above heading. al
follows in regard 10 his late visit to
our iowa;
FROM Fuul H. we wcnt on TO Win.
chester Thl- * u beautiful little town,
only less famous Tor It's good health
aud linc society than Tor It's institutions
OI lrarnug, b., prdan met w at the
der"l and carried ~ up 10 his home
lie keeps an cXrrllcn; nonriin >housr
amt has quite n number oI the MARY
Shurp glrl, unlcr his care He aud
Mrs, Jordan know now to manap,
lhrni and those who lodge then
daughter, in this family may Test as-
>urrd tina, they will be well cared for
TheN keep the best table we have even
Innd IN II boarding school
We were solicited at once TO preach
and on II notice Of three or four hours
nae congregation was gathered, We
enjoyed the serticc, and we have reas-
on 10 believe that others did, We
met, 10 our treat surprise, many ia,
mlllar faces. We preached on the sec
ond night to still larger crowd, Rev.
j. j. Burnett has been invited to visit
tins church with \ prospect Of being
settled as It's pastor. Brother Burnett
is II Young maH Of much promise, and
he will find enough in this field to In
rpIre the granic|t efforts. and to tax
his Intellect to its utmost capacity.
locIr Is perhaps not more cultured
or critical con !regntion IN the State.
OuI OF the 400 pupils in the colleges
acre, nearly one half Of them wunld at
once detect the least grammatical.
rhetorical or logical thunder.
The chief attraction Of Winchester
- t"un in us institutions 1T learning
Ihr m Isl distinguished Of these il the
MuV Sharp This is one Of the old
est aud most famous le.naIr colleges in
'hc South. And it is real college.
Many If our Institutions in the South |
nle organized to make money, rather |
than IT, educate our daughters, Their
graduates roud nul enter the lower
rIas,c, Of MuIy Sharp W. were sur>
preset and delighted, rs we attended
tue rrcllnllous at several classes, to
IInd that III" course of study was equal
to HAT of our h,sl mate colleges. Aud |
~ point of thpIoughn"ss we have
QUAD nothing like 1t. DR. Graves and |
bus corps Of raClrrs cannol be sur.
PASSED They inspire such enthusiasm
IS We lIayr never before seen in q col
eye for young ladies We are more
han ever impressed with the fact tina
mere IS no sucn female college in the
'ouIh rs MIR. Slarp; and to lie
rHuk, IN r. ia n male college in the
''ulh iI'at ourpa>,rs it. We never
card m" arqit themselves in the
lass room A. ulJ those tousg ladies'.
.nd these wOl,s are not written in
raise; they hardly ,Io justice to the
acts
The Normal College, at this place is
Iso a nobI" institution If learning IL
a. nearly three hnn,rrd students in I
Tendance. We were delighted with
NJ school Tbr discipline is manr~
's,IN good. i'oe enthusiasm of the
Iod"als Nas deep. Aud The nteleL>
al training seems to lie much like that
I the M,rl sharp. We found much
Ira>urc III our visit 20 this school. (
'ro'hcr T"rrill prrsldes over ii, AMI
{ and his co.lAlIorrrs arc dong IL
rnnd work
But we cannot Speak mare at length.
We had very j'yonS time at Win Z
hester We found II good deal OF
usinrss, AMI left Winchester much =
leased with our visit. |