The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-08

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10 Huntsville there are three col
ored schools, one of them being G
Normal school and another, the Pea
body fuad school. | visited the nor
NAL scoool in company with ID,
Principal, a lady who has suffered
everything but death itself, on &C
count Of the "abolitionism
She came from near York,and went
there as 8 missionary teacher Of tht
negroes, and for years has laboret
among them with the nOblest perse
vering sacrifice ana who hasa school
that you viii hardly fad the like OIL
in many places.
The school-h0use is a brick two
story building, and is well adapted
for Its purpose. A fine organ stands
10 the upper story. / forget the cx.
act number Of scholars, but they
ranged in age from ten to twenty
and oil had a bright, eager, interest.
ed look, that it touched me profound
~. 1t was the craving hunger foI
education that had developed and
intensified in vain longings for gen
eratious. And these children con.
ceived 10 sorrow and born into slav.
cry, now realize that Gods door i.
open, and they are oil free 10 drink
Of the hitherto forbidden fountain OIL
knowledge aud the progress is as
founding until you reflect upon the
cause. And, oh, what another
pitiful sight there was to see there
Five or six children, whittier than |
am, with light brown hair, hardly
curly a. all, obliged to take then
rank here, and hold it beside The
blacklist skin CT all, because white
owners Of black slaves had wr01geC
those poor bounden creatures from
generation to generation. and thes,
pretty little girls must bear the eter
nal stigma.
In SC bool, some Of the children
read as / have never yet heard chill
dren read. Among their voluntary
selections, was Tcnnyson's Dora
Kingsley's Three Fishers, and thu
Sands Of Dee ; and how exqaisitely
they were rendered, with real anC
compromising sentiment Che girl
black as she well can be, has LEANED
Mrs. Browning's Mother and Poet
and gives il ell the piercing heart
break that was woven in the words
or the more solid studies, | will not
speak more than to say, that they
are well attended to, and will jus
mention the two songs and chan
which they sang. l thought, Is
sat with my eyes closed, and listen
ed, that surely God who fashioned
these people 50 differently from us
that we look down upon them, mus
hare meant them to be His choris
tiers and to sing perpetual praises, a
q compensation for all they sufe
here on earth. | hardly like to re
frain from mentioning the name 0
The noble and great hearted womai
who is the Principal Of this school
but | fear she would prefer that | di,
not. There is q young gentleman
who assists her, but as | have no
mentioned the ladies name / fee
bound to suppress his also. Suite
it to say, that they have one Of th.
most orderly and intelligent school
| ever visited, q success which de
ponds mostly on the teachers.
| am not going to say a wori
more about the South, or rather
that portion which | visited. | an
away from it now, and never wan
to return. | went down there will
slightly Democratic proclivities:
have come back into the fold and an
Wiling to be called the blacklist af al
black Republicans if that means t,
despise all that | have seer Of tn,
Southern chivalry and her gloriou
institutions.
When | left down there the season
was farther advanced than it is her
now, in Philadelphia, though th,
winter seemed to be the severest
ever suffered in my life. found ID.
voyage from there to here foil of in
terest and growing more and NOR,
interesting the farther | left AlabamI
behind. Chattanooga, was the frs
town Of size that we passed and tha
is chiefly interesting from the his
torical records Of the war. LoOkou
Mountain lifls up proudly, and th
bend OF the river makes g beautiful
picture. Lynchburgb, Va, was an
other stopping place Of interest, bu
| had 40 time to stay, or ] shoul,
have enjoyed a ride in bat place. !
view from the bill wbereon the tow
is situated must give a wide scope
From there TO Philadelphia il i
mostly night riding, and | did no
see anything that seemed especially
interesting, aud at last after a yea
Of wandering upon the face of th,
earth, | an back in Philadelphia.
renewed nv interest in theatres AM
everything else connected with lifl
here as soon as | came 10 sight Of The
University buildings; but my health
is still SO feeble from a years feveI
and chills, that have been about bu.
little yet
But chance threw me yesterday in
the way of seeing something which
has interested ne greatly, and as !
Judge of others generally by myself
and endow them with nv tastes |
will tell your readers what it is. 1t
is Of the Pennsylvania Silver Plating
Company, the electroplating estab.
lishment. The manager was a pupil
of the Great E~lkiagtons Of England
who made the wonderful Milton
Shield, aud the famous Helicon vase,
that created such a Juror at the
Centennial, aud of which | wrote you
then. The Penn. Silver Plating Co,
has this establishment and their lab.
orato-y here at 81 North Tth Street,