The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-07-27
For THE HEEALD
Our Vacation.

again resume OUT uuiies VIII" 'e"o"
vigor. To-day even the scho"i house
has somewhat unusual appearance.
Though it's atmosphere is not SO prrg
paut with lore as the ancient Aca
demiap grove, yet its doors are open,
bidding US welcome to learning's shrln".
Perhaps We will Que day invite.you to
visit our school. and then you will
again have the opportunity Of visiting
Smokey Town. Just now We are going
to tell you about our vacation, The
past two mouths have been to US va
cation both of body and mind, since
we have been able to relax our feelings
and enjoy the time. This world does
| not afford much more unalloyed pleas
ure than we have had. We have
been taught by the Great Teacher
that this moment alone is ours, with
its joys and fears. As
THAT which seems to be, is not
And that which will, has not yet come"
it is useless to weary the mind with
perplexiug thoughts since
"Heaven from all creatures hides the book
of fate"
AS you would expect, a woman who
keep bouse and teaches school, found,
/ at the close of the session, many socks
to darn and shelves to dust, so the
first two or three days we're disposed
of to good effect ip our little home.
At the close of the first week our
Communion meeting commenced at
Prosperity. Our Pastor kindly came
for US and took US to his home to at
tend the meeting. We were cordially
received; but alae! there was void
which car never be filled. She ( Mrs.
Boyd) who once greeted US so kindly
and pressed US to her bosom in excess
of tenderness, exists only in quiet pic
lures, which silently keep watch over
her lonely home. How We loved her,
for truly
"When we sorrowed she did weep"
and many an hour did she wake that
we might sleep. She has passed
away, but why should we weep for her
"who dieth" when We have glorious
hope. DR.. Patton assisted with the
Coumuoion services. We met hiu
at Mr.. Boyd's and felt that the ''liues
had fallen to US in pleasant places as
be discoursed on Instructive themes
| Our Seminary and College will lose d
faithful Professor. but our loss will be
Columbia's gain We would cousratu'
late her. Our preaching was Of til:
highest type. aud the Comuuolon
that sweet commemorative urdiuance
Was pleasant aud We hope pro6tubl.
At the close Of the meeting We visited
relatives for several days. Among the
near oues were our husbands old ph
rents. They have passed their g'lde'
wedding, and with q genial flow o'
spirits are tvtteriug down the bill
baud in hand" Now comes the
crowuiDg visit, that for which vaca
tion is sometimes giveu the visit t
the "old homestead" AS We near il
bow appropriate those lines frou
Whittier,
"Ah! Brother, only thou and
Are all that's of that circle now
How strange it seems with so much gone
OF life and love to still live on"
Of the ancestral family only one ma
ternal aunt survives, and she is quietly
waiting "to hear the keel upon the
shore" Yet think not that the ole
home is deserted. Our brother has s
s.gude wife" and six "wee BARNS,
who like to talk almost as we'll as theil
auntie. From this you may see thai
time gets away rapidly when We have
only few daysto spend. One or two
of the first days of our visit we were
sick, but as our pain vas not excru
ciating we even enjoyed this, for w
could lie in our room and think. Il
was in these sequestered walls tha,
our parents reared Us with fond care,
and We would have you know that
when deserved We we're caressed, and
when obdurate they qualified our feel
iugs with Solomon's rod. The last
days of the week we're spent in visiting
old friends, many of whom have been
closely bound to US by sharing soul
joys and consoliug our sorroHs." Sat
urday We returned home, and soor
after attended the closing exercises o.
Prosperity High School. You have
already heard it was success. W.
heard Judge Cothran's address and
feel that he is ONE ruler who deserves
to be "not spoken evil Of" This was
the first time We ever heard a Judge
speak. So much for being woman.
We do think that in our country life
with little effort, the women and chill
dren might sometimes have the oppor'
tunity Of hearing the thoughts (not OF
politics. Of the great and good of our
own land Many a boy will cherish
those weighty words from Judge
Cotbran on account of mind and posi-
tion's supremacy, while from US they
would have been "seed soWn On stony
ground"
We have been also visiting patrons
and friends, whose hospitality We
have never seen surpassed. Many
kind favors have we received, which
We highly appreciate, but cannot
enumerate. With these tokens oI
regard We feel again inspired to the
Coward and Upward" Que day
We went to "the river and took 8
little pleasure sail 10 the ferry boat
If We had the genius of a Burn:
when be wrote of "winding Ayr" Of
Moore of "Avoca's sweet vale,' We