The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-08-11
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CHATTANOOGA, TgNE., Aug. ], 81.
BprroR START ccrcant the nature,
stony the heart that turns not fondly to-
wards home, even when, in Our wander
ings, perfect fullncss crowns our hopes
and lives. So many pleasant things have
coinc 10 us since We LEFT panoM that i
were hand 10 tell the half, but suffice Il
tn say that the weeks spent IN North
Alabama, East and Middle Tennessee
and North Georgia have brought health
and rest and sweet content to our grateful
heart, and We heartily wish for all our
Mississippi friends a few weeks In mid.
summer Of this health.giving mir and
pure, limpid watcr-thc very elixir Of
life, so full and 50 free.
A party Of Ms, comprising Mississippi
ans, Gcorgiaus and Tcnnesscans, have
Just returned from a delightful trip Ia
Montcaglc, over on the plateau OF the
| Cumberland, and the well-chosen spot
for the "Chatauqua Of the South," The
great Sunday School Assembly Grounds
and the definition Of which 4, "an Ia.
corporatcd undcnon.national, unsection
al body, organized for the promotion o
popular literary and scientific exercises
the advancement Of education, aud th'
cultivation oi social feelings under Chris
tian auspices and hygienic surround
ings." The extent of the domain IL ON
hundred acrcs, enclosed with q stronI
Iron fence, and embracing 4 pleasing Va
/. tiety " hill and vale, plateau and par
! torfc. In the center Of which Il the gram
umphithcatrc, capable of seating man.
hundred people, and arranged IN III
modern pattern 81 late open.hoiscs, y
that MI may sec aud hear. Around an
E, convenient 10 this nmphitheatr arr III
b tents, some Of which are lecture hall.
: $. <. roonls and museums; the large
: number are for the accommodation ,
people who stay inside the ASsefnbl
6pnnda The picturesque, campincc'
ing effect Of these white tents i mos
pleasing TO tired city eyes, and one find
ample accommodation In them provide
4 one has not extuyagant wants.
We nached the grounds vt 1870 y. n
I SATURDAY morning, and at III were rad
! for the hrt lecture for tlAt day deli,crc
by Senator Ex-Governor Colquitt, /,
!, Geogia; subject, Missions" * might
fine plain talk" rs a comtrvniAn n
! marked, who was delighted to sec the oil
!, Governor rit down on church choirs al
: other modern innovations into religion
worship. Them was some fine congrcEl
tional singing, and every acart was slirrl
hy tho grand swell Of those many voice
AZ noon, In our tent. we dincl picnI
. fashion. Among our distinguished g1esI
was Prof q. W. Little, OF oxforh I'm
: vcrsity, and erstwhilc State Gcnlogist
7 Georgia, as genial, social and happy !
on his wedding day In Sarlis. aluat q
teen years aen Also, we hal with |
/. Mr.. Jesse flautt and bride. Of Como.
At ! o'clock .. m. was the rveeption
the bishops and clergy Of the rptcsai
Episcopal church from Sewance. II
I University Of The South" six miles al
h tsnt FROM Montcaglc. Seven niehoi'
i fifteen ~clcrpymen and several hyme
a furmcd the rarfy, 10 whom a cordial =
ccptlpn was trndsrp1. AMI who enter
heartily into the spirit II the azsrmhl
) and did some happy and spirited sfeccl
flying our old bishop, 81 Aissi-si.
n ri, r~fonuuncinH the bcnedicsion.
Ill Tuesday morning a party Of four toe
III the train fDr scwanee. wherc we lisisns
!. with rapt attention 10 the RI. Rev. Illus
Miller Thompson, lately eleetcd a~szistal
, Bisliop Of Mississippi, whom we hopc
ecc IN our town ere the year l. out. vhe
a Mr. Filter. suu win sec 4 man Of abe'
your build, and = gifted and wonderf
preacher.
"A Our nexf trip wla he 10 Warm stnn
n and the rrundcr heights IN NORTH 60
lima. from which yua VIII - l1~u