The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-25

ecstacy.
A stay Of two days in Raleigh last
week gave me the opportunity Of seeing
many former friends and seeing some
things of interest in the beautiful City
of Oaks | enjoyed very much visit
to the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb
| Although all the inmates We're away save
one little blind boy, whom [ heard read
beautifully SOME familiar hymns. It was
| a pleasure to look through the buildings
and see the place where the good work is
done by the teachers Of this institution
and to see the conveniences they have.
1t was my first opportunity for looking
into the State Pententiary. ! went
through almost every department and was
agreeably surprised and delighted to see
the work done there and to see the per-
feet system by which it is all done. |
was told that there was about two hun
tired convicts there, some for only Ii short
while, some for longer time. ana some
Tor life. Their faces were study. Here
a great hurly African, knocking away
with Tint air Of alnw carelessness that Il
supposed to characterize every pe5iit6nta%
airy hand there at his side white man
of regular features who seemed never to
have wished harm to any one. Here a
brawny handed renegade, locking misan>
t,ihrcIy at e=eIy siafco CT tie bye, there
the bcardlcss youth, stitching away III
boy-like innocence. Here the motherlv
looking woman of many years, there from
her side the elastic bound of the maiden
like girl Of less than twenty summers.
Eli these faces dc rleed make g study
| for one who will take the time to obs
serve them well and give the thought to
aralyzing their characters. We think of
them as Of all persons,
s.The mistakes IF tsIair l;ros
Have been many
them to their round of daily tolls and
their almost urnumbered nights of hope
/ less confinement in their prison cells. |
noticed in every department that the work
was done with great dispatch. For in
stsnse; the pess:1g IF 4 Ehos cesupied
ON ly one minute. Many other things III
terested me which fear would net be so
interesting to my readers, given them
through the columns CT newspaper. 81
will leave the feuitentiart- and steu On
Tie cars at the Richmond and DaIville
depot and bow to about two hundred Of
North Cardinals intelligent teachers
boun for the Teachers Assembly al
Black. Mourtsi1.
1t !; clock the bell tapped. AMI for
about three or four hours all was pleas
ant and exceedingly agreeable, as the fat
laced teachers, elastic with every step,
(2ho ever saw a tired teaeher:} shook
hatts lid gave kindly greetings ana re
lated the joys and triumpas Of another
years. work among the urcili;ss. At ths
proper hong two friends 20 more tirec
Han myself, sur j It as tire i, coiGiu led
to 90 to rest. And then began that sleep
ing car rcpose. AS said before, girl:
never talk on sleeping car, hut what
th;,mnins .|,inEcts t!,ree ri;ls we~3f.
would not lik for them to think that thei
thinking caused me for once to think o
being disturbed, bat my cilum for thu
night sighed heavily for some chloroiorm
We stepped eff here ct Black Noun
tain at s clock and found the new hote
a crowded house. Among four hlndrc'
teachers, was glad to engage a cot TO
the night R1tifing at All hour not uau
sually late, thought to sleep near tn
window ithout blanket, and SO | d.
but aw oke this morning the worst frost
bitten teacher that my rea lerS hay
. known And THIS frost-bitng is the las
nights experience to which | referred a
the beginning of my letter. My stro]
this morning and the attending of tn
=. lectures have made up tie day thus iai.
Prof. kentield, of Chicago, lcctured O
5 topography and the Use of Globes.
; Then followed Quite an interesting lee
5 ture ,y Prof. Geo. T. Winston. OF Chape
Hill. on Buried Cities of Italy. | hav
) not the space to even give a synopsis c
| his lecture. He gave an amusing anec
0 dotc CT his attempt at snall-eating Will
in Europe, together with several lcarne
friends Of his. among whom was GU
friend, the Rev. DR.. Vass, of New Berne
lie mentioned one weapon of war tina
| the old Romans used that we have not
i the tear bottle. | suppose thcy used tn
t preserved tears on occasions when the
. wished to cry but could not. lie meant
f. war Of lovers perhaps.
;. One striking remark in his lecture wa
| the me otion Of the tact that the image
: of the beautiful women he saw i'll thos
exhun d cities have all the ornament
of beauty that the modern fair ones &c
with ore exception. He said he even sa'
plain traces of the golden carls ths
hung beautifully about The neck an
adorned the lair young ladies temples
but the ancient beauties DID NOT WEA
BANGS.
# Now to bath in mountain stream
V with the promise Of something more ne1
! week.
E. e. billiard.