Connecticut western news., 1885-07-08
For the Co11a 9c5icM Western Ne,cS.] MISSION WORK IN WESTERN NORTH
 CAROLINA.
By Rev William H. Ellis.
". SOME SEVERE STRUGGLES.

". SOME SEVERE STRUGGLES.
 I must not omit tribute to the mem ory of our faithful teacher, ''Miss Car rie.'' Of pleasing appearance, good ed ucation, gentle manners and thorough conse cration, no wonder her scholars loved her. Many day she attended school when hardly able to stand, but was always faithful to her work. Even when confined to her bed she would hear classes and try to win her scholars to Christ. As a reward she received scandal and abuse from those she was so anxious to assist. Hardly could she find boarding place near by and was often obliged to walk long distances. At her marriage felt that the end could not be far off, and after few months she went to better country. Her la- bor was not in vain. Several of her scholars feel that 1t was her hand, under God, that has made them what they now are. A work inspired by such faith as hers and Uncle Peters and Powell's cannot be overthrown.
 Powell has never stopped working. He founded the work at Troy and then at Pekin. As he says, he asked God for one school and got two. Probably he will soon have three, for now he has gone to work in his own district. The old log school-house, ventilated all over, with its huge fireplace and tumble-down benches, has disappeared and a frame building stands in its place. The teach CT no longer stands iu the door and shouts ''Book timep' for bell has ar rived. Powell no longer walks five miles to Pekin every Sunday, but holds Sun day-school at the schoolhouse, with his children for teachers. Probably church will soon be organized there.
 Could you visit PowelI's house you would find all busy. The family is large, but raise their own supplies. The cotton is spun and woven into cloth and
 
 girls braid straw and make hats. They must have calico for Sundays and Pow ell has 'tboughten" suit. Most of the other clothing except shoes is made on the spot. The cyclone struck his build ings and did much damage, but great crop of wheat made good the loss and he is contriving how to send daughter to Hampton. A gil who has walked five miles to school for years and kept at the head of her class ought to be ed ucated. But that is the kind of stuff our scholars are made of. Girls will plow all day for few cents to go to school on. Great sacrifices are made for education. Temperance pledges are willingly given and faithfully kept and conversion makes thorough change in character and life. Sheer at the ''nig- ger'' as you will, is not more true man. hood and womanhood brought out and wrought into the life by the daily struggle for education, against all ob- stacles, than we find in many 8 more fa- vored place? It is pleasure to teach such scholars and even to live among them is an inspiration. -....
 There Is no need to recount how the battle ragged at Troy. We forget the tolls of the year in the joy of harvest. Now the enemy are vanquished it is not well to tell how they fought against what they now acknowledge to be a blessing. The good. people there have learned several new ideas. The negro can really learn after all, and education does not necessarily make him crimi- nal. He can be as good Christian as any other man; and man may be a Christian and yet teach negroes. An educated negro will be respectable man Q Iaw-abiding citizen, and his edu- cation will not cause war between white and black. The negro will rise, and if the white man doesn't want the negro above him he must work hard to keep above the negro. These things have been learned and the good people are not ashamed to own they were mistaken.
 A great change has taken place among the whites. The old schoolhouses are being replaced by new ones and the for mer teachers cannot now pass examina- tion. The superintendent has quietly but thoroughly revolutionized the whole system. Churches have been built and discipline grows strict. A county Sun day-school association has been formed and several schools have been estab- lished. Perhaps the temperance senti- ment has grown most rapidly of any thing. Four years ago drinking was common; now prohibition is the rule and man has to keep his ''ticketer'' in the cracks of his cowpen or other secret place. Finally the pastor is made well come everywhere and ostracism is for gotten. -..
 There are three morals to this fourth paper: First, It pays to educate the ne- gro. Second, By educating the negro you elevate the whites. Third, Hoao much do you gioe 10 He American His sionary society?
 At Stoughton, Wis, July 5, fire de- stroyed 10 large tobacco warehouses, the St Paul depot and about 20 freight CATS loaded with wheat and merchan-