The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-25

depot, three miles north OF Bolivar,
Tenn. 1t at once calls to mind the
immortal "Tris am" genial "Uncle
| Toby" and all the inimitable hu-
NOR of Sterne. ':Shandy" is here
however, a mnemOnie for four things
Of greater Importance to the Chris
tian readers of the Observer.
7 Shandy No. 1, is the railroad sta
ton, water tank, and largest wood
yard on the Southern division of
the Illinois Central railroad. Shan
dY No. 2, is q fine estate, of about
1000 acres lying on the Big Hatch
ie river, and comprising some Of
the finest "bottom lands" of Har-
deman county. a flock of Angora
goats may usually be seen from the
car windows; Jersey cattle Craze III
the fields, and fine dairy is one of
the features of the farm. Here,
also, the breeding of blooded horses
and swine receive care ul attention
The house, a typical Southern home
well known for Its generous hospis
tally, is situated on high knoll,
commanding a fine view of the
church, the depot, hundreds of acres
of bottoms" covered in summer
with waving corn, and also of the
railroad, where the trains may be
seen issuing from a deep cut, ira
versing over a mile of track, and
crossing the Hatch1e as if IS lost to
sight. 'Shandy" is owned byHon Jas.
Fentress, General Solicitor for the IL
hnois Central Railroad Company, fa~
military known to his neighbors as
the "Judge," and very pleasantly
to his railroad associates, as ''The
Sage of Shandy," Judge Fentress
being an ardent admirer of Sterne,
named his estate for the hero of
Sterne's greatest work. Here, with !
his family be dwells, while. from
his Office he directs the multifarIous
legal interests of that gigantic cor
poration, the Illinois Central Rail
road Company.
ShandY No. 8, is a day school,
under the management OF talent
ed young teacher, whose success,
both in the day and Sabbath school
is due no less to noble qualities of
heart than of mind.
Shandy No. 4, is Shandy church,
and Sabbath school. The church
building, a beautiful brick edi6ce,
capable of seating $50 persons, was
built and furnished by Judge Fem
tress for the use and benefit of the
community. 1t is we'll heated and
filed with patent school desks which
are used in the day school, and then
adjusted for the congregation Sun
days. There Is at present regular
preaching twice per month, once by
Rev. q. g. Mcdaniel, a well>known
and highly respected Baptist preach~
err, and once by the pastor of the
Presby terian church at Bolivar.
The congregations are large and
The Sabbath school |
numbers ei2hty-five scholars, aud |
Is the most encouraging fea ture of
the work The success of the
school is due to the faithfulness of
several teachers and to the unobtlu-
sive but persistent effol is OF Judge
Fentress, who every Sabbath, lays
aside the dignity and cares Of his re-
sponsible office for the higher and
greater work of teaching and SUI
perintendng a country Sabbath
school where there is a large num-
Der of young men. intelligent and
helpful, from whom much is ex-
pected. In a recent letter to that
excellent paper, The Western (Bap>
tisU Recorder, a Baptist brother,
Rev. A. B. Cabanisz, thus gives an
account of Shandy and its work:
NOBLE EXAMPLE OF A PRESBYTERIAN
LAYMAN
In two miles OF Bolivar. the coun-
by seat Of Hardeman, / came 70
the residence of Judge James Fens
tress, an Old School Presbyterian.
On the road in front of his house,
a t his own cost, he has erected
handsome brick church in modern
style. Two fine chandeliers, and
a pipe organ are part of the interior
features, with a library of $50 vol
umes for the Sunday school. He
keeps up Sunday school for the J
benefit of the children on the North :
side of the river, who weuld not I
cross the Big Hatchle bottom and
long levee to get church in town. He
also employs Baptist and PresbY-
terrain minister to preach once a
each, for the benefit of the ,
community on that side of the riv~ !
err. In addition to this he employs
a young lady to teach a day school
in this chapel for the benefit of his
own children and these in his COM
and others. To widen the
measure of his benevolence, he also
takes twenty-five copies of the Chris
tian Observer for weekly distribu-
ton in the community.
DR.. Eaton will please step into
Editor COnverse's sanctum and give