The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-09-22
I'M Lake Sens.
HlCClNSVILLE, +: MO.
ALMA N


We, while in Alma, had the pleasure Of
terrain, a man Of ability, education, and
one who has a very large, liberal aud
Christian heart. He is one of those finely
cultured preachers in spirituality, faith,
hope and Christian charity.
We dined with Prof. Marquis, and spent
much Of the evening together, discussing
the chief characteristics of Cesar's COM
mentaries. lie was for many years q
teacher.
Middleton township is the Bourbon part
Of Lafayette county in its many rich corn
fields aud its blue grass. 1t 10 as fine a.
the best blue grass lands OF Kentucky,and
has fine improvements. Some OF the corn
here will easily make ten barrels, not
~withstanding the recent dry weather.
We spent several days, last week, in
Alma, and some of the country north Of
that place. Alma has an excellent and
very profitable creamery. 1t thus far
proves to De one full Of much interest TO
her people, and many of those living in
the town and surrounding country. All
of our little towns should use every en-
deavor to have a successful creamery.
The Alma creamery is reported as being
very profitable.
While here w put up with our long
and tried friend, Prof. George w. Marquis.
He taught, with much success, four
sessions in the Alma public school, whose
course is composed OF high and common
school branches; Latin, algebra, geome-
try, and other important subjects. At an
early day he studied in the old Masonic
College, In Lexington. After spending,
as a soldier, much time In the southern
army, he returned TO his old home, I.afay-
cite county, and commenced teaching and
reviewing his old studies, and he has
turned out to be a far more than average
teacher. lie now teaches elementary
Latin, and the first and leading readers,
Bullion's Viri Roma, Caesar, and Virgil,
with success. Caesar was a very powerful
man as a thinker, general and statesman.
I doubt whether we ever had a man In the
United States his equal In intellect; hence,
anything written by such a man la the
Latin language is of necessity difficalt to
read. Prof. Marquis Is by nature n mathe-
matician. He Is in arithmetic, algebra,
geometry and, perhaps, trigonometry far
above an average. lie is as all teacher
should and must be, a good student all
along the lines of the teachers work. lie
is an excellent scholar in higher or ad-
vanced English Grammar. lie is exact
and perfectly reliable; this is the case
with all mathematical minds. Such cut
for the truth close up to tho red line. All
such are usually very honest In their
dealings. He is now the principal of n
Blackburn public school,. But, while
teaching il, he will continue to live at his
home in Alma. The Blackburn school
has in much of the past been very unsat-
isfactory; but IL her people will stand by
Prof. Marquis, we feel they will nave a
good and successful school. Let no one
commence any idle, foolish and senseless
talk, and unjust criticisms, while his
school is in operation. There are hun
dreds n thousands Of men, women and
children who know no more about a
school, its scholarship, and the difficulty
in teaching and governing, than the man
In the moon. VIDI.