The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-06-15
1839-1897.
An Old Ncwspapcr-NIiss Phcbc
Paine, Yankee School Teacher
Her Famous Address to hcr

-fHcr Famous Address 10 her
| Scholars
From rhc Spartan.
We have just enjoyed reading {.
newspaper which was printed in a
ncighEOring county. Editor BAH,
Brother Grist and the numerous
editors OF Laurens and Union need not
begin to swell up With pride, for the
paper ana not come from either of them.
IT was the Grccnville MOuntafnecr,
but we will remind Colonel Hoyt that
ne need not let out his belt and loosen
his strap, SO that he can got his
breath, lie need not feel pulled up in
the least, Tor he was Il very small
chunk OF boy, wearing only one gar
ment and going barCfoCtGd when the
aforesaid MOuntainecr was published.
II bears date October %, 1899, and is
NO. ~ OF the eleventh volume. O. ii.
wells was the proprietor. Many Of
the advertisements are quito interest
ing. SILK worm eggs are advertised
ut SlO.OO an ounce and buds Of the
morus multiCaClis" are offered at ,
cents each. The leading medicines
advertised are Brandeth's pill, pctcrs's 5
pills and Phoenix bitters.
Samuel Otters0n, secretary, makes
report OF the fall races at Limestone
Springs, which lasted four or five davs.
he gave the entries with names OF
owners and time, and closes with this
paragraph Thus ended our srOr,
In which none were much better or
worse OIL than when they commenced" >"
Bat all that WAS IS years ago
Near ly every person whose name is
mentioned in the paper has passed
away. The only survivor Of those who
TOOK part in the races in 1889 at inc
stone Is II. q. Gailney, E,q. His horse
was " Cowdrivcr,' and he was a win.
ner. "Coogler" was also "a winner.
belonging to DR.. w. Is. Mott. But
that which gave Us most pleasure was
the address OF Miss Phcbc Paine To her
pupils at the opening session Of the
Female Seminary. That was the
pioneer female school Of the town.
The RowIeys preceded her, but their
school was cO-educatonal. She care
FULLY prepared and read Il long address,
to the young ladies Of the seminary
II was considered 50 good that f. {.
l.citncr IN behalf Of the Joint board Of
trustees Of the Male Academy and the
Seminary requested its publication
AS there was no paper IN this county
at the time it was published in The
Mountainrcr. 1t occupied nearly
page Of q column paper. The Prcsi.
dents and Professors Of our two col
lepcs and citv schonl. nonG rHt tbi,'i.
that .ll ku0wlodnc il n0s.ns.nd h,,
them in these closiuv d,vs of oc,,n.,
turv.
When Miss ph,bc Paine landcd Lor.
in IS3g ;, Eanl;nn 'r,,I in,nl,n,, )
bear in mind That tbr Lake. nnnts ,h.
great Enplish rssavis,s nf \pru,I,,,,s
time. Dickens. ThncIInrav ami . hiIn.
drcd other writer's of ingiund war,
unknown. or wcre lust anucnriuT
through the lpt-t nf the l:tnr,,v hcri.
2Dn. In oar own country the New
Enuland school was hardly 'recouniZnd
: Few smart Nouur men were trvinr
>, Iir hand in those DAYS. bu, they were
II quoted as they are now. Tho
riters and DISTINGUISHED persons re-
rrrd 10 by Miss Paine would not all
recognized by even the editors of
= Us ana other VS." ana the WotTurd
journal 1t required about two to
Ihrec weeks for Miss Paine to com
hunicate with her people at her Pen.
hsylvania home and get reply. Book
Itorcs, illustrated papers, magazines.
Journals, teachers in
stitutes, elocuting," the diagraminp
of plain sentences, the science of grad
Ing the intellect Of pupils TO huud-
rcdths, cheating ii examinations, NOR
tar board caps, and many other cduca-
tiona aids, nov in reach Of all, were
unknown in the Piedmont hfty-eight
years ago. But Miss Paine managed
to prepare an excellent address. in