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Sharp County record., 1897-08-20
FOURTH ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT T..
OF THE,
SIDNEY HIGH SCHOOL,
SIDNEY. ARKANSAS
Chas NJ Grisham ;4
OPENS Sept 9th '9I J, Wes Ragan A. b f'FF9'E"
W. E. Founders Assistant.

Located in the busting little of Sidney Sharp Co..
Arkansas. has formerly enjoyed generous home patronage
The enrolment for the year was 1873 Sidney beautifully sit
uated on the Sulphur and Wild aw in the midst OF fine
farming region the soil of which fertile and climate healtu
Course of study full and extensive, and divided into ten
grades all Independent though students may have work any OF
them.
Expenses When compared the expense of other schools same
grade the advantage Of attending the Sidney High School seen
once Tuition from ST to SO per month"; owing to grade Good
private families lights fuel and washing included So and
ST. Incidental fee for entire term 5Oc.
The scholastic year thrtysix weeks and is divided into
four terms First begins Sept g. Students
may any time Tuition will be charged from time OF enters
ing the term, unless otherwise arranged and dug
monthly except by special agreement
Special tuition rates to ministers and their children depends
ent upon them.
For further information and special announcement address
J. W. Ragan at Franklin Ark. or G. M Grsham al Sidney Ark
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M ANTED SEVERAL FAITH.
w EUL MEN OR WOMEN

To travel for responsible established
house in the State Of Arkansas
Salary $3.50, payable $40
weekly aud expenses, Position
permanent, Reference Enclose
selr.addressed stamped envelope.
The National, 'StarBulld,ng Chew,
90
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of Cod-liver Oil, is condensed nourish-
mcnt; food tor the building up OF the
system 10 resist the attacks Of disease.
Ii should be taken in reasonable doses
all summer long by all those whose
weight IS below the standard OF health,
II you are losing ground, try bottle
now.
For salo by all dfuggSto at SOC and s',es
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-21

make and temper that the events OIL
that day woGld be pcrpetuated III the
lines OF a beautiful poem.
Some such thoughts we had as we
left the train at the lonely station OF
Grand Pre-. in Nova Scotia.
We stood then, lin the Acadian land,
on the shores of the Basin of Minas. -
Yet. without the story of Evangeline
and the poem, the scene presented mere
might not have lived in our memory;
but now, every spot was glowing with
the magic of the poets touch.
Stretching to the eastward, and all
around were the vast meadows that
had given the name TO the village.
Back from the marsh-lands, or
"salt-meadows, there was presented TO
our view a wide champaign country.
not unlike the rolling prairies Of the
west. Directly in front of the station
is the site of the church where the
Acadian peasants we're confined. There
remain to mark the spot row OF an
Cient willow trees and small well,
which latter was uloar;hed by the
pillow only q few years since. This
well on the slope of the hill" was
accepted. Of course, rs the veritable
one that had contained the moss
grown bucket fastened with IRON near
which was a trough for horses.
However. regard for truth compels
us to add. that the well in question
is rot "on the slope of the hill" but in
the fat land near by the willows which
mark the site of the church.
The Acadian peasants who settled
here were mostly emisrants from the
west coast of France, and had been ac-
customed in their own country to re-
claim the marsh-lands by building
dikes to shut out the tides. This sys-
TEN they pursued here. as their fathers
AT home. in La Vandee, in the olden
time. had done before them.
Ii is we'll known that the tides rise
higher in the Bay Of Minas, at the head
of the Bay of Frudy. than elsewhere
on the earth. At the full Of the moon,
about the time of the eQuinoNes. the
spring tides rush NJ these narrow IN
lets-a wall of water sixty feet high
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of the colored population Of Georgia and
on pleasant days you may see picnic
parties of coiored people securing the
woods to look Tor the red berry and the
sour grass. Everything found IN the
woods is tasted. yet the berry has not been
found. So many thousand herbs were
tried that the negroes had TO be warned
against such a miscellaneous diet OF
Georgia weeds.
Meanwhile Mrs Williams goes Qu:stly
or her way. refusing 10 have much
fuss" made over her. and continuing her
tasks of washing and ironing. For pay
she accepts gowns a season old, and in
one OF these she had her picture taken so
that people could see n white woman who
once vas black. FRANK HARRIS.
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are engeged-you know sometimes
kiss thei.-their-b boys -y0u-know
and-it's all right and propar-and
The old man looked at him real ha .i,l
and. after watching the youth Wit llhe
a tobacco leaf in au August sun thun-
dered out: well my daughter never
kissed a Twin man. not even her pap
ner a poodle dog. ner cat ncr noih-
in" 81.
But. there's no barnard "hy-er
-why-er?" sammeroi the brave
We'll. 7 reckon the most principaIis55
reason why my daughter never kl.sg'
nothing is that l never had any dausA-
ter" .bo
And the thoughtful silence OF Ina
Young man wa. SO dense that You coulu
hear the price of farm lands a..op q. ~
Iy. drop p by drop while The farm arm pro- .io,
ducts hanging in the tobacco shed ''''
by tier.-Cincinuau Enquirer.
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each prayer meeting she tells the story
over -ga.u and the audience listen with
q rap. attention that finds relief in pro-
longed "Ah-h-h,' when the speaker is
seated. After that the meeting breaks up.
There is nothing further of interest.
Lucy Williams had always been de-
vout church woman. She went TO prayer
meetings when e rained and urged re.
viyals when the spirit was weak She
could 3lways be counted upon to be there.
D.rirr the day she sang hymns and Al
ricIt she sat down with her prayer book.
By occupation she washed. cleaned
house" for the people Of Augusta and
hoped with the canning. When there was
sickness In the family she acted as nurse.
Mis- Williams could do anything on
rlre occasions she allowed herself the in
diligence of a holiday. and it was on one
of these occasions that the great event of
hcr life came TO her.
Two years ago when the buds of spring
were poisoning. the church which Mrs.
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EVAN(lELINE.
The Scene of the Life of LOngfel-
lows Heroine as Viewed by
a West Virginian.
(By John G. Gittings.)

Five years ago, while travelling with
. fellow teacher through the maritime
provinces OF Lower Canada. we were
turned aside from our rOute,-drawn
by an eager desire to visit a spot made
classic by the genius OF one of our own
poets.
It seems wonderful, that the creative
imagination, and the glowing fancy of
the poet. can cast a spell of enchant-
men over a material landscape, and,
through the mere power Of words, en-
dow it with a glamour that does not
fade with the lapse Of years but still
illumines the deeds narrated, and the
scene, long after the actors on that
scene, and the poet who wrote of them,
have passed from earth.
Little did the English officer, Colonel
Winslow. think. when he delivered TO
the Acadian peasants the cruel procla-
nation Of his king-and which task he
declared was painful to his natural
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to turn round on. As we stood on an emil
nence commanding q wide prospect he
gazed with delighted eye, across the
grand meadows TO the lofty range of the
Cobequid Hills. and remarked: THE world
seemed very large 10 him here in Nova
Scotia. as IL was the only part Of the main
land he had ever been on" He was 4
farmer when at home, but perhaps we
would not call him farmer. but a gard
oner. as he had seen gardens in Nova SEQ
tia much larger than his farm in Ber-
muda. Oh. yes. he had heard of Grand Pre-
many times when at home. and he re-
GREETED that Mr. Longfellow could not
have lived 20 write more good poetry.
He spake in n llsping drawl. clipping his
words after manner peculiar 10 these
islanders: yet he was withal Of very pleas
ing address. He very kindly accompanied
US in our drives the whole afternoon in
order to assist the captain in pointing out
the places Of interest
This is a charming valley. cultivated
throughout its whole extent Ike garden.
Travellers say that only the valley of Wy
oming I'm our country, can match the val
ley Of the Grand Pre- in tradition and
beauty: one has its Gertrude, the other It's
Evargeline.
Wclearned OF peculiar custom the farm
ers on this coast nave Of harvesting the
"scdcc' grass that grows on the marsh
lands. outside the embankments. A. high
tide they float their boats over the mead
ows ana az the ebb rest them on the grass.
Without delay they now begin to cut the
grass and ill their boats as rapidly rs pos
sible: then on the Hood tide they float with
their cargoes of ssdge-grass 10 the docks
far inland. When they have no boats they
often employ means more hazardous
Then they go on the marshes rs soon as
the tide has ebbed and cut rs large bundles
Of grass as possible. A. The turn q the
tide. they secure the grass with long ropes.
to which IS tied AZ intervals wisps Of
straw. in order 20 float Il. As the tide
comes up. they move inshoro. pulling their
bundles after them. Sometimes adverse
winds cause them 10 move slowly. and
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Williams attends gave n picnic. They went
20 the woods ~. the outskirts of Augusta
.or a days pleasure. They took along
with tSsr cisc;;u ard cake, canned goods
and beer.
After Einuer !.ucy Williams. who did
Tot drink the bottled stuff. wandered on
% anC spring of water. ON the way
she stopped 10 pick Up 4 few berries, and
she remembers placing ono that looked
Ike = virteCCreen berry in her mouth
saG eating 1t. There was sour taste 20
+, which she attributed &c bit Of clirginS
grass.
From tho minute Of eating that herb
Inc. Williams began 10 grow lighter
-, noticed il herself in the glass next
-75rr.ag. There was slight Frightening
of iuo features. At first she laid it TO the
-cs.fl:l eject Of the lay in the woods.
1lt as a week went by and n month and
-na 1.~,.strsss continued, she remembered
tl.. gi.,~.c. the @-aik and The strange herb
,hat ext such q queer sensation in her
th.cs;. At lie end of three months the
,.e.esbo-s noticed Il and spoke to her
..,,u. IL. Wi.Hia year Lucy Williams
v-.s Z "wh:e" woman.
ODD COMBINATION.
7s,.t Lucy Wi.Hsms : sill co|ored wo-
,oaa SAe l,as .cgro features. You could
hardly mistake ser for q white woman.
,i.- nose Ess She E;AoYian ea'ness. Her
,,,s ar. :r,; a7G ne mouth broad and roll
tr-. Her halr is c;iukiy and IS S!1ck rs
coal
4 sew weeks oso her hair began to fail
-, Aad a new hair IS coming. straight
ara 80; Az iyinis GAt TO .he haed. \
scisn;.st. sselcS Mrs. W.t.;a:as and hear
ms har Story. advanced the theory Of
,stursl medicinal change. This man
o. .c,enc, argues shat the color o me
rsgro's skin 5 produced by super
abgrcsras - i~or IN &c blood. This
i-oa s.yoercal.y continues fror general
zen 20 generation. The herb eaten hy
Ms. WUliams happened 10 be of such
nature as 20 couHteract thc iron II 'he
blood. The blood. deprived Of is ron
Qualities. gradually affected the skin, I'M
IN the latter became white.
THIS theory has been accepted by many
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the tide gains on them at such nate that
they are compelled to abandon their crops
These dixie lands are, perhaps. as nro-
ductive and durable as any in the world
For more than one hundred and aftv
years the best of them have produced
without intermission from two IN tbra.,
ions OF timothy hay per acre annually
These fertile spots Well deserve the mama
of the fat or the land, by which they are
known to the natives. Il is sad 70 refac,
that of the race THAI built these immense
bikes, and reclaimed this land from thA
hungry NAV Of the sea. there are now
none here to enjoy its fruits. blown NV
n blast of fate like a dead leaf over tba
desert" they were scattered. and the soft
accents OF the French tongue are heard
in Acadia no more.
While walking along this shore. ono
thinks of the peIsonagcs Of the poer, Who
were identified with these scenes: Of Rel
lefontaine ard the genie Evangeline. Of
sturdy Basil La Jeuncsso and Gabriel.
of Leblanc and Father Felcian. and
there rises in memory the pltiful anneaI
of Evangeline. when with hope deferred
she had reached the home OF her lover in
far Gone? is Gabriel gomez"
In the course Of nature. the Acadians
would have passed away. but without per-
secution they would have left descend
ants behind then; now there are none OF
the Norman name On the coast.
Among the hardy guides and voyagers
whom Fremont collected for his first
Rocky Mountain expedition. there was
one. by name Bash la Jcunesse. This
man. the favorite OF his leader. assumed
as his role always the foremost place in
every danger; and finally lost-Nis life in
a perilous venture. Perhaps this circum-
stance may have suggested to tho poet
the namo OF the blacksmith of Grand Pre-.
Mr.. Longfehow never visited the scene
Of his poem. II is said he feared his high
ideal might receiv, shock from the re-
atty: yet could he have stood with us
there on that July day. i'm the midst OF the
harvest. he would have perceived with
the poets eye. the landscape In all ac-
cord with his own imagery:
Peace seemed to reign upon earth and
the restless heart Of tie ocean. And,
pleasantly CLEANED I'm Tie soft sweet air.
the Basin of Minas: as the sunset threw
the long shadow Of the trees DER tho
broad ambroslal meads"
In all her jourucyiugs In search of Ca
briel. the poet has followed the Acadian
maiden through many "a sunny land-along
the shores Of the Beautiful River'-over
the bright prairies. where bloom roses
and purple amorphas across the lakes
Of Plaquemine, and southern Atchafalaya.
where. "resplendeut In beauty. the lotus
lifts her golden crow" yet IN all her
wanderings. ENange.lne's sad gaze rested
on no scene more beautiful than this view
at Grand Pre'-thc home OF her youth
DR.. Johnson has said. "A mans pa
triotism should gain force upon the plain
Of Marthon:" likewise the traveller IN
Acadia should gain I'm appreciation Of tho
poem of Evangeline on viewing the scene
Of the most beautiful and pathetic story
in American literature.
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Of the old church to the mouth Of the
Gaspereau river, mile distant. 1t was
along this road, on the 10th of September
1755. that four hundred and eighteen
Acadian prisoners, men and boys were
marched to the British ships that lay at
anchor in the mouth Of the river. They
were followed to the beach by their wives
and daughters bewailing their fate. where,
as so touchingly recounted in the poem
all were forced into the ships and sent
into exile, never TO return.
Ny companion and myself stood for a
time on the rude pier at the mouth Of
Gasrereau. and looked down on the YES
sels-several schooners and bark-that
rode at anchor in the bay. our CONVEX
cation was Of that time one hundred and
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Then we turned toward the north
where the promontory Of Blomidon, four
hundred feet high, stands at tho entrance
to the Basin of Mnas. Between this
head'and and the site of the old church
lay the modern village Of Grand Pre-, at
the mouth Of Gaspereau river. II is more
appropriate perhaps. to term it hamlet.
as the place consists OF about twenty
houses. scattered over the farmlands.
with not more than three or four cluster
ed together at the crossroads. All the
Old French houses. with their 'thatched
roofs, dormer windows, and projecting
gables" have long disappeared, and only
the dikes. the willows. and one apple tree
remain. the work Of Acadian hands
We walked along the road from the site
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..r Williams. a co,orcd woman who has
perfectly white.
.--,.e Z-r,,pc rr0 CrTANEE

L-r Williams. a co,orcd woman who mas
t perfectly white.
rN0 YEARS TO CHANGE.
years aso MIS-. Williams w2s "a
rtcscr." as dark as the cerN-
e. SIZE .uraed white gradually. ccHlns
.. black 20 coTee color. then sd
BROWN. ,lcu 10 snow white. D3s-
.... ... lime she was not o., one Gny.
.s tnou=h a marvellous change
place in her nature. Tor >As
f a-v content. She was 81 hum
--vomou accustomed 20 h0V.rs
. ..ss put upon her. But duriTiS
... wears since Che beginning Of BIER
.-- 20 co.er she has seen stronger AID
aury.
h.- sine she had taken 20 med
Several doctors have examined
Cor disease. but they were COM
.5 pronounce her whole. once
.as 3D. t,a-c OF icprosy started IN
,slc:. she lives AuJ as no icp-
rc.ss could De found IN her t7e
s OR. Her sesh was as nrm o-o
u.s. Lc7lEy as could Doe desired
nave suggested that she tASo &;
.one up" her skin. thinking sac
ea- De enJS,J 10y q poo@ Goa
'..., outer cGt,>,e. bUt she i,&s 's-
.el-& Ssop c. drugs. reasoning
e co,-r came ;-,yrally it must
1875; l- should remain.
~ eecr,e vsry proud 90 tor ne
srs Eesas herself dressed M and
.ao >rowcs fcci 90 SEQ Eer.
..r s-.-aCs OF ne family never
-s@.a- --7n her altered features.
-o-s are deeply impressed ~ ;ha
'7 her ard would, Were size -
'. 'oske her a sHiat upon earth ara
ship Beg as tAe.r aish py.Ns;es% This
believe ;6ct sAs IS G bore goddess
to- Masquerade for a white IN her
Skin. bot destined 10 come fcrth
shine SO les; In her true coiors.
church meetings which SIvs. Lucy
taus attend are well filed every
night and she is besought 20 tell
- the marvellous story Of her change
2.or. The negroes never tire OF hear
-- How Mrs. Williams got white" A.
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received nothing more than their just
deserts. He was n native Of this place
and we questioned him in regard to his
life here but as he had been at sea from
his early youth, only visiting his nome at
long intervals, he could tell US but little
that had transpired in the meanwhile.
He knew the place had changed greatly
since his childhood and he had been tod
that ten or Il dozen years before there
had been a large number of visitors COM
ing every summer to Grand Pre-. but for
some cause unknown to him they had been
dropping off. until now there were very
few. While the captain was talking. We
noticed that his dialect was entirely diff
ferent from that Of the people among
whom we had been traveling-French Of
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returned by the west, having saNed MS
ship entirely around the globe.
At the captains house me met you's
man. a native of the Bermuda Islands VINO
had been visiting here for several weeks
lie was much interested in this place pc
cause as he stated. lit was the cher
scene of the events described in Evanse-
line" which he had read in his island
home. However it was not for that he
had come here bur in search Of health
He had been advised that the atmosphere
of this coast would he Of benefit 10 him,
although in his islands they had spring all
the time and the fields and trees were
always gre n. There were as many islands
in the Bermudas as days In the year nut
only about five Of them were large enough
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The noon hour having arrived. we LETT
the spot where the Acadians had embark
ed on their long exile. and walked up the
hill to n cottage, where, We were informed
wa could procure accommodations. On
the way we actually met the ''wains'
coming from the meadows, as described
by the poet. laden with tho briny hay
that filed the air with its odor."
This cottage was the home of retired
sea captain. a stalwart man. seventy-fve
years of age. In ,he afternoon the old
CAPTAIN drove us all over the neghbor-
hood. and finally back to the railroad
station at Wolfvlle, where is situated the
tcadia College. He knew all the points
referred TO in the poem or EvanGelne, but
f. was his belief that the Acadians had
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les who were driven out of the United
States at the close of the revolution.
about the year 1853. They were exiles, as
well as the Acadians, and had received
about as hard measure. but he had never
been told that any one had written poetry
about them. He had never known any
French people on this shore. They had
all gone. long before his time. He had
been in command Of vessels. he said, for
about thirty years. and. twice in his life.
he had navigated to the eastward and
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advancing with roar, the mighty
waves overspread the lowlands. and
crash against the dikes.
The poet refers to these immense
bikes. which were raised by the hands
of the Acadlan farmers, with labor in
cessant."
We fingered long by the site Of the old
church, and cut few slips from the will
lows. and plucked q few wild flowers by
the side Of the well. 10 carry with US as
memories OF our visit
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parting of families. the separation of pa
rent from child. husband from wife.
brother from sister, and, alas! Evangel-
inc from Gabriel
But as the character Of Evangeline is
only fair vision of the poets brain,
typical. perhaps, of some French peasant
girl who dwelt here then-it is probable
that, but for this crucial wrong, there
would have been no grounds for the pa
thetic story, and the poets imagery would
not have cast its spell upon these fields.
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the lower ST. Lawrence and the English
and Scotch Of New Brunswick and Prince
Edwards Island. This circumstance we
mentioned to him, and told him he talked
very much like our Virginia people. He
replied that We were all CT the same
stock; that he and nearly all the people
about here were descendants Of the Tor
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SHE NEVER KISSED.

81 recken if wus to ketch my daugh-
ter kissin' of man I'd just natchely
cut him into mincemeat ground fine"
said the old man from the swamps OF
the Bracken hills.
Then your daughter won't kiss tho
boys?" ventured q Dover youth, with
spectacles.
We'll, I reckon not, young man."
and the old man gave hin. look that
dazZled his specs.
"But-ah, you know, some girls-who
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,hIrtv-slx years before, when. from this
nia, the Acadians had been crowded
into The ships that then lay in this har-
49,, 49, Ma. ccmpanion said: NO doubt
r.,.,rceIine had walked out on this pier.
wpire gazing with wistful eyes for a
,.,i,,nse of Gabriel" Then we spoke Of
The relentless cruelty practiced in the