The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-17
IL WET COUNTY.
TeashsFl' In,titats AZ EllIaheth-A Pleas
aRt Town aRd HoIpltAbls People.
Sneclal Correspondence

Teacher tnatituts AZ Elizaheth-A Pleas
SRt Town aRd HOIpltAbls People
Special Correspondence
ELIZABETH, W. Va, Aug H,-After
spending a week in this quiet little city
am prepared 10 say that a more hos
pltable set OF people, a more earnest
band OF teachers and a more excellent
community OF people exists nowhere in
West Virginia, had been told ali this
before coming, but find the half had
not been told" This has been n lively
week for a place usually so quiet. The
institute being in session. the peda-
gogues and schuoimurms have taken
the town and have held absolute pos
session during the day, while at night
entertainments OF various kinds have
been held. on Tuesday evening II, C.,
f.eavenwOrth, OF Alliance, o., a former
Writ county boy, gave a very fine elo-
cutionary entertainment to large au-
dlence. His selections were well chosen
and he greatly pleased his audience.
In tmpersOnattdn he exeels and he VIII
make his mark In his character sketches
II nothing else. on Wednesday night
Mrs. Cole, OF Parkersburg gave a very
fine example OF reading and recitation
at the Baptist church 10 n very select
audience. She shows what patient
study and constant drill can do for one
determined to succeed, ON Thursday
night an lmprovised entertainment,
which proved very interesting to those
who attended, was given, and the court
room was fairly packed. Prof. NJ. G,
Tough gave talk on the subject why
Leave West Virginla?" and he also sang
a solo In n manner to captlvate the au-
dlenCe, The writer gave ten minutes
talk on How to Teach Patriotism in
our Public Schools" and also reeited
two selections. Miss Rogers and her
sister. Mrs Roberts, SAND Il Duet, while
a guitar solo was given by Mrs, Rogers,
Mr.. Leavenworth gave comic selection
that fairly brought down the house, and
he recited Frederick Dhu and Fitz
James" in a manner to greatly please
the audience. Take 1t all in all II was
n grand. good, social time and one long
to be remembered by those who at
tended.
My stay in Writ county has been most
pleasant and will long remember the
hospitality extended to me by her most
estlmable citizens. There is future In
store for this county, and although 1t
seems long time for these good people
TO get out of the woods, that time is
coming, and that very soon. THE rail-
road UP this river seems now TO be an
assured fact and the only wonder Is
that Il has not been built long ago. The
more one travels over our state and
sees the resources that we have, and
,l.l. ola W a
properly developed, the more Is he con-
WINGED that ours Is great state. NO
better people live than are born and
reared among the hills and valleys OF
West Virginia, and they are becoming
properly educated In the schools that
are becoming better year after year
The writer cannot help contrasting the
bodies Of teachers that now assemble at
our county institutes with those that
met thus twenty years ago. They are
perhaps no better at heart, no more
earnest men and women but there Is
culture apparent now that was not seen
then AS our teachers get better, so
will our schools; and as from our
schools must come the men and women
that are to develop our state, how I'M
portant that our schools should be oil
that the public schools ought to be.
Hon. C. Il. Smith, of ParRersbdFg,
spent two nights at the Kanawha hotel
during the week and was an interested
spectator at one session OF the Institute.
There were teachers present from WOOD
Jackson and Calhoun counties A
merry party left Elizabeth this morning
In the steamer W. A. Hilton, and now as
finish this letter on the boat they are
enjoying themselves greatly, Many
such parties daily go up and down the
river on the boats and they are hand
somely treated by the genial officers of
tho h4otq 4. II, C,