The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
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association will be entertained at an old
fashioned barbecue at Jackson's Lake,
| Montgomery, on Saturday next, June II.
| The annual meeting of the association will
begin in the senate chamber in the state
capitol on Friday. Saturdays session will
be held in the handsome pavilion of the
Montgomery Shooting club at 1.-THE Lake,
and at p. m. dinner will be served. 1t
is probable that the barbecue will be under
| the personal supervision of Captain Peter
| B. Mastin. a past master in an art that
| does not flourish as 1t used to, and which
| is known to the south alone, and is loved
| of all southerners. The barbecues at
| Jackson's Lake are worthy of the old-time
south of "befo de wah,' and are amongst
the very few perfect entertainments of
| that nature that the elect are permitted
| still to enjoy, even in the land of cotton.
| A barbecue is the highly-prized treat pro-
vided by the local bar association of Mont
gomery each year for the state bar asso-
ciatiOp; and its preparation and its serving
constitute one of the keeneSt pleasures en-
joyed by the Hon. Alex Troy, the gifted
and universally esteemed secretary of the
| state association. Mr. Troy, who has been
the secretary and moving spirit of the
ISOLATION ever since it was organized.
twenty-five years ago, greatly enjoys the
annual meetings. There is promise this
year of an unusually large attendance of
lawyers from various counties of the
state.
Professor j. A. B. Lovett, until recently
the head of the excellent Montezuma
school at Bessemer, which suffered from
disastrous fire several weeks ago, will
go to Brownsville at once to take up his
duties as principal of the states agricul-
tural school at that place, a position to
which he has just been chosen. Professor
: Loyett was in charge of the school at
Blountville before it passed into the con-
troll of the state authorities; and so he is.
in a sense, returning home. He is an edu-
Gator of long experience and high accom-
plishments and the usefulness of the
Brownsville school under his management
| will be greatly increased. The situation
| of the school is ideal, and the grounds and
surroundings are to be greatly beautifed.
It is understood that the beautiful and
| costly Montezuma building at Bessemer will
| not be rebuilt, it would probably not be
profitable. The many excellent state
| schools of the higher class have materi-
| ally interfered with the prosperity Of pri-
vate schools of similar grade said
| learned man who takes deep interest in
| education. 1.-THE incomes of private schools
| have fallen off, and in some instances these
| schools cannot pay their way. Whether
| this is best for the public, 1 do not intend
| to express an opinion. I simply mention
| fact that is of public interest, to say tho
| least. The state now provides for teaching
| boys and girls various trades and occupa-
| lions whereby they can earn their living,
and the opportunities offered are being
| taken advantage Of" "a H.
Some young men were talking about bus
| mess and expressing the desire to make
| money One of them said that he was con-
| fident that he could do much better for him
| self in New York; but he preferred to live
| in Birmingham amongst his own people.
1 If he should remove to New York he'd be
| always wishing to return to Birmingham.
"You remind me Of pig of my ac-
| quaintance," said j. C. MusgTove. I'm
fact, 1 owned that pig, and was therefore
fairly we'll acquainted with him. He was
| Berkshire, and not at all a bad pig; but
l sold him to a farmer who took a fancy
| to him. The farmer lived six miles out in
| the country; and the weather being very
| rainy and the creeks and branches full,
| he decided to take the pig to his farm in
| bag on horseback. So he put the pig in
| one end of the bag and rock in the other
| and threw the bag across his horses back
behind the saddle and rode away. Next
| morning 1 saw, with great amazement,
\ that pig at my gate, whining to get in.
| He had come six miles over road he had
| never seen, for he couldn't have seen
| through the farmers bag, had swum a half
| dozen flooded streams, and had arrived
| bright and early at his old home. Now,
| I'd like to know how that pig knew the
| way. OF course, 1 know how you would
! find the road back from New York-but the
| pg?"
Judge Jehn w. Inzer, some time state
| senator and a possible democratic nominee
| for governor, was in town yesterday. Ac-
| cording to Judge Incers excellent friend,
| Judge James Greene, himself one of the
| round dozen, there twelve judges who
! reside in the picturesques little county
| town of Ashville, st. Clair OF the twelve
! Judge liner is the only one whose name
| is discussed in relation to the governorship;
| and it is but common justice to say that
| he is one of the best and most deserving
| citizens of the state. He was member of
| the Alabama secession convention, and has
| held many positions of honor amongst his
| people; and he has adorned every place
| he occupied. A good man is Judge Inzer,
| and all the other eleven judges of Ashville
would be glad to see him governor. SO also
| would large numbers of other good citizens.
| Colonel Robert c. Jelks, of New Orleans,
| is in Birmingham visiting old friends in his
| old home.
| Vice President William Berney, of the
| Bank of Montgomery. and Gordon Nc
| DDonald, of the Montgomery bar, were in
| birmingham yesterday.