The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-30

Olu HeaIC comforting hymns will never
be forgotten by Gods saints; in fact.
they can't die-they are written in
our bosoms and will be handed down
from one generation to another fore
yer, and while we sing 'Bonny Blue
Flag, = Dixie" and "Yanky Doodle
in war, we will sing those happy
anthems in the house of God. Sacred
music, like other good things, is pros
t1tuted by wicked and designing peo-
pie, and we are frequently to blame.
for allowing undeserving men to as
sumo the lead, no sHittite' should
bear the ark of God. The church
should be fed on the gospel and gospel
song. from clean vessels, and no un-
circumsized Philistine should lead in
the sacred worship of God.
will now attend to the second part
of this letter. "Our Schools" Dur
ing the war times, our schools were
good in many respects, and while we
did not study the "higher branches, -
we did study the flower branches, -
including the old field curriculum,
Webster's blue back, and black gum
shelala. Our school teachers were
mostly young ladies who had enjoyed
good opportunities before the war.
They took great deal of pains in
teaching us all about the boy up the
apple Tree, and his chastisement with
grass, and stones at the hand of the
farmer who caught him stealing his
produce, also all a bout the ''Mastiffs''
and 1.-THE milkmaids, 1.-THE farmer and
lawyer and their OK and bull trouble.
which all did very we'll, and I now
see that human nature can but repeat
itself, for all the OK farmers and bull
lawyers are not dead yet. The average
boy or girl, during war times. had
TWO sessions of schooling each year,
the hrst term embraced all the time
between laying by crops and fodder
pulling time; the second term all the
time from fodder pulling time till
gathering time, all together from two
TO three months each year. They
taught us Webster from back to back.
and all; they would
occasionally give US an extended ex.
PLANTATION on things generally, and a
rev things in particular, including
synopsis OF Anatomy, Physiology.
ana sexual distinction, and this brings
TO my mind all interesting recitation
we had one day. Our teacher that
day was the younger sister of our
regular teacher, and who was teach
Ing for few days in the principals
absence. Our rebel college was pref
5y we'll up in things generally, and
the class was made up of boys and
girls from to IA years of age.
among other important inquiries
made, the teacher wanted the class
10 tell her the definition between a
male and female and Che class
being little slow to respond, she
asked one ct the oldest boys which
le was; he told her a "male
This caused rifle of gigglinp. Tho
then asked another bow to
ell his views, and he thinking that
;he first boy had given the wrong
answer from the giggling produced,
With good deal of self coincidence.
md self-importance, said "a female,
narm''. The class being already full,
un over and great disorder prevailed
until the bewildered teacher brougbt
down the house" with stern author
ty.
The boys and girls played together
lnder the watchcare of the teacher:
played cat "base,'' 'smumble.
'eg' and various other little past
lme games. On Friday evenings we T
we're required to make speeches. and
veil do remember the Patrick Henry
no John .. Calhoun efforts we made
n those eventful times. I can now
90 in my imagination, the barefoot
10Y. standing with right foot beside
e1t knee, with one suspender missing.
no che other tied in dozen knots,
omlng down on THE Boy Stood ON
ne Burning Deck, Whence all But
Inn Had fed" or, "There was q
Sevellng by Night, and Belgiums
'apital had Gathered there, etc.
IN, sweet days of childhood; how
hey knock at the door of our hearts.
nd how they have cleft a void the (
World can never fill" But we are
fastening to that "borne from which
% traveller ever returns God helm
8 to make the Ibest of life possible.
while the lamp holds out to burn.
u course our schools were very in
erioI to the schools of today, but we
Id the best we could under the cir
NOW IN my concluding remarks.
wish to impress upon the mind of
ur young people the necessity Of
orSOQal 8DOlicatioo rr-,r,