Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-10
The Wonders of Arcadia Camping
Grounds.

By Miss Alice kirkpatrick.
These are the things | prize
And hold of dearest worth;
Light Of the sapphire skies
Peace of the silent hills,
Shelter of forest, comfort of the grass,
Music of birds, murmur of little rills,
Shadow of clouds that swiftly pass
And after showers the smell of
flowers
And of the good brown earth,
And best of all along the way
Friendship and mirth.
DR.. Vandyke who wrote the above
would find his beautifully expressed
sentiments verified to the letter. in Ar
eadia Valley. The Methodist Assem-
bly, grounds overlook for miles the
valley and wonderful panorama of
hills and mountains on the opposite
side Of the sparkling little river.
Nesting among the trees at the foot
of Shepherd Mountain is the Ursuline
College with its beautifully improved
grounds, its classic halls and it's air of
immaculate cleanliness. Through the
kindness of Sister Celestine who form
erly taught in Bonnie Terre, we made
a tour of the building and grounds
and were delighted with all we saw.
One perfectly exquisite morning
was spent in Emerson park under the
shadow of the Grant Oak with the
Grant Spring bubbling beside US and
the bronze statue of Grant marking
the spot where that great man was
commissioned as General. There is
where "the music of birds and murmur
of little rills' was realized, but all too
soon ''the shadow of clouds" that did
not swiftly pass warned US to 'sbeat
it" not to "the shelter of forest" but
to the railroad station where for three
hours we watched the 'good brown
earth" soak up the down pour and
listened to the reverberations OF
crashing thunder in the far from
silent hills. We were reminded of
Byronss Thunder Storm in the Alps
"when Jura answers from her misty
shroud, back to the touring Alps thai
call to her aloud" And then the
"smell of flowers" and by the time
we reached camp we found a consid-
cradle portion of ''good brown earth
adhering to our shoe soles, and real
lied that we had missed the closing
number and climax of DR.. Rice's
scholarly series of lectures on the
Book of Job. But as a recompense we
had several additional inches on our
~crocheting and the blessed memory OF
a morning spent "among the things
we prize and hold of dearest worth"
The platform exercises were decided
ly singh class" this year. The Bishops
wonderful sermon of July 16 was a
thing of the past when we arrived
but we had the pleasure of hearing DR.
Rice Of st. Johns, st. Louis, DR.. Nc.
Murray of Nashville, DR.. Elmer
Clarke who has made such a strenuous
fight against vice in st. Louis, a num-
Der of lesser lights, and last but moi
least DR.. w. A. WaIdrip of Pine Bluff
Arkansas, who says he is a chill billy
from the Arkansas Ozarks" but OF
whom others says he is more thar
any other n person responsible for
the prohibition law in Arkansas. Hi
sermons are in a class by themselves
and it is a safe bet that nobody will e
to sleep under his preaching. We
heard four sermons and two lectures
from him and like Oliver Twist, "want
more" The Wisdom Sisters spent
three days at the Assembly and no
only charmed all with their devotion,
al music but added to the delights o.
breakfast table by rendering humor'
Gus plantation melodies.
Among the many with whom we re
newed acquaintance was Mrs. J. A
Keith, formerly a resident here Blu.
now of Sikeston, who asked to be re.
membered to her friends in Bonn,
Terre. Many of those In attendance
were so charmed with their ex,
p%erience that they are not willing tC
wait for next year, bpt will attend the
Baptist Encampment which Begin
next week and is located on q neigh
boring hillside on the opposite sid,
of the Valley. If you are OF those Il
whom communion with nature ant
contact with kindred spirits mean
any thing a visit to Arcadia will be {
joy forever.-Bonne Terre Register.