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TO CULT 10
PAN AMERICAN.
A Teacher of the Deaf Mute Insti
tute Tells Interestingly
OF A LATE PLEASANT JOURNEY-
The Convention of Deaf Mute Tea
chers and the Quaint Canadian
Town Told of.
I kft Cave Spring, Sunday eve
ning. June 30, at 6:30 p, ni.
tend the convention of the Tea
chers of the Deaf which met in
Buffalo, X. V., Tuesday evening
July 2, 1901.
Arriving at the East Rome de
pot I met Mr. Latimer with my
ticket, to which having signed niv
name, he put me on the train. I
had just seated myself when Mr.
Will Harris, of Cedartown.camein.
I was surprised and glad to have
some one I knew on the same
train. He was on his way to
Washington, D. C., being secre-
tary to Senator Clay in Congress.
Arriving in Chattanooga he helped
me off the train and put mein care
of the janitress, who put me on the
train for Cincinnati, where 1 ai
rived two hours behind time next
morning and had to remain at the
depot until 2:30 p. ni. I was then
put on the train for Cleveland,
Ohio, where I arrived at 10 p. m.
Changed cars for Buffalo, N. \ . I
was feeling anxious when I ar
rived at Cleveland for fear I might
not be put on the right train or
might get left, hut when I stepped
from the car a man was standing
in front of me, who spoke to me
hut I made him understand that I
could not hear. He held out his
hand for my ticket, which I gave
to him. After reading it he showed
me to a seat among others who
were waiting for the same train.
In a few minutes he returned and
beckoned tome to follow him. Got
on the train and got a seat for me,
for which I was thankful. Ihe
train was crowded with people go
ing to the Pan-American exposit
ion at Buffalo, and I would have
had a hard time getting a comfort
able seat if it had not been for the
kindness of that man.
1 arrived at Buffalo, N. Y., just
as twilight was beginning to tinge
the eastern sky at 3a. m. I went
into the depot to wait for daylight
and at 7:30 was put on an electric
car that passed the building where
the convention was to he held. As
I walked up to the steps I was
met by Mr. W. O. Conner Jr., who
looked surprised as well as glad to
see me. I found that Supt. W. O.
Conner, of the Georgia school for
the Deaf, with his party of eight
young ladies had arrived there the
evening before, having traveled a
different route from mine.
As the convention would not
meet until 8 p. m. of that evening
I went to bed to take a, much need
ed rest. After dinner I went to
the Pan-American Exposition with
Miss Anna Day and enjoyed see
ing ever so many things that were
worth seeing. I enjoyed the con
vention and managed to be present
at every meeting so that I could
learn as much as possible from
those who have a wider and fuller
experience with the deaf than my
self.
There were eight deaf, dumb and
blind children among the visitors,
four girls and four boys each, ac
companied by their teachers. It
was an interesting sight to watch
these children talk so nimbly with
their fingers to each other and to
their teachers. Their faces would
light up with pleasure and happi
uess as another hand pressed into
theirs would spell something funny
or interesting to them.
Mr. Wade, the firm friepjd of
these deaf, dumb and blind children
was there, and all the teachers and
others at the convention are in
debted to him for bouquets of car
nations, sweet peas and roses used
for buttouaires.
Sunday morning, July 7, there
was preaching in three or four of
the churches in Buffalo for the spe
cial benefit of the members of the
convention. Several others and
myself went to Central Park M.
Pi. Church, Mr. Elmer, pastor. He
took for his text, “He that hath
ears let him hear” from which he
preached a very interesting sermon.
The sermon, prayers etc. are in
terpreted in the same language to
the deaf by Mr. Swiler, Supt. of
the Michigan School for the deaf,
and all who were present said they
were glad they attended that
church after the congregation was
dismissed. In the affernopn Mr.
S.viler read a paper on character
. which was very interestiag and in
\structive.
afternoon the meeting
| was over and a good many left for
their homes.
1 Tuesday morning I got ready to
! depart, hoarded the electric car and
lin a few minutes was at the Cen
: tral depot in Buffalo. I ascertained
I that a train would leave at 11:15 a.
j m. so I bought my ticket to Galt.
I Ontario and asked for a check for
Imy valise. A gentleman kindly
' helped me have it checked, then a
man on duty there put me on the
right train. I wanted very much
1 to thank him for being kind to me
hut when I looked tor him he was
gone, I knew I would he hungry
before the train arrived in Galt, so
I went into the restaurant, ordered
a cup of cocoa, some rolls and but
ter, off of which I made a good
meal. Cocoa is strengthening, and
j I usually order a cup of it when
traveling and the price is the same
as a cup of coffee, bur cocoa is nu
tritious while coffee is stimulating.
I was put on the train aijd soon
arrived at the Suspension Bridge,
where I was to change cars. I
made inquiries of a trainman as to
when the train would leave for
Galt, and-was told that it would
lea-e at 1:55 p. m. and as the time
neared 1:55 I got restless for fear
I might get left and told the man.
who was on duty at the gate, to be
sure and let me know when the
train came as I could not hear him
call out the names and he promised
to see me sufe on the train. In a
little while a tall young lady came
and spoke to him. He brought
her to me and said “You can go
with this lady. She is going to
Galt.” I was glad to have com
pany, who would look after-nie
very kindly. We had to have our
baggage inspected at Hamilton,
Ontario, changed cars at Harris
burg, Ontario, and arrived safely
at Galt at 5 p. m. and was met at
the train by Mrs. Aiken and Mrs.
Taylor both of whom gave me a
warm welcome to their homes
where I have been recuperating or
rusticating ever since.
Thursday evening, July 18, I
was taken by Mrs. George Taylor
and Aunt Taylor to Preston, Ont.,
to take tea with their friend Mrs.
Cherry. We boarded the electric
car and were soon there, Preston
being three miles from Galt. Soon
after we got there, Mr. Cherry in
vited the ladies to ride with him
and as all could not go together,
turns were taken and when my
turn came I soon found that I was
riding behind one of the swiftest
race horses that was ever my good
fortune to ride behind It was de
lightful and I enjoyed it immensely.
After tea we passed out at the
back door and great was my sur
prise to see a stream of water two
or three yards wide flowing close
to the house. We crossed over
the bridge and came to an inclos
ure made of wire netting in which
were pheasants and brown leghorn
chickens and a little further on was
a plot of ground laid off in shrub
bery,evergreen trees,edges of arbor
vitieand in some places were a
small round bed filled with clus
ters of beautiful flowers. While I
was theie a deaf girl about ten or
twelve years old was brought to
me, and as she had not been in
school hut four months she ap
peared timid, hut we got to be very
good friends bj T the time I left
there. We went into the large
flour mill belonging to Mr. Cherry.
I was weighed while in there and
the beam tipped 115, From there
we went to a large bath house
filled with bath rooms and in one
large room was a swimming pool.
The water of this establishment is
mineral and tasted a little like that
of Rowland Springs but stronger.
I think it belongs to one of the ho
tels at Preston, there being two.
The only darky I saw in Ontario
was at Preston driving a large
street sprinkling tank. I enjoyed
myself at Preston and found new
friends there.
Galt is a large town, near the
southern part of Ontario, east of
Lake Ontario. The population
may be between 7000 and 8000 peo
ple, most of the houses are built of
stone and some of them are very
elegant, some are built of brick
and a few are of wood. The yards
are all level and sown with lawn
grass, which is kept mowed and
green. There are walks made of
cement or plank leading to the
steps of every house, and in some
places there are small round beds
of flowers. By the side of tome of
the streets are stone walls higher
than my head edged with a long
row of arbor vitae trimmed and
rounded. The sidewalks are made
of cement and in some piaces of
plank wide enough for two to walk
side by side and any one can walk
all over town on these sidewalks
without getting any dust on them.
On the east side of Galt is a high
elevation called High Park. You
reach the summit by steps made
similar to stair steps. You go up
thirty steps and reach a terrace 2
yards wide which is used as a
walk around the side of the elevat
ion. Go up nineteen more steps
and you reach another terrace like
ROB TAYLOR’S
| ELOQUENCE.
Speech at Reunion of Confederate
Veterans
| HELD AT BROVVNVItLE, TENN
—
! Beautiful Tribute to the Fallen
Heroes of the Lost Cause-
Comfort to the Living--
The reunion of Hiram S. Brad
ford bivouac, United Confederate
i Veterans, at Johnson’s Lake, near
Brownville, Tenn , July 24, proved
to he one of- the most enjoyable af
fairs of the kind ever held in that
county. The speech of ex-Gov.
Rob't. L. Taylor, of course, was
the feature of the occasion. He
was introduced to the immense au
dience in a most felicitous manner
by Judge John R. Bond.
After the introduction Gov.
Taylor made graceful compliments
to Judge Bond, whom he had come
to know as a big-hearted, big-soul
ed man. He thanked him especi
ally for the introduction given him
and the kind words spoken therein.
He entered upon a discourse of
beauty and eloquence that met fre
quent interruption by the applause
from his auditors. Following are
extracts from Mr. Taylor’s speech:
“Time in his tireless flight has
brought us again to the full leaf
and Lower of another summer.
The grass grows green above the
dust of heroes, the roses twine
once more about their tombs and
the morning-glories point, their
purple bugles toward the sky as if
to sound a reveille to our immortal
dead. Another year with its sun
shine and its shadows, its laughter
and its tears, its sowing and reap
ing, its cradle-songs and funeral
hymns. now lies between us and
that dark day at Appomatox, when
the star of southern hope went
down and the flag of southern
chivalry was furled forever. An
other year has added whiter locks
to the temple of these old veterans
who wore the gray and deeper fur
rows to their brow, and they now
stand among us like solitary oaks
in the midst of a fallen forest, hoa
ry with age, covered with scars and
glorious as living monuments of
southern manhood and southern
courage.
“Historians will some day sit
down on our battlefields and write
true history—history which will
read like the wildest dreams of fan
cy that were ever woven into fic
tion, and poets will linger among
our graves and sing sweeter songs
than were ever sung before, for
each monument is a volume within
itself of wild and thrilling advent
ure, and every tombstone tells of
a story touching as the soldier’s
last tear on the white bosom of his
manhood’s bride, tender as his last
farewell.
“I would not utter a word of bit
terness against the men who wore
the blue. They fought and died
under the old flag to perpetuate
the union and they were fotnien
the one below and used for the
same purpose. Go up sixteen
more steps and you are at the top
of the elevation. Here benches
are placed near the edge of the
mountain where one can seat them
selves enjoying the cool breezes of
an evening and look far oyer the
town, and even Preston can be
seen, which is three miles from
Galt. The sunset view from this
elevation is lovelv. The tints of
red, gold and pink are here por
trayed to perfection, and seen
through the boughs of a tall tree
look like a burning fire
The top of this mountain is as
level as a floor interspersed with
walks made of cement, while here
and there is a small round bed of
flowers. There are houses built at
the other sides of this elevation,
one being the manse of Dr. King,
minister of the U. P. Church.
I attended divine service while
in Galt at the Central Presbyter
ian churoh which is a large and
beautirul building, with painted
glass windows of various tints,
cushioned seats. A gallery run
ning all around except near the
pulpit on the inside. The mem
bership of this church is 700. Seat
ing capacity about 1000. The pas
tor is Rev. Dr. Dickson. This
church has a well Uained choir led
by Mr. Pearse, choir master and
organist. Galt is a large manu
facturing place and is called “The
Manchester of Canada.” Four
large foundries are in operation,
employing hundreds of men. There
are six Protestant churches all of
which are well attended. Only one
Roman Catholic being in the place.
One hall where the Plymouth
Brethreen meet and one Salvation
Army barracks. Sallie Posey
worthy of southern prowess and
southern valor. I would not ii I
could rob Grant, the great and no
b'echieft an, of his fame and glory.
Every southern soldier ought to
stand with uncovered head when
his name is spoken, for when all
was lost in the darkest and sad
j dest moment of southern history,
I he was magnanimous to Lee and
j kind to his tattered and famished
I army.
| “When that conflict had ended,
the confederate soldier proudly
stood among the blackened walls
of his own ruined country —mag-
nificent in the gloom of defeat and
still a hero. His sword was bro
ken, his home was in ashes, the
earth was red beneath him, the sky
was black above him. He had
j placed all in the scale of war and
| lost all save honor, hut he did not
| sit down in despair to weep away
. the passing years. His slaves were
i gone, but he was still a master,
j Too proud to pine, he threw down
! his musket and laid his willing,
but unskilled hand upon the wait
ing plow.
“Until twenty yeais ago the sons
jof Mississippi, Louisiana and Ar
kansas were contented to sit on
their verandas and watch ‘the nig
ger’ and his lazy mule in the cot
ton fields and listen to the melo
dies of the old plantation, hut now
the mills of Mississippi are begin
ning to mingle their music with
their melodies and the marshes of
Louisiana are being converted in
to rice fields, and she is making
enough sugar to-day to sweeten
the tooth of the world.
“Arkansas is building factories
and opening her mines of mineral
wealth and sawing down her great
forests of pine. At the close of
the civil war Texas was a wilder
ness. But now the howl of the
wolf has given place to the whistle
of the engine, and the whoop of
the Indian has been hushed by the
music of machinery, from Texar
kana to El Paso; prosperous cities
and towns have sprung up like
prairie flowers, where the wild
horse once galloped and the buffa
lo grazed and great geysers of coal
oil have solved the fuel problem.
“God grant that our beloved old
south may be as happy in reach
ing the golden harvests of prosper
ity in the years to come as she has
been brave and true through the
sufferings and woes of adversity in
the sorrowful years of the past.
“And, now, my grizzly old
friends who once wore the gray,
in the name of our young men, I
congratulate you in having lived to
see the dawn of a brighter day for
your battle-scarred and war-swept
country. You must soon answer
to the roll call of eternity and join
your comrades on the other side.
I give you the pledge of your sons
that they will ever defend the re
cord that you have made and them
selves live up to the tradition of
their fathers. In the name of our
women, both young and old, I im
plore the blessings of the Lord
upon you and pray that as the
dews of life’s evening are condens
ing on your brows and the shadows
of the long, long nights are gather- /
ing about you, you may linger
long in the twilight with loving
hands to lead you and loving
hearts to bless.”
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