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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.” Summer Excursion Rates via Sea board Air Line Railway. The Seaboard Air Line Railway have on sale from all of its stations extremely low rate summer excur sion tickets to the mountain and sea shore resorts of North and South Carolina and Virginia, and to Washington, D. C., Baltimore, Md., New York City, Boston and to Niagara Falls New York and Buffalo. Tickets are on sale daily, good for return trip until October 31st inclusive, The Seaboard Air Line Railway invites your attention to the ex cellency of its fast double daily train service between Atlanta and all points east. All trains are sup plied with magnificent vestibuled Pullman drawing room and sleep ing cars, as well as comfortable day coaches, which run through to Washington and New York, also to Richmond and Norfolk. Con nection is made at Norfolk with steamship lines to Washington, Baltimore, New York and Boston. The latter furnishes a rare opportunity for a cool summer nights trip on the water. Write for information to any ag .nt of the line, or to, Wm. B. Clements, Traveling Passenger Agent, Equitable Bld’g or No. 12 Kim ball House, Atlanta. Ga. R. E. L. Bunch, G. P. A., Portsmouth, Va. W. E. Christian, A. G. P. A. Atlanta, Ga. 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