56 THE FOGY DAYS AND NOW; 



Atlanta's brainiest man, Dr. H. V. M. Miller; General Kusk, 

 of Texas, a power in his day ; Governors Perry and Orr, Com- 

 modore Stribling, of the navy, and hundreds who have left 

 their impress upon this new world, and in their day and time 

 helped to lay the foundation and build up this great countrj^, 

 and a host of others whose honorable names and useful citi- 

 zenship would challenge the world for comparison. Such was 

 the status of old Pendleton fifty years ago, when in the full 

 tide of her prosperity. A splendid Piedmont climate, with 

 fertile lands, and under the old slave regime ; and then the 

 wealth resided in the country, and agricultural pursuits were 

 regarded second to none other as an occupation of honor and 

 profit, and were conducted with an intelligence and advance- 

 ment scarcely surpassed to-day in the South. 



It was in the streets of old Pendleton that her indignant 

 citizens kindled the bonfire that consumed in its Hames 

 the first incendiary papers and letters sent South by the abo- 

 litionists to stir up strife and discord among a happy people. 



One of the first female high schools in the South was con- 

 ducted there by Misses Bates and Billings, from Vermont, who 

 taught the young ladies etiquette and French, graceful atti- 

 tudes, and "highfalutin' notions," modern manners, to walk 

 daintily, and to scream fashionably at a bug or a mouse. 



One of the first military academies, where the boys drilled 

 daily, and wore gray uniforms and brass buttons, was con- 

 ducted there. 



My first recollection of a Sunday School was there in the 

 old Baptist Church, which is still standing. Uncle Tommy 

 Sloan and Mrs. Fanny Mayse were the managing and leading 

 spirits. We had little thumb catechisms, and the first and 

 second questions were, " Who made raaii ?" " Of what did 

 God make man ?" 



