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BRENHAM, TEXAS
ENTERTAINED
AT GAY BILL
HOMESTEAD
Houston, Texas, in 1844i but ill
health eauser^him to seek the coun-
try, and he located at Gay Hill 32
miles -north of Brenhrtm^ end erected
in 1850 b large 2-story bjilding for
school purposes and a handsome twj
story residence for the occupancy of
himself and family. Rev. Miller and
- j'his estimable wife, and Miss Rebec-
Washington counuty being one of|Ca Stewart, who was his sister-in
the oldest counties in the Satte, has law, constituted the faculty and ma-
many places of great historic anded-'ny girls, members of welathy and in-
ucational interest. Many towns that fluential families received their fine
were in years gone by of great im-1 educations at this place _ Live Oak
portance has succumbed to decay .Female Seminary grew and prospe*-
and their very sites and brilliant men ed, an* was known and recognied
been an educational centre. As ear-!all over Texas a superior institution
ly as 1837 Mrs. Jack Hall of Wash- for the higher training of girls. Mrs
ington, wife , of Jack Hall who had Mattie Pressley and Miss Beck King
the town surveyed and platted taught wee students at Live Oak Female
the first school at that place it be- Seminary.
ign the first school in the county. ^ The end of Live Oak Female Sem-
In 1839 Juduge W. H. Ewing open- inary came with the death of Rev.
ed the school in a double log house Miller in 1888. Few people lived in
ed the second school in a double log, Washington county in the 50's ever
house. In 1841 Rev. L. P.
er established an Academy,
Ruck- accomplished more good than did
which jthis estimable man. He was highly
was under the cnotrol of the Masons educated, refined, and a good and hu-
in a beautiful post oak grove in the mane man; he did many beautiful
western part of old Washington | thins in the Master s name, for he
Soule TJniversity, a college of the was among the first Presbyterian
past, and Chappell Hill Female Col- ministers who arrived in the State
lege which was closed in 1911, were'of Texas. Just back of the Seminary
excellent seats of learning at Chap-| 1850, Rev. Miller built a Presby-
pell Hill and were established by the ! terian Church of cedar logs, como-
jdious and imposing for those times.
Methodists in 1850.
Classic Independence, once ,
"Athens of Texas," still has some of crated man of God expounding the
the Each Sunday witnessed this conse-
the ancient buildings in which flou-
Bible, and the sacred edifice was al-
rished the renowned Baylor Univer- ways crowded. He never forgot to
sity and Baylor Female College. reserve a place for the negroes for
At Greervire many years ago, he said they to° had s°uJs that ought
there was a fine school presided ov- to be saved. The church felt the
er by Rudolph Krug, master of sev-1 withering touch of time, and it is
eri languages. j (Tone, but around the site is still the
The LivefOak Female Seminary a,grave yard. In a quiet and peaceful
prominent school of the past, was es-, 'Pot "^h a moss draped live oak
tablished at Gay Hill in 1860, by the
Rev. James Weston Miller of Erie
Counuty Pennsylvania. Rev. Miller
was a graduate of the Jefferson Col-
lege of Pennsylvania of the das of
1840, and carried off first honor* in
a class of 42 members. He ca ne to
standing guard, like a sentinel is th
grave of J4mes Weston Miller and a
tall shaft pt granite bears an ap-
propriate iaacription. ,
' A' new Presbyterian church built
48 years ape replaces the old one and
the lovely home that Rev. Miller
built 63 years ago is still in a good
| state of preservation, and there is
a parte of the old Female Seminary,
The live oaks from which it derived
its name are still green and pretty
as in days of yore, hese trees are
j hoary with age, and their draperies
i of Spanish moss make them very at-
tractive. In fact the Miller home of
I the presen tday is exceedingly pic-
• turesque, for things ancient carry
j with them solemnity and awe that is
not to be found in things modehi.
| The present owner is Dr. Robert F.
Miler, a prominent specialist of San
Antonio, who leaves the heat and
dust of the crowded city each sum-
mer to seek the rest and quietude o£
his handsome old country home
At this interesting place so full of
th ememories of the dead past, Dr.
Miller entertained, rceently with
a lawn party, honroing his niece,
Miss Mary Sayles. Miss Sayles
it will be remembered is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Sayles,
and grand-daughter of General John
G. Sayles, the distinguished man and
eminent lawyer, who came to Texas
in the 30's, and practiced law, be-
ginning with 1844, so many years in
Brenham. General Sayles was the
author of many law books and anno-
tated the statutes and constitution
of the State of Texas.
Quite early the guests began to ga
ther, and there wree people from
Somerville, Independence, Brenham
and surrounding farms, and it was
a jolly, congenial crowd that enjoy*
ed the romantic beauty of the night,
the moon at it's full, the handsome
historic home,, and the truly old tiifte
southern hospitality htat the talehied
Dr Miller an dhis two estimable sis
ters, Mrs. B. G. Sayles and JjTrs.
Mary Miller McMahon of BrenhAm
so graciously dispensed. "i
The gins are all very busy ginning
the big cotton crop of Washington
cuonty, the Seidel gin alone ginning
69 blaes Wednesday.
R. H. SCHRAMI
Saddles, Harness
Buggies, Runabouts, Surries
All Kinds
of
Repairing
Promptly
Done
125 SADDLES to be sold at once,
some at cost, others below cost.
All kinds of Buggies and Harness at
lowest cash prices during the next 30
days.
R. H. SCHRAMM
Brenham, Texas
Old Homestead colfce=Goiden sun coffee
LA FRANCE FLOUR
And a General Line of
Fresh Groceries and Produce and Feed
At the LOWEST PRICES at
F. A. WINDHAUSEN'S
203 Baylor i venue, Brenham
SAYS CROPS
LOOK GOOD
"The country thru which I travel
dtfliy, certainly appears to be in a
prosperous condition," said Mr. Hy.
Thornhill who is the rural route car-
rier of the U. S. mail between Bren-
ham and Chappell Hill. Mr. Thorn-
hill is a close observer of conditions,
was born and reared in this countyjments that would tend to their fur-
anticipated the rush and is prepared not disappointing the farmers this
to handle the business. The town'year. The farmres and their fami-
I
has made many improvements, no- lies and hired help dot the field ao-
ticeable improvements and is taking
the shape of a thriving village very
rapidly. If the two towns of Chap-
pell Hill, the new and old, could be
by any means made into one town,
Chappell Hill would be of some size
and probably the largest town in the
county besides Bmeham, and would
be in a position to engineer move-
and knows when indications point to
prosperity and when they do not.
The rural route carrier was in con-
versation with a Press representa-
tive Monday and h esaid: "Chappell
Hill is a scene of activity now, in
fict, it appears more active than it
has ever seemed before. Its streets
are crowded with Vehicles daily, and
from the amount of cotton being gin-
ned and marketed, there, it is going
to enjoy one of the most prosperous
years in its'history. Chappell Kill,
ther growth.
"Anyone that traverses the terri-
tory that I do, and sees conditions as
I see them would be hard to make
tive with the cotton harvest—the
song of the cotton picker is the mus-
ic that rings in my ears along the
journey, and I marvel at the sight*
and if I am any judge the Brenham
merchants can count on a busy fall.
"Of course therfe is some complaint
of dry weather, but hasn't it always
been said that cotton required 'vara
weather. Who ever heard of a big
cotton crop during a wet year?"
It is good to hear sfich optimism
as that Mr. Thornhill voiced. The
days of the crop pessimist are almost
believe that anything but a bumper gone as he realizes that when crops
crop is in sight for the farmer*. If j are actually good that all he can say
the truth was known most of them j will not keep them from being goo*
are highly satisfied and elated overhand his little opinion will have no In-
conditio'ns. Of course the country | fluence upon the determining of the
that I see is among the best cotton' price of farm products. With condi-
growing land in the world and it tactions as they are it is suprising
naturally expected to do good, but^everyone is not 4 booster, W "«ne
you may take it from me that it is, men it seems were not bgilt to boost,
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Brenham Daily Press. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 103, Ed. 1 Monday, September 1, 1913, newspaper, September 1, 1913; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232381/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.