The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-02-28
The Present Legislature.

"A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times gives the following statement 81
the age, place of nativity, occupation,
DC, the members of the present Legis-
latUre, 1t is compiled from table pre-
pared and published by the messenger
boys.
The following statistical statement Of
the vocations of the members ofthe Gen
eral Assembly of Ohio, the places of .thei
nativity, ages, and social condition, may
perhaps be found interesting to curious
reade.s.
The Senate is composed of thirty five
tmember1,of whom sixteen are lawyers;
eight farmers; four merchants: one man
utacturer; two physicians; one a minister;
one a cashier of bank; Que miller; and
one an editor
OF these, two are classified as both
lawyer and farmerSo one as a farmer and
teacher; one as farmer and merchant;
and one as a physician and minister-the
Hon. w S. Lunt, The legal profession
la ks but twoof a majority in the Senate.
Hon. c. G. Hawley. of Lawre nee
county, aged twenty eight. is the young
est member of the Senate, and Hon. AL
fred Kelley, Of Columbus aged sixly-slx
years, the eldest. Thirleen Senators are
over thirty and under forty years old.
Sixteen of the Senators are natives of
Ohio, two Of Virginia, one Of Kentucky,
three of New York, three Of PennsyI"a-
MIA, one of Massachusetts, six of Connec-
tieut, one of Verne Mt, one of Maine, and
fone Of New Jersey.
OF the Senators, only two, Hon. G. G..
Hawiey, aged twenty eight years, and
Hon. j. d. Cattell, of Colambiana coun-
~, aged forty one years, are unmarried.
/ Seventeen members Of the lower House
are Lawyers; thirty eight, (over one third J
are Farmers; fourteen Mechanics; thir-
teen, Merchants; fourteen Physicians,
K Mmefia Medlca is wellrepresen.ed; one
a Citizen; one Manufacturer; one a Col
ller; one Law Student, (the solitary
| Trimble member;) one a Teacher; one a
Banker; two MIlers; one To5acco Pack
er, the majority are tobacco eaters;) one
Coniectioner; and four are EIitors-in
all one hundred and ,elevvn.
Only fourteen are single men, The bal
ance being useful members of society
The youngest member. Hon. John f.
Hume of Marion county, is twenty four
years old, and unmarried. The oldest
is the Hon. S. E. Blakeslee, of Williams
county, aged seventy six years. end is a
''sngle' man.
Eleven members are under thirty years
ofage; thirty-three are over thirty and
under forty years old and twenty two are
aged fifty years and upwards But three
Of the single members, judging from their
age, are necessarily doomed to all the
horrible conditions of bachelorhood.
Fitty-three are native Buckeyes; six
teen were born in Pennsylvania; five in
Old Virginia; FIVE in Vermont; four in
Maryland; eight in New York; one, the
Hon. H. Boehmer, of Putnam county,
IN Germany; one, the Hon. Joseph E. Egg
y, of Hamilton county, in Switzerland,
one, the Hon, G. J. Johnson, of Hooking
county in Ireland; (the only three foreign
born members of the Legislature; five
i'll Massachusetts,, one in Rhode Island:
TWO in Kentucky: one in New Jersey;
three in Maine, and four in Connecticut.
One sixth of the entire number, lacking
a small raction. are New Englanders.--
The majority are sober sided, steady
leoklag gentlemen, and mostly seem to
deslre to do the Safe some service.
"PAY YOUR SeuooL TAX WITHOUT GRUM
BLING.--GEo. SUMNER, Of Boston, who
has lately returned from Europe, where
he has spentseveral years. delivered alect
ure in New York last week. on the educa-
tional characteristics of Europe. from which
we select the following pregnant para
g aph: '
''If there be any moral to the tale l have
told itmay be summed up in a few words
Pay yoasr schooltoe wjAlout grum5zinq,. it
is the cheapest premium of insurance on
your property. You are educating those
who are to make laws for 20 rselves and
your children. In this State you are ed
ucating those whc are to select your judy
es. Build more school houses, they will
spare you the building more jails.. Re-
member that the, experiment of other
countries shows that the developement of
free ami extended education has been fol-
Loved by public and private prosperity;
that financial success and political tran
guilty have blessed the lands which have
recognized its Importance. Remember
that education without freedom is barren
in its results; that freedom without the
education 0f the moral sentiments soon