The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-06-23
Correspondence of tho Register.
GAMBLER. O.. May 26. 1Sl

layed at Buffalo, through Encouragement
of some Of the servants Of the travelling |
public of which we are part, we found |
no impeachment to a short trip southwark |
towards the centre of Ohio and are dis |
posed now to give you some account of |
the visit.
The region between us and the Lake is
noted fer being earlier than other places
in the same latitude but this year seems
to be an exception. 1t has been quite vet
here, and very few have yet began to
plant Indian Corn. The face of the coun-
try is peculiar While there is little part
of the country that can be called plain,
there are no mountains. 1t seems as if
all this land we're once level, and all its
inequalities have been formed by carrying
off portions of the surface, thus literally
scoopng it into valleys. The little rock
we see is in horizontal strata, mostly of
sandstone, which serves admirably for
building.
Flying over the face of State on rails
seems little like seeing it; and we first
saw Ohio at New London, just OH the
southern line of Connecticut Reserve. A
man eager for gold dollars undertook TO
carry four of us for two of them to Ash
land, fourteen miles, over terribly mud
dy road. The difference between the in
habitants north and south of that ancient
obsoets line of Western Reserve was sur
, prising, North of it you seemed in New
England, with its civilized houses, barns
and wood-sheds South Of it the houses
seemed wanting in elegancies and COM
forts, the stables built of poles in cob
house fashion, the roads tenanted by swine
-able-bodied swine of the greyhound
pattern, awful scaliwags-and everything
betraying another origin.
Ashland is a county seat in hybrid
county, half Yankee and half Pennsy-
vanian western Penn-Yan. With lit
tie prctentions 10 manufactures. it has
quite business air and is lighted with
gas. We inferred from this that we were
in coal region but were mistaken-ths
coal is hauled by teams many miles.
Sixteen miles by stage brings US to an
other shire town, Mansfield, at the inter-
section Of two railroads. Glad to get
from thence train soon leaves us at an
other shire town, Mount Vernon, and Il
stage-cnach (stages here are generally COW
cred waggons,) takes us five miles to The
Hill" as Gambler is commonly called
A beautiful place is Gambler. Owl Creek
winds around its base in what the moon
struck call 1.-THE mesnderiugs of the Coo
loosing." 1t is crowned with Kenyan
College and Theological Seminary, both
of the most evangelical Episcopal faith.
They face each other at distance of half
a mile, with the village running equidis
tant between.
Or the Seminary we saw nothing but
the Library The number of students is
quite small, and the whole of the build
ing has never been required, nor is it fin
ished.
The College, on the other hand, is full
to Overlooking. It's numbers have in
creased fouifold in the four years of its
youthful and popular President, Lorin
Andrews Esq. 1t is little noticeable
that not man of its faculty bears the IL
ties of LII. D., D. D., Or even of Rev.
A new hall is just being erected and they
are on the point Of commencing Library
building The scientific course is under
the energetic direction of Prof. Hamilton
L. Smith, name well known to opticians
and in the annals of actinography, the
Photographic processes Of which be la.
greatly improved,
We had the curiosity to witness the
daily prayers of an Episcopal College
Declining a polite invitation to oficiate
seat ourselves near the desk in the long
low basement of the great chapel The
students troop in reverently, but with .
heavier tread than in some colleges. Al
the Faculty ire present except the Presi
dent, who was called back by the arriva
Of guest while the bell was tolling. The
roll is called by tutor disagreeabl,
process A chapter is read, hymn SUM
and the prayer commences. Some of tn,
students stand and some kneel None sit
none whisper, and all se, ms like prayel
meeting, Soon the supplcations are over
the students leave by classes, reverend
uncovered till they have passed the sacred
threshold and the Faculty follow.
There is hi b state of religious inter
est here, and meetings are frequent Tn,
presence and impressive remarks of Bish
op McIlvsine add increased interest t,
them just now. Extempore prayer anC
singing occupy nearly all the time of tn,
prayer meetings, which close in less thai
an hour from the ringing of the bell t.
summon them; but the preaching services
are longer, as a considerable portion o
the evening service i. to be read at them
Ohio 20, us to be cut up with railroads
As if there were not enough, another il
building right past the foot of THE Hill
from somewhere TO somewhere else.
can tell no more about it. Another nov
building through Ashland interested M
more. 1t is broad guage and extends
from near Oean, on the Erie Railroad t.
Dain, and completes the link Of broad
guege between New York and St. Louis
Freight will pass from Piermout Illinois
town without transhipment, reducing thu
freight on wheat and potatoes in bulk, ant
on all articles difficult to handle very con
siderably. Bridge the Mississippi and
tunnel the Hudson and St: Louis will be
nearer New York than Nliddlebury one,