The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-06-25
For the Lancaster Gazette.
Capital University.


lumbus, what he called, Capital University.
Now that article you might ~ we'll have LETT out
OF your paper, for Ou might have known from
the manJer OF talkngin that letter, that tho
man who wrote Il, knows not what the best IN
terests Of this town and city are, and that many
OF our people don't wish 10 he troubled about
such new notions. But what made II worse Is.
that you, Mr.. Editor, who ought to he on OF
the public safe-keepers OF our ancient town and
It's long established prosperity, commenced
praising those windy and new.faneled sugges-
tons. Now your Pralsing was the cause that
many heads Of your readers were at once pOr-
yerted and then they said, becauae you had
said so beiore-Yes, that college would be Q
glorious thing in Lancaster; Ever since that
time this kind OF talking aud prasing 10 going
on al around us. and large rneetings Of ciiizens
are held, at one OF which, your paper says,
even such sensible men as jacob Beck and J.
+. Vandemark acted as chairman aud score
tary, and Rev. Splelman and Messra. Tall.
madge and Mumaugh made some kind Of
speeches. and J: D. Martin. Theod. Mithof,
and J. Netzol and others were mado acommit-
tee TO- get the people TO subscribe; and am
trId thai some Of our lawyers and doctors are
also In for II and have already lenta helping
hand, and it Is even said, that il would take but
little TO get Drs. Klnsman and Davis, and Law
yers Fritter and Connell and BTasee and like
great Pnen TO make speeches, and all these do
llngs you Editors are encouraging; for You put
proceedings in your papers and continue
praisipg as at first. Now you muRt not wonder
when tell you that these things are taking an
alarming you see that many Of our
hrst citizens are getting their pride up for a
college, and am sure most OF us don't want
IL: We can see further, and can therefore see
what rulnatiCn II would be to our town and
country. FIRST fall we would warn you Edi.
tors to repair the great damage already done
and to make II good by workingon our side and
to prlntthis invincible article.
will tell you how we got at this article. You
see the large majority Is on our side against this
college. sowe met and talked together what
we should do To oppose this high party In our
midst, and to save our well made town from
getting bigger and from being spotted out Of its
present shape and doings. They then said,
somebody must write, because The others
write too. Then they picked on me. But !
tell you that scared me, and begged them to
leave me off, saying tl,at could not write like
those Editors and College.men, and that
might spile our good cause. But they said,
'The Press is Mighty" and that II my argyll
ments were not 20 powerful as they grow out
OF my head they would become mighty enough
by beng rolled through the Press. That en-
couraged me, aud now find that II Is not 20
hard to write in a good cause. Just see how
slick 1t goes. Bnt now for the arguments:
Mr.. Editor: Tho hrst argument is, that q
college Of learning would make great deal Of
disturbance and splutierin our town. You can
see this from the STIR It is making already.
People from town and country are holding
meetings and talking about II on the streets
and everywhere. This IL enough already ) dis
turb ones quiet thoughts and peace. But sup
pose those men should succeed with their Yam
kee notions In bringing such aschool here
then assure you the noise and splutter would
begin In earnest, for ! hear that they would
bring al Mt once abOnt 100 students and pro-
fessors, with lots Of families; and then, you
know sometimes they would bring lots of other
people besides. Now Just think Of thisi would
not IN this way our taverns and stores and
streets be filled with the noise and hustle OF
these new comers' No quiet and good citizen
would like to put up with all such annoyances
of so many strangers. | was once in some 9TH
er ohiOt towns where they have colleges and
such like things, and 1t was too much to see
those crowds and noise and people and bust
| ness; and my old woman was with me, and, said
she: "Come, lets go home to our quiet l.ancas-
ter, to have some rest again" Now guess you
have been abroad too, and WASH that your pain
ful experience too? Therefore my argument is
| let us keep all snch things away ns long az we
can and not have the sensitive feelings Of our
women and ;he even tenor and quietness Of our
| town moested.
| My second argument il that college OF
learning is not so good and profitable q thing,
as some would make us believe and there
fere we should go against that one to be brought
down here from Columbus. Most Of people can
see this without my reasoning, except few
self.interested, who prete nd TO know better.
say 1t is not so profitable IN the first place be-
cause they say 1t brings so many people and so
much money here, that most Of our things will
be bought up, and then we would have to pay
80 much more for the little that's left. Nor is
learning profitable, in the second place, be-
cause have seen some who got their learning
Mt colleges and didn't make much profit by II.
Nay, go further and maintain even against
Lawyers and Doctors. that much learning is
dangerous. For an old woman once SAID, when
her son made q speech at college show
"I can't see how my Mike can keep all that in
his head--is there not danger. that il he puts
| more in, it might bust" and an old farmer OF
powerful judgment. told me once, go away
with your college, thnti is what ruins nrr conn
| try; they make bad men AMI rascals and fill
our penitentiaries." Now this is proof enough
that my second argument Is tight and nnan-
swerabe; and feel Mr.. Editor, that this will
show you and many of your readers, that yon
have made bad move IN trying to get that
schoo of learning, and ] hope you will now
work with me and other intelligent ctiz,ns to
keepit off. 's
My third argument is, that the bringing Of
what they call Capital University to our place
wonld also bring too heavy burden Of labor
and business upon on our citizens. They say,
rightin the start number Of large hui ldngs
would have to be put up. Just think, Mr.. Ed-
tor, what an immense amount OF time and Ia
hor that would make for our mechanics and
the addiionai handling and selling OF goods to
so many new comers would worry our polite
stOrekeepers almost to death. And so II would
he with our already greatly harrassed tavern.
| keepers and the shoemakerS and all sorts OF
business people. Even our LAWYERS and Doc
tors and Ministers would have to share this
common burden Of labor; and you, Mr. Editor,
would have to shoulder the heaviest;sfor hear
that some fthe Professors Of the college are
publishing two papers In addition to their other
printing, which Won would have to print and
could you do all this work. Our postmaster
would get about one-third more work and
would have TO stretch his room little. Now
wherever look, l find nothing but additional
| trouble and labor, which even our medicine
stores and mixers could not escape. And our
good nhtnred farmers-0 1plty them, for they
would have to hurry so much oftener to town
/ with their butterand eggs and chickens, &c.
Now ask you who would be wlllLngto put mp
with this in town like ours 7 Every tender
hearted person who has the right kind Of feel
ings for his tellow-man will unite in keeping all
sNch labor-bnnging concerns from the ancient
landmarks Of our town. Don't you think, now,
that this my thlrd is a capital argument And
] tell you that If You put your press downwith
both Of yours arms twillbecome more weighty
ard impressive.
Butnow tor my fourth argument; and that is
that such new and large concerns would disfg-
ure and spile our town. Everybody says shat
Lancaster ism nice town, and that II has NICE
hills around IT, Many other towns don't look
so well because they havn't got snch fine high
looking places from which you can see the town
and allaround YOU. A great European travel
Ter once said 10 me, that he had found but few
sucn places WIN SWcn (aS ne calledU IN MS
high language) picturesque and beautiful
scenery" like Lancaster. Besides this, Lam
caster is an old town, which was made and fin.
ished, as our old people know, before those no.
tions got abroad Of putting up all kinds of noisy
factories and big schools what they callcolleges.
Now who OF us would like to see our nice old town
stretched out of shape and our citizens an
moved by such new additions. You know, Mr..
Editor, that some of our high notoned men
got II into their heads q few years ago,to follow
the fashion Of other towns and then bnilt large
house for afactoty; but they soon found that
such like things would not do in Lancaster.
Since then we have enjoyed our pleasant and
quiet rest again until thus new STIR CONNIE need
tits hard enough that we had to submit to their
making q new railroad through here. The truth
Is q number OF our citizens nre getting proud
and are trying 10 follow the waysof the outside
world. We must oppose this spirit or IL may
ruin us yet. For thus railroad taxes great deal
Of our money, and they say they want about
S40,0W to bring that college here Now itstands
to reason that this waste Of money would help
to ruin our place and even our best farmers
around us.
They argue that the none rem aims here; md
that they would put up houses for IL, but then,
you know, what you and | would for appear.
ance sake be forced to give, would be out OF our
pockets. even though our neighbors might get
IL. But what, under this argument. feel most
concerned about, is, that II they once begin to
bring such new things to our town, then there
will be no stopping. You have heard that y