Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-07-06
For the Chronicle.
ON THE WING.

Every one who has not taken ride
in the early morning over our Belmont
hills should do SO without delay. From
st. Clairsville to Wheeling the traveller
sees beauty enough to repay for more
than it costs in time, trouble or mon
ey.
ing the medicine he prescribes and
more too. By rail from Bridgeport to
Wellsville, where had to wait an
hour and half on the G. & p. train, en-
route for Hudson to attend the corn
mencement at Western Reserved College.
| A fine ride of less than three hours
brought me to the Station and by a
short walk over Il board pavement, 1
fetched up at the verv pleasant abode
| of DIR. Hitchcock, the worthy PreSi-
dent of the Institution.
The house was crowded with throng
of people, laughing, talking and eating
for it was a reception and person
must do all those things at a reception.
! In the evening was some "Prize
lSpeakingn or selected declamations by
lsix young men. The declamatiOns
were fair and the boquets profuse, but
the music bya Cleveland string band
Twas grand.
Thirteen young men graduated next
lday-made speeches about civilization.
isociety, Germany and France. After
! leach speech admiring lady friends
would project howery missiles at the
head of the speakist.
The exercises were under a huge
tent which accommodated the immense
: lcrowd and added the charmof novelty.
: Truth commands me to say that there
was not so large per cent. of pretty
ladies as the Belmont hills can furnish.
!. In an after dinner speech Mr.. Hurl-
J but, of Cleveland, gave the College
| S 10000 highly .fgagGtiue Grafton.
Many ether short speeches were made
but with no such appendix. Judge
Ranney was made l.. L. d.
. This is a fine section of country
t Summit Co., which name it gets from
having the highest point of land in
Ohio. Mr.. A. and / walked out tt
stand upon this point. We found from
e there beautiful prospect; the land
e sloping away in all directions. Righi
on the top was growing the irrepressi-
{ BILE thistle.
}. These Western Reserve folks are {
wonderful people-energetic, intelli
J. gent on all subjects( cleanly to a faul
o. Il wish our central towns would imi
a tate the Reserve in this), hospitable
o and withal have most earnest convic
i, ton that the earth belongs to the Saint
land that they are the Saints.
l believe Western Reserve Colleg
" to be good place to go ifa young NAL
n must leave home for an education.
After the performances were over
K went to Cleveland, "took ship" an
le am now tossing on Lake Huron.
lei I visited some of the schools while i
g Cleveland. Written examination
were in progress and not much to heal
oi but the teachers were courteous an
D. made my visit quite agreeable-to mt
st / mean. The little chaps of the prims
"a nv Room.in one school sang sewers
~ songs; but they didn't seem to hav
n. the zeal and life our young irfepress
n bles have.
Se Going along the street and hearir
the peculiar noise of 8 stirring school
went in and found a German spellin
n class. 1 didn't notice one word mi
., spelled. Pretty soon the whole scho
l- read in concert and each fellow went
SIS at the top Of his voice. Did you ey
lie near it rain shot on tin roof.
ID. Ourship is nearing Machinac Strait al
N, sitting in the cabin by a good fire
:, = the 1st of July, 1871, is
TX, YOURS TRULY.