Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-08-03
To THE EDITOR OF THE BELMONT
CHRONICLE.
DILL1Es Borrow. July 25, 1871.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELMONT
CHRONICLE. s
DILLIEs BOTTOM, July 25, 1871.
SIR: Recently we had the pleas
ure of trip across the country into
Harrison County. Generally we found
the farmers in great glee and as busy as
bees in the harvest fields, gathering
their oats and curing their hay. In
some parts the corn crop will be short
and the Oat crop is a little light; but
the average of all crops through the
country as far as our observation, ex-
tended will be as good as it has been
for several years, with the exception of
apples and sorghum; they are unusu-
ally light. In our own locality and
below us there is superabundance of
ers have carried for several successive
trips as many as three hundred buckets
full during the season for the markets
above us. BlaekDerries, however are
peculiar to these river hills, and suffice
it to say we did not see such luxuri-
ant growth of vines or such abundant
yield of these sanitary edibles in any
locality through which our line of
march passed as are to be seen in
Meade and York Townships. Harri-
son County embraces some magnificent
country, and is inhabited by noble
class of people-Gentlemen and ladies
in every sense of the terms, who tho
comprehend the elements of
hospitality, and are not 10th to lavish
it upon strangers. We can pass this
compliment and feel assured that we
are not derogating the well established
Of the good people of old
Belmont while doing it. Among the
plnces of interest that we visited ranks
most important of all, Franklin Col
lege, the alma mater of such men as
Prof. Joseph Ray, Hon. Edwin M.
John A. Bingham, Edgar
CoWan, and Rev. DIR. Johnston of st.
Clairsville. This institution is of some
fifty years standing, and points with a
great degree of pride, as well it may,
to host of alumni scattered all over
the land, that, by their universal sue
cess in winning the confidence of the
masses and gaining positions Of honor
anu trust by their merits, speak in un-
nistakable terms of the intrinsic quali-
ty of the College; while, in turn, by the
law of reciprocal lion, each alumnUS
may, without fear Of occasion for J :
gret, express his appreciate of the in
stitution that moulded his plastic mind
gave form to his flexible ideas, tender
" nurtured their growth, and develop
ed them into tnat form and strength
which constitute the elements of the
great and useful man. The College
has lately made an invaluable acquisi-
ton in the shape of a complete Scientif-
ic apparatus, Philosophical, Chemical,
and Geometrical, costing something
over twelve-hundred dollars. This ac-
QUESTION places the College in posi-
ton to compete with any other in the
State; for it is probable that none other
is better supplied with instruments for
demonstrating science than Franklin
College is to-day. There are two lyce-
un rooms connected with the College
well furnished, and abundantly sup
er heard of Franklin College has not
in the next breath heard of the fame of
the Philo and Jefferson Literary secie-
ties? We had the pleasure of calling
on DIR. A. f. Ross, President of the Col
lege, and found him edifying in con-
versatiOn, urbane in his address, and
hospitality cropped out as the most
prominent characteristic Of his make
up. In brief DIR. Ross is both the refn-
ed scholar and the refined gentleman
His estimable lady discoursed to us
some fine music from new and eie-
CANT instrument in such q manner as
to satisfactorily demonstrate herself to
be no novice in the elevating science
of music. We enjoyed the visit. d.