Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-07-11

Business College Of Hon. Ira Mayhey,
This is one Of the most thorough and
practical Institutions of Its kind IN the
country. The proprietor is a high toned
Christian gentleman, and has been for
many years leading educator.
Leaving the city on the steamer jay
Cook, as her spires receeded and the
hum of her busy life died away, I thought
Judging from what had seen, i'll were a
Wolverine" I'd remain one still, but
Oeing Ohio born and bred, The Buck
eye State" for me.
In the mate of the Cook found an ar
oent Ashtabula county man, William
Traverse, of Kelloggsville, and of course
soon felt very much at home with him
and more particularly when heard hin,
speak reverently of the Christian charae.
ter of his wife and mother. NV experi-
ence is, that there is great deal of heart
in those men whose lives present SO much
ofroughness. They have a real appreci.
alton of the beautiful and the good.
Arriving here found several hundred
'eachers already assembled for our annual
conVenton-old war horses in pedagogrv
young plonds, rejoicing in their first ex.
perienee, and Misses Cdarms) of every aoa
some come for business, others nurejv e.
pleasure and to rid themselves of school.
room cares. The meeting has been ona
of the best and largest our State Associ.
alton ever held.
The master piece among the exercises
was the Annual Address by President
Fairchild, ofOberlin. would that every
teacher in Ohio could hear 1t. He Ger.
'alny would wake to higher resolves.
My special visit here being to attend
'he Association, have ATTEMPTED no
study OF these islands, so fast becon,ing
places of popular resort, and have No,
now time to DO so, and having already
extended these notes to undue length 7
will bid you goodbye, step aboard the
Gazelle and-of for home. NM
PUTIN BAY, july 3rd.-ReturninO
homeward. 1 stopped for a short stsv At
Ann Arbor. This town is pleasantly situ-
ated on Huron River, and has quite a
manufacturing interest, particularly in
nour- The town has population ofabout
o'OOO' and is rapidly growing. 1t is chief
ly interesting as the seat of Michigan Uni
Verslty-an institution supported by the
State. There are FIVE principal buildings.
the chief of which is College Hall. front.
ing 80 feet, the main building being 100
feet deep. The audience chamber is fault-
less in arrangement. and capable of com
fortablY seating 5000 people, none of
whom must be farther from the speaker
than in the largest churches in Ashtabu-
la. This hall is claimed to be the finest
audience room in the North West The
geological and other cabinets BELONGING
to the literary and scientific departments,
are in this building. Here 1 saw a life
size painting of Prof Williams, who has
been connected with the institution from
its commencement-oYer4 40 years. For
time be was president, faculty, and all
hands. He is now retired on half pay.
The authorities are about procuring the
painting, at an expense of $1,000. The
Law College, Medical College and OBJ
servatory are fine buildings, and well ar
ranged for their several purposes. The
medical cabinet may well be character.
lied as grand, gloomy and peculiar"
Externally, there is nothing attractive in
the appearance of the labratory, but with
in, one may feast his eyes on one Of the
choicest apparatuses in the country. As
the school has grown, additions have
been made to the chemical department
until now $50 msnipulators can operate at
the same time, and an addition for the
accommodation of the President and Pro-
fessors, occupy the grounds, which are
being nicely improved, yet not so artistic
ally as one would naturally think Twelve
hundred students were in attendance last
year. My inspection over, my visit with
Prof ROse-an old student Of other days
ended, 1 turned my face towards De-
troit, feeling that, next to Orwell, Ann
Arbor is a very desirable place in which
to live.
Detroit is one of the old cities, and has
history interwoyen with that Of the
country in other DAYS. Although out
stripped by many younger cities in mate
rial growth, her march is steadily onward.
When first studied geography, in 1913,
learned that Detroit is pleasantly stu
ated on river Of the same nSme. 1t is
noted for its fur trade" Then there were
900 inhabitants, now there are 100000
Then the Central railroad extended to
Ann Arbor; now its subdivisions traverse
the whole State Then nearly all back Of
Il was wild and unbroken-the home OF
the huntsman and trapper; now 1t is a
great mart of rapidly developing agricul-
tural and mineral resources. HUI
rnrar UngrW0rz