Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-18

Hon. John NJ Vanmeter having Deen lntro- er
dueed as the presiding oflcef' Lnaue . ts"
cino Rev. ". r. Prestly, who addr essed the
,7LSora IF Grace. Capt. 7. A. Minis hall was
then introduced and delivered an address.
Refreshments were then partaken of, after
which the President announced the following
regular toasts:
OhiO.-Response by Hon j H Putnam.
The Press.-Response BY Hon. Jos H. Bar
rett of the Cincinnati Times.
The Bar.-Response by Judge John H Keith
Our Business Mea.--Resronse by Hon. Arch.
Mayo.
The Ladies-Response by W. s. Furray,
Esq, of the Cincinnati Gazette.
The Scioto FaLley.-Response by Gen. S. H.
Hurst.
The Rural Acknowledgements by W. D.
BIekham, Esq, of the Dayton Journal
Mr.. Barrett and Mr.. Bickham dodge the is
sue, but the other gentlemen responded in q
happy manner to the sentiments assigned them.
The list of toasts composed several others.
but as the banquet did not commence until af-
ter 10 o'clock, and as it was half-past twelve
when the above were completed, and the
guests had began to dep art, the programme
was curtailed at the close of Gen. Hurst's re-
marks.
In addition to the responses to toasts, Capt.
B. F. Stone read poem entitled. 'The Coun-
try Veterans Letter. written by Mr.. J Ohm J.
Piatt, of Washington D. c.
THURSDAY MORNING.
The Association met Thursday morning and
proceeded to the transaction of business. The
several COMMITTEES made their reports, but as
the subjects treated of and the proceedings had
thereupon are not of interest outside of the
profession, they will be omitted.
Mr.. Walter c. Hood was requested to prepare
"Reminiscences ofthe Press of Southern Ohio, -
to be read at the next meeting. The request
! was accepted.
| The following resolution was also adopted
ResOEUed, That we are in favor of the passage
| of the bill reported by the House Committee
on post offices and post routes providing for
/ the free circulation of papers in the county
| where published, and of free exchanges be-
tween publishers.
| The following are the officers for the ensu-
| PTesidsnt-S. A Griswold, Lancaster Gazette.
Vice President-E. R. Alderman, Marietta
Register.
Secretary John T. Raper, Vinton Record.
| ErecUttUs Censnrttee--C. E. N. Jennings,
Athens Messenger; W. W. BO nd, SciOto Ga
Zette; 5. M, McMillens Marietta Times.
Macarthur was selected as the next place OF
meeting, the time being the second Thursday
and Friday of June, 1875.
The Convention then took a recess until
P. m.
VISIT TO FRUIT HILL AND ADENA.
At 2 p. m. the CUES is and number of citi-
Zens took carriages for Gov. Allen g and Gen
| Worthington's. The previous DAYS experience
was doublY repeated. Nothing was lacking
to make the visits all that could be desired
| The Governor and Doctor and Mrs. Scott, and
the General and Mrs. Worthing ton and Mrs
Richard Worthington, were unstinted in theiI
welcome, and the ladies of the two households
fully maintain their reputation for the elegance
of their entertainments and the grace with
| which they are presided over. Both Genera
| WOrthington and Governor Allen made brie1
responses to toasts in their honor, and mingled
with their remarks words of most sensible
counsel to the members of the press, which il
would be well for those for whom they were
intended to heed.
From Adena the guests returned to the city
CLOSING BUSINESS MEETING.
At p. m. the closing business meeting wat
held, at which among other matters attended
to, the following resolutions were passed un
animously:
Resolved That the most cordial thanks o
this body be and are hereby rendered to tn
representatives of the Press Of Chillicothe an(
to all the generous people ofthis beautiful city
who have so tastefully and generously provi
ded for our enjoyment.
ResOIUed, That we are grateful to Hon L. G.
Delano, Gov. Allen, and Gen. James 7. Worth
ington and the ladies of their respective house
holds for their graceful and bountiful enter
tainments, which gave much pleasure
ResOtUed. That the thanks of the Association
are due to Richard Smith, Esq, for his court
esy in accepting our invitation to deliver tn
Annual Address to this body.
The meeting then adjourned, and after al
hour or of pleasant conversation and remim
iscenes, the members of the Association separ
ated, and our guests took their departure OIL
the night trains of Thursday an early train
of yesterday morning.
The reunion was a very pleasant one. Gu
guests appeared to enjoy themselves, and tn
editors of Chillicothe have satisfactory reason
for believing that, in so far as their power lay
the Ancient Metropolis for hospitality y-"n'
good cheer has not suffered.