Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-09
COMMUNICATED.
COLUMBUS, July 3, IA.

NOLChEoS, Juiy ., ~.
DEAR CHRONICLE-I have written q
letter 10 the Gazette, giving short ac-
count of my visit to the "classic shades"
that is what the papers at this time
of year call woods with college in
it-of Kenyon.
Since then, other matters have occu-
pied my time. During two days and
nights spent in the Ohio Penilentiary,
| learned much of the workings of that
institution-mOre than presents Itself
to the eye of the casual visitor who is
trotted through on the double-quick
by the regular guide.
On Sunday there was Sabbath School,
preaching by the Chaplain, Rev. WIN.
Ferguson, and experience meeting.
The last, conducted almost entirely by
the inmates was the most novel. 1t
was wonderful to see the keen-eyed at
tention these poor fellows gave to all
the exercises. | do not ask more APP
preciative listening than they gave to
IL little talk, that, by request of the
Warden, L made them i'll the after
noon. The Chaplain seems to be Just
where he fits. He knows how to deal
with these men, and they all like
him.
There is d good choir, made up OF
convicts, except tue organist. They
sang all anthem in good style, while
their brethren were marching in. In
the other singing, hundreds of the
congregation Joined with apparent
heart and very evident voice. When
our little travelling fraternity-if that
is a fraternity which is tWo-thirds sis
ters-visited the prison some days al
ter we learned that the leader of the
choir had received a pardon, and no
doubt had cheerfully resigned his posi-
ton.
But the main point to this letter was
our visit to Put-if- Bay. Joining the
rest of our party-TiiOSe names you
gave last Week-at Newark, we rolled
Oil our dusty way; Reached Sandusky y
about ) p. NJ. OF the day tAeY left home,
went aboard the Jay Cooke, and soon
steamed out into the Lake. The sur
face was pretty caiLl, but the boat roll
Ell enough to cause some of us to have
much anxiety us 10 the depth of the
water; at least saw them lean over
the railing and gaze dOwnwards. We,
that is those who were not riled up too
much, saw grand sunset, and what is
J much rarer, had for several minutes Il
clear view of Mercury. Contrary to
my guess we saw the same planet the
next evening, from our position outside
of Gibraltar Island, where we had
rowed our boat To have a clear fiels, fol-
observation. Speaking of boat-rOWing
that was the main feature of the eXpe-
dition. and in two light-running, nice
ly matted SkiffS we did Gibraltar,
Middle Bass, Green Island, and Putin
Bay Island. These are from two tu
three miles apart, and the rowing Was
good exercise. On Green Island, there
is one object of curiOsity-a lighthouse
I-tO whose top we climbed. The keep
er, a young man who told us he once
taught school in Morristown, but |
didn't learn his other name-courte
ously wound up the clock-work, and
caused the light to revolve. We i rot
away some specimens of strontian, and
very nearly brought Off the keeper
dog; as the lonesome fellow leaped in
to one of the boats 10 secure a passage,
and Whined Il solo as We pushed out
from shore. We bad started on this
expedition at eight. By one o'clock
we were back at the MOTEL, doing JUS
tice to the dinner, and assisted in This
work by about five hundred other hun
gerers and thirSters after knUwl-
edge, DC.
For fear this story should grow too
long il will here stop.
What the Association did at this
session; behold, it is already printed in
the many dailies of Ohio, and will
soon bespread at length on the pages
of the August number of the 'Educa-
tional Monthly b.