The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-06-11

State Fair GrOund---ReceptiOn at the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum---Drlll Of
the Cadets--.Lecture and Banquet.
June Sd being the time and Columbus
the place, where the editorial corps were
called to assemble in Convention, and
being already then and there we conclu-
ded to stay and see the brethren in their
organized capacity. We had never at
tended any of their gatherings or joined
in any of their festivities, and hence had
a degree of curiosity to see how they
would conduct themselves on such an
occasion,
The programme laid out was an extern
sive one, and embraced visits to the Ag-
ricultural College, the SuIlivant Street
Schools and High Schools, the Fair
Ground, the Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
with sundry collations, several business
meetings, a military drill and banquet,
thrown in, for fear the fraternity might
have any time to spare to wander off in
to the ways of temptation.
Eight and half sharp found num-
Der Of the fraternity assembled at the
Board of Trade Rooms, in the City Hall
Building, where they registered, and re-
ceived their badges, their invitations
and tickets 10 the banquet. At 9 a. m.
sharp, led by Gen. Comfy, of the State
journal, one of the most dignifed dmemb-
ers of the profession, though possessed
of certain degree of geniaity which
makes him easily approachable; and
Loomis, of the Cincinnati Commercial, "a
prince of good fellows, and chief mana
ger of matters and things in general per-
tanning to the excursions, we started for
the High street cars, train of which
had been placed at our disposal by H..
T. Chittenden and his associates, of the
High Street Railroad Company, for a
visit to the Agricultural College. The
cars, four in number, were soon filled
up, and we were off on our days duty.
z THE EXCURSION
3 to the College occupied nearly an hour
part of the way being over new road
: with an occasional "off the track" at {
: switch, when the rural roosters would
exhibit their muscle by lifting the car tC
its proper place. On one of those oc
casions, happy gentleman, with {
healthy looking face, a gracefully curling
| mustache, and rotund body, and who
might easily have been mistaken for the
Secretary of State, remarked with al
5 audible smile, that in all his travels h,
had never before seen the mules hitcheC
g to the side of the car. OF course Their
was a burst of indignation, which h
y overcame by remarking that if the rura
y gentlemen felt offended, he would be-
!. pardon of the mules (hitched in front.
o The laugh was on, and all enjoyed tn
joke-even the funny man himself fel
e happy at the thought that he had struc
J. such vein of humor. We ahghted il
Il front of the Dining Hall and formed al
a independent procession to the
q AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
which stood about quarter of mil
J. beyond, where we were received b
f President Orton and other members Q
d the faculty. We were refreshed b
) partaking of Lemonade, and entered til
O lecture room to listen to an address G
3 welcome by President Orton, and an ez
planation by Mr.. Sullivant, Secretary c
the Board of Trustees, after which W
" dispersed to investigate the college III
til half past eleven. The time was we
:, put in, wandering from room to room
! beholding in close association the gee
: : logical series of Ohio, specimens of fire
clay, brick, lime, coal, iron, &C., spec
mems of the art of the paleontologis
. examining the cabinet of rare collection
10 among them some of the handsomei
70 specimens Of agates we have ever seeI
y thence to the room where chemistry
. taught not only in theory but in practc'
y where were witnessed various scientiti
u experiments; then to the department {
mechanical and free hand drawing
IN where the student obtains not only
i theoretical but practical knowledge {
s. drawing, photography, printing, lithc
y graphing, coloring, tinting, &c.
A would be impossible for us to give, in
4 newspaper article, thorough descriI
3 ton of all we saw and learned regardin
this institution which is destined to bt
e come the pride of our State. Its groun
g comprise 800 acres within the corporal
II limits of Columbus, which are raj
a idly advancing in value, owing to tn
70 steady growth of the city in that direC
1t ton. Its buildings are spacious an
% elegant, and the architecture such as
8 attract the attention of all lovers {
y handsome structures. Quite a numbC
r. of students are in attendance, and con
IS prise representatives Of our best fan
10 lilies. Here the poor but ambition
young man may readily obtain