Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-25

proceed, oTleuy, 10 Oulllne some Oh I'll e
pleasurable features OF the entertainment
in Cincinnati and the excursion to the
Rocky Mountains.
The readers of the JOURNAL are already
familiar with Our opinion Of the enter
prise and hospitality OF the good people Of
Cincinnati. Their enterprise is manifest
throughout the city, upon every hill top,
numerous Of these) Ia their public parks
water works, educational-especially mu-
sicnl--in their industrial exhibitions, their
printing establishments, in their public in
stitutions such as orphan asylums, &C., &c.
We have seen their generosity taxed to a
lar greater extent than upon this occasion
and they were always equal TO the emergen',
cy. Wehave seen their support while In the
field and welcome home Of their soldiers
their mammoth hospitals and tender care
of the wounded soldier in their midst, and
their bazars extending over squares, con-
ducted for weeks by The benevolent to raise
funds and medical supplies for the sick
and wounded in the field hospitals; every
market house, vacant building, street and
alley filed with squirrel hunters" and
all were fed and cared for without a MUIR
mnr We have seen train loads Of pro-
visions, engines and hremen started for
Chicago, a rival city, on the 6rst call for
aid during the great conhagration; also
clothing, provisions and money raised in
liberal quantities for the sufferers in
Michigan by fire, and the people of the
South prostrated by the yellow fever.
With this same liberal spirit was the
ton, from city and rural district, to the
number of one hundred City, accompanied
by their wives, daughters, sisters and their
uumts. received and entertained for two
days and nights, with headquarters at the
Gibson House. Street railroad conductors
throughout the city were instructed TO col
lcct no fare from those wearing the badge
nf tho A"sOsi~tio~, C,>d III SSarS-e; an -the
absolute freedom of the city as far as it
was possible to extend it. The local COM
mittee, headed by ROBERT ALLISON, Esq,
OF the Franklin Type Foundry, and Col.
II. g. ARMSTRONG, business manager OF
the Guzette establishment, we're ever atten-
tive to the wants of the visitors. Citizen
delegates were ever ready to take out
squad Of the Association and show them
the city by gas or daylight.
The business meetings Of the Associa.
tion were mainly devoted to the election
OF officers, the adoption OF new constitn-
tion and bylaws, and listening to speeches
OF welcome by the Mayor and other dis.
tinguished citizens, and responses from
President MACK, Major BIcKHAM and
other good takers Of the Association.
The afternoon OF the 18th was devoted
10 visit Of DAVIS & Co.'S stove foundry,
one Of the largest in the United States,
where the whole party WAS " treated hand
somely," then SnILITo's mammoth new
store, which is not second to STEWARDS,
-oi New York the Board Of Trade rooms,
the Lion Brewery, which has $500, 900 en-
ployed in rhe business, and where the party
we're taken three stories under ground
witnessed display of the fire department.
az the canal basin, visited Music Hall and
treated TO a grand organ concert from the
l"rgest organ in the U. S. We deviated from
the programme TO call on our old friend,
Mr.. j. c. KERR, Of the Grm Of A. r.
CLARK & Co., wholesale grocers, 80 Wal
nut street, which is one of The oldest and
most substantial houses in the city. The
evening was spent in the various places OF
amusement about the city, many Of the
party attending reception given by the
Lincoln Club.
The afternoon OF the 10Th was occupied
in twenty five mile drive to Spring
Grove Cemetery, among the residences
through the avenues on the hill tops,
Geological Garden, Eden Park, and round
ing up at the Highland House at 7 O'Clock
in the evening, where all parties alighted,
and the carriages, one hundred in mum.
Der, dismissed. After dusling, washing and |
resting, u view OF the city was enjnv d |
from his ! igh point, CURRIERS' band die.
conrslng some Of their sweetest strains the
while for the edi6ealion Of the arty.
Between 8 ard 8 O'clock the whole party,
with an equal il not larger numl er oI
citizens, filed into the spacious dining hall |
where II programme awaited them, and if |
:
Iully carried out, would have occupied |
he remainder Of the night. The pro-
sramme contained fifteen toasts with re
'ponses to each, inlerspersed with music
between each toast. besides the able ad. |
iress Of WnfTELAw REED, of thehNew
York 1ribsne, which occupied two hours
in its delivery, and banquet which con-.
Iained all the luxuries Of the season, served |
by immaculate walters with some ak |
Or seven changes OF dishcp, champagne,
Red Cross, Werks Dry Golden Eagle, Ca
Iaba and Delaware wines, with French "
coffee, WAS served as the staple drink. Re-
me nbering that the street railroads only
ran one car every hour after ~ o'clock,
we left at H. Very many who stayed to
the close of the banquet found il necessary
10 reach their hotel on foot.
OFF FOR ST. LOUIS.
With the close OF the banquet closed the
entertainment by generous
hearted people, and early next morning
the Association, numbering about one
hundred and forty, rolled out over the
Ohio q Mississippi Railroad with many
pleasant recOllseiions Of the 5eauiy, enter.