Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-07-25
TEACHERS NATIONAL CONVENTION.

sss Lady the Belle Of Saratoga-New On
GERS, ETC., Etc.
special Correspondence
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, July Is, 1885
The twenty-ffth annual meeting O
the national educational association viii
end to-day. The attendance lacks sew.
eral thousand of last year, and it clearly
proves that more interest in the subject
is taken in the west than in the east in
such conventions. The following Kan.
sas people are in attendance: Chancel.
lor Lippin ,ott, of Kansas university; J.
81. Garfield, of Lawrence; State superin-
tendent ]. W. Lawhead; D. C. Tillotson,
b. C. Speer, Misses McClintock, Mol
den; Samson, Brown, Goodspeed; and
the Misses Sheriff. represent Topeka;
Miss Gano, of Leavenworth schools; Miss
Blunt, of Kansas City; Mrs. Morse, of
Lawrence; a. D. Jewett, DR.. Austin and
Thos. Kirby, of Abilene; A. R. Taylo of
Emporia, president of the nor NAL school;
Geo. Fairchild, president of state agri-
cultural school, Manhattan; Prof. Hor-
ton, of Neosho Falls, F. T. Baker, Geo.
P. Randall, of Clay Center; w. Rice, of
Fort Scott; Mr.. and Mrs. Newell, of
Manhattan, and Mr.. Chaplin, of Salina.
The Kansas delegation worked from
the time of their arrival to have the
next convention at Topeka. From early
morn to close of night Prof. Speer, Til
lotson, Garfield and Lawhead and Jones
Of Nebraska, could be seen at the lead
ing hotels lobbying and at this writing
Topeka is assured of the prize. This
will bring over ten thousand teachers to
Topeka next July from all parts of the
United States. Every leading railroad
has representative here and rate of
$S5 the round trip is assured from New
York.
THEY VISIT GRANT.
Kansas people would not be satisfied
even though its representatives here
had secured for it's own capital the next
convention had they failed to tender
their respects to Gen. Grant. Thursday
July 16, the following Kansas
party visited Mt. McGregor: Prof. Law
head, DR.. Austin and Prof. Jewett, of
Abilene; Misses McClintock, Gano,
Goodspeed and Blunt, of Topeka; w.
Rice, of Fort Scott, and the COMMON
representative.
Mt. McGregor is ten and one-half
miles from Saratoga and is peak OF the
Adirondack mountains. 1t is 1900 feet
above the sea. The railroad is narrow
guage and forty-fve minutesis consumed
in making the trip, the grade being
235 feet to the mile. From the eastern
outlook the eve wanders over the broad
valley of the upper Hudson from the
On the north to the Taghk-
anies on the south. The Green mountains
Is well as the White mountains can also
Dc seen. A teacher in one of our city
schools, as she looked toward the Hud-
,on, asked a friend near her to pinch |
her to see if she was really in fairy land
10 beautiful was the scenery.
The only cottage seen on the mount
lin is the one occupied by Gen. Grants
amily. This is situated about fifteen
DDS from the mountain "hotel Balmo-
al" A wide porch extends around two
ides of the building. The cottage is two
tories high and is far from being fash
enable one. The Kansas people had
he pleasure of seeing the sick soldier
nearly two hours as he was seated on
he front porch in an easy chair, read
ng the morning papers, and occasionally
Walking the distance of the porch. He
vas attired in dressing gown, and on
lis head was thick scull cap. His feat
Tres we're very haggard and would nat
lrally draw the sympathy of his friends
Hrs. Grant, Col. Fred and wife and DR..
Newman were also seated on
he pleasant piazza during the
morning hour. Col. Fred is very So
ial and in conversation with the
writer asked that his thanks be ten
Tered to the citizens of Topeka for
heir generous and earnest demonstra-
ions on his fathers birthday and ex-
using himself few minutes he re-
urned and showed a copy of the
COMMONWEALTH he had preserved con-
aiming the account of the Topeka OBJ
ervance of the occasion he referred to.
The railroad company which owns the
mountain as we'll as the "Hotel Bal
moral" has made good hit by hav-
ing Gen. Grant as an attraction, as large
.rowds of mountain visitors daily pay
he 81 fare to crafty their desire to see
he sick soldier.
SARATOGA.
It would not do to close this hastily
written letter without short reference
o Saratoga Springs. Its main street,
Broadway, which extends through the
ntire village and making the grand
rive and promenade where all the
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