The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-12-16
LETTER FROM DELAWARE,
Highland Boy" Gives Us Some Inter
esting Facts
About the o. W. u. and It's Students.

DELAWARE, o., December 18th, 1885.
DEAR News We have been intending
to write to you for quite a while, but
have been constantly putting it of. The
poet said, "Procrastination is the thief
of time, and that fact has been demon
strated so often that it is now universe lily
conceded that he knew what he was
talking ABOUT, or rather writing about,
But, since undertaking the task, we
hardly know what would most interest
the NEWS family. We can't well de-
scribe a pleasant boat ride on the placid
bosom of Greenwood Lake, for we have
not recently had Just such a boat ride
and besides it would hardly be interest
ing reading these bleak December days.
Neither do we wish to depict the mys-
teries of the haunted house, situated
about five miles from Delaware, for it
might seem that we were laying a pat
tern in this line for "Tramp Printer" to
come up to. Should we enter into a
contest of this kind with one who has
gone up and down through this broad
land of ours, as Tramp Printer" has,
and has had abundant opportunities to
become acquainted with the mysterious
workings of the very old Harry himself
we can easily forsee that we would be
ruled out after the first heat.
Perhaps, then, few items in regard
to the Ohio Wesleyan University, the
pride of Delaware, and of the NJ. E
Church, as well, might not be uninter
esting to some of your many readers.
School at the University closes for the
holidays about December 23rd, after q
successful session of fourteen weeks, anc
doubtless many Of its hundreds OF stu
dents are already counting the days unit
they can board the train and go back t
'theihomes they love so we'll" Yet there
will be many who can not enjoy thi
pleasure, as their homes are in distan
States or foreign lands, and a visit t,
which necessitates quite an expenditure
of time and money. Last year we hat
representatives here from seventeen dill
ferent States and two Territories OF tn
Union, besides five foreign countries
The representation this year, though
perhaps not quite so great numerically
is nearly or quite as wide in its distr
button.
Benighted Mexico is represented b
two OF her sons who are here acquirin
Christian education so as to be able t
carry back to their countrymen in tha
land OF ignorance and superstition tn
''glad tidings of great joy, peace on eartl
good will to men" One of these youn
men, Mr.. Galdino L. Gutierrez, is no
in his Freshman year, and promises
make an accomplished scholar He
quite we'll versed in philology and bega
teaching a class in the Spanish langual
last year
The other student, Mr.. Luis G. Noch
hua pronounced Satchawa), from Me
leo City, has only been in college but
year, yet he seems to be doing thoroug
work and ranks as high as his Caucasia
brothers in the same class.
England has representatives he
from Yorkshire and Hull on the HUI
Der, besides two or three others who v
are unable to locate
One of these deserves mention. He
a man now full grown, we would iudl
as he stands some six feet three inch
and his mind is fully as well develop
as his body. Mr.. Gray, for that is
name left England as a poor ignora
boy before the mast He sailed in Il
capacity under the British Lion until
became tired of being kicked and cuff
iT;1 about by one Of John Bulls overbeari
by shipmasters and at last succeeded
im reaching the United States Heresid
Pr at Cleveland for some years. selling /
5ll pers nights aud mornings and going
~ school during the day at one of
- graded schools in that city, which
entered in the b C department
stuck faithfully 10 his post until
vrorLrad his vav through the differ