Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-02

About the same time Mr. Scott having COM
pleted his educational and theological studies,
came to-Washington, Pa. instructor in
the old Washington college before it was united
with its rival, Jefferson. The old acquaintance
was renewed. and soon after Mary Neal. the
bank cashiers daughter. became the wife of
John W. Scott, the professor. Some 40 miles
IN a nOrthwesterly direction from Cincinnati
Ohio. is the rural town of Oxford. As early as
1926 it was made the seat of Miami university
founded under the patronage of the state.
These important educational interests subse-
quently led to the establishment of the Oxford
Female college and the Western Female semi
nary. OF the former Rev. John ". Scott had
become president
THE STUDENT LOVER.
There a student at Oxford at this time
by the name of Benjamin Harrison. He had
passed from Farmers college into the Miami
university. and graduated at the age of
eighteen years. "a tribute in itself to his indus
try and mental capabilities. The young
student. in the midst of his pursuit of learning.
found himself oyertaken by love. The
daughter of the worthy man of God and erudi-
ton was the object of his affection. John Scott
Harrison. the father of the student was too
warm-hearted and liberal to lay by much Of
earth sstOres to take a selfish care of what
he received by inheritance. The patrimonial
estate had diminished in acres and the family
eXchequer in cash under his management
which left Benjamin to make his own way with
his field for investment. II was a trying
situation into which to be driven by implacable
fate. TO sever the tender ties which held him at
Oxford for the Unconditional experiences of a
student at law in the firm of Bellamy Slower
and Abram Gwynn, of Cincinnati. The very
name had a mustiness about il which savored
of much law and learning. He finished his
toiLsome journey up the rugged highway of
jurisprudence. and the first thing thereafter,
Ike sensible young man, wendell his way
back to Oxford
THE WEDDING.
On October 90 1853, he there made Miss
Carrie Scott his bride. The prospects in life
for the young couple were not bright, as the
world goes. but the young people were full of
hope. Their united fortunes in love made
them cOntented. and with happy hearts and will
ing hands they crossed the Threshold of life's
duties together.
Their honeymoon was passed under the pa
ternal roof at North Bend. below Cincinnati
The estate impinged upon the boundary line of
Indiana In the following March the young
couple went to indianapolis, the wife to lay
the foundations and make home and the hus-
band to build up career. In addition to the
care bestowed upon her education, the young
wife was trained in household duties. The
Oxford seminary boarding-h house, which &C
cOmmodated about thirty young ladies' was
managed by Mrs. Scott, who assisted BY
her daughter. Carrie Scott, in those days. was
bright, vlyacious, witty girl, very pretty, with
speaking eyes and good figure. She was greatly
admired by the students but not one could
stand in the way of Ben" as she always affec-
ti1nately called him.
USPRETESTous SURROUNDINGS.
The cash capital at lhe command of BENJAMIN
Harrison when he began married life and the
practice of his profession $500, an advance
Oh a lot in Cincinnati inherited through his
aunt. who married James Finlay a soldier of
the war OF 1912. Mr.. and Mrs Harrison began
their domestic responsibilities in rooms in an
indianapolis clearinghouse. In the summer
OF 1854 Mrs. Harrison paid a visit TO her parents
at the old home at Oxford, and there on
August II. Russell Harrison. their eldest child
was born After this event in the family circle
the young mother having returned in the
autumn, to indianapolis, the proud husband
rented small house and began life in earnest,
his faithful and industrious wife doing her own
housework, in a cottage OF three rooms. The
steady gains In fame, practice and pecuniary
rewards in two years found Mrs. Harrison pre-
SIDING over a larger and more pretentious
house. Here their second and last child Mary
Scott Harrison, was born
What marvellous transitioni March, 1854,
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, settling down
at Indianapolis to life of toll and possibilities
March, 1889, President and Mrs. Benjamin Har-
rison at Washington entering upon the admin
istrative duties and ceremonial and social en-
joyments Of supreme rank by the voice of the
people. During the intervening period OF
thirty-fve years the career Of Benjamin Harri-
son has been one Of growing honors, and his
estimable wife keeping pace with him in every
sphere glorifed his domestic and social sur
roundings by her gifts of mind. purity Of heart,
amisbility Of manners, and works Of benevo-
lencs.