Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-06
pReseYIsRlANs CELEBRATE.
President Harrison Joins in Day OF Con
memos alton.


President Harrison Joins in J, Day of Com
memos alton.
HARrsvILLs, Bucks County, Pa, Sept G.
--President Harrison and wife, Postmaster
General wanamaker, Priv ate Secretary
Halford, and other distinguish ed citizens at
tended the celebration at the Tennent farm
near here yesterday of the esi a5lishment of
the old "Log" college. The exercises Of the
day were really commemor tive of the
founding of the Presbyterian church in the
United States. The Log college was estab-
lished in 1726 by William Tennent, and
fiourished until 1742, when Prioceton college
was founded, and it may be said that the
Princeton institution of lea ming sprang
from the primitive college established by
Tennent When Thursdays celebration was
first talked of, President Harr son promised
to attend, and he has kept that promise
A Ride to Remember.
The presidential party ar5ed from Mr.
Wanamaker's residence at j snkintown at
an early hour in the morning, going in car
riages the eight miles between the latter
place and the scene of the ceremonies The
ride was one continued ovation. Ii was en-
tirely through farming country, with a
village or two on the way. At every home
| stead the people had gathered to await the
| arrival of the president and the men, women
and children of each family greeted him
with cheers and waving of Fl tgs and hand
kerchiefs, afterward getting il to carriages,
wagons and other vehicles and joining the
procession. At Abingdon, small town,
there was a beautiful triumph al arch, and
ha. hraS ha,, ioin i'm I ha
while the church bells were Iung and the
people cheered From this place to the farm
the road was lined with fiag3-one every
twenty feet-and threaded its way among
beautiful country residences.
Arrival AT tho Farm.
At 80 the procession reacl ed the Ten
nent farm, where a large tent had been
erected for the exercises. As the president
and party entered the tent the whole audi
rnce, numbering many thousands, arose as
rne man and gave them thu nderous well
come, lasting several minutes The exer
cses here were the reading of papers by DIR.
Turner, of Huntsville; Rev. r. NJ Patterson,
of Philadelphia, and others The papers
dealt with the founding of the Log" college
and its influence on Presbyterianism, and
were listened to with deep interest
The President l. Fao.tiou
President Harrison was then introduced
and received with vociferous applausa He
said the Presby terrain doctrine of persever-
ence OF the saints had received an illustra-
ton in the success of this celebration, and
persistent Presbyterianism wa well illus
trated in introducing him to make speech,
thing he never at any time had promised
To do. One Of the most embarring things a
man had to encounter was 10 5tend a cele-
bration and associate with gentlemen whose
pockets bulged out with ma luscript ad-
dresses when one was not simils -ly provided.
He then thanked the audience for their fat
tsring reception of himself and party; con-
graduated Presbytsrianism on its onward
march; urged that no backward step he
taken, and closed by hoping that each at
tendant of the exercises would carry away
peasant memories of the day.
They Cheer and Go to ID lnner
The president was frequently cheered dur
ing his address and at its close the %, 900
people present made the welkin ring with
their cheers, which were kept NJ for at least
five minutes A hymn was sung and the
party proceeded TO dinner in a tent beauti-
fully decorated with flowers. The repast
was entirely informal
After Dinner Exercis.s
The audience then reassembleo in the big
tent and Rev. Ebenezer Erskine and Gov
srnor Beaver delivered address as, while a
letter was read written in us by Gilbert
Tennent, son of the founder of the college
Postmaster General Wanamaker was intro
iuced amid great enthusiasm and APP
plause as the man to whom was due
the presence Of the president Mr. Wanna
maker humorously waived that honor, and
declared that bis business now vas to carry
letters, and he had merely carried the let
tiers between the committee and the pres-
dent. He closed his address with a sug-
gestion that the old Log college lie re built in
form as nearly resembling the original as
possible, as n memorial of Tenn mt Whit
held, and the early Presbyterian heroes
President Knox, of Lafayette college, and
others, also spoke Row j. W. Scott, the
venerable father-in-law of Mr. Harrison,
pronounced the benediction, and the large
assembly dispersed
The Return TO Jenkint wn.
The presidents return trip to the postmas-
ter generals country mouse was accomplished
without special incidsnt There were EN-
thusiastic crowds all along the route Last
evening the president and few frisTis were
guests OF Mr.. ahamaker at dinner w
W. Phelps, G.. W. Childs, Elliott +. Shep-
ard, Governor Beaver, Thomas Dolan, and
others were present
The president left Philadelphia at ILLS a.
IN. to day for Washington Mrs Harrison
remained the guest OF Mrs Wanamaker I'M
til Monday.