The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-01

Otb Ittu httiuDiHnt'hE IN wniTii hrER
GER TAUGHT rrNMAAhHtr,
nd,l,ird Oh NOV. -. ltNI1, aud IN II ne
ninrnI Of this event nov. - Of the pr"R
"ni N"ir WiiurhA'd nn interesting ""rr
Iunut. HE placing Of II hrutI" tablet on
til" At" IT III" first ktntrhotisr. GA tn.
lnbl'I j. shown he old stone rulrth HOUSE
Eiirrutln,'d hy u rtrcl" lrttrr"d hh fol
lows "tntIttIluliA,' uf Itnhn county. used
un the atuirIi,pter, 1900 The great
t.Gil Of lhr ttntr Of Dti1u II nlnu shown.
ntlh the tablet h"nrs III" following in
tcril,Iinu
"Dn this sit" stood the first state
lluIfr Of Dhlu, Wlicr,' tlic Original con
hitiutlOi Of The commonwealth WIS
Ad",t"h, Nov. -. 1902,
It may l." auid TINT thi!licOthr holds
In hIui' for those who will attend the
c"Ijl"nnlnl r"Irbrntiou nnny relies aud
historic Ait"H. Here II locntci Mount
Logan. II reproduction Of which nprenrs
o. the state seal, nud here. too. ARE
t,irtn, Tie home If Governor Worth
iugtnu. aud Ertlit IIill the home Of
Guvrrnor Macarthur and later Of Gov
rruor Alien On every AID" Will he
found examples Of til" work Of that
myHt"rtnln people. ~" mound builders,
regarding whose history NJ little Ia
known Al three Of the governors NEIL
TONED nbOv" lie buried In ChillicOthe.
md here nlho III to be hecn the grave of
Edward Tifiin. the first governor Of
ohio and The president Of tn" corstitu-
tiUnal convention. At the clos" Of hiE
second term liz governor lie wnh elected
to the t'nitrd Suites Hcnnte.
Anol her spot IN ohio around which
Interesting hntnorIcs cling In G"ti"va.
IN th. early elucHtlonnl history Of the
state l'lAlt T.. Spencer played M inp"r.
liant part. II" first Taught the l,"nuti
FIJI SprnrrrlnII rennnnHhip IN it'll"
log Art!OpliiuttM Oh n country rMth near
Gcnrvn. Pupils cam" from nii SECTIONS
Of The country to this litIle school. mud
u, great b"tun" ID" fame If the teach
cr that before hiA death he WIS prcKi-
dent Of fourteen Of the lnrarKt com
mcrcidI colleges bet wrci EaH Francisco
and New York. His grave Is NJ G".
ncvn,
Fremont ;,pnNtH Of being the home Of
President Hayes. ana today Spiegle
Ernvr. II" liny"n estate. IN All ob1rciiY"
p.lnL fer nlIny visitors TO Fremont.
Many of th" trees nItout The plnce rep
rkrHt the growth Of centuries. Auoth'
o. town Of nntininI interest " Point
Pheasant. noted for linvlng been th"
birthplace Of General Grant. In n
boise continuing hut TIVE rooms this
famous warrior and president WAS born
IN April lH.9@4. soo,, after his birth the
Grant family moved to Georgetown,
aud naturally Georgetown has played
much NOR" prominent part than
Point Pheasant IN the history Of Grants
boyhood dny*.
When Sn!iuon T. 'hnse was II boy.
his home was ncnr W0rlhngton. He
On me to Ohio at til" age Of twelve with
at uncle and for SOME time worked on
his uncie's farm to develop later into
the able Jurist Of national reputation.
pleasant recDIlectIons hover IL LETTER
son. which has much Of interest In the
way Of things historic. On the princl-
pal streets still stand the old law Of
fees Of Joshua Il. Giddings and Benja
min +. Wade. the famous aboItiOnists.
In Giddlngs' office are to be found to-
day the awbooks Of the great Ia wyer
aud his ancient safe. The building In
Imprinted. and only necessary repairs
have been made. the people Of Jeffer-
son desiring to keep It's appearance as
nearly as possible the same as In the
days when Gildings practiced there
Columbus. Cleveland. Toledo and
many other Ohio cities and towns have
and memories that will
doubtless appeal to hundreds Of those
who nay visit the state during the
coming celebration. The present wide
~ known cnpital city. Columbus. did
not become the state headquarters M
til 1916. but its history runs back b."
fore that year
AS March / comes on SundIy next
year til" committee having Ciiar-" Of
the centennial r&rrc,z'% bHv" 4, Gifted
to En<tpDro IT." n.a...r<urrc~ H;l'l
"Wednesday and 1nur%'I:.y. May - uJ.d
II. This will not uI.ly 2j%" ID" CONF
mite" further tim" t. ",mpIrt" IL
preparations. but will Uirrcas" the
chances Of having pleasant weather
fGr the celebration.