The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-04
Especial Correspondence.)

Especial Correspondence.)
Columbus, O.-(Special) )--Ohioans
have planned a Joyous Home Coming,
to be held in Columbus during the
continuance of the Ohio State Fair,
Sept 2, 3, T. 5, 6, next, and the event
gives promise Of being the grandest
in the states history. Hundreds Of
letters are being received daily from
absent Ohioans. assuring the commit
tee of their presence on this joyful
occasion, although the formal invita-
tion will not be mailed until July 1.
Love and pride Of native heath will
bring them back to again live over
the happy days Of long ago, and to
visit those cherished spots where rs
youths, they had loved to linger. What
q pleasure twill be to again visit the
old homestead; to wander once more
over those familiar spots where those
happy childhood days were spent, AMI
10 mingle with our friends of former
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How dear to our hearts are the
scenes Of our CHILDHOOD" and how
fondly that dear old mother will en-
brace her noble son; how proudly that
venerable father will grasp his hand
In royal welcome, and with what de-
light will that loving sister and broth
er welcome home the returning son.
Among the throngs of returning
Ohioans will be many who marched
away with the boys in blue to Lin
coins call for volunteers. and who,
after that historic strife was ended,
settled In the southern or western
states. They now return, feeble with
the weight Of years, their honored
lives fast ebbing away, to visit once
more their native state ere they an
swer the call for enrolment in that
great army above.
How joyful will be the event: how
happy the greetings Of old friends
long parted, and how dear to again
tread upon the soil OF the greatest
and grandest state in all the Union.
Foremost in agriculture; foremost In
industry foremost In war or peace !;
peerless, beautiful Ohio welcomes
back her children. -- -----
For many months the Home Com.
ing Committee has been industriously
seeking out the names and addresses
of former Ohioans, with the result
that the following invitation will he
extended to one hundred and fifty
thousand Buckeye citizens who have
strayed from their native heath.
"Honne, Sweet Home, In Old Ohio"
Ohioans will promote a Joyous
Buckeye Home-C Coming" to be held in
Columbus during the first week OF
September, 1907.
Centrally located. II Is appropriate
that the State Fair grounds, at the
Capital City, should be chosen as the
chief trysting place for old friends to
meet and greet and talk OF other times
and other days.
Half a million native born Ohioans
live outside the state. The ebbine
tides of the ocean always turn agair
home. We command all absent Buck
eyes" wherever you may be, to bt
guided by this precept OF the sea.
You may take the fond heart from
its home by the hearth, but wherever
II goes It will yearn for the place o
its birth. = In the memory of every ont
are pictures Of childhood, painted II
colors that will never fade away.
PILGRIMS, COME 6Acki
Ye pilgrims, come back! Visit one,
more the old homestead and sit oi
that cool and cozy porch as Of yore
Drink at the old well and swing on tn
gate again. Drive the cows down tn
lane to pasture, and climb, II you car
the old red apple tree. as you oft hav
done before. Linger awhile at tn
"Old Swimmin' Hole" and stand wher
the marbles used to roll.
In the breast of every absent "Bucl
eye" we hope to create a desire tina
will bring you back to HOME. SWEE'
HOME, IN OLD OHIO. A desire I
see the boys who are now men and tn
girls who are now women. A desir
that win overcome all barriers an
bring you back to old neighbors. tn
old hearthstone and the family circl,
Roam a. far as you may, grow a
old as you win. there Is yet that my
tic. invisible chord which runs froi
your heart back to the old associ
tions. =.
Since the day you bade adieu. nuc
water has gone under the bridge th
pictures on the wall have faded some
the old clock on the. .mantel has ticks
thousand million Tines; but II ye