The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-09-19

Olty. OuI OOurt house ID llVV Ieet
above sea level, and only few miles
west is the summit where the waters
divide, running east to the Scioto,
and west to the Little Miami. Your
beautiful town is truly "a city set on
hill, and shedding its light far
abroad" Hamlet describes his father
as having
"A station like a herald, Mercury,
New-lighted on a aHeaven.kissing hill"
Heaven-kissing hills What a beauti-
full idea Just remember, you good
people of old Highland, that you are
living nearer Heaven materially than
the majority of your fellow.citizens
in any other portion of the State.
While we rejoice today over the
wonderful progress of the past CEN
tury, 1t is our duty to remember the
self-sacri6cing and public-spirited
men to whom that progress is chiefly
due. To that justly honored leader
among the pioneer settlers, Allen
Trlmble, is Highland more indebted
than to any other citizen, for the
first so years. He was twice Governor
of the State, represented the county
in the Legislature several terms, and
served as State Canal Commissioner.
To his son, VIM. q. Trimble, she owes
an eternal debt of gratitude for his
untiring efforts to give Hillsboro a
through line of railroad to Baltimore,
which failed, not through any fault
of his, but owing to circumstances
which we're beyond control. To that
enterprising, generous and wonder
fully successful business man, G. 8.
Bell, the town is chiefly indebted for
many of the great public improve.
ments for the past so years. "They
rest from their labors and their works
do follow them"
To that ripe scholar and true
Christian gentlemen, Joseph Nc.
Dowell Matthews, Hillsboro should
ever give due honor, as the founder
of the Oakland Female Seminary In
1889. It was one of the first semina.
ries for girls exclusively, established
in the West, and stood deservedly
among the highest. It attracted
students from many other states, and
did much to give the town that wide
reputation for literary and moral
culture which 1t has always enjoyed.
In 1857 Mr.. Matthews was elected
President of the Hillsboro Female
College, and the school was trans.
ferred to the much larger and more
comodious building erected for 1t, In
the west end.
A spirit of rivalry between the
Methodists and Presbyterians led to
the establishment of the Highland
Institute, under Presbyterian infu-
ence. was very ably conducted by
that accomplished and universally
beloved woman, Miss Grand. G Girard,
and was we'll patronized tor some
years, but the rivalry between the
two schools 80 divided the public
patronage that both we're finally dis.
continued for want OF support.
For the present high standing of
the public schools of town and county
you owe lasting gratitude to that able
and veteran teacher and scholar,
Professor Isaac Same, who, when I
came here, was Superintendent of
the schools, and afterwards for many
years, President of the County Board
OF Schools Examiners. Associated
with him as Examiners were that
other excellent and popular teacher,
Lewis McKibben, and James Heron,
the fine scholar and cultured gentle.
man, who heartily co-operated with
Professor Sans. Through their In
iuence, aiding by the School Board,
consisting of G. 8. Bell, Washington
ooggett, j. G. Gregg, N. Rockhold,
lanes Murphy and J. n. Mullenix and
he Town Council, the large and con-
'enient Walnut street school house
vas built In 1856, of which Henry
)oggett was the efficient Superin-
endent for 10 years.
But the event in the history of
dillsboro which has made her known
the Christian and civil
zed world, is the Temperance Cru
ade" of nearly "a years ago, the
most unique and remarkable of all
temperance movements of the last
century, If not in the worlds history.
That 1t was divipely inspired, none
;an doubt, from the wonderful re-
ults that have grown out of 1t In the
of the Women's Chris
ian Temperance Union, which has
pread throughout every Christian
,ation. That the noble and gifted,
v we'll ~ sanity woman, who was the
Mother Of the Crusade" Mrs. Eliza