The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1913-01-23

Prof. Sans he said, was also eccen-
trio that his first recollection of
Prof. Samsswasi when he came into
the room he .was in one day Mr..
Hibben was at the board Mr.. Sans
in the way which he only had sudden
ly pointed his finger at him and said,
"Urchin, what is of ! of a taw ,og2
Quick, quick" And Mr.. HiDoen said
could not have told him his name.
Later Prot. Sans opened private
school where the residence of Judge
Higgins now stands. The pupils
were Charles and George Trimble,
Casper Collins, Startling Smith,
Samuel Scott and Mr.. Hibben. Mr..
Hibben said this school was run
without any rules whatever that 1t
commenced whenever the boys got
there and closed when Prof. Sans
wanted to; that Prof. Sans was a
thorough scholar, man of wide
learning and great knowledge that
the boys had to learn and thorough
ness was necessary In all work.
He here told an unusual incident
Prof Sans was an Englshman and
had fought at Waterloo under the
Duke of Wellington. Another resi-
dent of Hillsboro at the same time
was Amiel Grand Girard, who had
fought under the Emperor Napoleon.
These two men were friends here and
both now lie buried in the cemetery
north of town.
Rev. Samuel Steele, father Of Judge
Steele, and for many years pastor of
the Presbyterian church, was the next
of the old residents discussed by Mr..
Hibben. DR., Steele, he said, was too
busy preaching the gospel, visiting
the sick and needy, giving comfort
and help, to deliver lectures. He told
of the tact and care needed by DR..
Steele during the trying times of the
Civil War and how he SO lovingly and
thoughtfully looked after affairs that
there was not single break in his
congregation. He paid high tribute
to the character, ability and worth of
DR.. Steele, both as minister and a
man.
Miss Emily Grand Girard, a sis
ter of Amiel Grand. Girard, was the
last of the older residents mentioned
by Mr.. Hibben. Miss Grand Girard
was first a teacher in the Oakland
Female Seminary, where the Child
ren's home is now located. Miss
Grand Girard, he said, in addition to
her school work always had time to
teach class of boys in the Presby-
terian Sunday School and he had the
good fortune to be member of her
class. Her thoughtfulness, tender.
ness and interest In her pupils, her
love and care of all and her ability as
teacher were characteristics, he
could never forget.
Mr.. Hibben closed by saying that
he was proud of Hillsboro's past,
gloried in her present and had hope
and faith in her future.
DIR. R. o. Matthews was the last
speaker on the program. His subject
was, "Moral Progress-An Essential
TO Municipal Prosperity" All who
have heard DR.. Matthews since he
came to Hillsboro, know that his SUBJ
ject was handled in mastery man
ner. Always eloquent, forceful, en-.
tertaining and instructive, golden
cataract of words flowed from his lips
teaching the necessity of an honest,
moral and fearless citizenship if a
nation.or community will prosper.
After telling few humorous stories
he launched Into the theme of his
address. He told of the home the bee
built for itself and of the more per-
manent home built by the ant, but of
the wonderful home built by man;
how in the brain of man was all the
details of city, it's streets, it's sbuild
ings, it's business concerns, It's fac
tories. He told of the decay Of the
ancient nations and magnificent |
cities, how the cause or their downfall
In each instance had been caused by
the decadence of the men and women;
that no nation could prosper whose
men were not honest and lead moral
lives and whose women were not vir-
tuous. He told of the wonderful
of this nation, the building
of Chicago, the greatest inland city
in the world, in a swamp; how New
York City when 1T found it had no
more land first took from the waters
and then from the sky and OF the
marvels of the skyscrapers, some 500
feet high, but he said that some of the
millionaires in these skYscrapers were
as near Heaven as they would ever
be.
He touched on the damages of i'm
migration and said that he had stood
on Ellis island and seen the thousands