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order the numerous and important
historical events that transpired in
his county. The little book is
illustrated and has a large folding map
of the territory which it treats.
Auglaize county was a sort of geogra-
phical and historical pivotal point in
Ohio. It was the chief gate way
for Indians and whites between Lake Erie
and the Ohio river for sixty-
five years (1749-1814). "The reader
should remember that the Maumee
rises in the southern part of our county
(Auglaize) south of Wapakoneta
and flows north into Lake Erie and that
the Great Miami rises a few miles
further east and flows south into the
Ohio. The source of the St. Mary
is really the source of the Maumee.
Boats can ply on the Miami from
our county to the Ohio and on the Maumee
from here to Lake Erie."
With only a few miles of portage there
was water passage from the Erie
to the Ohio.
OHIO EDUCATIONAL MONTHLY.
The Ohio Educational Monthly in
its number for July, 1901, cele-
brates the fiftieth anniversary of that
publication. The burden of half a
century rests gracefully upon this time
honored and highly esteemed
monthly. No publication in our state has
ever exerted such a stimulating,
wise and wide influence in favor of all that
is best and most progressive
in popular education. It has been an
informing incentive to thousands of
teachers, who have profited by its
pages. It has had a distinguished line
of editors and an innumerable host of
illustrious contributors, and to-day
it represents the best thought, methods
and tendencies of our splendid
state school system. We congratulate the
Educational Monthly on its
semi-centennial birth year. It has the
maturity of longevity without the
slightest symptom of antiquity. It is
anything but archaic. It was never
so youthful in spirit or so forceful in
effort as now, under the editorship
and proprietorship of Hon. O. T. Corson.
The July number in question
is of course unusually interesting. It
recites the history of the Monthly;
contains articles by many of the former
editors and writers. Not the
least of its valuable features is the
department of "Current History"
conducted by Professor F. B. Pearson; a
concise statement or commen-
tary on the leading world events of the
day. The Monthly is evidently
sharing the proverbial "prosperity
of the day," for it is enabled to begin
the new half century at the reduced
price of one dollar per annum.
OHIO SOCIETY S. A. R.
The anniversary of the battles of
Concord and Lexington was fit-
tingly observed by the Ohio Society of
the Sons of the Revolution at
Columbus, Ohio, on April 19, 1901. At
the business session in the
afternoon at the Chittenden Hotel, the
reports of the various committees
were read, showing the year to have been
the most prosperous in the
history of the Society. The membership
during the year had increased