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was made on the railroad, and then the rest on foot, several days being 

 spent in studying the geological formations. Doctor Brown was a man 

 of practically the same type as Doctor Scott, full of enthusiasm, a won- 

 derful capacity for work, a magnificent physique, and a faculty of inter- 

 esting his students in tl)e subjects under consid^n-ation. These two men, 

 whom I knew so well, were typical teachers. They had the genius 

 doeentis. Mr. Brown's services to tlie State are written in its Geological 

 Reports of tlie coal fields and in tlio pronuitidu of Its industries. Like 

 Doctor Scott, he was also a preacher, and tlicre was rar(>ly a Sunday that 

 he did not deliver at least two sermons. He was i)nrticularly fond of 

 walking, and thought nothing, even at tlie age of si'xcnty, of a tramp of 

 ten or fifteen miles to fill an appuintnient. 1 remcmher a story which he 

 told in regard to one of his trips when lie w;is a young man and soon after 

 he entered the ministry. He was too poor to have a liorse and was in 

 the hal)it of going from one appointment to anollier on foot, inasmueli as 

 the railroads were tlien not in vogue. One morning after a long tramp 

 he stopped at a farmhouse witli the expectation of being entertained at 

 dinner. Tlie fai-mer happened to be a (piaker, and, of coiu-se, devoid of 

 any ceremony. Doctor Brown was a modest young man and was not quite 

 accustomed to the directness of tlie quakei-s" hospitality, and when the 

 liour for till' meal arrived the liost said, "Tliy diiuK^r is ready; will tliee 

 come in to dineV" He very politely said, expecting to lie invited a second 

 time, "I thank you. liut I am not very hungry:" to which came the reply, 

 "Very well, 11h(> c.-m sit fliere until we liave finished." Whereuiion tin- 

 dinner was served M'itli all the good tilings which a quaker farmer can 

 put u])on a table, while the young ])i-eaeher was left to regale himself with 

 all the delicious odors from llie fable and the thought of what he could 

 do Avith all the excess of peptic ferments which the odor of the dinner 

 were producing. After that experience he learned never to decline the 

 first invitation from a quaker. 



Instruction in Franklin College in science at the time I mention, was 

 given by Professor Hougham. Professor Hougham was also a remark- 

 al)le man in industry and in alulity. I afterward liad tlie good fortune to 

 know him quite intimately when he was one of the professors in the 

 early days of Purdue. In his laboratory work he was the perfection of 

 neatness and order. In fact this was one of the predominating character- 

 istics of his character, and his great success in life was, in a large meas- 

 ure, due to it, Professor Hougham was particularly interested in physics 



