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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 the subjects under consid?ration. These two men, 

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

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

 Reports of the coal fields and in the promotion of its industries. Like 

 Doctor Scott, he was also a preacher, and there was rarely a Sunday that 

 he did not deliver at least two sermons. He was particularly fond of 

 walking, and thought nothing, even at the age of seventy, of a tramp of 

 ten or fifteen miles to fill an appointment. I remember a story which he 

 told in regard to one of his trips when ho was a young man and soon after 

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

 the habit of going from one appointment to another on foot, inasmuch as 

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

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

 dinner. The fanner h;ippened to l)e a quaker, and, of course, devoid of 

 any ceremonj-. Doctor Brown was a modest young luan and was not quite 

 accustomed to the directness of the quakers" hospitality, and when -the 

 hour for the meal arrived the host said. '"Thy dinner is ready; will thee 

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

 time, '"I thank you. l>ut I am not very hungry;" to which came the reply, 

 "Very well, thee can sit there until we have finished." AVhereupon the 

 dinner was served Avith all the good things which a quaker farmer can 

 put iipon a table, while the young preacher Avas left to regale himself Avith 

 all the delicious odors from the table and the thought of what he could 

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

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

 first invitation from a (luaker. 



Instruction in Franklin College in science at the time I mention, AA^as 

 giA-en by Professor Hougham. • Professor Hougham Avas also a remark- 

 able man in industry and in ability. I afterAvard had the good fortune to 

 knoAV him quite intimately Avhen he Avas one of the professors in the 

 early days of Purdue. In his laboratory work he AA'as 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 



