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cause many tons of earth to fall on
rail road tracks.
Mr. Overstreet is taking dancing
lessons. No one should miss see
ing his new bow.
Latest Style Hats. Eads, Neel & Co.
Mr. Turpin says that he is a fair
representative of the city of Macon.
It is said that the city will bring
suit against Mr. Turpin, for slan
der.
We understand that Mr. J. D.
Howard will start a school of table
etiquette. All pupils will be
taught to cut beef with a spoon
and to eat soup with a fork.
If Dr. Rogers remembers the
answers of all the questions he
asks the professors, he ought to be
the best informed member of the
Sophomore class.
It would afford the Monochord
much pleasure to hear from any of
the alumni. From their reticense
they seem to have forgotten Mer
cer. Let us hear from you, boys.
It is understood that Wesleyan
will soon start a brass band. We
would imagine that they have am
ple materijd on hand for such an
undertaking.
The Wesleyan girls passed Mer
cer not long ago in one of their af
walks, and greatly excited
Mr. Cbti-c and Mr. Ed. Callaway.
They thought it was the parade of
a ten cent circus.
New and Nobby Hats, at
Eads, Neel & Co.’s
(Prof, to Soph, class): —“Gentle-
men let this noise cease. Even
among savages when one speaks
all the rest keep quiet.” A deep
silence followed; yet the Sophs,
claim that they are civilized.
The following gentlemen will be
expected to contribute to the next
number of the Monochord, viz:
M. R Little, C.; J. R. Long, C.;
J. B. Geiger, C.; Peter Zellars, P. D.;
Ed. Callaway, P. D.; and T. M.
Callaway, P. D.
Mr. Rogers says that if he can
write an essay under the signature
of a certain student, that his pro
duction will stand a very good
chance of winning the Hill medal,
-as he can write as well as the oth
er man, but their reputation must
count, you know.
Dr. Ryals has been delivering to
the students a series of splendid
lectures on Parliamentary Law.
Having now covered the whole
ground, he will make a review, ask
ing questions, after which the stu
dents under his direction will have
moot parliaments.
At a recent meeting of the Senior
class, on motion of Mr. Whittaker,
Mr. Ragsdale was instructed to
purchase a “one-eyed spec” for
Mr. Whittaker, the dude-elect of
the class. Mr. Ragsdale immedi
ately left, but up to date had not
procured the necessary article.
(Prof., explaining to Soph, the
variation of the needle): —“Yes,
gentlemen, when you hear a man
say to his girl that he is ‘as true as
the needle to the pole,’ you may be
certain that that man won’t do to
count on. I advise you never to
use that expression.
The Sophomores had their pic
ture taken the other day. This
may appear to be a very simple
event, but it is a sad fact that the
photographer’s camera required to
be repaired no less than three times
during the operation. A suitable
negative was at last obtained by
placing a few thick pieces of smoked
glass in front of the instrument.
Don’t buy Shirts until you see our
“Gold” and “Silver.’
Eads, Neel & Co.
Mr. Hardman recently invited a<
few friends to partake of an egg
supper in his room. The invitation
was accepted, and the guests hav
ing stolen pepper, salt, etc., from
Mr. Medlocks table, gathered in
Mr. Hardman’s room to find that
the eggs had mysteriously disap
peared; now Mr. Hardman wants I
to know what became of them. ''
The Sophomores met recently
and elected the following officers
for the management of their base
ball team :
W. K. Wheatley, manager; Chas.
Murray, captain; D. D. Bennett,
secretary and treasurer; P. D. Hill,
umpire. The following, compose
the team: Murray and Pearce,
pitchers; Ledbetter and Wise, catch
ers; Bennett, lb; Harris, 2b; Ross,
3b; Thomas, If; Turpin, cf; Drewry,'
rs; Clark, ss
Best line of Neckwear ever shown in |
Macon. Eads, Neel & Co.
Prof. Sanford offered as an in
centive, one dozen oranges to the!
member of the Sophomore class,
who would bring him the best
analysis to a very difficult problem
comprising the elementary princi-|
pies of Trigonometry. And he i
was very much surprised to find
26 members ot the class with very
nearly the same analysis and the
same result. He, therefore, had
to secure more oranges, for each I
lucky member of the class to have!
one, for his demonstration. The
following are those who “shared
the fruits of their labor:” Bennet,'
Brown, C. S.; Campbell, Carroll,
Clark, Foreman, Dunwody, Hamil
ton, Howes, Garner, Jones, G.;
Jones, T.; Kilpatrick, G.; Kilpat
rick, J.; Long, Lovoorn, Mallary,
May, Moore, McCall, Overstreet,
THE MONOCZTOHD.
G.; Overstreet, J.; Rodgers, Rod-'
denbery, Steed and Williams.
Prof. S. is going to make anoth
er offer —wonder who will get the
fruit ?
The following is the composition |
of a Mercer ‘Prep,’ upon the sub
ject ‘ocean,’and the original manu
script with blots and erasures makes
a very interesting document:
“An ocean is the largest body of
water; it uster be considered a larg
thing to cross the ocean. You know
that Columbus by crossing the
ocean, discovered americus. it
uster take a month to cross the
ocean but now it dont take more
than a week. Talking about how
long it uster take you to cross the
ocean they have larg ship and they
have nice parlors in them like a
house would. There are 5 or 6
oceans, among them all the pacific
is used the most; the ocean is a;
very good thing to travel on..
I think it would be very pleasant
to travel on it. They get the i
sponge out of the ocean and there i
are plenty of whale. The ocean is i
a great body of water to carry 1
commerce on between the two
hemispheres. They have ship to
bring us what we want and take
back what they want, and they
sometime get reck on the ocean
L>v running against rocks."
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Base Ball.
On the return of Spring and Summer,
the National game, Baseball, springs up
with renewed activity and increasing pop
ularity. The Southern League, the recog
nized base ball organization of the South,
has now the most encouraging prospects to
the admirers of the game, and will afford
no little amusement, during the dull
months of summer.
The Mercer boys, urged on partly by
the erases and partly by the healthful ex
ercise to be derived from the practice of
playing ball, have recently organized a
club, the merits of which have been re-i
cently tested by the contest between this
club and the club of professionals brought
to Macon for the purpose of contesting
the right of champsonship with other
clubs of the Southern League. The game
took place on Saturday, the 13th inst., and
quite exceeded the most sanguine hopes of
the club’s greatest admirers. Harper, the ■
Junior pitcher, occupied the box for the
college boys, and from the width of his 1
curves, as well as the swiftness of his
balls, one would have thought that he had
devoted a great deal more time to the
mathematics of strikes and balls than the
differentiations of transcendental func- 1
tions.
Ledbetter, the catcher, supported Har
per well, and swung to the foul tips and .
strikes with a pluck that did great credit 1
to the catching propensities of Crutch.
The rest of the nine played with few er-‘
rors- The following is the score by
innings, as handed us by one who kept a
record.
Macon P—o. 3,1, 0, 0,1, 0,1. o—6. i
Mercer B —O. 0. 3,3, 0,1, 0,0,--7.. —7.
Struck out by Harper, 11; by Green, 9.
Passed Balls, Ledbetter, 2; Clegg. 1.
Georgia has become as much a
temperance State as Maine.
THE COLLEGE BOY.
Leaving Home—at College—Leaving
College.
Nine out of every ten college
boys come from the country, or
from little villages. City boys do
not go to college—they “get into
business.”
At the age of sixteen or eighteen,
the country boy. whose mind has
never been occupied by anything
but the simple thoughts that the
scenes and doings of rural life in
spire, is startled as he hears his
father say : “My son, as you have
formed a character, which, I think,
can be trusted out in the world,
and as I do not need you at home,
if you can be benefited more else
where, you may go to college, and
get a good education." A new and
undreamed of field is now thrown
open to the boy’s view, and he
stands, in his rustic simplicity, and
gazes on it. He is bewildered at
the novel things in it. To save his
life, he cannot settle in his mind
what a college is. He has heard
that lots of boys go there, and that
they kick up “old nick,” and play
all sorts of pranks. Though, ap
prehensive of danger, the boy de
cides to go and try the terrible
place —for thinks he, “may be it is
best.”
Bye and bye, the time to leave
for college is come, and the boy,
kissing his hopeful mother and af
fectionate sisters good-bye, and re
ceiving the blessings of the home
folk, and the old servant, starts off
to the railroad station.
At the station a revolution takes
place. The boy puts off his bro
gans, his copperas-pantaloons, his
old hat—bids them farewell, and
puts on boots, a store-bought suit,
a nice hat, linen collars and cuffs,
his mother’s watch and chain, a
barber-hair-cut. This new “rig
out” makes him feel kind of funny,
and wonders if his Ma would know
him. Last, and most important,
his father hands him a big leather
pocket-book that is in travail with
big, honest bills.
All being ready, the boy boards
the train for the first time in his
life, and starts to that terrible place,
college. Ah! old fellow, you do
not know it, but you are just set
free. “Fun’s just begun.”
The boy arrives at college, scared
half to death. He is on pins, lest
he should make some blunder and
show that he is from the back
woods By trying to hide his
colors, he furnishes the very fun he
attempts to avoid giving. We have
been there ourself. His heart
aches as the boys tell him to pre
pare for the “hazing mob.” He
