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LOCAL ITEMS.
Dr. Wm. L. Jones and father, Edi
tors of the Southern Cultivator, have
just completed anew an<}- handsome
brick building for an office. We
.hope the circulation of the Cultivator
may be commensurate with the abil
ities of its editors, and with the ad
vantages they now enjoy/
«*• Elections. —The Phi Ivjtppa and
’ Demosthenian Societies have decided
who shall represent them as orators
at f the next Commencement. The
Demosthenians have chosen Mr. W.
S. McCarty, of Jefferson; the Phi
Kappas, Mr. W. C. Beeks, of Griffin.
From what we havo heard concern
ing the* eloquence of Mr. McCarty,
and know of his general ability, we
can assure our friends who intend
" visiting Athens during next Com
mencement, that, even were there no
other sources of pleasure here, they
will find sufficient entertainment and
good sense in his speech, to pay them'
for their visit. As to Mr. Beeks, we
know him. We have often, in our
own Hull, hung enchanted upon his
efoquence, and gathered pearls of
beauty as he strewed them. Griffin
may be proud that she has a son,
not only so fortunate as to get the
place, but abundantly able to fulfil
been days. We heir
that' he is improving. God grant
that he may soon be restored to us.
We miss himself’hnd fiis lectures!
We are glad to hear also, that two
of our fellow-students who have bee*
sick, are recovering.
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Sugar Elongation.— -Wo learn that
candy pulling on Friday' night
jam* perfect success, despite the rain.
/fUJ returned home sweetened and
pleased. A second candy pulling - f
; AfATRiMONiAL.—’Tis Said very few
graduates of Colleges marry. One
of the Athens young ladies has lately
been so fortunate (?) as to entrap one.
/We have heard that Miss has
fair prospects of catching another.
Ifrot knowing whether this be so, we
we feel quite a delicacy in saying.
Law School.— Notwithstanding
the many good things in the Colle
gian, concerning the prevalence of the
Blackstone fever, the Law Class of
the University has received a very
decided accession. Besides many
new students- come in especially for
the Law, many also of the Senior
Class have become affected with the
dangerous malady. The Law Den
partinent is fuller than it has been
since the days of Thos. R. R. Cobb’s
Professorship. Colonel Mitchell de*
serves great praise for his efforts in
this department of the University.
THE GEORGIA COLLEGIAN. - "
Fire Company. —We learwEfeat
the Athens Hook and Ladder*fflpi
pany acquitted themselves ffijid-
at the late firemens’ piarade
in August. They were acknowl
edged to havo been no less than sec
ond best, and it is much doubted
whether they were not entitled to
the prize. *
Memorial Association. —We are
pleased to learn that the managers
of this Association havo secured tt»e
consent of Prof. Waddell to deliver
a Lecture—probably in the College
Chapel. It is hoped that the pro
ceeds of the same will materially
swell the treasury of the Association.
After this intellectual repast, the
managers propose to organize Ta
bleaux, etc., for an exhibition in the
newly built Town Hall—whereon
the public may feast their eyes, and
wherefor they may fork over their
Greenbacks. W.e bespeak for these
worthy enterprises, a liberal patron
age from tfee students of the Univer
sity, and the people of Athens gene
rally. ' *
Lunar OBSERVAnoNS.-*-Tbe. mem
bers of the Senior Cl ass* were enter
tained a few nights ago,
til# moon through.; Urn
We venture, to say they liked it bet-
Personal.— -Our friend, M>?H. W.
Grady, of the RomeCouriet, spent
last Saturday and Sunday in Athens.
He flays he down simply to be
with the boys. Os course.! (?)
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. Memorial
During the jastt month, there
for the first time in several years, a
death at Emory College. Thfe de
cpaifbd was a son of Mr. Madison
Jones, of Macon. The following,is
taken from a sketch of his character
—written by one of his College
mates:—
“It was my privilege to know
Reasie Jones well, and knowing, I
loved him. I never saw a more pe'r»>
feet boy. It seemed that guile could
find no lodgment in his heart, that
no evil thought could enter his mind,
that no profane word eould # pass his
lips. He was converted in the revi*
val of last term of Emory .College. I
stood near him when he arose from
his kness, testifying, by the new and
radiant brightness which overspread
his face, that his peace was* made
with God.”
...Beautiful was the reply of a ve
nerable man to the question, wheth
er he was still in the land of the
living: “No, but lam almost there.”
‘ ...The ledge tfery few people sue*
ceed in climbing—know-ledge.
‘ A College Joke to Cure the Dumps. s '.
...Two students, a few nights ago,
started out to make a visit. Reach
ing the home of the young lady on
whom they intended to call, they
supposed, inasmuch as the bell gave
fio response, that she
—“lay like a heroin&taking her rest,
With her winding sheet around her.”
Determined to visit somebody, they
adjourned to the house of another
young lady. The door-bell was
again rang, and echo answered “ all
asleep !” Not yet discouraged, they
turned—as a very efern-ieritesort—to
the homo of another fair friend, and
all appearances testified to the fact
that she too was in the embrace of—
Morpheus. Utterly despondent, 1 they
homeward plod their weary way;’
and when they roached their room,
one of them Baid a very .good thing,
which, anfortunately, we’ve forgot*,
ten.
...Professor Mathematics sent Mr.
Toodles to the black board to find
out by Calculus, the dimensions of a
soap bubble. After Mr. T.
.had figured extensively with the
chalk, the Professor asked if be had
solved the problem ? “ sir,” was
■the reply, “ 1 like to have got tho
* answer-,. but iust wh#nl about to,
get it, the plagued thing&mted, tnlfr
1 could’nt work it.”
eTtcT a class that reading Thuby*
dides was “ upshill work,” “ Yes,”
soliloquized one of. his scholars,
“ with m&ny of us, it's up-hilf and
through Dale.” It is needless to say
the author of a transla
tion of Thucydides.
-...Money is very scarce in College
n6w. The boys’ purses look as thin
as a leaf of gold foil, or thin as if an
elephant'had trod on them. Though
we lay claim to common sense, fifty
cents are .very, uncommon with us.—
Know ye; O our parents! that we.
do not appreciate unremitting kind
ness.
...Two of otfr friends were con
tending for the nearest approach to
Bar&n Munchasen. Said one, { I was
once in a Northern train that travel
ed so fast that the telegraph posts by
the track seemed as close together as
the teeth in a fine tooth comb/ His
opponent acknowledged himself van
quished and yielded the palm.
...Cheap way of obtaining reputa
tion for generosity.—Go around to
a Restaurant, find out whether there
are oysters on band. If there are
none, go to the corner at the book
store (where you will always find a
crowd) and persistently insist upon
treating the party to oysters. When
you reach the Restaurant, enter very
heartily into the common disappoint
ment, and pretend to be seriously
grieved that you are deprived of the
privilege of treating.
...Why is an impudent young man
like an unpainted house ? Both Deed
to be brushed.
...Good names for Female Colleges
—Brass Foundries.
...Why are some mens’ beads like
mucilage bottles? Because all that’s
in them sticks.
...Sheridan satirized modern de
generacy when he said, “you import
your music and compose your wine.”
...Some young ladies appear to la
bor under many grievances, since
they seem to be repressed daily.
...Why is a lady that falls from a
chair like a commercial account; be
cause she has to be re seated (receipt
ed.) ;
a.A bashful young lady is like a
watch —always keeps her hands up
before her face.
...A student friend writes us that
his town is full of perfect dam sels.
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The Sun,
....The following statements may
aid tho mind in forming some con
ception of the sun’s size and distance.
A train of cars moving at the rate of
30 miles an hour would go around
the earth in one month around the
supy In fiat less than 9 years. If a
globe 2 feet in diameter be taken to
repfresenjyiff sun, the earth »Wtfuld
distance of 150 yards. J4ght
with an immerse velocity; but ft
quires 8J minutes for the‘light to
comp from tho sun to us. If a cannon
ball, flying so rapidly as not to be
visible, were shot towards the sdn,
supposing the ball to continue its di
rection, fully 10 years would elapse
before it oould reach the great lumi-*
nary.
...The following are Bome'of Tom \
Hood's answers to correspondents : - ’
W.’s “ Tears of Sensibility” had
better be dropped. “ B.” is surely
humming. The “ Night Thoughts”
are not admired because the autho?
was Young. “ T.” says his tale is .
out of bis own head—is he a tadpole F
“ Y. Y.”—a word to the Y’s is suffi
cient. The “j Essay on the Funeritf
Ceremonies of the Different Nations /’
should be printed *in the dead lan
guages; we decline it on the part of
the English. Mr. R. complains that,
we are backward in forwarding his
paper —does he mean by that clause
to take us for crabs? “ The Captive”
is ready to be restored.
on Agricultural Distress” would only
increase it.
The piind Wood-Sawyer.
We could not pjty .him, because
He seemed from
Although we. all ce€ljfeeejppa saw,
None ever saw hiriFsee.
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...An Illinois woman; who
to go to a masquerade party
Queen of Scots, looked tiraß
Bible to ascertain hini# tJRe
was dressed. ' *§f'” r ’w.
...Eve was made for Adam’s ex*3
press company. (Old, but gosd.)
