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THE. L. C. I. MESSENGER Miss S. 31. Kelley, Local Editrn s. April, 1876. LOCAL ITEMS, Bright Easter Skies. Literature and increasi and hours in study kail prevent Seniors from gathering many locals this month. h The Mother Goose Entertainment was a perfect success, netting over sixty dol lars to the ladies. Needles and Pins seem ed to take the popular favor. The children did admirably and reflect ed great eredit on those who had it in hand. We are glad to welcome back Miss Gussie King. She has made a long visit in Atlanta, and Rumor says, she has some idea of taking up her abode there—Nous verrons. The Sunday School of the Episcopal Church will frolic away Easter Monday at the Fair Grounds. We wish the little ones much joy in their search for Easter eggs. The annual election in the Senior class came off last Wednesday. The class hon or* were conferred on Miss Lula Dennis of Eatonton, Valedictory; Miss Sus’e Milton of Florida, French Salutatory. A Centennial Glee Club, Quartette, has been organised; so we may expect a rare treat. Four of the finest male voices in the state, so they have been pronounced by ompetent judges. We are not up to the craft yet. We Dave wot been able to hud out locals be - they occur. The Mirror tells ws that Dr Irvine has been invited to preach Commencement ■sermon. We have to go outside the Insti tute to hear cur news. The children of the Episcopal .Sunday School had their annual Easter celebra tion. The offerings were presented by those who had won the highest standard in their c’as The ’Church was most a* - f topiately dressed with Oil a Lilies, Which •are so intcrv.'ovcn with Ewfiter -associa tiotis,, as to seem to belong specially to, that day. We regret that we received Dr. Lips comb's highly appreciated ia*or, too late; #>r this is.-ut; it will appear in our next. 'The l\ano*v.ma ot night was* very excellent. We appreciated anew hat beautiful and wonderful Allegory of John Bunyan, in viewing the represent tion of the ditterrent stages of Pilgrim’s ife, until he arrived at the Pearlv Gates which opened to the Celestial City. These views by gas-light, to our inexperienced eyes, seemed good in coloring and bnttey in perspective than that style of painting generally presents. The charades gotten up by the young folks were repeated Wednesday night at Mrs. Stovall’s. They reflect great credit on the young people Miss Louie Lane’s acting was teally admirable and drew forth the hearty applause of the audience. The other characters were all well sus tained. Rev. C. D. Campbell will deliver the address on Memorial day. JS&aF” Great treat in store for the yo r ng people of Athens, Dr. K. D, Newton has returned from New York, especially to get up a grand Phantasmagoria, for the benefit of the Ladies Memorial Asso ciation. It will take place either the 24th or 25th. Something extra may be expect ed, as the Dr. has been North several months perfecting his arrangements. The Dancing Academy has re opened. Those who are ambitioi sof Terpsichorean honors can now avail tli inselves of the opportunity. We hear quite a large class has been organized. This spring weather makes one teel like throwing aside books, and rambling all the day in the woods, enjoying Nature in her budding beauty. We enjoyed the sweet music Tuesday night. Dr. Irvine of Augusta ha j been invited to deliver the Commencement sermon of the L. C. Institute. Pnaye meeting Thursday night at Capt. Erwin’s, was well attended, the meeting was led by I>. King, who gave s an earnest talk. The Stonewall Jackson dramatic club has been requested by the Athens Guards to get up re entertainment, in their be half. They p opose repeating “Ici on parle Francais”, and adding something new to their repertory. Those who wit nessed their former performance pro nounced it the best amateur entertain ment ever .given .in Athens. We bespeak for them a crowded h< use. Mr Lane will (ommencehis lectures on Botany, at the Institute this week. We i-ave pleasant recollections ofou r Botanical ramble with him last session. We had the pleasure of attending “Moot or Friday the 7th. The young men displayed vast knowledge in Barlia.mentaif.y Laws, any! reflect great credit upon their learned Professor. Georgia need have no fe .rs, ft.r in future b*r legisla*ive l.alLwiH be aJ_, filhd. Enigma. I aw eom posed of twenty-five letters My 1.13, 6, 10, is ft cjuaflyu ped of Asia snd Africa. My 3,18, 3, i2, 15, 11, is a genus of prickly tropical plants. My 20. 4,17, 22, 25‘ is a carnivorous animal of Asia and Africa. My 9. t, 13,11, is a wading bird for merly reverenced in Egypt. My 20, £5. J. 13, 8- g, 16, L q, flat sea fish. My 19, 21, 25 ,1, is a web-footed wa ter fowl. My 5, 6 24,10,18, 5, is the finest bya: - dy. My 23, 17, 25, is a large body of wa ter My 14, 9,7, is an open wooden ves sel used for various purposes. My> wl(Jle js a wollknown pLce jo Clarkh County Georgia. Westminster Abbey What thoughts an* uppermost hi the mind the mention of Westminster Ab bey? Thoughts of “merry England”, the great oily of London and those vast intel lects that we have learned, almost in stinctively, to regard as superhuman, rush through the mind in rapid succes sion. In Westminster Abbey, we dud the rich and poor lying side by side; the sovereign who fared sumptuously, shar.- ing his grave with the poverty-stricken student; Westminster Abbey was founded by Sebert, king of the East. Saxons, iu the year 616. All of England’s sovereigns were crowned and buried in this Abbey. It is the shape of an irregular cross. It was destroyed by fire and was rebuilt by Edward the Confessor, in 1045. The shrine of Edward is situated on a plat form and is one of the chief objects of interest. One end of the cross is designa-i ted as the Poets Corner. Here may be seen the monument of Shakespeare, and near it that of Ben Jonson, his bosom friend. Shakespeare wrote Jonson’s epitaph which is this “0 rare Ben Jon-, son.” Shakespeare and Jonson were rivals in the literary world, and it has been said that if Shakespeare had not been con temporary with Jonson that Jonson would lave occupied the first place in his couutry, as a writer. A little farther on we may see the epitaphs and monuments of Milton and Chaucer. The sculptured effigy of Mary,'Queer. o* Scotts, is said to be very much like her, especially the expression, which is very sad. Mary’s body was carried to West minster and interred by Edward I. Tn two aisles, opposite each other are the mon uments of the haughty Elizabeth and her unfortunate victim, Mary. Thus two characters so opposed to each other rest side Ly side ip, death. A walk in West monster Abbey must Indeed impress one with feelings of awful solemnity, mingleC with thoughts ftf death and a warning t lie prepared to meet his messenger wit gladnessapd triumph- Washington Irvin says, in speaking of this Abbey: what i this vast assemblage of sepulchres, but treasury pf humiliation; a |mge pile O' reiterated homilies, on Ifle emptiness ot renown, and tbecirtiinty of oh iviot\. Colqnws, pyramids, what at. they hut heapspf sapd; and their epi taphs, but characters written iu the dust. How idle a boast, after all, is the immor ality of a name. jßvestigatrice. Dickers wFftte: “ Thejre is nothing.no nothing beautiful and good, that dies am 1 s forgotton. An infant, a prattling ebby ving in will liv- again yi bVf etter thoughts ol ijp se *t, u>> lay jta part, tb°l*£h its b* 'P u! H r * M o ashes or drowned in the deep* jSt >t*a There is nftt spg 1 iild and t° t' ! V oM ot heaven ,hut does it- b'psspd w-rk • m earth in those Ibrjo\ed i' here .Dean i> ) the go* and deeds ot human * rat tires c.iiqd be traced fro tliei* si tin e<ho\v-beau-, ifttlly could even death appear- .of how much charity, ffioroy put'Uied aflecs tion, would he io *?ave their growth tn dusty graves The galleries of the Louvre dedicated to pictures of the Italian -Schools, have lately undergone so*ue re-arrangement. In the room known as that of Sept- Metres, are placed work* of the four teenth aud fifteenth centuries; conspicu ous among tfbese the Virgin; by Fra Filippo Uppl. Here, also is what a French writer calls a '‘ca rious” Christ; belonging to the Florentine school of tne fourteenth century. All the picture* 1 are ranged in chronological and several busts of Italian pain iers have 1 een placed between the columns. The cartoons executed by Ingres for the large glass window in theChapelle de Dreux have been removed from the Luxembourg to the Louvre. Where they occupy a place in the room containing designs by Lesueur. "Don’t yon think,” said a husband in a mild form of rebuke to his wife, “ that women ai e possesed by the devil? ’ u Yes was the answer “ns soon an they ttt married.”