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'THE I'

NO, 7, Single Copies, 5 Cts,

Tho BUBBLE is published by the "Pen Yanker'a Society" of the Michigan State Agricultural Collego,

VALEDICTORY,

Our editoriallnbors in this field firo almo$.t over. 'Vo promised and took sub~criptions for soven' ul1mhera of OQIi pnpp.T, and this is tho seventh. I

Ali i that we promtsed our pat.rolls hils been performed-howl woll we leave it t.o them~olvea to dccidd, .ruidr we fifO now "yanking" our !'p€n" for tho last "lime, nod Ifou the pur .. pose of l1Rying l\ fow words I nbotlu WIHft has been' dopo, and of bidding them pcrsoll(JUy nflnnl adieu . <tJ; 'It

'Vo wish to thank our ftliends for the ilJtel'€st they have rnnni fc!sted in us flIu'hol1l' labol!S, and for 1Iho ifoble mannor 'in which they ha:vesllsinined ltS, as well by Idnd ,vords HS by lnore substantial aid. . 1

FiI'st (Urd foremost, the students here havo supported us with an o:dcnl of li Oeni.i.H~ \\ ,':ch \v"l~ harel. Iy anticipated by liS, With 0" Y one or two exceptions, thoy hu\ " beon subscribers, and not contont with ta­king ono copy apiece, many of thom have taken two, thrL'O, or even fOUf, and one nas taken regularly six cop­ies,hesides buying others occaSionally, AS they aU have done, mostly beca use ' they wished · fo sustain n praise-"

I " wort ly effort-partly, perhaps, bo-causo they liked the paper, "and wished their fdends to Boe it. The Society thrtnks you, dear boys, I 'The ' members all feol that yo u hAve been true and noble toward them-not stlf­ferring jealousy 01' any HI-feeling to creepr in between you nnd lthem. ''''hat you have dono hns not been common 01' trival, and is not to be soon forgotten. You havo borne with our shortcornings, and all that has been worthy i u us, porsonally, 'or in our capacity as publishers of the paper, has met with your approba­

' tion and commedation. Speaking for ourselves, and rem embering that we shall soon be with YOll 110 longer, using also the llame youchoosoto can liS most frequ ently, which has grown very deur from as!;Iociatioll, we would' BOY that the heart of Uncle Hez shall cease to beat ere t.he rcm~mbranco of you and yonr usage of him shall (tlil

LANSING, OCTOBER 24, 1868, Hezekiah Z, Solemnstyle, Editor.

to stir up warmest feeling in its very 'I the name hus been significnut of ita.. depths, IIS0, We have cheated many 1\ one

Secondly, the ' people of Okemos out of the sin of gloomy thought or and the surroulluing country have sad foreboding, and perhaps by laugh .. taken a lively il,ltArost in the Bubble, ing people into better humor, we and have not been niggardly in the have prevented even worso offen~es. use of their monoy or their praise. Another most irilportant lIS0 we have ' 'Vhenevcr any of them have had oc- had. Our paper has served as a ro-casion to speak with us concerning cord for the paSBing events in our col-our charge, it has invarinbly been In lege Hfe, and many And rnn.ny a para-terms of " Im'mest ~sympnthy and gmph we have published, which, 11 commendation, and, we shall live to had bean !lost else, will s€rvo as a. become very old indeed el'e we shall point nbout which will clust('r fond-be able to fOl'get their kindness to us cst recollections of,student·dnys when whon we felt the need of friendh' fls- these slmlllll\Ve passed away forever. '1

sistnnce. . 'l'his will be "felt more find more 'l'hirclly, many individllnls in Lnl1S- st.rongly as ' the 'yon.rs ]'011 round. I

ing have i"enctered liS nssistfillce in our 'Vho is there that will. not sny, tliat. hour of need, and this aid com ing as in tho best use oftha word tho Bun~ it did fL'Om stl'fllHrel'S, and · from such BLE has been n SllcceS8 , h as wishcd'fo give tl/" encouragement, 'J'his is the Inst of. tho DUUBLE we . entitles them to OUl' gratitude. III have promised, and the last Ohn.t will !

this, as in most new cntol'jH'ises, the be ie-sued the present year. 'Vhether. J

need was for moral nid, rathor than or not the paper will be continued pecuniary, and for tllisfrom whatover another yen 1', and so OIl, we cannot source wo nre thankful. B~l t we ex- state; we hope it will. We believe \ }lected much more assistnnce fl'om n College. papol' is a thing overy way I.J811sing than we hay!) received. AI- desirable. l\Inny of the highest in-thougfl wo dial) it.m tcd m~\Ily copies stitutivns of learurllg in this cOllutry of tho Bubb!o throngh t,ho town, we and in Europe have them-some of obtained few subscriptions. Some them with extonsive influence and expl'ossod a doubt as to whother circulation. It seems as if, from the it would continue when a sufficient smnll begiuning wo have made, thero number of subscriptions hnd been re- might in process of time be crented ceivecl" to ronder failure profitable. fin organ here that would be of no(' We are proud to sbow Buch per.ous small vaiue to our College nnd to the that, although we can nfford to 1<.15e StMe, and, is i t'all a droam? to odu· ... considerable lnQney in keeping the ' raMon everywhere. It all depends pap~r up, we cannot afford to break upon those who aro (here after U::l. our prOlplses '\ii~h l"egar£] tb it. ) Ars I With thom we leaver it. We hope J'

to tho li"'emale Co1Joge, we arB 60rl'y~, thn:t 'thero will be those among them. rl to_foay that " Ie have nob received a who will bo . willing to make ,·j single subsc~'iption from one 'who is tho necessary &xertions and sacrifice. cOllnected with that institution. 'Va The fast accumula~ing pngcs· warD did IIOt think that wo should have us t\lat it is time 0111' remarks 8ho,uld this tale to tell of oUl'sl.tel' College, clo~e, and so we say farewell!

.!lut the Bubble -has been kept going EDI'ro,n, r in spite of all extraueolls obstructions or discol1rngement:s, and in spite oti tho inexperience of its publishers, and their necessary attention to other and pressing duties during its publi. cation. 'I.'he matter hns heen entirely original, whether good or otherwise our renders shall judge, and the paper has beou fnll every is.r.; ne. No low slang or abusive }Jersonnlities have been allowed to encumber its col­umos, and no one will believe that its influenco upon society hllS been fi.ny­thing but, good, Wo have ealled our paper a reformer, And in one sense

Personal,

Our esteemed fl'iend alld fellow, student, C, W, Gnrfleld, of Grand Rapids, has closed his connection with the College for the prestnt term, and rotul'ned home for the pUl'pose of conducting for five mor.ths the "Com­mon School Gazette," ofI<ent coun­ty. Charles' oxperience in the art of ~eachillg, and his superior scholar­E\hip, nre Bufficient requisites to war­~nt him SUCOOSs, I

-l'olitics.

A bewlldered and exc ed atm phere prevails; all is excjJehrent, People arc rushing headlong through the country, BO Il;J:e tilUcS ill dense iURsses, and sometimes singly, ex~ cU5imillg, " Politics F' '1'J18 grnyM lufi'tell mother. and tno! ralr 8i rellS' of tlfe'la lld are heRrli, both iii Vhe I(itch· en' hnd drn(\ving-l'oom,) to ~x\cJaim ~J ilP.-B-I-ilg l-c-s 1" The' little urchi S' Oll)the-stl'eet! Rnd ·the babies hi their ,i mothers's nrms, altem~t to E'xclaim: "Politiees l' fj J "f( 'III

What menns'tlhisgreabexcitement? ]s something of .. g: reat intcl'esfi fat st·n1{c? Somo)'cvohitionizing PO\VCf bYl\vhich fhe worldI hn ·to· be /Infidel beiter?lor fllcomplete an nihilation of I

itadnmates ?l Judging frovl appenl'RUCeS ~ene·

raUy; we would say there, is .to be l\

cQmplete CXti)lCtiOIl of bont! good 'and bn~. Buf 'our extensive knowledge, (being a Pen Yunker), ennbles us to I penetrate the seeming mysterious cloud, and beyond we see nothing frightful-nothing whichis to involvo yoU or yours in any catn'itrophe whnt­eVliU't t '1'he passing current of the times i s RS hnrmless ns the petty wbirlwind by the roadside. Then let the patron" of lhe Bubble look upon it as but a passing breer..e, tbat th e whirlwind of excitement is buta rev .. elation of th<::l weakness of human na· ture.

Our modesty restrains usfl'om giv­ing r.easons for our seem ing offishness in, this respect. We hoped through t.he infiueIwc of one of our number to(have) rccjJ ijVed some lucrative situ­ation in cQnductting tlN } affnlrs fofil slaw. J But the po"slng excltemel)! capght up the wealq~r }J·ort~on. of .0Ull !'aGe 'n itB whirligig of )1lanellyers ang l, left us cOInp,aratively plone; lle\\Ce we nre able to discern ~h. )folly in I·H)litical ex((itement. I' Ii

.n A: PFJiJY "'NEER,

'rii'E Boys rather got the' ,start of us wilen ve wei'~ ' up among the pines. 'nley threw"'awny the euito­rial We hat! written, and substituted that execrable o ne of thei r own man .. ufncture.

A VERY DOLEFUL BALLAD,-• .. ,

J,L<O(i' TUI~ l·lU~gF.N'l' TIlIF..

l'" fl /' 'if l. I I 'j'ho elou(\s a sorrow dal'k: 1I0 lower, My t.rue love Ina more s hnll see ;

Oh~ woq tile d i\Y I Oh , woo Ihe hOlll'! rl hut patted my h;no 10vo luul me. " I f I "J:

" •• >' f L ot. oih'or!; si ng of sweet s lxtcc; Il,

Qf Il\11g hll'i;{ oyo~ n nd tlgUI.'Cli I1I1 .. c : 'fa me o.reyou(.h {md beaut.y menu,

:t.1y loveMnli Iiny yearn (~Ild ul n e!

I B, '

Bel' ha.lr was like tho lilly . white, ( Vcr cal' WMJlJ{O t.lle 1"0"On '8 wing ; r") J

I\wclH\Uce you'd /-I: ueSSj

n.nd YOU'a be right ' 'J;h!lt. sho could JUte t )0 mycn"sing I II

" , A lu! w )~en "he OPCdh,Ol; pond'1"bu9Jn.·WS

Her lace (rom our to enr was elCf; A ,\,enl' ly tooth \Va!:! shown-alas !

'1 he only ono t.Jmt she hnd left.

" HoI' eye was or a n applQ-gl'eOu H er nose wl'ls long Ilud nqllUlno,

Hcrosscd bC1''niollt.h and met h el"eh ln; Her f)ge WtlS finy years and nine !

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She's gon e 1 naught can my anguish soothe! She's gone I l\Ild r in silence plue l

'rhe course of tnlC love n,c 'er l'on sm ooth, But 'otllcrs Itllow not· g}'lct 1Iite m ine !

, J wl\ud£l r lIol'tb\ I wnuder sO\l th,

I wn.U~dowll I)Y t.!lesoumUlIg sen ; 'rhe sea secml> her cnOl'mO\l!:! mout.h,

Whlcll Qvermm'e is callin g me I B,

Green follnJle 'min ds 1\1 0 of h 01" eye8, 'rile lili es, of hUI" /<1Iow-whil o h n.lr;

Her Image sU Il b~foro m e tliCR-It. haun ts m('-llIl.Ullts m e everywhere!

COMMFJNCEMBN'l'.-Th e "beginning pI' the end" tult"s place lit this Col­lege on the a rternoon ot \Vednesday, November 11th, On that momen· · tous occaSion, ten mor tal (perhaps the 1"1n may he added in t he future,) Seniors deUv.er orations, and obtain ach his diploma and ,degree vf B. S.

rfhe exerclsesl u pOll that day will un· dOllhtedly be 'wortH seeing and heal'· ~ ing,l' Jl1S~ ~he order of things has not ' yet been decided upon, but it 'is ex·~ peeted that ,thel'e',will be a guod ad· rcss,delivored( by some great maD,

and aU who IOVOJlllllSic may be eure " of a ,rich h·eu.t it'they come, fo r~ the am:vicCB of PI·of. Pixley and Mr! Grnnnis have been secured for the occasion. A ll are invited to come.

Se\"cntl short items which we hnd ALUMNI MJO}EI~I~G,-En"ol'ts have prepared fol' publication in No. G, be~ll nnd llrc ~till being 'lnnde to were thrown out by them, because gather toa:ethm' n suffldent nl1l(lbe'l'

, tll"Y wanted to "run th"" thin!!" t,hat of tile ~ l' (iu"'es 01' ti,e Ag"I'Cll lt . I '" .... -. '= a u'1 ' ~ Ul <l week. \Vo h tHl vnguc misgiving'S , College, upon tIle lIth of next mont.h, when we \(·ft, that e \'crytJling would to org:Vlize <In Alumni SOciety. From not go off a~ it should, nud we nrc \~hllt has i.)e(~n let\l'ned, it is believed somewhat proud oj the S(lgllcity we hHt t\1.){J,Qt .twel\t~'-two gl"ildullh:lS, in. c1i :3jJI<lyed in laking the montqy, \\;j{h ql uding those which will be IlDude us. thi:i y(~ur, wjl l be present.

With r~gara . to that abominabl e I \\T(') He glnu thut tlds l11ov~ment item luwino, reference to ol1r J -bl 1- j J' I d d I too f In:~ )p,e!l nh~ e, fill. lope t,he cntfll"j, neS:i at M idl and City, a\l(l whiJh {we pnB!;: wIIlIJrO Ve n rich success.

During tine course of our ,lives we often wit.ness or hear auout some great and new inventioll which is to m atel'illUy lessen t ho h\bor of mal~TI • • • .JU

k ... ~ ,\. ,"-

lu nd) 01' 10 some w~\y becomf} a t:ren public benefactOJ;. 'rhe ft\ct huweve' Is' that 'U1e "worlll ibebomes crowde(l ~Yith these £0 be understood jco'nveni~ ~nces, an'd as a whole they Ren le AS W

)lindrance rat,her than ns a n impetlis to the wor~d'8 progt:e:l.s~ N ow, among the 111(0 'ri,l',Uficial contrivances introd uced as public benefactors, the sohoolma'ms are of the leust intrinsic lvalue, but-beca,use of tfl~ir, timid 11a.·/!

tlt)'e should recei ve tJm )gr'eatest pity. 0"1

V,e admit t.hu't tho isdhoolmnrns nf.elt)

rctty and attractit'e (for this is lhe ' essen tial quality required (?) ), thaf their education pertaining to the? ne· · icesS({I'Y requisites ~ is ,.lperfect. :But ; tl~e more potent portion· of their edu'· lcation is neglected- the develope­ment of the intellect, And without a knowledge of that which is 'requir- I

ed to be taught, how can we expect a result d jfferent from what we eve­l 'Y.lduy witnesB. 'I 'he attainments II first mQIlt.ioncd mny , piny nil .jmporM

tnut part in te"ching the young ur­'chins how to shootj but the truth of the assert·ion is yet to be demonstra· ted.

,Vho has l'cnd the reports of our cOllnt,y inspectors without n. blusb of shame 1...r the schoolmams of our State. Such ludicrous and rjdicu· IOll':J nns\vers given to somo of tll e

questions pertaining to the most sim· pl~ and fnmili f} r branch~s, ' with theil' newJw- inveuted methods Of spelling, and peculiar graUlnt~ca l constructions, l!j serious to contemplate, and frig htw fnl to behold. 'rlwre a're exceptions '", nnd we \vi~h there were more, but ) the erXc~ptions are sOffew thl\t lwe are I

fompeiJ~d to class them together, separate from .. the Ill'ore intellectual rt

portion of Cl;eation. II J

, How long will th~ p~eseQt intelleC­tual con4itigll of onl.'; ' scboolmnms continue? 'ViII not a systel)1 ,soon .be , ndopte .. d, when more than the snowy whi te countenance and fucHtiou8 sm ile will \H~ required to.procure the inspect01;'I:I"nye ?" we hope so. And WI.;: als<? hope to s~e the time w hen ( t he p)'ofessionnl teachers Hro t,l)o!De who have devoted a portion of their time to tlle eaucatipn of thoil' hUlDan undel'standing.

____ ~J,-,\:...._n:.._c:.n".'-isTY. fSC,fIOOLS.-'I'ho greater POl'IjOll 01

t)1o stlld,ente intending to tunch tlte coming winter, hnve.ellgA.ged schools, with pricef'ftnnging from. $85 to $45 IJe( mOnth. Our best Iv,ishes nttem} t.hem in th eir labors.

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---:0 de ,;,,11 ' 'l'Ii1l Olass of ISaS.' ~. 'HJ ()If --l....L ,0 t. 1 have never w~'itten for tho 13un·

ULlii, but have been urged to do so several times by the editors j and as t,his Is the last pnpC'r, I (e<'me to the conclusion that it was "now 01' nov­er"l.. .. thnt must ' ,Vdte. {£hinking tha't~n few r.emarks" on the J class flof 1868 might .I bo F ilitcrcsting, I " shall proceed t o~mnke them, ntH! ns I nm a m'embeloj of ' thnt unfortuna te and ml(cll.bu.ed;cl.8", 1 tilinK,J I am a~ • c"pdble ~ ' my ono' of mil ldrlg thoh-l . Taking the class alphaoctibally, the fi rst on tbe list Is :

George F--. l 'he lfi rst impres­ion t.hat he makes on any · one ~is

p th"t,' they.Jar~ of' very BtUe impor­tance compared .with him; \Vhen they begin to know him, their feel·~ ing j 9 just the same. His age is­well, I doubt if miy one knows what it is, so hard it i ,~ to find out any­t.hinglnbout him. H e weighs about 140 pounds, Hnd pl'e t,ty solid for ono as gassy as he.

N o: 2 is BurtoD, very commonly known ns "Uncle H --" ah! he doc!:! not wont me to tl\lIe, so I will not. Ho is pretty old, I guess, and judging fJ'om hiB looks, should say 75. H e is very weig hty, too-espe­cially in argument ..

Next comes Davis, whose hon~st,y has never been ponbted. lIe is Val'­tlcl.Ilnrly no ted .for the- part he toolt in ., severnl important expeditions. His g rent source of troublo is wl'he Girl he lefl Behind Him." H is moustache would, from its color, make him pretty old, but ·!from its quality, very young. · He 18 one of your substnntinl chops, ofi 150 poun1ds or upwards. '

li'ourth and l lXl :jt cornea .. Gulley, who"lf others had as goodlopiniop of him ItS he has of hiulSell I' ,vould ;J..,e quite a boy. He stands j'ust foul'[feet eleven iIlches high in his new shoE'S} 1 He has been taken to be 16 years of age, but others say that is ten years too much. He is about as heavy as a good-sized pumpkin, and is _,bout as substnnUnl.

Now appears H arry, with his· dol ... ("icate form . Ma ny think thn t he hos

the commmption, and I believe OlE'Y ot'o right. H e has 81 ont n: good denl of time And t rouble tryilig to , find something ,that waltHi Iteep his wh iskers fI'om growing so fas t . }ilI'om his thin ness, it is easy to seo thut It tl is nn ad mir<:'r of Hfeat hm' weig hh3 ." t

'Ve hnve now ar rived. itt W. D-, r\vell riOlOWI1 as IiBill "-~he dne who

i9 f,lrst' ill war nnd last in pence with the f"cul ty and all others. H e is " stro r.g Buppor ter of womens' )'jgl.lts,

nd hi~ ora'Uon witt P~ObfWI IJc·'on , Ii ' \ . hllt, 01' something like' It! j He H

, I'errtntjoking, but" the 'best part of .he joke Is" his laugh at it. In short, learly overy thing, good or bad, thnt

applies to :'lny of t ire t hers, does tq him. I I S leQPt:lL' l i,8 vCl~ QPpl'oplliatollY

fam ... &l, aslAo me of t~h o clagg> know by ild)expcrience-ah:lo vory just.~y celo­)l.,1U tE'd ' for Ev fl y·tl'np that h o 1ll Vont ­d. H e is not fond of getting into a)lgqr~ r Ql' of .hf\.ving otheL's do it.

tui4.Wh~£3h: prs .nJ]d· m ousthchecnce olso ' s,Qt1l'ce of nnxie ty to him, AS) he

fears t)).at they will get too thick and laek. Eigl)th, U ncle J ohn, was the st rong

ndvo,cate of a Senio~s' ball (blnvl) on commellc~ll1ent levening, bu t he was overrul ed . -His g reat t l'Oit of char-I) acter Is that of peing easily pacified.": John is the infnnt of t he cJas.'i-being but little over six feet in height, and )veighS but a litHo less than 180 los,

,

•• -----The Lan~ing Fair.

BY)\f , E'tJ

• ~ r. , • 'l'llle most' of the boys that W(Hl t~ to

the fair 01\ t heir W ednesday's ox­cus'e' waitqd till the n oX't flay', OIi /oc· cou'i\ Of t11o"aqepus state of the at .. mos!ph'dl'c. Ircou'ld See nd l'cnson for stnying Il1doo;',3 ,Jon a fair day, so made I a hasty prepara tion, which took me till Ileal' suns~t,. I started pright an\l early, wHh high hopes Of'ft ll (tu~.f~l good time, 'nor W AS I di~-nppointed. f

I In order ·not to be after dark, I took afih ort cut acros.'1 the river on a log. \Vhen eXActly half WRy over my feet s lipped, and dow)l I mnne, hot in the watEll', but astride the lpg! Only thb thought of my mis,sion kQpt back the-bad words. vrew "horrid strides" brought n e to th e road Ilgnin. On I went at a. fearful l'nte, as it was now quite dark. r always had fL peculiRr sen-

nvqirdupois. On the whole, ho is sation when nlone after elm'k; so I quit.e a fellow, ' k ep t up a. tl'eniendous whistling, and

Sam is the fellow who losl a l108t-"j my eye 0 11 a light .head. Suddenly ?-fflc6 by bad ma,na~ment, and , th.onrA severnl lights were viSible, in the ,t took {.hree SenIOrs to ge~ Jll~ \\~ Of Shll'S ' I wns conscious ?f n another. H e "has the strongest Will flesh? precipU&'te at t11e sam e tlme, bf oily of the ten. Ilis s ligh~ physi- whic appearcd very muddy by cnl developmen t is a ttributable to lam - lig ht .. }liR weak constitntIon , and he is, as I did not wai t to see if morc than ~l e snys, still but IHtle more t hnn nn fi ve lengths of picket fence w ere de-inf,mt. "" mo1ished, but turned back, resolved

L f\st on ~he lis t 1.,'1 "Friday," whoso that at another time I would not jOleing propensities nrC known· to nil. bl ke sHch n tll il' d!\y to sec my fai r lIe is to cast his fi rst vote this fa U(1 Jja}l~T . hnd oue would think it was to de~ ' ~ ___ .• _ _ _

rl.it1e ti)<:' fa teJof the notion, judging l'o m ~he tim e -it tnkes hil~1 to mnke 'VE trust our readers '~ill pardon

jl P his mind whom to 'Vote for. l I e us.'fol' maldog them wnit 80 Jo,ng fo,r 8 the fllshion-pillte of th e class, as ho the present mIlflber of this paper. s always out, in t he llltes t styles. We h~ve pUl'posoly delayed its pub-

lica tion. ill order to bring it uearer This completes the ten. If f:lpnce the close of the CollegG yenr,

lad permitted ,' I fwonld have gone l

I ntO ·particulars ; but I think this ketch will serve to give the reaoers f the BUBilJ>E som~ Idea of the lass ;· nnd I would suggest' to those 'eadel'S who intend to bQ present nt .he commen('em ent exerCises, that . hey)pl'eserv El this article for refer­

ence on thnt afternoon. And fondl y' oping .that aU of thom nlny be pres­

ent , I close. I . ONE Oli' TH]~ DHRADED 'rEN. I

I SJlalEN ADE. I ~~e were honored \vith t\ serenade tlie other evening by t he bund thnt 'belongs to this inst.itu tion . 'rhey have mucle rapid pl'O­

g l'OSB si nce {lia'il' (J l'gll11i1.ntion, ilnd. : now, wo g uess), play. l'emnl'l<nbl y w l-lil.

'fh e »il' ,vlthl which they enterta ined ) us, nnd which we ha\'e s ince bpen l info l'IlI Pd ·Wfi9 old HGreenvitlE'," wns

sphmc!i<lIy execuled.

-"'- - ---I F any Q,\le owes us anything 011

subscription , we hope that they will send it au SOO I1, fiS we have fulfilled OUI' Ccm tmct with them, nnd more- ' over shall soon change OUl' address .

ON the evening of (he 19lh iust·., t here WHS qu ite a li vely snow-squall nt t his pJUl'!:!, \Vf! oil:;! I' ve tha t :::;eve-1'1\1 of t he Htuden ts ha ve s ince been "making tmcks" to wa ru home.

SINCE the year of its CI'f'lltion-18m-ilw Mich. St:lte Agricult ul'Ol Coll rge hn!i harl 5GR ~t tl d ellt~, nil told . G30 of t hem Il!lve heen rcsidenl ::J of l"h iii St.llte, l'ep l'r~pnt i l1 g about fOl' ty d iflel'ent cnnnt ie.". 87 of the m of va · rious othel' Stiltes, and one of C~mn~

A Nuisance. C. LEJEUNB.

Wobster defines a llulsanee as that \'which is ofl'cQsive or noxious-that whiell gives trouble or vexatioq."

SenrcJling for n lluisance about which to write, I find I need not go far to obtain one which fills all tho "c'Juiremcnts of Webster's dofinition. In tho halls of our College, tho places WIleI'O young mOll of common.·s~nse are supposed to gather-tho .places where, if anywhere in all the earth, we should look for true manliness­we find what may be properly a~d emphatically called n unUiSf\J1CO~"

Lest I be misunderstood, I wil~ say that I refcr to tobacco smoke. Like a thick cloud it hnngg,ov('l' all tho civ­ilize,l (?) port.ion of I.he qartl). Old Inon and young mOil-old. women and young womon-find e\'en boys of ~cn~ce n dozen years, pufi'nway at (lJ)1 .c~H'schnutn" p~pes , clay pilWS, ci­ga,l's nnd cignl'ct,~cs, continunll.\" ad­ding to. tho l1oxi.OlU5, sIckening cloud, that llR)lgp OVal' what. wo aro lJ\cased tal clellom iilatc qlC eNlightcned portipll of tho world. n' C • """ ut .m 0\11' allege halls, and pa,r-

ticulal'iy ill one oj' th o halls of the Agrieu)tlll'ol Collegc, this cloud is of g reater density, of g l'cater no;dous­ness, and of mOl;C , sickQning ·nature thnJ)., almost anywhere else.

Aiuuy timo of day, and during most of tho hours of lIight, a visitor passing through the particnlllr hall to which I rcfe1', and wh ich for COll­

\'('uienee I will denom innte "S mo_ ky Hall," wou ld be nlmost stifled wit'h thc choking odor of tobacco s moke, which issue-s fl'om t he "smo­king 1'00111."

!VIy olfaclortes have during their existence mot wit.h some rather disa­grceable things; t.hcy have inhaled tho noxious gUSSCfi arisi ng from de­cflying cnl'cfl~se.q; they have been in close pl'oKimiiry to ces.'t-pools j they hnvocome in contnct'with the odor::; wllich issue from clens Rnd grog­shops of the cif.y; they ha vo been whore chemicals llfive sent fort.h their deadly fumes-but worse than nIl flre lhe stifling, s ickE:'I1ing odors of HSlllOky ha.,U.."

For wr.eks and mon ths I have rLl U

tho gam! let of smoko in passing to and from my room. I have tried getting used to it, but- all to 110 ac­count; my lungs, eyes and nose nu­~olutel y refu se to let me livo in pen.co jn the midst of the filthy, poisonous cloud. As well might I try to get llsed to the fumes of sulphuric acid. I intend giving up getting used to it, and will try t" enduro it till 11 better timo hall come-wIlen this nuisance

allall be abated-when students shan be more nenr1y true men-'Yh~n shun­l1ing nil thnt is filthy and. ungentle· manly, thoy shall learn to . moke no more;.

Onto Matrimony, ?1atrimonoy means g'eUi n marrid.

It iz a fine thing. It hez bin knone OVCl: sense the dn of Adim and Eve. wieh wore the furst fokl'S that ever got marrid that I hev euuy noledgo uv.

Everyboddi's f"ther '( and Inuther youknites unto the holey bonds l1V wcdlock, ez a gineral thing. Thair nil' a few excepshuns, hOwBurneVer, ) in wich mens fltthe1'3 find muthers l

hev never bin mnrl'id, but in Buoh kaees it iz that thole 11.111st hay bin sum mistaik: maid sllmwhere. I II!

EcoL a man mnrries n \vumnn, 0 1' a Wllmun m llrries n mnn, or in l1thol' wurds, tu be koneiscnbol1to tiJle mat· I

tel', thhl'C ihsews h pel'iod . culled spark ing. Sum sez thnt it is the UC'fit part uv matrimony, but i dORut think it iz. '1'his period geacl'fl ily lusts from 2,1 hOi'l I's to G years. As soon as thn are mlu'l'·id , n period ell­sews wjeh is coIled ·the hunhimooll; in'ri.lOst knees th is poried iz tlV short duration , nol' lasting OilY longer 'ihan " ony othor sort llV moonshine. ~.rhis

i7. generollry n pm'by soft porlod i it iz n. pcriod llV ndgeetivs. Aftcr this pc­l'iod goze off, things begin to assume n defl'el'ent aepecked. r'chare begins tu. be stern realities; qunl'l'iIs elU:!cw, wich sumtirnes often res ult in the urakein up uv the pbftlnily. \Vhen this oclml's, thal'c i7. genel'<llly n. clivi­dingnv the younguns, in wich knS'o tho wife yousuelly ldairns the biggest half.

Tn konclllsioll,_ i wud ndvize mi young frends IOlOt to ongage iu sich things ns separ.atiOlbwittl tllnts wives yar.y afton. .. '

ARTE~[AS 'YARD'S GOS'I\l!l. . , PRESERVE YOl1,R. "BunnIJES.:'-··

'rhere will be a time, yefll'S hence, when these ' little papers will be much sought nfter; for persons ec· cupying the places ,v,o now opcupy w ill havo g reat anxiety to know what their predecessors hn.ve.thought and fclt. l'rouuco hel'e u copy of the BUHDLE It dozen years hence, and how eagerly will it 1)0 perused! What would wo of tho present time not give to s€.o, if such there woro, n paper published here eight 01' ten y ears [ngo? '1'ho sentimonts- the maxims-the jokes-tho ent ire litera­ture of those dark ages in our insti­t ution's 11istory, are buried in obliv~ ion. .

I n order that more t.han t,JH} more

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names of the present occupants of these halls may be known to their successors, let the BUBBLFlI be pre­served !

Our Alumni. I

Thinking that it might bo inter· esting to some "f our friends and pat- I

I'ons-but more especially to the present and forIDor students of the College-to know something of the ~vherenbouts and occupations of our II ~lutnJli, w e give bolow as full n list 1\S possible:

OLASS OF '61.

A. F. AlIel\, tenchiug, Ual'ri8on .. ville, 1110.

Adams llailey, occupation un­known, BirminghmJ,l, ].<Iich.'

L . V. Beebp, insurance business, f~ tHicn, N. Y. .

H. D. Benham, died ill the ibl'lllY. , I G. A. Dickey II ,. II

C. E. IIoll istel', farmer, ,Laings­purg, Mich .

A. N. I'l'entiss , Prof. of Botany nll~l Horticulture, Cornell University, Ilhicl\, N. Y.

I CLASS 0>' 162. I

O. Clute, Pastor of Unitarian r Church, Vineland, N. J. I

A .. J. Cook, instructor in mathe­mat.ics, l\'lich. AgL'ieultul'nl Colleg~ J .... nnsing.

F . Hodgcmau, surveyor and civil engineer, Galesburg, Mich.

C. A. Jowell, farmer, --, Iowa. E. N. Preston, Supt. of Public In·

t.l'uction, N evacla, Cal. OLASS OF '64.

I ·\\" W. Daniells, P rof. of Pmctical Agriculture aDd Supt. of the Farm, Wisconsin UniverSity, Madison. I Louis J. Gibson, teaching, EaBt Sagimiw, Mich.

}N. A. Iial'dYt occupation n.nd res .. q

. dence unknown. I

S. 111{, Millard, lawyer, Chicago, II. L. VnnclCl'bHt, farmor, Okemos, J

Mich. 'r " . , . CLASS OF '66.

G. \V. J;j:nrrison, machinist, Latls­'ng, :Mich.

O. H. 'Vatson, lawyer, l\:Iilwfiukee, Wis. I llLASS OF '67.

L. A. Hurlburt, law stuclont, lI1ich. Un iverSity, Ann Arbor.

H. H. Jennison, farmor, Engle, Mich.

A. C. Prulzman, machinist, F itch· burgh, !lfa"". 1 D. Strange, teaching unioll school at Mason, Mich.

'V. 'Y. Tracy, foreman of the gar­dens, Mich. Agricultural College,

finsing.