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...Professor C. E. Norton '46, and Mr. W. D. Howells '67. A poem will be read by Mr. T. B. Aldrich '90, and several letters will be read from prominent men in the United States who will be unable to attend the exercises. A cantata entitled "The Village Blacksmith" will be sung at the exercises by a chorus from the Cambridge public schools. The doors will be open at 7.15 o'clock. At 7.30 there will be orchestral music, and the addresses will begin at 7.45. There will be a limited number of reserved seats for special guests until...
...Theatre there will be public exercises, at which W. D. Howells h.'67 will be the principal speaker, and President Eliot, Coloner T. W. Higginson '41 and Professor C. E. Norton '46 will also make addresses. A special chorus from the public schools will sing the cantata, "The Village Blacksmith." During the week of the anniversary an interesting public exhibition will be held, at the Cambridge Public Library, of rare and beautiful editions of the poet's works, together with other memorabilia connected with his name, to which the University Library, Professor Norton, and other collectors will contribute...
Stewart, "The Fugitive Blacksmith...
...most important contribution to the current number of the Advocate is an Irish dialect story, "A Village Paladin," by J. A. Graydon '01. After briefly picturing the town of Rosslea, on Fair Day, the writer describes the shop of Mickey Doonan, the village blacksmith, and then skilfully introduces upon the scene some of Mickey's "boon companions." In the dialogue which follows there is both vigor and movement, and wherever the writer used exposition or description there is always color and atmosphere. Towards the close of the story there are numerous little touches of humor, of which only a very...
...west many acres in front of the house, and the view to the west commanded the country for one hundred miles as far as the Alleganies. It was Jefferson's idea to make himself perfectly independent, a true country gentleman, and hence it was that on his estate dwelt blacksmith, carpenter, slaves, etc.- a miniature village. From this it is to be judged that Jefferson was a wealthy man and it was, for the construction of the house at Monticello and the improvements of the grounds, etc., cost over $400,000-a very large sum in those days Mr. Warren...