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Umpire: Mr John Clapp of the Athletics...
...reunion of the Class of '72 P. A. took place Friday evening of last week at Andover. The officers were: President, F. S. Livingood; Vice-President, John Porter; Orator, S. R. Johnson; Poet, C. A. Dickinson; Toast-Master, W. N. Frew; Odist, E. E. Parker; Committee of Arrangements, J. G. Gospil, W. H. Moody, A. H. Dellicker. The Toast-Master, Mr. Frew of Yale, was particularly happy, and the whole affair passed off in the most satisfactory manner...
...danger of drowning ven a travellin' by vater! The dodo likevise, a vonderful bird from New 'Olland, same size all the way round, don't valk much and can't fly, heats vat it can get, and dies ven it can't get nothink more! SCENE 6TH AND LAST: John Vesley a Preaching. - In the centre John is a standin' before a big stun, a declamin' agin the worldly bishops. In the foreground people a hollerin', "Down vith the Hestablishment!" vich means the Church of Hingland. On the right you vill hobserve his 'oss, a tied to a tree...
...onward. A book printed by Gutenberg in 1460, and one by Faust in 1462, are both older than any book the Library has hitherto contained. Another book has the date 1489, and there is a very rare edition of Plautus, 1578. The collection contains autographs of Samuel Johnson, John Milton, Racine, Drummond, T. N. Taifourd, and S. T. Coleridge. "Comus, 1645," and "Paradise Lost, 1668," are probably copies of the first edition. The manuscripts in Mr. Sumner's library are said to be very valuable, but they are not yet unpacked...
...JOHN GREEN, late lecturer on torts and criminal law at the Harvard Law School, has been elected acting dean of the School of Law of Boston University. - Advertiser...