Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-06-29

Ban THE Quarterly report of the "Herrick
Educational Club were held at the Camp School
House. on Saturday June Sd, 1865. The people
focked from far and near, and the house and yard
were thronged with listeners The meeting was
called to order by the President, J. NJ. CRAWFORD,
and the exercises opened with music Union, Cop
and Liberty" A very able salutatorywas then de-
livered by VIM SoUIREs. Muc, ''Yes, the Boys
are Coming Home" A defamation ON the death
of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by VIM. J. MITTEN, was then
very attentively listened to; also one by LEVI
SQUIREs. The exercises were then entertained by
song and chorus entitled ''Victory at Last which
being very appropriate and well sung, was receiv-
ed with great applause. An affecting essay was
then read by Miss ANNIE OvERPECK. Quartctte,
g The Girls at Home" At the urgent request of
HORACE W. DURAND, hewas permitted, by the Pres
ident to read paper purporting to be edited by
JUPITER X. SLAM, entitled The LterayC C,dtimior,
the contents of which the Society knew nothing.
The first part consisted principally of poetry bur
lesques, local, and personal hits Its reception
however, was not re1y Objectionable to the Club.
After the reading of said part very soul-stirling
piece of music sung by the ''Glee Club" en-
titled "Oh Wait till the Good Time Coming
Comes!' Lecture then delivered by w. J..
HILLS on the Hope of War, in which his orator
al powers were nobly exhibited and whose use of
language such as will some day assure him IL
place among the great The trained reader of the
Cttcator then came forth to expound JUPITER X.
SLAMS great literary talent, and we are sorry to
say the second part did not meet our expectations
1t consisted of ungentemanly parodies, rude bur
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buttons. After enduring considerably more of the
above abuse than we should an Honorary member
arose and moved that the Club suppress any fur
ther reading of the paper which was warmly sec
onded by many members, and carried without a
negative response. j. NJ CRAWFORD then offered
the following Resolutions
ReSOired, That we, as a society, tender Mr. J. b
DURAND our rel,ct1a thanks for his irstproductiou
of his uncalled-for and ungentlemanly volume of
The Literary CuHjcdtOT, and that We hear nothing
further from the honorable gentleman until request
ed.
The Resolution unanimously adopted and
the g CtiUdOr disappeared, to appear only in the
comfelds! The next production a comic song
and chorus, entitled ''Oil on the Brain after which
Mr.. JAMES L. SHoRTEIL favored the audience with
an Grafton, and which he delivered most admir-
ably. Few young men of his age and advantages
possess such soundness of mind intellectual great
ness, and such tattering oratorical powers. His
Grafton listened to with untiring interest for
nobly did he perform the part of speaker After
the above the audience was again enlivened by an
other soul-stirring chorus, entitled The GAY and
Happy Suckers from the State of Illinois," After
which We very attentively listened to an able and
well-delivered valedictory by E. L. HILLS c. L.
STEWART, then proposed that We tender a vote of
thanks to Mr.. SHoRTEIL, for his kindness III favor
ing with speech which was unanimously re-
sponded to. Then after the singing of a double
quartette, ''We Think of Them Often" the Society
adjourned to meet again at the appointed time.
MoLLIE A. MIRROR, Secy.
We as a Society, wish the public to under
stand, that the Literary CufiUmor was edited and
the {" Tempest i'll the Herrick Teapot" was boiled
by Mr.. J. B. DURAND, (who not being member of
the Club, but recent "New Orleans quill driver, "
is undoubtedly some or else thinks he is, aad who
had nothing else to do but slander his neighbors
and originate neighborhood gossip.