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An oetogenarian's RecOnectiOns of Oxford.

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An octogcnrian ,T-iaI in the University Of
oxford. who ha- lived 90 Oxford all his lie, and
whD las been connected with the University
nearly -Ince bis infancy. has this week published
g volume II be - Ec-ll-cJilus. The book has
not been noticed IN The English press and It o.
ours % me t-at a lt or Two Of II may wei come
il here.
some quaint customs are stil kept up NJ oxford
University. At Ma-ial,n College. on the first
Monday morning service ~ Lent. tTo BUrsars 20
round the cLaTel. during the chanting OF the
Hcneiicire. and dole out from their CAFE 10 each
member. a. they Ta-s. q lttle scroll Of PAPER
containing "a small sum. from one shilling Tor the
President down u Jv5 pence for a chOI:ster. he
q~ueatLed by some TiJu-. thoughtful beneaietoT.
40 P~uTgGHd0S reiss. or e physic money, a. Al II
now irreyerently termed.
Some lineage. such was the neglect 0fmanners,
thai the Nicc-CaaucelI0 had 70 issue the following
notice: /" Whereas complaints have been made
tlat some undergraduates members OF the I'M
yersity are in the habit OF smoking az public en-
t~erJalnmenJs, and otherwise creating annoyance.
they are hereby cautioned against a repetition Oh
such un-entleMallike behavior.
KuOckcI stealing used 70 be a tlvoriJe Iastime
with certain Undergraduates \ large fountain
in the town. which was cleaned out. was found
dJJrei with kEOcker, and broken fragments Of
-igu-b1=rds. ornaments. devices. etc. When =
bUngler was caught. lie had u pay q fine equal u
the cost Of the knockers wrenCEed OF in the two
or three preceding terms.
Formerly the bodies Of pcTsOns executed were
given u the Professor OF Anatomy 10 be dissected,
and there J. a tradition that a woman named
Green wt- restored by the care and skill of the
Professor. She had murdered her child. \ stu
dent wrote the following:
Ana Green Wa a slippery queen,
In vain dd the jury detect her;
~Ae cheated Jack ketch. and then the vie wretch
'>caIeI te kuif= 81 III learuvd ds--otgr"
: similar story i told Of the famous surgeon,
Mr.. Hunter. The = patient in this case was a
man. who insisted on looking upon Hunter ir par
eaHS boD, as the author OF his renewed existence.
Ia this tlial character NE every now and then ap-
piled for. and At laSt demanded pecuniary aid. To
the surgeon : great relief. however, he one morn
ing received q recent subject from Newgate. and
who should II be but the identical wretch. erec7t-
tedG second time for = second capital offense, Tie
experiment Of resuscltati0n was not again at
tempted.
Lord Conyers Osborne, second son Of the Duke
Of Leeds was killed in 1881 by the present Mar
quis Of Deyonshire. The latter gave the following
evidence ut the inquest " About ~half-Tast IL,
on the night VI the 10th inst, | was running rather
riotOusly with two Or three young companions.
The deceased GoTd G. OzbOrne) came out Of his
room, when /, wishing to save him from rough
usage. forced him back into his room. y scutie
took place the deceased. resisting my interference,
struck me, and | struck HIM on the body, intend
ing u force him into his chair" lie was asked
with what he struck him. a. With this" was
tie answer, and hc held up his doubled fist. Lord
Osborne (the dcccI-cd) was a small, delicate man.
The other was tall and powerful. The jury found
a verdict, {. Death FER Infortunium'' or Chance
Medley"
In 1914 Gen. Butcher visited Oxford and was
all but pulled in pieces by his admirers. They
followed him to his lodgings. where he anne 70
the window, PIPE in mouth, looking mt them and
blowing a cloud. In 1915 some Masters of Arts
tried t. get up an opposition 60 the conierring of
an honorary degree upon the late Mr.. Everett, on
tie ground that he was once a Unitarian minis
ter. However, the Nice-ChancellOr profes,ed not
to hear the dissenticnts. and Mr.. Everett being
admitted IN dunb show, took his seat among the
Doctors. In 1859 Barnum was roughly treated
by the undergraduates. lie coolly called them
- silly boys laughed at their i gcese-like sibil-
%lations, and pocketing the large receipts, walked
of very well satisfied.
The Prince Of Wales first appearance rs an un-
dcr-graduatc l. described "a = that Of an a,niable,
graceful, Ingenious youth, with more Of his
mothers features and expression than his fathers;
not imposing, certainly, hut perfectly easy and
unelnbarrasscd. 1t Is scarcely necessary To say
that in the authors opinion, during the FIVE or
sx terms Of his residence, : the young Prince
gained golden opinions by his easy, unaffected
bearing When the Prince. however. was visit
ed by the Queen at Oxford, in 1860, he made one
mistake. - IL l. . standing rule in Oxford. - SAYS
our veteran discipinarian, in whom Office is
stronger than even reverence for royalty, to
wear the academic dress in lionizing ladies. His
silk gown and gold-taSselled cap would have look
ell well aud graceful without being snowy or
formal"