The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-06-24

next meeting of the Board armed will
ladder. pot and brush; snd that the
County Fathers will proceed, then and
there, to spread the ceunty's paint upon
the county's court house in the most
dsrabiesand economtea! manner for
s3sa per day arid mileage. 4. Il" 81
ExERClsEs.-The readers Of the ADvER-
User are 20 well acquainted with the
location and history Of the Methodist
College A. Mount Vernon in the adjoin-
ing county of Linn that no predatory
statement concerning these things is
necessary TO, this brief account Of its
commencement exercises. The exer-
cises of commencement week began on
Sabbath A. NJ, the 18th inst, in the
Baccalaureate sermon preached by Pres.
King; although Friday and Saturday
evenings of the previous week were &C.
cupied respectively by the class exer-
cises Of the Amphictyon and public
meeting of the Adelphian societies,
which only came so early because there
were too few evenings in the ensuing
week. ..ftH0l, .@autl& ,ay@&As = s"
-. The examination Of classes occupied
the attention of teachers, students and
guests Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, till noon. On Monday evening y
race was trotted over literary course
by three representatives from the Phil
omathean, ladies' aud three from the
Adelphian (gentlemens' societies. The
contestants were selected by their re.
spective societies and groomed and put
upon the track by the Faculty--ths re-.
suit being that the gentlemen barely
saved their distance. Tuesday evening
was occupied by lecture by Bishop
Simpson before the literary societies of
the institution; and the presentation OF
society diplomas to eight members each,
the Philomalhean aud Amphictyon each
societies. aud six from the Adelphian,
who tog"ther make the twenty-five
members OF the graduating class Of 1869.
Wednesday evening All address was de-
livered before the Alumni Association
by Hon. john q. Safely. formerly Of
Cedar, but now Of Toledo, Tama CO.
Thursday, 18th inst, the day for
which all other days ut Cornell are sup
posed to be made, Was expected By all
to prove the most interesting COM
menccment occasion in the history Of
the College, as the graduating class was
larger than ever before, and the number
of those incidentally interested In such
exercises naturally Increases with each
succeeding year. But the event sug-
gests to US tie hackneyed proverb that
"nan proposes aud God dispnses, for
in this instance. the great Disposer
bighted many fond hopes aud fair
prospects, u say nothing of lace bonnets
and starched skirts, by very rainy
day. The forenoon exercises were held
in the church, and listened to with
pleasure by those who were fortunate
enough to find room to sit or stand.
The audience gathered at the appointed
time in the same place for the afternoon
programme, until the house was packed
from front to rear, and still many
sought entrance. A little treacherols
sunshine about this time caused strong
pressure from those who could not yet
into the church to have the exercises
adjourned to the grove where a platform
aud seats were in waiting. To this de-
mand, President King, after considera-
BILE hesitation. and weakly, in view o
the threatening sky, finally yielded +,
and half hour later found the large
aud handsomely dressed company seat
ell in the grove conpiacently listening
to the first performance on the pro
gramme. Another half hour found the
said company, appearing anything but
well dressed and feeling anything but
compliment, hurriediy splashing thro'
the mud towards shelter from the blind
ing rain. So much wet dry goods and
such drabbled, drozzlsd, wilted, wor-
ried, spattered, splashed and spluttering
company was seldom seen. Good ma
ture triumphed, however, over all, and
every one seemed in the humor to make
the lightest Of his pretlicament.
The class Of 1869, whose graduating
exercises were thus suddenly interrupt
ed, and who were hastily handed their
dripping diplomas from beneath a huge
umbrella, consists as we have intimated
before, Of twenty-five members-half of
whom are scientific and half classical
graduates. Among the former we no.
tice the names of two from Cedar coun-
ty, Miss Ella NJ. Lee, of Upton, and
Mr.. Charles w. Rollins Of Clarence; and
among the classicals that Of Capt. w.
T. Rigby, of Red Oak.
TOWNSHIP COLLECTORS. The action
indicated by the following preamble
and resolution, passed by the Board of
Supervisors at their last session is one OF