Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-07-13
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1t is practice with every class which
graduates from the iWest Point Military
Academy to devise some sort Of memo
rial or souvenir, which every member has
an interest in making a class affair. As
a general thing, the cadets memorial is a
ring, by which every member Of class
can in after years recognize 'friend and
brother" But the class of this year has
chosen quite different kind Of an article,
namely, a "baby cup A correspondent
tells us all about it in the following ex-
tracts: '-e-r
II remember very we'll how the class
of '65 gotup a cup of this description and
| happen to know that it has lever yet
been given to the winner, because certain
dates and figures as to the birth Of seve-
raj younsters, now doubtless toddling a.
bout some officers parlor floors, cannot be
made to harmonze, ga. f..
The present memorial is to be awarded
to whatever graduate can first call him
self legitimate father after he has don
ned the blue for the gray. They have
determined that the youngster who wins
the cup for his papa must be boy and
he must also thrive for at least six
months HoI ',laa3a
The cup is most elegant one 1t is
of solid silver, lined with gold, and is set
upon the top of Il stack Of muskets, the
bayonets being its immediate resting
points. The butt ends of the muskets
are spread out for the feet, so to speak,
4 upon which it stands. On each Of two
sides Of the cup is the figure Of cadet,
and on the cover that of an oflicer--the
first two figures being symbols Of what the
class now are, and the third Of what each
one will be when the cup goes to the win
ner.h 1t iSEery richly carved, and beneath
the inscription, The Glass of 1870 to
-,' there is blank space for the name
of lis mothers who will win the prize.
In order that the cup may not be won
by trickery or Device or in any unfair
way, committee has been appointed by
the class to attend hereafter to all CORES.
pondencc relating to the competition fol
the thing, when days will have rolled
themselves into many months, and an in.
Ifantile cadet makes Rome howl' from his
cradle bedq bas innsa q.
Tsu l may add that there does not seem tc
beany jealousy among the members OF the
class in regard to the cup, and they all
declare their motto to be--'May the best
man win. ng5aal nla
1 "A wedding in Bridgeport, Conn, was
interrupted for q moment the other day
by an apparently sane gentlemen, whc
stepped up to the bridegroom at the al.
tar, tapped him on the shoulder, and il
an audible whisper said -" Before this
little affair goes any further, | would like
to know one thipg--who will build the
fires p l.,r ..a H y5r.,,4fo.aa d
4 In Newark, N.J.,g the other day
one Thomas Flanagan appeared at tht
| Jail Office and desired to be committed, -
to escape the tongue of his scolding wife
1.-The request could not be entertained, SC
4 he went into the street and hurled a stone
at the window, thus committing breact
! Of the peace, when his wishes were com
4 piled with aiVoi Htsfg
4 IRA distinguished President Of Harvard
4 College was once asked by q brother cler
! gyman how long itltoOk him to, write
\ Sermon "a N lit.r IA ~ a4 aaaiissur
4 He said, /. Sometimes week. some
times longer"
I acaWhat! week to write d sermon 7''
l write one IN day. aud make hothinl
|, of it, 's3m1eu1u iadI .ia8Ssss5
i 5sYes,rsreplied the Doctor, "but ! max
something Of mine" aad,I sa at,.,
] IA pair Of Cincinnati clopers Wake,
twelve miles the other night after q clcr
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