The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-06-28

ice-creaming Mary Jane in the day
time, hugging her in the evening.
aud perspiring in happy concert all
the time. But enough of this. The
real commencement day, when the
throng comes, Is the 2sth yet in
prospective-and wish to give you
few dots to what has already trans
PRED.
The programme for the entire week
was published In your last issue, SO
you have an outline. Examination
began Saturday and will conclude
"Wednesday morning with public
reading of the standing" of each stu
dent. Yesterday, albeit ii was the
sabbath, was big day in the week
of events. The special sermon-from
some undiscovered reason called the
"Baccalaureate'- the about-to-be-
come graduates" was delivered at
10 80 A. NJ. by Bishop X. ;. Foster,
ID. ID. The Bishop is n pretty genial
looking old gentleman with snowy
hair and whiskers, eyeglasses and
double chin. His voice is not good,
but his general delivery, though slow
and at times a tritle pompous, Is origi
nal and effective. The church was
packed like a herring-boN. About
one-third of the entire sittings are al
ways reserved in the most eligible
part of the house, on this occasion,
for the Senior and his friends, the fac
ulty and friends and the alumni and
friends. The friend" in conse-
quence, is a numerous as well as n ia
vored institution. This gathering,
however much of solemnity may at
tach, is nevertheless the universal
dress parade of the week Everybody
attends, with his, or her, silver
mounted harness on, and ii is therefore
very necessary to have noted and
powerful speaker in order to keep the
audience from spending their time in
specializing as to how many of the gay
turn-outs are new, and how many
fixed over" for the occasion.
Bishop Foster was pretty well equal
to the emergency He was fianked in
the pulpit by the towering DIR. a. J.
kynette a brother of our j. w. on
the one side and President King on
the other. DR.. X. made the invoca-
ton and read hymn, which was
sung by an excellent choir. The
Bishop announced his text from
Psalms viii 3. and 4, and, after telling
the graduates that whatever is of inn
portanee to men "a men, s,nd women
As women, must be of interest aud inn
pcrtance TO them, declared that he
should depart from the usual custom
of addressing his sermon to them es-
pecially and leave them to gather "A
share as members of the universal
brotherhood. The sermon was unique
and in many respects striking, but we
can of course attempt no RESUME.
To-day there have been no public
exercises save examinations. This
evening the pupils in vocal and in
strumental music give a concert.
The evidences of total depravity ex-
ist even here. 4 grand salute. to be
fired by the cadet arillerists, is one
item on Commencement day pro-
gramme; but one night last week
somebody spiked both the cannon
and did a good job of it too. The
probability is that powder and noise
will be saved together. In this case
no accidents can happen, and no one
will be the loser, either
Williams, Of the Mechanicsville
Press, was In Mt. Vernon the other
day, and went home to give Guild,
the hotel-keeper here, n terrible blow
ing up in the next issue of his paper.
This il not amiss so far rs Guild il
concerned-he being the slowest, la
ziest and most meager apology for q
landlord who ever made guest walk
to the train because il was ''too mud
dy To take out his horses The "grey
mare" however, is the better horse,
and keeps things sleek enough about
the house; but even the old horse gets
away with Williams by publishing "A
card in the Homkeye stating that the
Press man jumped the house without
paying his bill. and intimating that
he had better pay for his feed before
he abuses his feeders.
Next weekwe shall hope to be able to
give you at least sketch of the sub
sequent and more important events
here. Very truly yours. l..