Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-01-10
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DurrIr,ps, W. VA.,C
January LIST, 1880.

Rerkeley, which L al once TecoShiAeo 40
the production of my friend Sammie OF
Failing Waters, or, perhaps | should
say of Little Georgetown, for l am sure
he may be more frequently found at the
latter place. t.ll.. ::
was much amused at his joke on his
friend Jimmie, but would call his atten-
ton 10 the extra two per cent. on his
friends card, over the well known sigma
,ure of II. Coleman. This may possibly
have been due to the use of tobacco,as L
am sure it is a great soother OF pertnr-
bed feelings. He forgot toS, that inc
man who swan the Hudson, wac beat
en- BY bis Ulster county sweetheart IN
foot-race near Milton, on one SATURDAY
afternoon. / wonder if he remembers
the day he inquired so particularly 40 W
the location of Mr., Wilson's Je"eiry
store on Washington street; the Propi-
.,or of which was acting as agent tor
NJ Houph,on, the gentleman who col
orad photographs. Sammie was so
.Jso.ed with one that Jimmie had col
ar.d as 10 desire himself TO patronize
DIR. Houghton. Jimmie yet smiles at
hs own forgetfulness, as he recalls Dir.
Wilson's question, ST be knew the exact
color OF the eyes, and his own reply,
that he did not remember il they were
brown or blue; and the general govern
ment realized the sum of three, indeed
/ may say, six cents, ere the desired In
formation could be obtained. Of course
the pictures referred 10, were those OF
male friends. Who ever heard of boy
taking a lad (y)'s picture TO college with
him? Nor does Jimmie forget the re-
vengeful and ruddy expression that Sam
mie wore on returning from Harry New
tons where Jack had tonsured him, and
ba,hed his face copiously with bay rum.
This was cosmetic not all improving
to gentleman of Sammies style OF
comeiiness. r..
Jimmie we'll remembers, and will
much regret too, the joke that occurred
when he went to room with Puddle, so
that S1mmie still has a poser for him.
This was a joke indeed, and few
months later was followed by one more
serious, but "Tlme who brings healing
on his wings" has numbered that among
"rhe things that were" "Time, the
tomb builder, has buried 1t in the dead
past" Have care Sammie; what assur-
arce have you more than others'
All! those were happy days spent in
that beautiful city on the "Rhine of
America" My heart leaps in glee as l
recall some of our close order marches
from the reservoir, through Mansion
Park, down Catherine street to Maln;or
our ride to Wappingers Falls; or the ex-
1ursion TO Consy Island; or some of our
concerts which opened at ll.3O + NJ,
after study had ceased, in which Elliot
and Buddie played the yiolins, Jimmie
the bones, and "Charlie and Tantic
danced and Dodd," aud Everett mental
ly consigned us all to certain locIliy
the temperature of which is said to be
far below that of Christmas night; does
not permit sleighing, and cannot be
measured with Fahrenheils latest i'm
proved.
Then there were the garden parties in
the park. Every ore who ever spent
three months at Eastman's knows some
thing of Mrs. Eastman's hospitality.
These parties were given in order that
the students might assemble in one grand
convocation, aud thus have an opportu-
nifty of meeting each other socially, and
of meeting the Presidents family and
their friends who were invited TO assist
in entertaining the students.
This also gave them an opportunity
of testing the skill ofthe Poughkeepsies
caterers, for no one ever expressed de-
sire TO 90 10 a restaurant after leaving
one ofthese entertainments. The parlOrs,
billiard. and card rooms of Eastman
Place, were opened to students from the
four corners OF the globe, so 10 speak,
tho it always. did puzzle me TO under
stand how anything round could have
four corners.
There was the piano in the college
hall, around which the students would
stand on Saturday mornings and the
words of such soul stirring anthems as
al love my love in the morning and
"Drink her down." would rise from five
hundred mouths in harmony with Ben.
Apples accompaniment, ,
Vassar College with its hundreds Of
young ladies, is ten minutes ride from
the city. An immense brick structure,
the chapel or dining room of which
covers more ground than Shepherd Cor
lepe. On the right of the college build
ing, and a hundred yards in the rear,
stands the observatory, and on the lett
the museum; the whole surrounded by
grounds beautifully laid out and orna-
mented with rare and lovely flowers,
while inst across the road and in front
of the building, was lowell lake for
rowing.
I'm addition to all these attractions,
were the weekly receptions at Eastman
Place, where Mrs. Eastman and her
daughters with party offriends receiv-
ed calls from her students from eight
till ten On Saturday evenings. Many
boys prefer going to school to gentle
men, but l always bad d weakness for
the other sex. 'Tis aaid that "man the
hermit sighed till woman smiled" Had
I been the man referred TO-, and woman
had put off smiling for any considerable
length of time, you would not have re.
ceiyed this communication, for | had
long since been resting in the embrace
Of mother earth. .s ;,
Joyous school days, gone, irrevocably
gone, years dear to me. From out that
wave of the ocean of time, have gath
cred me pearls, that will be dear to me