The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
A nominating committe reported a list pf
officers forthc current year and they were ELIOT

Vlce-president, Aluacef Waiher, cIass " "
Secretary, Henry S Foot, class OF 81.
Neurological committee, Prof Ezra Bralneud
class of '64; Prof w II Parker, class OF ~ and
Rev M l. Lawrence, class OF '09.
Central committee, James Nj Sladc, class ot
'67, Charles M Wilds, class OF 70, and Milton
A Brooks, class OF 81.
Orator, Silas l. Blake, class of az alternate
orator, James X Batchelder, class OF u,
Poet, Frank M Peck, class ot7l alternate
poet, Henry w Hubert, class Of 70.
After an extended discussion growing out OF
the co-educational departure OF the college, the
Alumni adjourned sine die. A procession was
then formed and with the Middlebury band at
its head, departed for the church, where the
public exercises of the graduating class were
too take place. A large audience had, as us
ual gathered at the church, to listen TO the ex-
piring efforts OF the class of 1884. The young
gentlemen for the most part made a cred
table appearance on the stage, and were hber-
ally rewarded with flowers by their lady
friends.
Some of the young men tackled the usual
weighty Commencement topics, about which
their fund of fresh information was necessarily
limited. 1t is needless to say that some of these
loads we're altogether too heavy for the shout
ders OF those who undertook to carry them,
and indeed one of the graduates broke down
completely and hopelessly underlthey weightyo OF
his burden. The absurdity Of assailing sucbiA
subject as "Protection VS. Free Trade" In a sew
en- or, e9ght minute speech is $50 apparent to
thosewho really know anything about the great
economic controversy that 1t Is impossible for
them to wonder that Mr. Churchill should have
broken down in the middle Of his task. We can
now wait another year before we must see free
trade utterly demolished and pure protection
planted on a solid foundation rock of argument
by some brilliant young graduate Just emerging
from his ~'steens," in a seven or eight minute
speech. Several of the oratlons were political
- - =. -A-u ~-l A,o 80 thoca vrora cQVQOo
against the idea of nominating and elect1ns
such pair of fragrant political daisies as Blaine
and Logan. 1t is manifest that the world IS
moving, and intelligent young men seem this
year to be moving away from the Republican
camp. Right here in Vermont that fact is
plain, here where all the dominant interests are
pulling as of yore in the other direction.
Next came the corporation dinner, and then
there were more big talks and small talks, which
lasted a long while but happily were not end
less.
Wednesday evening occurred the annual
commencement concert, for which great prepa-
rations had been made. Miss Ella Earle OF
New York was the star of attraction, and she
was assisted by the Rugg'es street church quar-
tette of Boston and the Blaisdell orchestra OF
Concord, N III. Miss Earle hersslf is no stranG-
er in Middlebury, she having formerly. lived
and attended school here, and having relatives
here whom she sometimes visits now. MI
| CeOrup III ISSllGlG, OllC VI Nv leuDSiOo HeiNS
o~uartette, is also well known here. He was
brough up in Middlebury and graduated from
our college in the class of 1872. Mr. Remele is
now a LAWYER, practicing his profession in Bos-
ton, the cultured city OF dudes and daisies.
About S400 worth of tickets were sold for the
concert and it was a success pom arlistic-
ally and financially. The audience was a
large and appreciative one, and Miss
Earle and the male q~uartette were repeatedly
encored, and even the orchestra had to double
up some of its pieces. The entertainment was
held for the first time in the new town hall, ana
the hall was worthy of the entertainment ana
the audience.
Outside the town hall was one of those Gu
rious crowds which always gather on the even
inr of the commencement concert, made up
mostly of people who like to hear the music but
don't like to pay a dollar to get in. This year
the crowd without was as large as usual ana
the street was lined with carriages and all sorts
Of vehicles. People came from long distances
and listened, as best they could in the din
around them, to the sweet voices OF the singers
and the sweet-voiced violins of the orchestra
within the hall. Almost everybody seemed to
be in the outside crowd, from the weazen od
man who chad seen Jenny Lind" to the noisy
boy and the multitudinous woman with the
s%aualling infant. At last the concert was oyeI
and such idle professional loaters as your cor
RESPONDENT strolled h~omewardS, while the gen
eral tide of humanity drifted over the river ano
paid its respects to President and Mrs Hamlln
The night closed with the commencement Dali
1t was attended by a large and handsomely
dressed company of dancers, and when TIL
morning dawned it found the members OF thu
class of 1854 hard at work among many friends
at the pleasant toll of dancing themselves out O
college. Sic transit gloria CoAegas.
The suspected horse thief case came to /
head here last Wednesday. On "Wednesday
, morning Senaca S Bemis of Plainfield, father D
| xla ~ ,Nv;cp-,ov ppmn hprn in nnmnpnX
with Lawyer Shurtliff of Montpelier, and the,
went 20 work to get young Bemis out withou
, DELAY. A writ of habeas corpus was talked OF
and hints were thrown out to the effect tina
somebody had probably got himself into trou
BILE by arresting Bemis without a warrant, ant
t on Sunday too, on suspicion of having com
6 mitted a mythical crime. But Bemis was still
kept in jail nevertheless, Notwithstanding thu
I, failure of any of the officers who had sent tele
grams to put in an appearance ana claim thf
custody of the prisoner. Tuesday afternoon
, Deputy Sheriff L P Barrow of Orange county
: telegraphed to hold Bemis till his arrival, anC
he got here on the five o'clock train from thu
north Wednesday evening. Bemis and youne
Leayitt, who had been with him, were wanted
for burglarizing the store and post-of1ice il
Corinth, the particulars of which were narrated
in your correspondence from that town last
week. 1t seems that Leavitt parted or unayoid'
!, ably beca ne separated from Bcmls near BrlS'
: toll, where Leavltt was found in a barn at a late
: hour Saturday night. He explained his pres
ence in the barn by stating that he had gone
, there to stea. some oats for his horse, which he
had left with his companion a short distance
away. He was finally released, and has moi
been seen or heard of since. Its probable thai
Bemis became frightened at the noise resulting
from Leayitt's detection in the barn and drove
off. leaving his companion in the lurch. Ihe
horse and buggy, it turns out, were mo-
stolen, but belonged to Bemis. Officer
Barrow started for Chelsea with his prisoner
Wednesday night, and the scene of action IN
the case thus passes to another court.
COMMENCEMENT AND UNIT NOTES.
Hon e. Ormsbee of Brandon was made ar
honorary alumnus of the college on motion OF
the alumni orator, Hon Z B Sherman.-Miss M
B Chellis of Meriden, N H., ran a close race
with a masculine opponent for the leadership
of the reshman class. The difference between
the two was so mail that it couldn't be inquired
ont. and the honors and prize were divided be
tween them, share and share a~llke.-Protessol
w II Parker has resigned the treasurership o.
the college after an efficient service of twenty
nine wears. Hon L d Eldredge has been chosen
as his successor. = Hopes are entertained a
headquarters that the next class will be a large
one, Notwithstanding the discreditable attempts
which are alleged to have been made to pick al
: the ripe fruit from the fitting schools OF TIM
c state for the use of the U V NJ, in Burlington
> The glorious Fourth passed off very very
) Quietly in Middlebury. The small boy WIFE
r the frisky fire -cracker was about all there was
: of it.-And now even A L Stanley OF Leicester
: snubs the good prohibition people and With
: draws from their ticket. This Is a most EN-
nhatic case of the "Et tn Brute, business
: Thomas Dugan, who was drowned at Yer
t gennes last Thursday, leaves a vile and 81,
0 children. 1t is stated that he was almost paral
wed by prohibition rum, and so unable to hell
t himself when the boat tipped over.-iion Ge'