New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-11
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.


cornwall and 60 up there 10 spend my sundays OF
course knew that should hav. no difficulty in get
une my isvorlte Tribune there on that day. had
suo'croed Tor by the month however for my vife's
benefit, and supposed that WHEN the mail came on
Monday and brought her a second Sunday Tribune
sne WonIo nave enough to supply portion Of the
neishoorhood, for you know women like to keep the
sunday papers 10 read during The veeh when some
Sard 'e{ nnd time hanging rather heavily on their
The s,ndsv T Sen you can Imagine my surprise rhel
Ws s %ss RHt y my hand; at noon yeee That
me %Hae Sr f3 d 10 T5s prepared . and Il t9s
the wrapper and printed label had got 10 me- Then
o on for s. learned that the Cornwall postooe Is
o. he large number Of boarders In that region
tribune by mail on Sunday morning.
u wonder what is the use Of all the baccalaureate
sermons OF Which there has been so much in the papers
for the last few weeks The speaker was college
graduate Of three years standing "I am sure" he
went on "thst didn't get much benefit from mine,
and doubt II the other fellows did either All can
remember Is that At certain point In the discourse
we all stood up and tried TO look solemn We didn't
dare look at each other for fear we MIGHT smile in
most undgnifed and reprehensible manner The
baccalalreate is supposed contain no end Of good
advice and instruction for the young men who are
about to go out into the wido wide world, and they
supposed to take II seriously TO heart and
profit by IL all the rest Of their lives Now fancy
that the futh Is TO put It plainly that all this is
pOppyoock. don't believe there one graduate out
Of hundred no, out of thousand, who has been
out OF college five years, who remember even the
text Of his bacc9laureate, much less single sentence
or idea contained in It, Of course II gives the Prex
chance satisfy his conscience and DO his duty and
all that sort Of thing, but in my opinion the moral
effect OF the baccalaureate sermon IS nil / have a
ministers as college presidents win have tendency 70
DO away with this time honored feature Of commence
ment week When the president cannot preach, they
outside a
do the JOB Why not instead, let the lay president
give the boys plain practical tak-not sermon at
are entering on fancy that would have more effect
on the seniors than for them to stand up and be
preached at in solemn sentences which they never can
remember
Speaking 81 laymen college presidents emphasizes
the new departure which Amherst has made in Install
ing President Gates. Heretofore this college has
always had a clergyman at It's head. The previous
presidents have been the Rev. Dr. Zephaniah Swift
Moore, who, by the way had previously been pres
dent of Williams College the Rev. DR.. Heman
Humphrey the Rev Dr.. Edward Hitchcock, the Rev.
sec,ve r. Is thus really notable precedent which
Ra, been broken in placing iayman at the head Of
this Institution. OF course there b. essential
and empowering reason for making clergyman a
vogue, and is being broken down with excessive
slowness.
There is no end Of ways Of spending vacation.
To every man according 10 his taste. The departures
TONS however are not numerous. One Of the oldest
the writer has heard Of is that 90 certain venerable
appearing college professor who seems 70 take
much delight in pitching hay as Mr. Gladstone has
been wont 10 in welding the axe. ayes he says.
Il send my family of to the country. but have
little farm a few miles ont Of tOwn-ony few
and can get more satisfaction and more health out
Of making hay than out Of anything else. So spend
two months or so there IN son comfort. ! know u
wouldn't suit most people. but II does suit me, and
own fancy. Anyhow, 1t IS lawful occupation that
follow In the summer. and What difference foes II
make 70 me II people do think II little queer, and
betting man. but II were I should be willing % stake
good round sum that ! can make u good hay as
any other man IN the State
II Is said that one must 60 away from home 70 find
out what is going there. Here is paragraph
clipped from Boston paper which Will undoubtedly
be news to good many people in New York's big
nelglbor over on Long Island "A prominent sign
on most Of the Brooklyn streetcars reads: To all
Cemeteries. The writer has ridden on nearly every
street car in brooklyn in the Of the last twenty
years and he has yet to such sign A single
Of them. It would be ont Of the question for any
street car line 20 run "tO an cemetcrc,' without
an elaborate enlargement Of IT. charter. some Of the
cars de- most naturally bear signs indicating that they
run 70 Greenwood. others that they 20 to the hcgh-
borhood Of Cypress HIS. and 50 on. That IS oil.
The only justification for the remark quo that can
be thought Of l. that a. the enia1ce to tle bnqee
something Ike the one that the Boston paper Lighted
upon and a. a matter Of fact one limo Of that com
pany runs right past the main entrance 70 Greenwood,
while another passes the EvcrgTccns Cemetery and
goes not far from Cypress HIS.
The new telegraph blanks which the Western Union
Company supplies to It's patrons not likely to
be 81 popular with persons the dstyle ones
Newspaper men who were ont OF copy paper often
found the backs OF bunch Of telegraph blanks an
excellent substitute, and no dOuJt many thousands
were used up In this way, ard the company was 50
much out Of pocket. Now the terms which the
company accepts kilograms are printed in large type
on the reverse of the blank, Instead Of appearing In
small type at the head Of the diverse side that the
usefulness Of the blank Tor turning out copy on has
passed AWAY. The front Of the blank presents new
appearance, besides. for the writing is to be done tho
long way Of the sheet, and the lines are divided by
vertical crossnes into five spaces Indicating that Just
five words are u be written on line. inns VIII prop
ably puzzle some people at first, and it will not De
agreeable TO any one whose handwriting does not
happen TO fit tie divisions.