New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-16
THE TALK or THE DAY

Recent investigations by The Boston Journal have
shown beyond doubt who Is the Oldest college graduate
In the country. lie is Colonel Amos a. Parker, OF
Ptzwilliam. ~ H., who obtained his diploma from
the University of Vermont IN 1873 On October
4 Colonel Parker will complete his l01st year. He
Is said to have held more Offices and 70 have remaine4
longer In Office than any other man
In New Hampshire He has been member OF the
bar for seventy nine years. The Rev. Dr. William H.
Funess the venerable Unitarian clergyman OF Phila
delphia, Is the eldest graduate OF Harvard having
been graduated in tho class Of 1920. The Rev. DR..
Frederick A. Farley, OF Brooklyn, who died on March
"a this year. at the time OF his death the
Oldest graduate. Edward McCrady, Of Charleston,
s. c. OF the class Of 1920 at Yale, Is the Oldest
living alumnus Of Yale. and the only surviving men,
Der Of his Of fifty eight. The oldest graduates Of
other New gland colleges given by The Journai'
as follows: Brown, the Rev. DR.. George W. Briggs,
OF Cambridge 1925; Dartmouth, Mark Wentworth
Fletcher farmer Of Wayne, ILL.,, 1924 Bowdoin the
Rev DR.. Thomas T. stone, Of Bolton, Mass, 1s2o;
williams, the Rev Jeremiah Porter, 1884, In which
David Dudley Field also graduated. Mr. Portes
being his senior in by few months; Amherst
samuel D. Partridge. Of Milwaukee, 1927, although
the Rev Charles c. Corss OF East smithfeld, Penn,
Of the class OF 1890 is really older than Mr. Parthdgc
They were talking Of Pendulum. who changes his
opinions with remarkable facility: Brown-Bht
when he said that the thing couldn't be done why
didn't YOU convince him that 1t could .,,.,.
Fogg-Yes that would be smart ID me. Wmons
III lie would have come 10 me- next DAY ana n'So
oil my arguments TO prove that the Thing WHICH ,r nc
IMAGINABLE TO do. No. thank YOU; don't waste my
time furnishing wind 10 a weathercock-1Boston
Transcript.
A wrllknown educator hns expressed the oplnioa
that while University Extension is an excellent thins'
there is danger OF running IL into the ground Is
Is obviously danger to be guarded against II Is
mt difficult matter to overdo the best OF good things
University Extension necs to be wisely directed ana
prudently restrained In order to accomplish lis oes'
possibilities.
| she-rhnt odious Mrs Ncwrtch seems to think more
| OF her dog than Of her boz . uua
| He-O well: the dog has a peolgree.-lAf'
| A small station on the Old Colony road in Masss
! chuseus bears the queer name OF hehper"a' ~
pears that three children Of summer residents porn 10
tho pare are named respectively kenilworth. beHhe
and Mary and the first syllable Of each name was
taken to form the name Of The station.
IN JULY.
Softly drone the honey bees.
blossom scented in the breeze:
over an p the faint est haze
Rests, aud song birds pipe their layf
In a sweeter strain.
From the meadows comes the scent
OF the new hay. clover bent-
In the topaz sky
Fleecy clouds nke ships at sea-
Floating onward lazlly
OR at anchor lie.
Nature now Is doubly dear
To my soul. for doubly near,
AT July's behest,
She has come, and coming br1nss
surccase from all weary thngs-
Bssful sense II rest ,,
-(John Kendrick Bangs In Chicago MAIL
DR.. Alexander schadenberg a botanst. recently dis
covered the largest flower record in the Phihppnc
Islands II was nearly yard in diameter and weisne'
more than twenty-five pounds.
A decidedly practical lover has been found az "eS
U,rtl.pool England. In OF his letters 10 me
sweetheart he wrote: 81 WISH my darling that YOU
would not write such long letters II you w" 49,
TO bring action for breach OF promise against me S
lawyers would copy the spofdcnce between US.
and charge fourpence for every folio OF seVenSsmv
| words The shorter the letters tho more We raw
| from the lawyers. Troy Times
Tho steamship Olvettc Of the Plant Line. has Iu''
broken the record by making the trip between BUSH"
and Halifax in twenty four hours and forty minutes
| Dnr,d ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BILIOUS
| rcmorhably easy man 10 get acquainted with doHs
| you think!
over mn hour before borrowed dollar OF MN, az
inside OF tne next hour we st so well acq,n n,s
| that he refused TO lend me another one-lndiahap0
| Journal.
| The Presbyterian Church may be In DOUBT aooas
the final outcome of the Briggs case. but II Is aosoun
| certain that the next President Of the United o~''
will be Presbyterian.
inst a Friendly Tilt.-Magistrae-Y are c I.ss
| sir with hitting the prosecuting witness, "cr"S'
| with a brick. Guilty or not guilty ..-- .on
| Mr. Grogan-PleaSc y'r amer, twor very ~
| brick. Mishcr McFadden is n find OF mine'~V~
| danapolis Journal.