Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-19

l at two for a nickle. I noticed that Earl
 Lee was still taking up a collection for
 MT. Hannibal Williams Shakesperian re-
 cltal, but his only patrons were Roster l Casey and Mike Kelly, who always con- | tributed a dollar each, with the stipula- | ton that Professor Thach's attention be called to the amount of the contribution. l Hearing an unearthly discord over in a | corner, l was at a loss to know the req l son, but 1 soon perceived that Flemming | Glenn, Hayes and Molder had formed a vocal quartette and were rehearsing Cats On Our Back Fence" Among the singular forms of insanity was the case 1 Of poor Bob Lewis, who vainly imagines that he is the Auburn-Opelika dummy and invariably rings his bell at every one he meets. l was fortunate in coming-in on Monday as this was the day for the weekly election of hop managers. Presi- dent Williams states the object of the meeting, then follows the election of | Whitman, who donates $50 in Confeder- ate bills to the cause, which amount is | regularly misplaced; and Dr. Brass, the | Sherlock Holmes of the establishment, l always traces it to Father Tippin, on the l assumption that he is the only man who 1 believes that Confederate money is still | good The bills are always returned to | MT. Whitman in time for another dona- 1 tion al the next election.
 This meeting is frequently disturbed | by Captain General (CommandanD Ca HCy' NIo. ptINtiNlIlS d ClSdT bOA III d | corner of the room, at once imagines | it to be his office and publishes his or | ders every few minutes. As If by magic a gleam of intelligence comes into the eyes of everyone, and I was puzzled to
 know the reason, when faintly comes the sound of the supper gong, and Elem ing leads the way to the repast They all have the habit of eating three meals day. In the assembly hall Miss
 Whitaker who imagines that she Is Mrs. General Booth of Salvation Army fame, persists in giving out hymns
 which no one knows. However VIII
 Wills attempts to sing them with a
 reach of 8 octaves. Miss Heard was selling Father Tippin's History of the Class of '96' but few purchasers of the curiosity are found. In spite of Bee sons warning, Gitteau Wright kills
 himself every Tuesday smoking rank cigars. There is much weeping over his demise, but fortunately Edwards always manages to bring him around with the induction coil Jules Oglesby and Jake Burton bind themselves together with elastic bands and tubes and vainly i'm agine that they are the "Siamese Twins" They are inseparable except at roll call time. Bancroft is constantly arguing that he does not belong to the Order of Caleopetera and that he does not believe in evolution This argument, faulty IS it iS Is nevertheless sustained by his friend, Pop Henderson. Tram mel is conspicuous as the fashion plate of the crowd. He reverses his collars and cuffs every twenty minutes. AL ford, Andrews and Kelly start out to sur yey the SueZ canal across the floor every morning; but Afford persists in imper- sonating DeLesseps, and the other two become infuriated, the whole affair end ing in a general fight. However, an at tendant Is near to settle the dispute and put them separately to bed. Tichenor, coll xtwxlr- l.a4 T., te lao bnr1 some man of the class and carries min ia lure mirrors in every pocket for the purpose of admitting himself. Albin Reeves is in training and believes that he
 will ride jack in the revival of the Olympian games at Athens. Christian poses as the Tesela of the class and was giving a scientific explanation of the cathodograph, but Gitteau Wright was always pointing out fallacies in the poor boys deductions Robert Haley regard ed himself as the Blue Eyed Boy of Destiny" and was constantly antagoniz- ing Tichenor, the mirror fiend. Sim Bennett and Bryce Wilson are hopeless
 tennis cranks. They were constantly trying to persuade Dumas to quit vend- ing apples and join them in game, but their entreaties were of no avail Gull ver's football days at Auburn were too much for him. He calls himself Ballet, and was constantly working on a set of new play rules which were always de- stroyed by Will Wills and Tichenor, much to Culvers discontinue. Wave on, flag of our union; wave ever" was howled in my ear. Turning, discovered that poor, demented Bat Taylor was still laborlng under the delusion that he could move the world with his oratorical pow CTS. My journey through this rare build ing was now at an end; but during my stay I had seen nothing of Francis Strather Morrissette. Just as was leav- Harry Smith nathetica11V informed me that the poor boy started out to see how many sentences of six words each he could compose by using only the letters in his name. After writ ing up all the paper he could find he con- tinued his mad career over the walls and floors until his case became so desper- ate that the attendants deemed 1t best to place him in solitary confinement. Here felt cold chill run through my body, and my brain seemed to be alive with pyrotechnics; the sensation was horrible. At last I gained conscious ness. and. opening my eyes. noticed that the fire had gone out and the college clock was striking 12.
 FLORENCE.
 Florence, April 18.-(Special) )-Mr. J. S.. Falls and Miss Mamie E. Cost were married at Il o'clock Wednesday morn- ing at the home of MT. Emmet Coburn. Mr.. and Mrs. Falls are both well known and very popular in Florence. MT. Falls is the agent of the Memphis and Charles ton railroad in this city. His bride Is an attractive and exceedingly popular young lady. Miss Lizzie Wood return ed Monday from two months visit to friends in Courland and Decatur. Miss Mary Moor returned to her home in Nashville this week. Miss Elizabeth Jones of Corinth, Miss, is visiting the family of Maj H. c. Wood. Miss Hen retta Neale of Sheffield spent the past week in Florence visiting friends and relatives. The Literary circle will cele- brate Shakespeares birthday next Thursday with Shakespearean evening. The members have been each assigned a character from one of Shakespeare's plays, which they are expected to repre- sent in costume. Mrs. F. E. Neale vis- ited friends in Sheffield during the past week. Capt. George w. Goethals. Unit ed States army, for number of years in charge of the Tennessee river i'm provements, was In Florence this week.