Contents of Series 1, Volume 2, Number 1

When first we went to keeping house,
My little wife and I;
All that we wanted, that we had,
With plenty more laid by.

There is one tiling that worried me
And still goes very hard;
In the name of common sense what does
My wife do…

Several evenings ago, an ex-editor, a new edi-tor and several other gents, were visiting a very "Frank" young lady. The ex-editor remarked to the yong lady that Mr. (the new editor) had been recently elected as one of the editors of the GRAY…

To those sceptics who consider Fish Culture to be a humbug, born of a few days, I would say that before the discovery of America, it was a recognized and practiced art in the older countries. The earlier histories of that wonderful people, the…

The Commencement exercises of the V. A. M. C., were begun on Sunday evening August 6th, by the annual sermon before the Christian Asso-ciation, delivered by the Rev. Oscar F. Flippo, of Baltimore. His sermon was considered one of much beauty and…

The Gray Jacket
Blacksburg, Virginia, Aug. 1876.

Editors :
Lee Society. Maury Society.
H. M. Hallady. S. P. Withers.
H. M. Smith. J. R. Howe.

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In Agriculture

B. M.…

Col. Withers, of our corps, is rusticating in Washington county. We think we may safely promise our readers something good from his pen for our next number. [p. 2]

During the storm that prevailed on Friday, 11th, the college building No. 2, whose…

Dear Gray Jacket: We believe "Gabriel's Horn" has at last sounded, and we feel confident that all who have listened to the thrilling notes of the Blacks- burg Cornet Band will heartily concur with us in our assertion. But we must remember they are in…