Contents of Series 1, Volume 1, Number 3

Oh! for a night of sweet repose,
Where Bed-Bugs cannot come,
Where I can rest quite free from foes
That now infest my room.
Where I can place my bitten frame,
And dream of battles won,
O'er valiant chinches now so tame I cannot make them…

It was over. Both had taken the solemn vow to love each other only, and the Minister had declared them man and wife. Through the wide spread church door the south breeze wafted the sweet perfume of fresh blown flowers. Without was heard the merry…

Our little party consisting of eleven adventurous youths of this College, set out early one morning on a journey to the Caves. Having procured candles, we took the nearest path, which, after winding through dale and gorge, over mountains and through…

This College has been in operation but about three years, and the way it has grown into public favor, as well as in the number of its students, is astonishing. The first year it had 132 students; the second year 197; the third year 222. This session…

Editors:
Lee Society. Maury Society.
J.M. Bennett. W.J. Lawrence.
C.A. Smith. A.B. Davis.

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This entertainment, which took place at Mrs. Caldwell's, was quite an elegant display. Every one seemed to be surprised at the elegant costumes that the young people got up on such short notice, especially those charming creatures—the ladies. The…

From tri-daily observations, taken at the Meteorological Office of the Virginia Agricultural & Mechanical College the following results were obtained for the past month.

Average temperature for month 71.6.

Warmest day, found by averaging the…

As I pass through the Cemetery by the costly monuments with which the wealthy have marked the last resting place of their dead, I think how little the show of wealth can measure the depths of true sorrow, or how much can be told of the real feelings…

The Masque Ball which took place at the Yellow Sulphur Springs on the evening of the 3d of September, was quite a success.

It opened at 81/2 P.M., and continued until 12 M. There were about forty dressed in masques; some as nuns, some as clowns,…

In the THIRD SESSION there were 222 Students. The FOURTH SESSION began Aug. 16th, 1875. The only vacation begins at Christmas and lasts till the 24th February, when the next half session begins. Expenses for State Students, of whom there are 132,…

To the Editors of the Gray Jacket:

DEAR SIRS :--I notice in your August issue an article entitled "A vindication of poor boys, and sons of Mechanics;" said article having been published on account of a rash and thoughtless assertion made, (as you…

Author: Unknown
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When the difference in time between a flash of lightning and its accompanying report is about five seconds, the explosion took place a little more than one mile distant. Sound flies about 1,142 feet in a second.

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