Contents of Series 1, Volume 1, Number 8

Dear sir; I've thought for want of betterTheme, I'd indite you a letter,Give you the news, and let you knowHow things are getting on belowUpon the earth. Please pardon meFor my presumption. It may beContrary to etiquette, for me,Au earthly maid, to…

He has been but an inattentive observer of human nature, who has not discovered that of all motives which impel to action, by far the most powerful is a love of popular applause.All men, however great their fancied independence or pretended contempt…

The author of the following letter is unknown, but from the numerous nautical terms it contains, we suppose it was written by an old sea Captain. Many thanks to a lady friend for it.,-Eds.Dear Dick: Now, as my nevy is to be my heir, I think it my…

The Gray Jacket.Blacksburg, Virginia, May, 1876. Editors: Lee Society.M. S. Floyd.F. P. PriceMaury Society.W. J. Lawrence.S. P. Withers.

Subscription Rates.One copy one year, 60 cts.To town subscribers, 50 cts.Advertising Rates.One column, one year, $10.00One half column, one year, 6.00One square, one year, 3.00One half column, one insertion, 3.00 for each subsequent insertion,…

We are glad to receive as an exchange the Abingdon Virginian. It always has been ably edited, but since Mr. Ward has had control of it there has been a decided improvement. Mr. Ward is not only a first-rate editor, but is also a lawyer of…

Dear Gray Jacket: Not long ago I had the pleasure of witnessing what seemed at that time to be quite a novelty. Oneof my friends, who is generally known as "The Green(e)Mountain Boy," came to my "office" and kindly invited me to accompany him to what…

Misfortunes are everyday occurrences, and we ought to hold ourselves in readiness to meet them. This little misfortune which I am about to relate, happened during vacation. The first day of this new year, if I recollect, was a delightful day, and…

We are indebted to a friend for a copy of the following poem, which he states was first published in an English paper, several years ago, then in the New York Ledger, and lastly in the Protestant Churchman:


The Art of Book-Keeping.

How hard,…

WANTED — Three Cadets of the V. A. M. C. desire some lad correspondent. Full name sent with the first letter. Object : Self-improvement or matrimony. Address Carl Dayton, Clarence Vane, Alfred Leroy, Blacksburg, Va.

Mr. Editor:

You will please insert the enclosed advertisement in the next number of your paper, and thus oblige one who is anxious to enter the matrimonial state of perfect unalloyed happiness. The pay for the advertisement you will please collect…

Few men have expressed in more exquisite language than Macauley the affection which every good man feels for his mother. "Make much of it while yet you have that most precious of all good gifts — a loving mother. Read the unfathomed love of…