THE 

BUBBLE. 

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LANSING,  JULY  lS,  lSGS. 

Hezekiah Z.  Solemnstyle, Editor. 

REVISED  HEADING. 

forward  In  the noble work we  have 
begun, 

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PEN  YANKEM'  SOCIETY I  at  t h e  AGRRICUL' 

TUnAL CoLLEGE. 

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STATE ·AaR' L  COLLEGE, 

EDITORIAL. 

It is a sign of the degeneracy of the 
times thut people do not'  tske our pa 
por  ruore  exteusively,  and  do  not 
enter with enthusiasm into the spirit 
of our enterprise.  Moreover, persons 
have on diverE  occasions  expressed  a 
lack of faith fn  ourself and tbe Socie 
ty, and often they censure us  because 
of the means  we have  taken  for  the 
attainment  of our  end.  Many,  we 
have  understood, and  among  those, 
too, some toward whom we entertsln 
feelings,  numbering 
the  kindliest 
, wllh them, we  deeply regret to  add, 
, ,lle,,,er~1 very fine  Y9u,l1g  !~<!Ies, ~ho, 
. for Inexp!igable reasolls, do.  not  ~yrp­
pa~bI~ with us In  o.~r  I!nder!<!}I:lng, ' 
81ld Feruse  to  Ju~tiry us  In  au Yf~ do 
:,to.  ~s iur~her8\lce, have , '1XP~"'lSed -"ID 
Nl1qUl\lified  ,dislike ·to.r  us  ~n4 .  o,!r 
,paper, 'l'o!l  (we ,wer~ op)lg,!!d'to ~mile 
,wh~n .w,e h!l!'~d It) 9ne ~v~Pwept ~o 
-far,jIB  ,to.  I)il\t J bat  ,unle~s ,we  ~ere 
v,ery  careful  in , ~1>e .futl1re our p~e 
,YJo,u(4',be "r.IoUlIV i(lten/ert¥1 wi!h. 

' 
Now, .;Il',hen "we  ~et qnt o.n  our,eru 
'!lJ'~e Itw~ w!tp' Ute ' 4lxPoo$~tlon: !?f 
J>iIIng ofle!l  1I)1\\1e  ~)Ie v!ctJm:of ,rpi~­
,I!llderst,andi'1g,,~nd rp'~rep~9'le\ltation 
' !\9.J~r ,as'regards tile .s.ter'l~r ,se;,.l\l\d 
,,:we resolvim to ,endure wbat we ~onld 
not avoid, with 'patience'~n~ fo.rbear 
.,!tnce;  )Jelievlng-that  In  the  end 'aU 
:would  be . well.  We , were,  -we say, 
prepared for opposition, and even, for 
persecution, fro.m  tbe male portion of 
.mankind, hut  we ,did  )lOile  and  )J'e 
lieve that the ladles  would be unani 
mously 'upon our side.  Our emotions, 
when we  ,witn es~ed  defection  in the 
very  ranks whence we  expected  the 
strongest  support,  may  possibly  be 
imagined, but cannot  be  adequately 
described,  But even these things we 
have not  suffercd  to  dishearten.  ns; 
we  are  still  firmly resolved to push 

his ruin  will  be  less  probable, If he 
run upo.n obstructions, and there will 
be  quite  as  great  probability uf his 
furces  fur  renewed 
gathering  his 

We  believe  we  are  making  pro-
gress,  tho.ugh  perhaps  slowly,  We 
are  daily  in  the  receipt  of letters  I efforts, 
T, 
letters  from  various  parts  of  the 
country,  wblch  serve  as  Indications ' I My  Schoolma'am  of  Two  Hundred 
of the.grodually im proving condltIun 
of public  sentiment  toward us,  Be 
low we give as aspecimen,an extract 
from  a frieudly epistle we have lately 
received: 

All ye that creep, aud ye  that soar I 

Awnke I and list the sudden bIrth 

Awake!  ye dwellers of the earth, 

Ot thrJlHug stratns unheard before; 

Pound.S. 

LANSI NG,  July 14, 1868, 

D E AR BUBBLE: 

*  *  *  Weare trying to get  up  a 
club.  Some  held  back,  "for,"  said 
they, "the  enterprIse  may  fail;  we 
wIll not trust the P en Yaankers with 
our money." 
*  *  *  'Ve answered thus :  "You 
need not be frightened; tbe Pen Yan 
kers are sound I  The  enterprise  will 
be  pusbed  through.  It  cannot fail ; 
UNOLE  HEZ.  "as  got  hi8  s/.aulde,· 
against it I" 

G. 

.And  we would  say  unto  all  who 
have been  afraid  to  trust us-afraid 
to  subscribe  lest  our  paper  would 
soo.n  cease-fearful  lest  we  sbould 
Booh grow weary of the 'part we have 
taken ' upon  'ourself to  perform.. and 
l1\ve  If ~v~~,.:..t;,  illl, .sllch  wi; 'woyld 
~~y:  dls,!,~,ss  your  !e,~~,-setyour 
doubts  ~t  ~est,-:tke -en~fpris,e ~ill 
nol fail;  we repeal:  "Uncle He., has 
got hi8 .ho..ult£'Fii!l.aiMf #:1" 

'" n.:., ( 1.1  EDITOR. 

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To highest  l(ey t.he  barp Is st.rung, 
Give ear,  while Heaven and earth resounds; 
I  sing as poet never sung, 
A schoolmn.'nJn of two hundred pouuds. 

In Mnson, :hUohigan, 'twas llrst 

I  saw t.hls damsel fresh nnd fnlr ; 
She on my rnylshed sight did burst, 
A h eavenly vIsIon rloh and rare ; 
I  gazed on her-sbe wInked at me 

The dld-Bhe dld-odds I  zooks I nnd zounds I 

And oalm and cool through all waa 8h e, 

ThIs sohoolmti'am ot two hundred pounds. 

Red haIr, nndstreaked w1\.h golden bars, 
And ourled, her beanty did enhnnce; 

H er smnll blue oyes, like "twlQkl1ng stars," 

Did lIght a "tace of vaat !'lxpanse ;H 

Attem pted teebly glnghllm dress 

To give her gushing ftgtlrc·bounds; 

She was embodied.  lovelIness, 

:ftly sohoolma'am ot two hundred. POUI\dtI. 

Lo-;S, long she taikOdfilatAUti.iinu d.,-.-y- '-,---- ---!~ I 

Ou maglo wIngs the momenta sped; 

I  would Doftear myselfaWR,., 
But cnger l1stod all sb.e Il;\ld; 

Bile ·told mc or ber teachlng-sohool. 

@J ' al~ her many bQa~Ub:s 'to~de, 

How with 0. birchen rqd Ibe'd rule, 
"  ~ty··schoOltri~'oin ot ·two hundr~ pouudJI. 
~  ;1,. 

)  }:,\  I  till 

.c· .• J. 

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The other (jay, as I  was riding  In a 
raUro..'\d j;jlP:'~!llh.~I~o~ J~e .wln 
dow,  and:  ~)V:a blr<1, ,)Vp,lc,h  s,ee,med 
putting fo.rth Its  best allo.lls  10 fly  In 
"  Une,l!a\'.al\~~ ,;!yI~~ !\Ie ~~,!rse of the 
"tKl'An:  :~r~~~t,pe,\'-J!P'e,~!oo :tbrpe too 
lie malfi'oi ~o , phg,,"'lS-to ha'""ther 
retrogtadlng';  bul I  soon ,found" thai 
my own motion had  deceived me, In 
my attemptto. Judge of, ,his, and con 
' cIUdtid.llilit  h'e  'wliS" d6hlg-' very well 
tor:K Hit-a:.:  .,,1' 

7~··t  It-:U\  n. 
My  thought  was  that  thuse  who 
have  great  facilities  for  progress  in 
the ~1I~ld;' ~,,~~I~'1IS, : '~e~lth, friends 
to  help  tl\~ni !in, shol!l~ not  despise 
otbers whose advantages and  powers 
are  leRS ;  nor  imagine that  Buch  are 
making  ,110  p!,o.gress,  because  per 
chance  when  view from  their  fast 
moving  standpoint, the  motion Can" 
not be at first perceived. 

..  ~: 

Nor should the  plodder be discour· 
aged,  He' may be  doing as  well  in 
his place as the  rapid  driver  in his ; 
and, beside, if he  move  but  slowly, 

J;Jut, oh I thai day too !loon  did olose, 
..  A~d ~e wore ~q~ced to ~)r."~~e5veuJ" 
Ahd~I1-a:hcm.1 wolr, I ' 81lppo.e ~ '\ 1 .. 
,., rhnvo tbO!torY aU io~Il' ;" 
I~vo,hbard. a"Ho'lf ~ed. an9!het: ~I\u. 
. :A.·lall ·my cOft'ee ·nj.\ Is grOul:\dll 
But;'uol: torgefl  never cali;· ..... 
' lh1.It.veohOtihna'db.:J. '01 tw"b'huudred. poUl\dH. 
:·f)·'r,·  t  I'·.I ~.~I".:Y1'·";  ~\'~f"'~~ 
1.'1..-11 ' 
L9nll .month., al~ce \~~I\ have , f9n~ ~~~T. 
···' ~nd·t1me ntdV'es iiWlftly·ouwlt:rd'atlU'; ' / 
Aiid:I am·getUnl" oi<t4nd gr8Y~ ;,'(('/ (', 

(.,1, 

Anon a humble grAve I'll till; 
,That. torm ngl\1n I D~'er spall ~oo 
~.  TlIl'uUm.e abaolves hfldated rounds," 
l'in;naught to her;ahie's nkugb:t tome, . 

' Tlf~t schoolm.a'am of two-huudred pounds! 

. ~! Y.~N .H, ~~A~?~R . 

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Our short vacation of two  weeks is 
)last, and we  again find  oU\'Belves  In 
our old  places with  numerous  duties 
before us  awaiting  our .action.  ' Tbe 
exceedingly warlll weather somewhat 
lessens  our  ambition;  or  desire  for 
study, but  our  better  sense  of duty 
and  determined  wills  wlil  override 
these natural and pctty illlpediments, 
We nearly all have  commenced new 

branches of study, which  f~r  a  short 
time may appear  difficult,  but by an 
improvement of those  means  which 
we enjoy, and a  close  application  to 
them,  the  technicalities  will  all  be 
overcome, and  the whole appear sim .. 
pie  and  plain.  Good and  probably 
serious resolutions will  be made, and 
t.he  maintainance  of them  at  times 
may  seem  impossible;  but let them 
ever  be  kept  in  view.  Remember 
that a little neglect  at the beginning 
may retard  our  progress  during  the 
\vhole  term.  Let  the  object  of our . 
study be that of obtaining a thorough 
knmvledge of the  Rtudies  under con- ! 
sideration, rather  than  mere  )'ecita 
tioD  mark~.  And when  the  term  is 
closed  we shall feel  that  it  has  been 
to  us a season  creditably and  advan 
tageously spent. 

THOU(lWl'S. 

It is a bright July  morning.  The 
green fields and forests  are smiling as 
with gladness in the light  of  the sun 
that rides in a  sky  of  purest  blue. 
Birds are singing, gaily  colored  but .. 
terflies  afe  winging  their  graceful 
flight from flo.wer to  :(lower,  sharin"g 
the sweet spoils  with  the  humming 
bees.  Something  in  tliis  pleasant 
season,  I  kn"ow  not what it is,  gives 
my mind a backward turn,  and  in 
voluntarily  I 
lInd  myself  looking . 
through the ·vista of , years  ll,at  are' 
pa.t,  and  mentally  comparing  my 
presenl.tate  with  that  which  was 
mine in th.e  days 'of  my  childhood. 
And whlle ·l  think,  it  seems  more 
wonderful than a dream of Fairyland. 
Am I  tbe one I  see in  those scenes of 
years ago?  Then aU  innocence,  bea 
cause untempted,  full  of  hope,  but 
scarcely possessing " ambition,  ,happy 
in the present, of.the past I  had, expe 
rienced scarcely  "anything,  thinking 
littl~ .ap.4  <;f!.ri~g b~~s  for  the  future, 
my life resembled  that of  the  feath 
ered  warblers ·around  me.  How  difa 
fereut aioe  cbil<lhoQq's, {rom,  maturer 
." 
years! 

" 

Since the ' days ' of  'my  childhood, 
years of \oil  ~rid  trial  have  passed. 
lin  the .severe school of expe"rience les a 
sOlla  have been learned  which  have 
c.aused the heart to  grow  hard,  t.he 
sensibilities to  become deadened, and 
life has discovered a  new-a  sterner 
phase.  Selfishness has  been  found  to 
be the  true  ruler  of  men's  actions 
where love was  once  thought  to be 
the  moving  spring;  early  dreams 
have in few instances been  realized; 
and despair has  taken  the  place  of 
hope in the earth,  and  often  almost 
of hope beyond the earth, but we will 
not-cannot yield th.at.  Without that 
life has b~en indeed  a  faUure.  We 

",,,st cling  to  that  though  men  of 
mighty intellect bid  us give it up. 

SAGINAW,  HOI 

Often-often  while I  have  gazed 

I've been on  a  trip to  the  Saginaw 
upon the fair sweet face  of  •  young  Valley,  lhe great  lumber,  and  salt, 
child and have thought upon what Its 
and  ague  and  mosquito  region  of 
futUre  might be, as  I  rellected  that  Michigan, and  of America I  And  i 
did journey northward as  far as Mid 
years of darkness  and  gloom  might 
land City, and farther yet to the mys-
eloue! its life,  that blasted  hopes,  un-
satisfied  desires,  and  disapPointed 
tic City of Pool,  as  put down  on  onr 
ambition wonld mark  t.hat fair brow  maps,  which  was never ~cen yet, and 
is never to  be seen of man.  Have yo 
with wrinkles, that  care  would  dim 
been in Chicago  and  seen  the  huge 
those sparkling  eyes  and  compress 
timber? 
piles of  pine  boards  and 
those lips which smile so sweetIYllow, 
my heart has swelled  with "pain and  Have have yeo been furthursouth and 
west and beheld whole  cities built of 
bitter tears have started. 
If this poor life  is  all,  then  well  '-l  foreign  pIne,  and  asked  "\Vhence 
comes it?"  ",ve  make  yo  answer: 
may we  weep  for  that  babe 
smiles in  unconscious  innocence,  for  FromSaginaw! 
\Vhence  comes  the 
salt that supplieth and keepeth sweet 
it must struggle, and tOil, and  finally 
the vast regions  of  country  in 
the 
die 1'n vain ! 
'Ve may weep  for  DUra 
selves, for  our lives have been in vain. 
South  and  \Vest, and  in  the East  and 
\Ve have only one  hope-the  hope of  North of Uncle Sam's  Farm?  Prom 
the HEREAFTER. 

Saginaw,  we  make answer,· 

t,hat 

And thou mosquito!  t.hattol'tul'esus, 
yea, unt.o  swearing,-and thou  ague! 
that doth shake·us  out  of  our  very 
boots,-whenco are ye;  WhCl~ is your 
native place?  Saginaw J 

'rhe day has passed away since" this 
paper was begun, and the  last beams 
of the setting sun are f.mng upon the 
page o.ve~ which  my pencil  wanders. 
Now they are gone hnd only a1'aint-
faint streak Qf r~sy light ~s  vl~ible on 
rrhus return  they  answer, Salt, and 
tb? ~vestern horIzon .. It IS fadlDg"fast  Lumber, and  A~ue and  "1'Iosquito: 
-1t 1S  sWlIllowed  up III those gloomy 
In the Saginaw Valley we are manu 
Is  it  . factured  in the mills  in  the vats  in 
masses of dark rOlling clouds. 
the 'stre~ms and bayo~s, and. mud ~nd 
an emblem .of .our hope to be. engulfed 
In  the black.b1l.l0wsof despall?  No I 
smoke of that  string  pf cities-Pool, 
for, se: I a rlft 1S broke~ through, and  Midland,  Saginaw,  South  Saginaw, 
a glorlOus blaze  of sunhght  wraps In  East Saginaw  Carrol ton  Zil waukee 
splendor all tha~ Bwe!H';1g~ mass 01 va- Wenona  Bay' and  1por.t~mouth  arJ 
por, causing it to shine forth in trans-
cendan.t ~eauty.Our hope. lives au,,:in  I 
Tllere '" life  beyond tlM Rwe1' I 

we prod~ced in untoIil abundan~e I 

TH;El  SILENT. FRIEND. 

A kIng of immortal greatness 
Supremely reigns in every heart., 
A  friend  ever near whose coimsela 
Alike 1;..0 all he doesimpnrk 

. ,   . 

II. 

t 

'1'hls  vigilant friend 113  conSCience, 
'Vllose 'atillsmaU voice' ench tho't attends 
A  king with a power unequaled, 
On  whom our hope of bliss depends. 

; lII. 

May wehl O1mn.ctlon be wlsc,·then, 
And heed that mute, thonghpotentfrlend/ 
And yet we may leave works behlnd'ui 
'1'hat wll1 our evil deeds amend. 

' 

. 

And it was very hot  withal.  Dust 
and smoke did like  a  halo  surround 
the brow of each son and  daughter of 
tbese modern "cities  of  the plain; " 
and mosquitoes did  hum  and  keep 
time to the buzzing of  saws  and  the 
chatt<lring of teeth  in ague  chills. 
I 
·nccosted a man ·on.the  slde\'o.lk,  but 
he  hurried  past  murmuring  indis a 
tinctly "Pine.".  Another, of whom I 
inquired the  way·  to  the  Bancroft, 
" muttered "Ague,"· a.nd  passed by on 
the other side.  A  lady whom I  ·met 
remarked "Smoke  and  mosquitoes" 
in answer  to my  salutation,  and re 
fused  further to reply.  A  Dutchman 
on a dray yelled  "SaW' until  I 
took 
refuge in flight. 

IV. 

Shall we ore forget in our 1.lllndness 
0\11'  duties in our humbler spheres": 
Not so!  or we lose that solace 
'1'ho meed for  fnithtulllving here.  , 

V. 

Must man be a slave to passion  'I 
l'bo worst of slaves he then must be, 
A  slave in a fearful tlll"aldom  bound, 
'1'0  which the humblest serf Is  free. 

VI. 

Let us never fnll to listen 
'1'0 counsel that's so kindly given; 
For here, wek'now, doth restoul" hope, 
Of  nIl our Joy, our peoce, our heaven. 

They have another thing in  Sagin 
aw, not a natural  production; 
it  is 
the  PoklJl'.  Have  you  seen-have 
youjelt it?  'Tis  a little  paper, larg 
er than the Bubble, and handled with 
great effect  by  its  mysterious editor. 
It is a saucy sheet •• nd  takes  stmnge 
liberties with folks  and  things.  Be 
ware of it as you would of  the  ague. 
Oh, Saginaw!  ye are the salt of the 
earth.  Yo are also  the  lumber,  the 
ague and the  lUosquitoes. 

Ho, ye,  who wish to live in plenty, 
go to Saginaw, for there ,viII ye  find 

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plenty of salt,  plentyofiumber, plen. 
ty of ague, and  plenty  of mosquitoes. 
lio, ye who wish to die  readily,  and 
to he buried decently, go to Saginaw' 
' 
for  Wl1l  Bot the ague nnd  mosquitoes 
kill yo soon?  Clenr-stuff-pine  coffins 
shall  ye have, Rnd  your  bodies shall 
be preserved in  salt, 

, 

TELEMECFlUS  TOOTHDOX. 

THE  HUMAN  SKULL. 

Why do we start  instinctively and 
urnw our  breath when we  suddenly 
and by accident come  upon a  human 
skull?  What  is there in its appear 
ance to shock or startle  us?  It is but 
a collection of  bones-bones  compos 
ed of phosphate of lime and gelat.ine, 
the ultimate elements of which areas 
common as the sun light, and no more 
to be fOR red or  reverenced!  Nay, in 
an ext remely short spnce t.hpse  very 
substances  will  be  dist.ribllted , and 
will,  perhaps,  enter  into t.ho compo 
sitiun of beautiful,flowers  which you 
will d elight to see and  handle! 

Behold  a  human  sk ull!  Wbat 
thoughts  present themselves  to  your 
brain  as  you  exnmine  it!  There, 
'vHhin  your  hand, you hold all that 
is left on earth of the head,  the "pal 
nce  of the soul," the  crowning glory, 
tlie all,  of a  human  being!  Design 
is  there j  observe  that  wonderful 
cavity for  containing and  protecting 
tlie  brain, the  organ  of the  human 
soul;  observe  those  rayless  sockets, 
once the  resting  places  of the "win .. 
dOWB  of  the  soul j"  observe  those 
other  openings-for the  ear-for  the 
nostrils j  curious  and  wonderful all ! 
And yet  it  has  lasted  but  a  llttle 
While, a  llttle whUe longer and i~ w1ll 
have crumbled to du st.  P erhaps less 
than  a  century  will  compaes  its 
whole existence!  Bu! stop; say you, 
that  shining  dome  have 
within 
thoughts Originated lofty as  th e  vel'Y 
heavens,  thought.s ~hiph have pierc 
ed beyond the  stal's,  thoughts  which 
have taken wUhin their range things 
of  vast-of  boundless-moment! 
What  aspiration,  what desires,  what 
purposes, have had  their. birth here! 
How  has  the  brain  throbbed  and 
l)~t against  those  now  hollow tem 
ples  as  it  has  pian ned  enterprises 
great enough to stnrtle nations!  And 
how hnve the now nbsent  orbs ached 
as they have labored  in the service of 
that an.moving so ul within, as it has 
devised  schemes whose effects are  to 
be felt throughout all the coming ages 
of man's history! 

It is all true.  But  go  to  the halls 
of our national legislature ;  gaze  up· 
on  those  walls; words  have  been 
spoken there which perhaps will echo 
and re·echo through  etern ity!  Pur· 

poses have originated th ere  that per 
haps shall continue  working good  to 
the end of time!  Shall we reverence 
- th e  walls  for  what  has  been  done 

within their inclosures? 

But as we gaze .fpon  this shattered 
remnant  of proud  man,  many  and 
varied  are  the  emotions  that swell 
our bosoms.  One  thought will  per 
haps strike  some of  us most  forCibly 
at first as we behold this  ghastly and 
horrible  fmgment.  It is  t-his : phy. 
il1deecZ  but  skin  deep! 
sical  beauly 1'S 
How  vain  now  appears  the feeling 
which  prompts  UR  to  glory  fn  any 
excellence we posgess, of form  or fea· 
ture.  What  age  leaves  undone  the 
grave aceomplishes. 

The sk ull  you contemplate  is  per· 
haps that of nonce ueautiful woman; 
ono who~ ha nd you  would have joy 
ed  to  hold j  whose  eyes  you would 
have gazed  into with a t·brill of pleas 
ure;  whose  lips you would  have de 
ligh ted  to  taste!  Is there  anyt.bing 
remaining  that is  fitted  to  excite  a 
pleasureable emotion? 

Look upon  that  brow;  can you see 
any  beauty  th ere?  Those  em pty 
sockets  may  be  eminently  adapted 
for the part which they  performed in 
animal  economy, 'but  they  are  far 
from  being fitted  to produce an agree· 
able emotion now I  And you  would 
perhaps  start  with  a  cry  of horror 
should that mouth  witl). tts  grinning 
jaws  be  brought  near  your  own. 
Those "pearly teet.h"  have no power 
of captivation now. 

' 

We reallze from  this thnt all  ma,n's 
worldly affairs,  his joys, his sorrows, 
his hopetJ,  his fears, and  their several 
objects, are almost as fleeting as shad 
ows.  What  mat ters  it  whether  at 
this moment  we  are  happy  or  un 
happy, in pain or in the enjoyment of 
pleasure?  A  hundred  YE.:al's  more  or 
less anel aU  will pe one! 

'rhel'c  is  nothing  which  reminds 
me of my  body's  mortality  as  the 
sight of a human sk ull.  One js sbown 
me of 81  once  strong  man-a  man  of 
mighty  intellect.  He,  with  all  his 
powers, is gone;  and  this  is all that 
is left!  Where are his manly strength 
and  beauty?  We  know  that their 
very  elemente ore sCt\ttercd and  will 
never be joined  again.  The  mind 
the soul.-:.alone, which we never saw, 
but which  was  the  man, the  whole 
man, is 8tlll the.ame.  Its habitation 
only  is  changed;  its  old  garments 
only have  been  cast  aSide,  and, we 
believe,  have  b'een  replaced  with 
other and better garments. 

Our  exchanges  will  please  notice 
that  the  Bubble  is  publiShed  at the 
lJIichigan  State  AgrwlIU1lml  College, 
and not at  the  IAllsing  .Agricultural 
College. 

REMINISENeES. 

Yes I nil  this school's a. stage, nnd st.l1dent.sall 
Are merely  Il[l8Sengers, who do get. on 
And ride a  tlme-some long. and ot.hers sbort; 
Th('Jl  off they  jump  wh11e  ot.hers ta:te t-helr 

sentli, 

And t.hus  the  College  wngs,  Some s~ny  few 

daysl 

And then  tor boyiSh whim or idle trIck, 
They're off, Rnd  scen  no  morc, w11110  others 

lllRt 

A  longer space, but most do vanifjh soon 
Except a few  old lwulmark,s who remain 
UntIl  the  gen'rnt  JUxOdtl9.  lind  tell  'strnu&,6 

tnles 

Of wonderful ovelits In by-gone dnys. 

'1'he foul'  long ycnrs just past  }lnvo  cbanges 

8een; 

Events  hav~ wItnessed  here, which, fleeting 

tho' 

They  were, have left. an Impress on the minds 
Of some not casUy to bectraced , 

The first three-quarters of the period saw 

That learned class denomInated "PREP" 
Full  Rnd  o'erUowlng;  talent, too, was  there, 
As WM evinced by some who blgher went·. 
But as all earthly things must have an end, 
This too h88 run its mco, all(1  Prep'$ no more! 
'1'he ClaS80f FRESUMAN also wns<1ulte large, 
And Freshmen too were sometImes over-dry; 
And some went on to th' gene'ml ».uxlu.s, 
But more did quit. tho stage ere yet half done, 
The CIRSS  or 801'n und SOl'HJ!:!T was  not large, 
Unt.U quito  late  the  n umbers  !:!wellod;  t.hey 

grew 

1\Iore numerous thun  was deslrnbl0. 
And  JU NIOR  now  waxed  ](uge, In  eIghteen 

sIxty-seven 

Did culmlnatll;  and SENIOR greater grcw, 
'Vho nntilnow wns always "no greatshn.kes." 
In gazing bnckward 0'01' the In-pse orUme 
How many varied  t.hol1ghta  come up I  How 

old 

Famlllo.r faces rise In lon g re"(l'iew 
Before usl  Old t,true voices greet our CRt'S • 
. Nnme, muse,  the  ',,)rightElI'  light"  who  l'icfve 

1llum!ned 

' 

Our utUe sphere within the last four YCR'I'8. 
NOW' first and chief, two STEDDINBJf8 appear 
·Who in suecerslvo yeo.rs did 1lourlsh I  Dough-

t,ypulrl 

... 

Then 0.11  tb' inhabiters of  No. 10 
In s lxtY-Ove,-a cunning 101.1  butsttll posses-

Of henrUJ by no moc.ns altogether bad, 
Now does appear a  clique I  from Marshall two; 
And  from  !l'ht'ce· Rh:t'II.f  two  or  three ; from 

Flint 

Wnll ono 01'  two,  Ohio one did add 
To makett up , and '1.  WRS  apI'cclOlUmcU! 
And  m any more  t here  "Yero  well  known  to 

fnlno 

..  j 
Who do deserve a line from  th' I)Oe(,'8 pen; 
But spnee permtts to mention only pnrt"  _ 
'Vo must, however, not pass over Yom{ I 
'£he wit!  of literature volllmlnOuJ, but most 
UnuTitten;  and  Oum!:!. MALLENOKRODT, nun 

HOWE 

Philosopher I  who left in bnd  repute, 
An<lsald nt pl'esent he should not ret.urn,  . 
Anon the gl'eater aud the lesser DAD 
Comeup!  e'en yet we RimosLhent' the words ; 
"Poo't' band I"  from 0110, from  'to~her  echoed 

back. 

And lnst  we  nnme  t·he  ono  who  thrice  did 

come 

In three successive years, and thrice returtied 
To see three girls  who  bade  him sweet "good 

by" 

'Wben he  lett  home.  Poor  youth I  WRS  sad! 

was sad I 

5MB,  mnny-many  tt.ore  have  come  and 

gOlle, 

Some good, some  bnd-fn.!n would  we  llame 

them n.B, 

But 't.ls ImpOSSible, so here we pause, 
Fnll conscious of the little we htlve done. 

'wa!'s~Up 

THISllollRSelJ I 

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BOOKS. 

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~bo'6ks---that . II.  c  -jud-ge-oi  DOO'Ka. 

Since the discovery of the press, by 
which !-helabor of publhhing and the 
cost of books  have  been  rendered so 
much less, great have  been the acc",, 
sions to the field of literature.  Books 
of  aU kinds,  written by people of  all 
classes of society, of aU nations and of 
ail beliefs have appeared in vast num 
bers till the civilized world  is literal 
ly one  huge  book-case.  Book.  are 
like pictures.  Certain kinds of books 
suit certain  kinds of  people,  as  pic 
tures that harmonize  with  their own 
peculiar  tastes.  Books  often  think 
for  people.  There  are  roen  whose 
early  training  has  been  such  thnt 
they fear  to question any notions that 
were impressed upon their  minds  in 
their youth,  howev<;lr  erroneous they 
may be,  but seek to feed  and cherish 
them by  searching  out  nnel  rending 
those books that advocate the favored 
dogma.  Jlrany  people  read books to 
see how many they can  read.  They 
read when they ought to  be thinking, 
and thus gorge themselves with othtr 
men's  views,  until  their  heads  are 
crammed with miscellaneous and Iso 
lated facts without  order  or  ntllity. 
Books constitute the vehicle by which 
a largA amount  of  error  has  been 
brought Into the world, and books, In 
a measur~ ,  must carry  It  out  ~gain. 
Still, it i. only by the careful study of 

I; •• h qoctrlne Is ad vocated by one set 
otiltlthora,and  'opposed  by  (lliotber, 
,and their respective views of the sub 
ject wlll be fQund  hl1helr pooks.  The 
<:Ill!did !n,qu!repylll read  botb  .~\des 
and'reason must tell which  Is  right. 
It I,s ob~iou. t~~t !C tll~ir  collrse  was 
,.InOte . gene~al1y  lak!,n  ; ~be  world 
would soon be cleared of many  dan-
. ,   - ANON: 
ge~ous erfors. 

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-......,- --::..--:'  .'  , 
. .... .-

"TH!  BEAU'l'IlI1L"  BBVlllWmD. 
• ·'. RY ~~ii.~. 

. 
1Vb.lte l~)s  ul/!tofib~qly Jrl,le .I!lat 
·,IJnan.w,asJllllde.to love thebeaut!ful" 
as observed, by I.e·J eime; iq~ ~ually 
true tb .... ~ lje ,sI)Piil~ a  dec~de~ :Iif~(er. 
an~j!l blo present  $11.11  .colldll.ion, 
(or what I. not in  most  cases of  the 
higheSt ' order'  of  !i~\Ity.  TbQ~~h 
tIiere may be  some  marks  lier" and 
there by which we  may  '8IIfely  ven 
ture the ~.ssertlon that by nature man 
was mad,e a  lover of  the  Leal/tiful. 
We see  many  more  nnd  stronger 
marks pointing plainly to  the  dls .. -
greeable fact  that he often-nay,  gen 
erally chooses the deformed and hate 
ful,  in  prefer.nce  t<l  the  beautiful. 
Man wars and  flgbts,  he  indulges 
his passions and makes himself  hide 
ous,  he  turns  away 
from  nature's 
teachings and contents  himself  with 

disorder and  deformity;  he  leaves 
us  with  .thy  unkindly  presence? 
scenes  of  beauty  and  dwells  with  Thou  who  in  our  babyhood  didst 
pinch and  worry  Us-in  our  youth 
dreariness for  tho  sRke  of  obtaining 
dldst scold U8,  and wipe our no.es the 
wealth,,!n short, let  anything  stand 
wrong  way-and  ill  our  manhood 
In  the way, he cares not for beauty. 
didst fl'igidly  frown upon us;  desist, 
I  conjure  thee, from  further  disturb 
ing the peace of poor mortals! 

If man was yet  a  sinless being  he 
would undoubtedly be a true lover of 
beauty, but with his  mind perverted 
by wrong idens, and his vision blind· 
ed by wickedness, it Is not to  be won- whose every  thought  Is  wickedness . 
toward us, whose every pU'rpose with 
dered at that  he  so  often  chooses 
amiss.  This would be a happy world 
regard  to  us  is  diabolism,  why wilt 
thou not seek outsomeold bachelor,las 
Indeed If all truly loved the beautiful, 
for, since the truly beautiful Is always 
thoroughly miserable and malevolent 
gOOd, man would then love  the good, 
as  thyself,  and  content  thyself  to 
which would make our world "a'very  marry him, and thus illOicUng endur-
lug penance upon ono wretched  man, 
paradise. 
permit the rest t<llive in pence? 

Why, oh thongh Ancient  Maiden! 

THIS. 

BY ABSURDUM .. 

The  best  poets  always  write  son 
nets.  In  the compositlolj of them it 
is a rule to employ many figures, par 
ticulary shniles and metaplw1's.  Com· 
parisons  are  always  best  when  w e 
uee  as objects, natural features or phe 
nomena,  as:  the  ocean,  trees,  &c. 
The grander the objects used in com 
parison the more sublime the sonnet. 
Considering  the  above a.~ unimpeach 
able,  I  submit the  following : 
SONNET TO  DULOINEA. 

EXC6]?t tho Bow  ot Prom1.8eiu the Sky, 
Nllughtwith thy form in naturo wl1l compare, 
The ,£01l1ng cloud, a 8,ymbol ot thlno oyes; 
. . !J;ho ;~fa''!'!'!lg p~!e.et!\''frw:heu parched  81ld 

dry, 

; 

" 

And red with autumn's sun, 18  like thy hair: 
Thybrow tslorty os an Appenlne ; 
'rby  teoth  are  much Uke graveston9'J, sot in 

~ 

I ,   " 

• 

..  rows:  ,,' 

Tho Andes' rango is not unUko thy nose; 
Tho Caspian sen, or Gut! ot Mexico, ' 
TI1oT.  mRllth re!J43mblo, ~hne. ~h~l rall .~el?w: 
Thy ears are lUte t.wo pnlm loay.&I wavIng nne; 
Tlly'je6t two 1l6t.-boata'lI.re ot vast deatkn ~ ,I 
nut, alt4:?ge~her. note'1- WM soon 'mong men 
, . 
, "',9&1~~. co¢.p'arab1e1O thee, ~y qwn,'!!lp ~tn! 
-
OLDKAmS. 
. ~  . ,.  ' ,,<.. 
i. I' ...
AlthQ,ugh,·thls liu\lJecl  presents·lew 
attractions; stern duty co(upels' IQ.,e:~ 
, ~reat of it in.tno present p~per. 

, 

.. 'l'\li8'c!jISS .of pe~80n., .iIt prCJ!eQ.t ,nn 
end~rably'  large,  is,. I  ·na v~ . beheld 
"wUh ' bOl'l'or,  IiU  the  time  growing 
'larger;  until 'Cears' are . Jiegln'ning ' to 
.be  .entertained· that, unless  ·the ·PF.N 
YANKEnS do  sometbiug ,to· avert the 
impending  catastrophe; ' the ·race" of 
rvan  will  be  entirely exterminated. 
We are  called  npon, thi!D,  as  in  the 
case o( other existing abuses, to arouse 
to effort for  the good of' our specles 
to warn, to exhort; to chide mankind, 
and if possible  to'  snatch  from  the 
threshold  of ruin  the  remnants  of 
poor humanity I 

First, r address myself to Old Maid, 
herself:  Why,  oh  thou  quintessence 
of all aCidity!  wby wilt  thou torture 

.Rouse,  SOil  of Adam?  show  old 
maids "men  have  souls  and  da're be 
free,"  if "they  cau't ! 

ONE  OF THE  PEN YANKERS. 

VARIOUS  MAT'l'ERS. 

The present Is the year for  the peri 
odical visit of the Oicadu8eptendecim. 
or ,seventeen year Cicada, or locust, as 
it is often but improperly called, and 
accordingly we hear of them  in vari 
ous  portions  of the country, particu 
larly in the parts south of us.  A few' 
days since we  saw  two specImen,S of 
little  creatures, 
tliese 
which were taken in thl. county . .... 

interesting 

'. 
Qfullwret¢hedcr~eters, 
Worslremo.,keeters.--8"ak. 

. The w)1eat'cr~p In tbl. f?fa~ is uflu 

.. ~qp.lly 1!~vy.. 

The  thermometer  here  at t~ Coi 
lege, .which 8tands lower than alIQ.Q8t 
any other  in the State, has Indl,cated 
100 Fah. on 8ever!'1 day. Blnc.e J\le. be 
ginning of July. 
.  All pe\'i!ons, not .ubs~ribers, receiv 
Ing the presentnumbeiof the Bf.lbble 
are (J(»'awUy·. invited  to' ·8end along  20 
·oonl8 tor the (our nilmber.:remaliilng 
to be J>ub'JIBhlld. 
t  •  ••  .~.  I 
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llwUl pf>y /' 

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,Tbey  <10  .. nQt'i\atWr  us . mnQb;put 
~1Il 8eem  disposed  to  tt~t.  ns With 
c1vlUty.  ,Tb~re I.  one  t};I,i,ng,  b!lw· 
ever, 'Ibal ~e wlsIi~hey ,WOUld  I}I~pd 
, to: 'the Bubble Is not p.nbllBhed.at the 
<)Iichigan  Agricultural OoUege,  but at 
the ·)fiohig(JJ1. State Agrlc~ltural Col 
'lellei . .win they please bear in  mind . 
One  paper says:  "The Bubble  has 
e",ploded  In  our  mIdst,"  &C.  We 
simply desire  to  inform  the conduc 
tors of 8IIid paper that the Bubble has 
not exploded at aU as yet. 

The Ionia Student states that ours is 
a  paper of light  literature.  Now, in 
the  name  of all  the  Litera~i, oh, ye 
corps of able editors!  if ours i.  light, 
where will ye go  to find  heauy litera 
ture!