Ohio College of Dental Surgery - Alethian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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RURHLITY T was in the autumn of 1904 that there ap- peared 0n the streets of Cincinnati, 3. youth, fresh from the rural districts of the mouns tainous regions of West Virginia. 011 a cool October evening he alighted from a Chesa- peake 81 Ohio train at the Grand Central depot and after carefully scrutinizing the surroundings, immediately concluded he was in town. With a suit case in his right hand and with all the inward feelings of a city-brerl cheap and all the outward appear- ances of a green young man who had taken his. hrst trip on the cars, he sauiitered up to Fourth street. Here he be; came quite bewildered at the sight of the tall: stately magnificent buildings. They were so much larger than his grandpa's barn. He scarcely knew whether to cry or call mamma, but at this juncture a cop came to his fescue and told him to move on or some one would tack a sign on him. 0! Horrors, a real policeman had spoken to him. 011! such a cruel world, thought our dear friend, Mr. J M. Bradley, from somewhere, not yet on the map, in the State of West Virginia. Much frightened at the harsh words of thc copu and realizing that he had to move, he goes leisurely up Fourth street as far as Walnut where he takes another stand admiring the grandeur of the gigantic Union Trust building. Now this young man had been given much fatherly advice about taking in bad dollars, 110 buying gold bricks and having the satchel gag worked on him. But in his paroxysms of fright he forgot all about his advice and in his lonely and deserted condition anyone who spoke friendly to him was his friend. At this juncture a stranger came along and Hshark-like, taking in the situation, quickly accosted Mr. Bradley with this remark: Friend, thatls quite a large building they have over there.n Bradley: kiGosh! I should say so; that sure is a bouncer.h Stranger tsnickering tn himselD : llThe peculiar thing about that building is that it revolves once every hour, and if you wait here about fortyahve minutes you will see it. Bradley tgazing in open-eyed wondeij : HGee, I'd like to see it, but I can't wait that long. Stranger tconhdentlyk HYou just give me 50 cents and l'll slip over and Htipn the engineer and get him to revolve it now? Thereupon Bradley yielded to the wiles of the first shark. The stranger disappeared and Bradley waited one hour and a half and then concluded his tlfriendit could not find the engineer. The building is still intact and has not revolved yet, unless an earthquake has struck it since this article was written. Bradley says it was worth the price, as it probably saved him several dollars after that.

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lst Bug Is this a grave yard, and are those tombstones? 2nd Bug-Yes, one of them ought to read WM: Rest at Last. THE COQUETTE. A pretty coquette, as so many men know, In love is a dangerous thing, For she always has 50 many strings to her bow And so many beams to her string. 119 SUMMER BORED. Some RuraI Rest? are run so slick, Town folks get taken in. And fmd the mosquitoes are most too thick And the mattresses most too thin.

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WILLARD TO HIS QUEEN. hTwas summer time upon the beach, She strolled alonehher name was Lou. When smilingly he tipped his hat And then she knew by manner that Of girls he once had had a few, They loved each other in the drink, They loved each other on the shore, While silently she wove her net And vowkl sheyd ne1er let him forget, He Whispered to himself: hThere's moref That winten wed, she ruled the roost He 10ved her thus to let her do, And then he knew that thd he'd caught her Where he'd met her by the water, There, too, he'd met his water-Lou! FOUR EPITAPHS. Deep wisdom-swelled head, Brain fever-heh dead. hThe Senior? False fair onehhope Hod, Heart broken-heys dead. The Junior. Went skatinghhis said, Ice hit himhhehs dead. hThe Sophomore. Milk famineanot fed, Starvationhhehs dead. i:The Freshman? 9 COLLEGE DEFINITIONS. Commencement;'l'hc end. SeniorhOne who rides a pony in the race for sheep skins. PonyhA beast of burden used by students when traveling in unexplored lands. Fhmk-A process of changing from a three to a four years' course. TO OUR MERCHANTS. We don,t want to buy your dry goods, We donyt like you any more, Yorfll be sorry when you see us Going to some other store. You canht sell us any sweaters, Four-in-hands, or other fads, VYe don't want to trade at your store, If you wonft give us your ads. Sing a song of street cars, Seats all full mit chaps, Four and twenty ladies Hanging by der straps, V611 der door was opened Der men began to read All der advertisements About new breakfast feed. All der vimmen cussing Hopped from feets t0 feets, Bud der Muscilage Brothers Stuck fast to der seats.