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...many friends of Mr. - , the well-known - of this city, called at his residence on - Street last evening, to the complete surprise of himself and his excellent lady, who nevertheless exerted themselves, with their usual affability, to make their guests at home. During the evening, -, Esq., made a brief speech in his usual happy vein, at the close of which he made the worthy couple the recipients of -. This valuable present was a well-merited testimonial of respect and esteem for the long and valuable public services of Mr. -, and was feelingly accepted by that gentleman in a few well...
Lately students to the number of two hundred paraded the streets of Ann Arbor and finally adjourned to the ball-ground, where Physics was burned amid a great deal of speech-making. For a novelty this year they were to repair en classe to Rettich's beer saloon. Imagine a class at Harvard making all this fuss in order to secure a reunion at Carl...
...equipped and ready for every interruption and questioning, innuendo and repartee, and send back the quick and witty response : if he hesitates, he is conquered. The wise man often becomes disconcerted and loses his sagacity in consequence of a keen repartee which may even live longer than the speech itself. That speaker contends at great odds - if, indeed, he is not effectually silenced - whose voice is drowned by uproarious laughter. All undergraduates know that roughing creates the habit of giving a ready reply; in fact, I can think of no method by which it is more successfully cultivated. Upon this...