How differently are some things done in England than in this country. In Oxford the following quaint old custom prevails: Every St. Scholastica's day the Mayor and sixty-two townsmen, specially chosen, offer at St. Mary's Church sixty-three pence, in memory of sixty-three "innocent scholars," barbarously murdered by the townsmen in the reign of Edward Third. Compare this with the state of things existing here. Here, every year, as many "innocent scholars" meet their fate at the hands of the designers of the town,-falling unhappy victims to the charms of the young ladies of the place. And do the maidens of this burgh ever offer up a penny to the memory of their slain? No, never! Yet how appropriate would the custom be! How interesting to see Miss Sangbleu of Old Cambridge come up, perennially blooming, year after year, to deposit one cent for each of the callow youth who have fallen victims to her charms! And what a fund would Miss Sangblen then create, before, in the course of time, her attractions would finally cease to do execution!
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