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...slight collation at the bar ended the entertainment, and to the tune of "Johnnie Comes Marching Home" and led by Captain Knowles of the nine, the men marched to the wharf and were taken aboard the "King Philip." Here a third meal awaited them, which was followed by some impromptu singing and a few speeches on the part of the Information Committee; but before the rest of the carefully prepared programme could be run off the steamer struck the wharf with a dull thud and the field day was over...
...naptha launch which is to be used in connection with the surveying camp at Squam Lake, N. H., this summer, is now nearly finished. Professor Hollis will go to New York tomorrow and will be aboard on the first trial trip after the launching. The boat will be sent to the summer camp in two weeks...
Francis Fisher, of the class of 1903, was drowned off Sea Girt, N. J., on the night of July 14 last. He was cruising on the yacht Spalpeen, which was run down in a fog by the Clyde liner Benefactor, on that night. Fisher climbed aboard the Benefactor without accident, but in trying to return to the yacht, fell into the sea and was carried astern by the tide. He kept afloat for several minutes, and asked that a boat be put down for him. This was not done, but instead the Benefactor was backed up toward...
...offer Leif some drugged wine. Leif and Tyrker return at dusk and drink copiously of the wine and and Leif names the land "Wineland the Good." The drug has its effect and both drowsily fall on the rocks. They doze off to sleep as Sigurd and the Vikings go aboard ship and raise the sails...
...five steamore. The Burnside will sail from Caba on June 24 with sixty-five men and sixty-seven Women; the Crook, sailing June 25, will carry three hundred and twenty-five men; the McPherson and the McClellan,--the first sailing June 26, the second June 27,--will each have aboard one hundred and eighty-six men and eighty-nine women and the Sedgwick, which is to sail June 27, will carry four hundred and seventy-five women. These steamers are expected to arrive in Boston harbor, and to land their passengers at the Charlestown Navy Yard. No spectators will...