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Down through its very root;

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SONNET. | 6/18/1875 | See Source »

He could n't ram his ball clear down, but then he wa' n't to blame,

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRANDSIR PEAVY. | 6/18/1875 | See Source »

Passing to the individuals of the crew, No. 2 gets a fine catch, but the middle of his stroke is apt to be a little weak. No. 3 might sit up a little straighter to advantage. No. 4 is apt to "sliver," that is, to turn his oar for the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOATING. | 6/18/1875 | See Source »

Arrived in Sicily, the author grows worse and worse. Our space will allow us to correct but two misstatements. The first is that "facilities for transportation in Sicily are about three hundred years behind" those of any other civilized country. We personally know that the railway between Syracuse and Messina...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 6/18/1875 | See Source »

The College is to have the Boat-house on condition of paying off the existing mortgage and fixing up the second story with two hundred or more lockers, a bath-room, with shower-baths, bath-tub, hand basins, etc., and a reading or sitting room. There are to be reserved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BOAT-HOUSE. | 6/4/1875 | See Source »