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...previous career had been extraordinary in almost all respects except his poverty. His birthplace and" parents were unknown and he had taken the name of a French sea-captain who adopted him during the French Revolution. Sent to Mill Grove, near Philadelphia, in 1803, he quickly learned to hunt, to observe wild life, to make friends with farmers. Tall, strong, impetuous, farsighted, he was an accomplished painter who had studied under Jacques Louis David in Paris, but remained at ease with tough woodsmen and trappers. In 1808 he married a pretty, well-born English girl, soon after failed...
...aspect of Oxford that impresses one first. Architecturally, Oxford is a mediaeval jewel; and there are enough dreamy Towers to support a colony of vagabonds. As for unspoiled country and sweet traditions: only yesterday I teased the bulls in Christ Church meadow and later fed the deer in Magdalen grove. At Wadham, where I am put, all animal life seems confined to the rooms, but of this I shall write later...
...bottomlands in bayou country, in cultivated groves across the southern U. S. last week began the harvest of what promises to be the shortest pecan* crop in more than a decade. Government estimates for the new crop are 33,330,000 Ib. compared with a bumper yield of 95,340,000 Ib. in 1935. Not one cent will be earned by the Texas nut grove of the most eminent U. S. pecan grower, John Nance Garner. Just before he broadcast his only campaign speech from his home in Uvalde, the Vice President let it be known that his pecans were...
...following are the first appointments: Henry A. Burgess, Weld 24, Shapidan High School, Sheridan Wy., William C. Coleman, Hollis 28, Kent School, Eccleston, Md.; John L. Donnell, Matthews 8, Webster Grove High School, Webster Grove, Md.; Vinton Freedley, Mower A-31, St. Paul's School, New York City; Frederick Holdsworth, Jr., Holworthy 2, Milton Academy, Brookline...
...Dundee, who found stunned upon the ground and nursed back to health a pigeon belonging to King Edward, received as a reward from His Majesty two pigeons which arrived in a crate lettered: "LIVE BIRDS -URGENT-FROM HIS MAJESTY THE KING." ¶A horse of exceptional gentleness named Cherry Grove was discovered in the stable of the Salford mounted police and bought for $750 to become the "charger" which will bear His Majesty through the streets of London on State occasions. Cherry Grove was first elaborately tested in the stableyard of the Metropolitan Police...