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...Admiral Collingwood who assisted Nelson at Trafalgar and succeeded him in the Mediterranean command later wrote home to his wife: "Tell me, how do the trees which I planted thrive? Is there shade under the oak tree for a comfortable summer seat? Do the poplars grow at the walk, and does the wall of the terrace stand firm...
Weather conditions on both days were extremely poor, with a heavy rain on Friday and such icy snow on Saturday that the slalom race had to be transferred from Oak Hill to Suicide Six in Woodstock...
Finn Ferner, who recently suffered broken ribs on two separate occasions, has received the doctor's permission to race and will be ready to start the downhill event on the Moose Mountain trail Friday morning. He is also slated to compete in the slalom race on Oak Hill the following day, which is his specialty and in which he has the best chance to shine if his condition will permit...
...fishing tackle, butterfly collections, other valuables. With little enthusiasm, women souvenir hunters and secondhand dealers bid for the rest, a motley collection of old juvenile books, pottery, bedraggled furniture. High bid of ?55 was for a piano. A settee from the Chamberlain drawing room went for ?7; an oak bureau with graduated drawers, for "accommodating birds' eggs," for 15 shillings...
...countryside looked pleasantly open, and after drifting quite a way I thought I saw where I should land. Two farm hands had the same idea. We were all wrong as in spite of attempts on my part to avoid it I came down in a spinney of young oak trees, pulling up short about 20 ft. from the ground, hanging in my harness. I managed to get hold of a trunk, pull myself over to it, get out of the parachute harness and climb to the ground where I remained quite still until I was found...