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...Holmes will soon be lively with the practising nines and various teams of cricket, lacrosse and tennis players. The curious will now find amusement in going to the boat-house and seeing the Class and 'Varsity crews. Bicyclers, too, will soon be able to enjoy their rides over smooth, hard roads, and those fond of pedestrian jaunts in the surrounding country have already had several pleasant days on which to indulge their fancy. Unless there is an unexpected change in the weather we may hope for a speedy activity among the lovers of athletic sports...
...smooth thy wrinkled brow...
Damp with the dews of sleep, a smooth white hand...
...little valley, carpeted with green turf, and almost bare of trees. At the bottom of the vale, a chattering brook ripple over smooth stones, and hurried on to join the sea. Just above him the course of the brook turned from east to south-east; and where the valley curved, on the north bank, a pretty moss-covered grotto opened toward the sun. Behind this a cliff suddenly rose a score of feet; while before it a large flat stone formed a convenient floor, reaching from the cave quite to the edge of the brook...
...World's Fair, in which General Grant is to receive his callers and presents. The latest despatch comes from New York, saying that O'Beery has offered to give away a debt of $2,000, incurred at the last walking-match, to any man who can smooth off the blocks of Boylston in 365 consecutive days. Two men have entered, the Chinese professor and Connors. As there are 1,365 blocks altogether in Boylston, and as two men can clip two and one-eighth stones in one day 25 hours and 76 minutes, one will see at a glance that...