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Speaking of the selection of rooms, Dr. Wilder says that you must be sure to obtain plenty of sunshine as well as to avoid dampness. It is well also to be sure that the drinking water is pure and that the plumbing is in good order. To those who live in private boarding houses, as many do here, this is a useful injunction...
...class, with two exceptions, could swim, and most of them were able to venture across the Hudson river." The strange part of the whole affair, in the opinion of our contemporary, is that so large a proportion of a class were entirely incapable of supporting themselves in the water. We do not think it strange at all. This "peculiarity" is not at all confined to West Point students. We venture to say that if statistics were taken in regard to the students in the various colleges in the country, the result would call forth a flood of articles from...
...fire at a certain time. But the alarm was given too soon and many of the town's people endeavored to save the building. The company, however determined that it should burn, dragged the engine to a pond near by and threw the dirty water upon the citizens in such quantities that they were glad to escape. Another amusement, in which they frequently indulged, was the practice of throwing water into any window on the yard which happened to be open. This harmless recreation proved ruinous to the society, for we learn that "about the year 1822, having discharged water...
...drinking water used at Memorial is brought in barrels from a spring in the vicinity...
...THURSDAY.Overseers. Special meeting at 70 Water street, Boston...