Word: abattoir
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...Some forty-five men were employed here trenching the field to improve it for the athletic purposes of Harvard College. The foreman reported that no illness had occurred among the men under him. The next district includes that part of Brighton near the abattoir and Faneuil Station. On the whole, this was very free from illness. The abattoir men (upward of a hundred in number) were reported as exceptionally healthy. Two cases, both imported, were found near Faneuil Station among workmen. Auburndale appeared to be responsible for them, as the men lived there. Moreover, as farther down the river...
...school has a veterinary library, a valuable museum, and a forge, in which students can obtain instruction in horse-shoeing. There is a course in meat inspection, the instructor of which has supervision over the city abattoir. This gives the students a wide field for practical work...
...varsity crew was out an unusually long time yesterday. Perkins took Bullard's place at No. 4 when the crew first went out, but after a row to the Abattoir and back, gave it up and took to the launch, from which he coached the crew for the remainder of the afternoon...
...crew was an improvement over their work on Tuesday, but the port side caught the water sooner than the starboard and the port men being more powerful the boat gave a vicious lurch to starboard every stroke. Yesterday the crew rowed up as far as the Brighton abattoir; Tilton rowing 6 and Watriss stroke. The disparity between the sides was diminished but the rowing was very rough. The faults are too numerous to mention; some of them are as follows: stroke hunches his shoulders at the catch thereby weakening his stroke greatly; 7 is unsteady in his time; 6 goes...
...hounds under J. D. Gorham, '90, as master, started seven minutes later and followed the trail to Allston bridge where they were misled by an old trail and crossed the river. From Barry's corner they ran to the Brighton Abattoir and thence to Mt. Auburn cemetery where the break was made. The first hounds in were Sears, '91, and Manley, '93, who returned at 4.37, four minutes before the hares...