Word: anchors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...interest will be taken away. To a casual observer it would look as though very little interest or enthusiasm would attach to eight men pulling against each other, braced by cleats, with the end of the rope passed around a padded belt worn by the anchor; but, as in every game there are points, so in the tug-of-war there are tricks for gaining a fair advantage, used by the participants. The present tug-of-war team consists of four men, each man having the advantage of a thick cleat which is fastened to the floor. The ribbon...
...steamer Columbia, Anchor line, made a run of 17 1/2 days from Palermo to Boston. This is the quickest run that has been made yet between Boston and Sicily...
...whole summer, and live comfortably for $250, which will cover all expenses. The price for a return ticket, on one of what are considered second-rate lines, is from $110 to $140. Among those which are cheap and at the same time sufficiently comfortable and well managed, are the Anchor, In-man, Guion, &c., sailing from New York, and the Warren line from Boston. These all go to British ports, but if France is chosen as a destination, the French lines will be found very comfortable and quite reasonable in charges...
JUST below the bar a ship at anchor rides...
...fairy fleets at anchor ride...