Word: butter
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...decorum have prevailed amongst the students (though the hall does not seem to have had so beneficial an effect upon the negroes), and the quizzical face of Nicholas Boylston and the stern countenance of John Adams have not yet been improved by the addition of a pat of butter. Indeed, if the moral improvement had not shown itself from the opening of the hall, the behavior of the students would have to be attributed to the lecture on table-etiquette, which was reported in the last Advocate. There can be no doubt that the advice there given will tend...
...news to some to learn that Chas. S. Sargent, Professor of Horticulture in Bussey Institute, makes the highest-priced butter sold in the United States. Price $1.15 per pound the year round...