Word: captain
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...course of an hour or so we come to Staten Hook or Sandy Island, I forget which. A very pretty yacht comes alongside, and a man from our steamer (whom I have noticed talking with the captain on the bridge several times) gets on board of her. Probably one of the Cunard Company who amuses himself by taking short trips on the different boats. I ask an elderly gentleman if this is so. He looks fixedly at me and replies, "Do you mean the pilot?" I do not understand what he is talking about, and walk away. He is probably...
...common-looking man shouts out, "Stand by to hoist that Spencer." Thinking he refers to my book, I secrete it in my coat-pocket. Several sailors pull at a rope and a sail goes up. The men utter such discordant cries during the process that I go to the captain and complain. He tells me to telegraph to New York and have them dismissed. I ask him in what part of the ship the telegraph-office is. He stares at me, and says, "Just abaft the donkey engine," and goes away laughing. Wonder what he is laughing...
HARVARD FOOTBALL CLUB. - President, M. H. Prince, 75; Secretary and Treasurer, A. B. Denney, '77; Captain, A. B. Ellis, '75; Fourth Member of the Executive Committee (the other three members being the officers of the Club ex officio), W. A. Whiting...
...Smith, Paterson, N. J.; class '74; age, 20; weight, 142 lbs.; height, 5 ft. 8 1/2 in. Bow and captain...
...Cook, Lafayette City, Pa.; class '76; age, 25; weight, 155 lbs.; height, 5 ft. 8 in. Stroke and captain...