Word: coal
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Empty coal-bin, empty pockets...
...mule would know that a day in January with the wind blowing at the rate of fifty miles an hour, and the thermometer feeling after the floor, was colder than the spring days of April; but not so my scout. All through the winter he used to put barely coal enough on the fire to keep it from going out, and would leave the door open and me shivering as long as he could. But now mark the change. I wake up in the morning and find my grate heaped to overflowing with red-hot coals...
...goody's address when he has lost his key; and there is as much propriety in giving a goody's name as that of Memorial's Steward. Farther on, under "Expenses," we find the valuable information that "expenses vary with the economy of each student," and again "wood and coal ready for use are delivered at the students' rooms, by Cambridge and Brighton dealers, at market prices." "Good tobacco at Whiton's" might be added. At the Divinity School we learn that "washing is done for seven-five cents per dozen pieces," and at the Lawrence Scientific School...
...HAVE been told that at some former time (the exact period I cannot state) the Corporation, or Faculty, or Steward, or somebody, was in the habit of buying coal in large quantities at the season of the year when it was cheapest; and that they then disposed of it to the students, throughout the year, at the original price. This was a wise custom, and made a saving to the students of that time which would not be despised in this enlightened age. I would therefore respectfully suggest to the powers that be, that they take this subject into their...
Prompt delivery of coal will be made only when payment has been made at the time of ordering...