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...height, already portly. His chin is dimpled, his cheeks cherubic, his eyes small and brown, his hair a wavy reddish brown - and his tongue a restless lance of dispute and invective. Still rustic in manner, if not in thought, he keeps the countryman's water bucket and gourd dipper prominently displayed in the executive offices. To win his election he promised the state's farmers paved roads, free hospitals, free school books. As governor he spent money like an Osage Indian on a spree to fulfill these pledges, soon found that more revenue must be forthcoming to keep...
With the approach of summer we lose, to be sure, some of the most brilliant constellations of the northern skies: notably, Orion, Taurus, Gemini, and Ganis Major; but, if the skies of summer are less brilliant they are not less interesting. High up in the north is the "dipper", the catch figure of Ursa Major chased by the huntsman Bootes. The brightest star of Bootes is Arcturus, found by following the bend of the handle of the "dipper" to the eastward. Arcturus is one of the few stars whose diameter has actually been measured, although, like all "fixed stars...
...cleaned out as soon as the warm weather permits and that it will again be restored to its proud superiority as of old - when it was said that the best water in Cambridge was that which splashed from the nozzle of the old college pump into the battered tin dipper hanging at its side...
...curiosity is aroused. What and where is this hidden fountain? What magical properties reside in its waters? Ho! every one that thirsteth, let us clamor diligently till we can get a pump and tin dipper placed over the hallowed spot...