Word: dog
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which to keep the pieces when the machine went off. The student, when the man had got far enough along in his story to propose a visit to the nearest life insurance office, remarked that there was only one explanation for the curious phenomenon - his chum kept a dog which was in the habit of laying in the corner of the room, near the wall, and the wagging of his tail against the foot-board probably produced the mysterious noise. The order for the coffin has been cancelled and the insurance agent has lost a customer, while the badly frightened...
...only equalled by that which surrounds the senior societies, pervades the boat house. The members of the crew answer all questions which they cannot avoid, but show the greatest reticence about talking on boating topics. The boat house is not guarded at night this year, however, by a savage dog, as it was last year, but will no doubt be provided with one very soon. A part of the boat house has been partitioned off for the housing of the University shell, and is kept continually bolted, barred and locked. Nobody enters there unless he is a member...
Persons - A German and an American student. American walking with a dog; dog kicked by German; American slaps German's face; result, a challenge; American chooses pistols; day and place appointed; on the way to duelling ground, American draws pistol carelessly and knocks off insulator from telegraph pole; five minutes later, another; and again, another; not a word said; on arrival at trysting place, hasty conference, and German humbly apologizes...
...their respective victories at the last two meetings. Chances, during the latter part of the week, have been reckoned about even by the knowing ones. '83 has been slightly the favorite, though '86 had a great deal of confidence in the skill of their anchor and in the "bull-dog grit" of other members of the team. '83, however, had the advantage of a heavy anchor. The teams, both of which had been practising faithfully through the week, were made up as follows: '83, H. Lilienthal, T. C. Bachelder, W. Fuller, J. H. B. Easton (anchor); '86, G. C. Adams...
Yale is perfectly happy because her papers can now boast that, "There are three dog-carts owned in college...