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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Whispered vows find willing credence
...desiring to see a rather extravagant example of the spirit that crops out in all our exchanges from mixed colleges, will find it in the Cornell Era of May 8, under an article on "Dancing and its Results." They must read the Bible and Prayer-Book a good deal at Cornell, for in two articles in this number they succeed in working in four phrases cribbed from these standard authorities...
...opposite. All the way up the river we see at frequent intervals the mouths of tributaries. These small rivers are leased by the government for from five to twenty years to private parties for fishing purposes. At one of the larger of these openings our boat stops, and we find our guides or canoemen ready to take us ashore. The mouth of the river is perhaps a hundred feet wide, and the shallow water shows us a shingle bottom. On the bank a small French Canadian settlement manages to support itself and a few ponies. Little carts are the common...
...line, about a hundred yards long, should be of strong silk, the Irish lines the best. Flour I forgot, - the natives knead it, dig a hole in the ground, put it in, and then cover it with hot coals; when the black crust is scraped off, you will find some light and very palatable bread. For the first season, of course, the expenses are large in proportion to the number of fish caught, and for a single summer this plan cannot be recommended, except as an experience for one who can afford to pay. The first season is necessarily...
Remember the soldiers still living, who find...