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...walk on Harvard Street, just opposite Holyoke St. On every moist day, on each side of the walk leading from the Chapel to Memorial, two large pools of water are formed which gradually rise and overflow the path; then our generous authorities send a couple of stalwart Irishmen who dig a small trench across the path, drawing the small puddle into the larger, and making the walk in the meanwhile a regular quicksand. The end of the walk opposite Holyoke St. is still worse; the stones are sunken and uneven. and on the rainy days that are so common...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/28/1885 | See Source »

Lady Florence Dixie has made a circumstantial statement concerning the assault made upon her on Saturday. She does not think it was committed by Irishmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 3/20/1883 | See Source »

...Donovan Rossa says, concerning the recent explosion of an infernal machine on the steamer Oxenholine, that Irishmen in England and Ireland are determined to blow up anything English at every opportunity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 1/17/1882 | See Source »

...treasure in your midst. In the first place, let me tell you that this beautiful timepiece was ordered by Lord Gladstone for Queen Victoria, when they were first engaged. My Lord, wishing the watch to be of unexceptionable excellence, had the case made in dear old Ireland [cheers from Irishmen], while the inside works were made on the sunny hills of Germany [cheers from Germans]. The Queen, after refusing many offers for the watch, finally exchanged it with the King of China for Hong Kong. The King of China, having a great respect for our beloved George Washington, made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A SUMMER INCIDENT. | 10/15/1880 | See Source »

...Irishmen were passing a sign-post, one of them, looking up at it exclaimed to his comrade; "Whist, Mike; thread saftly owver the grave o' the dead. He was farteen years ould, and his name was Miles To Boston." - Spectator...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 4/2/1880 | See Source »

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