Word: jersey
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...over to Jersey City, and after much difficulty find the Cunard wharf. (Observe that the steamer's name is spelt "Russia.") Leave my baggage to be taken care of by an expressman; as we leave the dock I see him driving leisurely down on the wharf with my three trunks in his wagon. Pretend that it is of no consequence, and say nothing about...
...nearly six o'clock. These long summer days are so deceptive! Yes, there come the cows, followed by a brown-faced urchin. We shall be just in time for a warm glass of milk. Ah! here's richness! This is n't milkman's milk. What a magnificent Jersey! I often think a man could never get nervous or ill-natured, could he always have before him the picture of good nature and repose which is depicted in the sleek countenance of a well-bred cow. But come, we must catch this sunset from the top of the hill. Nothing...
...fifty-four colleges in the New England States, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, conferred 182 honorary degrees, and 2,333 in course, - making a total of 2,515. Of these, Harvard conferred 219 in course...
...defeated in both the former games, a like result was looked for in this one. Our men, however, had to cope with a remarkably strong Nine, flushed with their victory of 10 to 9 over Yale, and anxious to hang the Harvard scalp in the New Jersey wigwam. Our Nine, owing in part to their crippled condition, but principally to their traditional weak batting, was hardly equal to the occasion. The game was an exciting one, and the score, 3 to 1, was, we believe, the smallest ever made in an amateur match. On our side, Cutler's play...