Word: onion
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...vanquished, as a compensation for the disappointment, an elegant chromo and a copy of Vick's Floral Guide might be presented. Also the land in the rear of the Scientific School, if proper attention were paid to it, might be induced to become the abode of the sweet-smelling onion, the cabbage, and the beet, - the last-named, however, will not need to be cultivated, for deceased members of its family already abound in Cambridge, - instead of being used for foot-ball matches, and allowed to run to waste...
...what there is really interesting about this kind of information, but as all our exchanges are full of it, we quote the latest on the subject from the Tyro, for the benefit of curious readers: "It appears that at Vassar College there is one day in the week called "Onion Day,' on which all the ladies indulge in raw onions, as a health promoter. It requires upwards of fifteen bushels of this high-toned esculent to go around...