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That the above production was the result of careful toil, long study, and especially a thorough knowledge of facts connected with regattas at Saratoga, obtained through personal experience and patient investigation, must be evident to every one who leads it. After describing the scenery around the University, giving a pleasant...
"Besides, though they are poor, they are proud, and would regard it as beneath the dignity of a free-born Vermonter to expose their muscle in public, like gladiators in the amphitheatre, for Mrs. Morrissey and other high-bred dames to bet on."
The expression, "Mrs. Morrissey and other high-bred* dames," besides being quite neat, is exceedingly flattering to Mrs. M., and although I have known of Mrs. Morrissey only as the wife of a former notorious rough, still I suppose if Mr. Buckham chooses to call her a "high-bred dame...
Ploughing, mowing, raking, and other matches of kindred nature might take place on Jarvis Field, and in these contests wreaths of laurel and farming implements could be awarded to the victors, while to each of the vanquished, as a compensation for the disappointment, an elegant chromo and a copy of...
After some proficiency had been acquired in these pursuits by our students they could challenge other colleges, and then perhaps we might have the good-fortune to meet with the students of the University of Vermont, who, being accomplished in the science of agriculture, would undoubtedly accept an invitation to...