Word: potted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recent excavation of the "Harvard Furnishing Store." an iron pot was found containing about a quart of ancient silver coins wrapped up in what purported to be an old newspaper. Upon close examination, the paper was found to be a Thanksgiving copy of "Ye Blatant Home," published by "certaine of ye students of Harvarde College." It was No. 4, Vol. II, and bore the date "November 23d, 1699." Among other things, there was an account of a "game of foot-balle between ye youthes of faire Harvarde and ye men of Yayle." The game had been played "3 dayes previous...
...workmen, while engaged on Saturday in excavating the cellar for Mr. Hilton's new block on Harvard street, discovered an iron pot containing several quarts of Spanish gold coins, the value of which has not yet been ascertained...
...Pot Pourri" for 1885 has just been issued at Yale, and is, on the whole, very attractive. Among the illustrations so liberally distributed through it, the reader will be rather surprised to see some very familiar prints of the Illustrated London News, as, in a book of this description, the illustrations are supposed to be of student design. If this were the only respect in which the managers of the book had erred, it would be of little importance; but they have done something that looks very much like deliberate plagiarism. As one looks at the " eating club" illustrations...
Maker of musical instrument, cheerfully rubbing his hands: "There, thank goodness, the bass fiddle is finished at last!" After a pause: "Ach, Himmel, if I haven't gone and left the glue-pot inside...
...week ago today, for the third-class challenge cup. The Banner was to make its appearance on Saturday last, according to the News, but as we have heard nothing said about it since, it is probable that the publication has been delayed, as is frequently the case. The Pot Pouri, the other annual, is soon to be published but as yet the date has not been announced...