Word: powder
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...having the prettiest chapel for miles around. However, we have to tear ourselves away at last from the great Tufts, and are soon descending the hill. As we return, if we keep our eves open, we will see what we were sure to miss before, the old white powder-house, built of brick, and having the shape of a large loaded cartridge, standing of course on its flat end. This is an interesting piece of antiquity. It was originally used by a miller, I believe; but when the revolution broke out, stores of powder were put there and were doubtless...
...Arsenal, where they all had to take the high picket fence, Across fields and roads, up Bowdoin, Linnean and Raymond street. to the redolent settlement in North Cambridge, called "Dublin," the chase lay clear enough. Then over the railroad and up the avenue, and finally toward the old Somerville powder house. Here the hounds were again at fault in a large open field. The scent regained, they wandered about the low country lying between Tufts College and winter Hill, over fences and railroad banks and through an unpleasant marsh, where all, hares as well as hounds, got wet feet. Coming...
...hounds run yesterday the hares, Messrs. Walker and Jack, won. Fish, '86, and Bradley, '85, being the first hounds in. The run was a very good one, running up by the arsenal through Somerville to Spring hill, Tufts, through Middlesex Fells to Andover turnpike, thence back to the powder house near Tufts, where the hounds broke for home. The hounds lost the scent and came in late...
...irreverence, and might be suspended or rusticated according to the enormity of the offence." But this seemed too much and a revolt was begun which like all its predecessors was speedily overcome. But there were many single acts of disobedience : the candles lighting the pulpit were filled with powder, and the Bible was occasionally taken. When the services were held in Harvard Hall, the students fastened its doors, blew up the bell with powder, and even detained the monitors. However all such pranks gradually died...
...bodies of twenty Chinamen and one white man have been taken from the ruins of the West Berkley, Cal., powder mills...