Word: saws
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...boarding-schools, that the faculty does not place sufficient confidence in the lad, and his "honor," part of character is dwarfed. These annual sports at Harrow were very enjoyable. Fine, manly boys, happy as the lark, and perfectly ignorant of the big old fight of life before them. I saw a running match of one hundred yards, one for a quarter of a mile, and a rattling one mile race, by four contestants. Hurdle racing and jumping concluded the first day's exercise. I could not remain the second day, but had sufficient experience at Harrow to urge earnestly...
...second half saw our team rather demoralized, the defence failed to cover and the shots made by the attack were weak and tired. Griffing did fine work in the defence field. His rushing elicited frequent applause. Morton made several fine stops. The South Bostons secured a third goal early in the half and the score remained unchanged to the end. The visitors were much more agile and clever with their sticks than our men and backed each other up most effectively...
Blodgett's dodging and Simson's throwing were the features of the game. A number of ladies braving the northwest wind saw the game to the finish...
...dyner he deperted out of the hall, and went up into a galarye of twenty-four stayres of heyght. It being exceedingly cold the Earl complained that the fire was not large enough, when a person named Ervalton of Spayne, went down stayers, and beneth in the court he saw a great many of asses laden with woode to serve the house, that he went and tooke one of the greatest asses with al the woode, and layde him on hys back, and went up al the stayrs into the galary, and dyd caste downe the asse with...
...elder Aggassiz learned something one day in Chicago. He saw a workman place five bricks in a pail even full of water without causing a drop to run over, and the great naturalist handed the man a $2 bill and made a note of the circumstance...