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...fancy going, and it is wonderful into what a fairyland of agreeable and even profound suggestion he contrived to blunder, through the bypath of a pain in the stomach or a fall from his horse. Montaigne more than any other, perhaps, carried the substance of his thread, as the spider does, in himself, and each of his Essays is a kind of web wherein to entangle every winged thing (of the smaller kind) that comes along, while he, sitting at the centre, feels from all quarters the faintest vibration that gives promise of mental food. Not a chance mote...
29-4t.LOST. - Two gold scarf pins, a dolphin and a spider, with ruby body. Please return to G. Morton, 52 Hastings...
...entertainment, and a very good one too. Several of the members of the troupe are well known popular favorites, as Gus Williams and Trewey, the equilibrist; others are equally well known by reputation. The dancing of the Galety girls, and of Kate Seymour was very well received, and the spider web specialty of the Athols was excellent. The engagement of the company is for one week only...
TUMBLING.There were five contestants in this event: A. T. Dudley, '87, J. C. Faulkner, '86, S. H. Knapp, '87, G. A. Pudor, '86, and T. Bachelder, L. S. All the men seemed well versed in all kinds of hand-springs, walking with arms, etc. Mr. Knapp's spider walk occasioned long and continued laughter and applause. The race between Messrs. Bachelder and Knapp and Dudley and Faulkner in the double somersault art was won by Dudley and Faulkner. This event was the clown of the afternoon, and the ape-like movements of the contestants elicited long and uproarious applause...
...pole that lay by the side of the path and threw it at the thing. To my utter surprise the majestic form collapsed entirely, and fell to the ground. And then all was accounted for. What had caused us our fright was simply the web of a monstrous tropical spider. The moonlight, gleaming on the threads, contrasting with the dark foliage around, had given it the unearthly appearance; and the breeze had made it move to and fro in the ghostly manner that had capped the climax of my fear...