Word: spitting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...horse Beausejour in swimming the channel at the entrance to the harbor. General Winslow had made a wager with three of his companions that he would give them an hour's start on their horses, and that, notwithstanding, he would reach the Gurnett, a point on the sand-spit at the entrance to the harbor, before they could do so. The three men were compelled to ride around the shore through Duxbury, while General Winslow, relying on the good qualities of Beausejour, swam the horse across the channel between the sandspits and won the wager. Mr. Winsor spent much...
...foot-ball challenge sent by the class of '85 to '84 at Michigan University surpasses anything we have yet seen: "Resolved, That a common hangman be appointed; Resolved, That the common hangman burn the challenge in the presence of the class, after the secretary has cast the spit of the class upon it; Resolved, That the ashes be given to '85's foot-ball captain...