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...thermometer drops to ten below zero, we regard it as a sure sign that some old brigadier will need "polishing." This is a very disrespectful way to speak of burying a brave old soldier, but have we not provocation? A funeral means two hours under arms, and a tramp through the cold and snow to the grave-yard where the volley that does honor to the departed, gives us an hour's work cleaning our guns. Long life to all that in tend to be buried here...
...died hard. Yes, and yet his death was infinitely easier than his life had been; for the soles of his shoes are worn quite through, and the bottoms of the feet, turned toward the window, are raw and bloody and caked with the dust of a long and fearful tramp. What was his name? Whence came he, and whither was he going? What strong, strong impulse drove him to such a journey? Whom was he seeking, or from whom did he flee? No scrap of paper tells. We can only guess that the sturdy frame bore a great weight...
...Jarvis fields, passing by the west side of Jefferson Physical Laboratory, is composed of such soft substance that few care to use it. The consequence is that nearly everyone who wishes to reach the fields by this path walks on the grass by the side, and will soon tramp it down so that next spring the appearance of that part of the grounds will be careless and unfelt. We cannot blame the students for preferring soft grass to dusty gravel walks. The college authorities should have the paths watered and rolled...
...tired," thereby ending the duel; and this is generally done, unless there was some personal reason for the duel. The nose is usually not protected, and is sometimes cut completely off. A good but rather exaggerated account of this subject can be found in "Mark Twain's Tramp Abroad." The regulations of the mensur above stated were given to me by a member of the Hannovera corps in Gottingen; Bismark was formely in this corps and fought more than thirty-five duels...
...possible. But while this is in every way desirable men must be more careful about walking around, not across the new ground on Holmes. The ground has been planted with grass seed, part of which is expected to grow before winter, but if scores of men are to tramp over the place daily, our prospect of having next year a well turfed, level field for base ball will be poor indeed...