Word: wetnessing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...soft light flashed on oar-blades wet...
...some safe method of caring for umbrellas left there. As it is now, a man either leaves his umbrella in the stand outside, with the somewhat unpleasant consciousness that the chances are about one in five he will find it "borrowed" on his return, or else he carries it, wet and dripping, into the dining room with him. Truly it seems as though some remedy were imperative. Cannot the board of managers do some thing? Is there not some means by which each umbrella could be checked? We commend it to the association to break up this practice of "borrowing...
...throwing goals at 40 yards, Noyes, '85, excelled, making four goals in six tries. Woods, Bahdwin and Thayer, all '85, succeeded in making three apiece. Considering the wet weather the throwing was very good...
...kept many from coming to yesterday's game, and only about 500 spectators were on the grounds. The game was called for 3 o'clock, but just before this a heavy shower came up, and delayed the game for half an hour. Yale came first to the bat. The wet grass made the ball slippery, and Winslow was obliged to give Hubbard his base on balls. A wild pitch sent him to third, and Griggs' fly to centre let him score, giving Yale her first run. Harvard did not score in the first inning, but in the second Crocker reached...
...this New Haven weather? No! it is snow, rain, slush, fog, mist, puddles, glare ice, falling avalanches from the caves, falling snow-balls from the open windows. No walking, no driving, no sleighing, wet feet, damp clothes, no appetite, Lenten housekeeping, everything gloomy, papers publishing about the "Suicide Club," men grumpy, money scarce, and your umbrella stolen. [Courant...