Word: wind
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...meeting at Watertown yesterday afternoon, and under very unfavorable circumstances finished the matches for this month. All through the month it has seemed as if particularly cold and disagreeable days were the fate of the club, and yesterday was far from an exception, the extremely chilly air and strong wind making it very hard to do good work. The following is the list of the winners in the three matches, with their score, each score out of twenty birds...
...cold, raw wind made it very unpleasant for the members of the Shooting Club who went to Watertown yesterday afternoon. But in spite of the unfavorable weather, the scores were very good. Two of the matches which were started at the last meeting had too few entries to be continued, but the requisite numbers were entered yesterday, so the matches will be continued. The following are the scores in detail...
...cannot this interest be shown in the weekly shoots? Ordinarily there are few men present, and everyone is ready to come down by four or half-past, thus losing the best part of the afternoon, for from four to five or half-past there is seldom any wind, and all the conditions are favorable for good work. So, after this, let enough men go up each week to keep up the interest in the matches, and to obviate the necessity of closing matches on account of the lack of entries, as was done last week. To repeat what we said...
Reinhold's Overture in A, the first number, had been given in Boston lately, and is the subject of much praise. The movement is delicate but marked, with two principal themes, which are worked out in an extended manner, showing a novel use of brass and wood-wind...
...spite of the wind and rain, about thirty members attended the meeting of the St. Paul's Society last evening in the room, 17 Grays. After some important business and a short service, the president introduced the speakers of the evening-the Rev. William Lawrence and Mr. Page of the Cambridge Theological School. Instead of the customary address, a very interesting explanation was given of the Church Students' Missionary Association of the United States and Canada formed in New York last year. At the close of the discussion it was decided to send two delegates to the convention...