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When we used to play at shinney, in the days of long ao, Now and then some blackened bruises on gar shins wed hive to show. There was danger in the pastime. We were ready to admit, 7 ‘For where slunney sticks were whirling There was risk of getting hot. But the old time sport of shinney has a very harmless game When compared with its Successor, Which has “hockey” for its name, For the players in the latter Often drop all thoughts of fun And cys swift in making bruises So that triumph may be won. There's but little risk of damage to the hockey player's shins. For each fellow is protected On that portion of his pins, But when mixing in a scrimmage Where the little puck has sped Off a hockey stick is falling On some unprotected head. Off is played the trick of tripping When a rival tries to pass, Ana armes they are all tumbling * On the ice is struggling mass. * ' Some are subjects for the surgeons - Eve the ending of the game. fe ! And quite lucky iz the player. . . + Who is neither bruised nor lame. Football-hustlers look in wonder ! At the “rough house” on the ice; Husky pugilists are saying. They'd not play at any price. All admit that theyre “not in it as to scrimmages or fights When they once behold a mixup of the doughty hockeyites ~—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. the 3 Heredity. They were looking affectionately at their firstborn in his crib. “Isn't he a dear?” asked Mrs. Subur ba softly. “But why do you suppose he insists on sleeping with his precious little hands stretched so far above his head. Tames?” “That.” replied Mr. Suburba thought fully. “is easily explained. He comes at a long one of street car strippers.” But Mrs. Suburba refused to see the joke, because she always gets a seat—~ Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Laws should be clear, uniform and precise. To interpret them is nearly al ways to corrupt them.—~Voltaire, Died at Avondale, Miss Lottie Powell, died at her home in Avondale, Friday after an ill ness of several months from consump tion, Miss Powell was eighteen, years. of age. Funeral will take place a day at Avenisle, Rev. McCollough, of LeRoy, officiating.
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Coshocton Age
Coshocton, Ohio, US
Tue, Jan 27, 1903
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