And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air / Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there

Caley locomotive types, especially such numerous things as McIntosh goods and tank engines, have defied extermination over a good many years now.

[T]he said Tresurer and other Officers of the sayd Mynts, to bring with them, at that tyme and place, all ther Pixes, and ther severall Indentures of Coynag, by and for the holle tyme the said Assaye shall be taken.

We were peeling spuds on afternoon detail back of the lodge at summer camp — Billy Dean and I, and two or three more — and as usual arguing about whether the camp work ought to be done that way or not […]