The Real Diary of a Real Boy eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 82 pages of information about The Real Diary of a Real Boy.

The Real Diary of a Real Boy eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 82 pages of information about The Real Diary of a Real Boy.

8.  “Skinny Bruce”:  Wm. J. Bruce.

A tinsmith of Exeter who still thinks he could have licked Frank
Elliott.

9.  Frank Elliott.

A successful mechanic in Boston, who is confident that he could have licked “Skinny” Bruce.

10.  “Nipper”:  John A. Brown.

Exeter.  Chairman of the School Board.  Trustee of the
Seminary.  Trustee of the Library.  My room-mate at Harvard.

11.  “Micky” Gould.

I do not know what became of “Mickey.”  Wherever he is, there is a good-natured, jolly man.

12.  Mr. Winsor.

Address not known.  How he could throw a snowball.

18.  “Ed” Towle.

Exeter, N. H. With a keen memory for old days.

14.  “Dany” Wingate.

A very prominent man.  The father of J. D. P. and C. E. L. Wingate of the Boston Journal.  Died at Exeter many years ago.

15.  “Whacker”:  Col.  A. M. Chadwick.

Lowell, Mass.

16.  “Pozzy”:  Austin K. Chadwick.

Lowell, Mass.

Two of the best known and most respected citizens of Lowell.  Dignified and sedate, but just touch on old Exeter days and watch their eyes twinkle and their tongues loosen.

17.  “Pricilla”:  ProfCharles A. Hobbs.

Boston.  Has written some dreadful mathematical works, and revisits
Exeter often, but not often enough.

18.  “Pheby”:  Charles A. Taylor.

Has inherited the very qualities that made his father so good a friend.

19.  “Lublin.”

Address not known.

20.  “Nigger” Bell.

So called because his hair was so very white.  Professor of
Chemistry in a Western University.  Died recently in Maiden.

21.  Tommy Thompson:  R. G. Thompson.

New London, Conn.

22.  “Dutchy”:  Dr. William A. Seamans.

New York City.  Fullback on the Harvard ’77 eleven.  There are several ex-principals of the Exeter High School who will remember Thompson and Seamans in very clear and vivid colors.

28.  “Chick” Chickering:  ProfJohn J. Checkering.

Flushing, L. I. Commissioner of Public Education of New York State.

24.  “Tody”:  Timothy Finton.

Exeter.  An expert wood-worker with a leaning for politics.

25.  “Gim” Wingate:  James D. P. Wingate.

Winchester, Mass.  The business manager of the Boston Journal.

26.  “Skipy”:  H. C. Moses.

Exeter.  For many years in the wholesale wool business in Boston.  One of the keenest sportsmen and best wing shots in New Hampshire.

27.  “Pile”:  John G. Wood.

Chicago.  Manager of the McKay Cordage Factory in Chicago.  Promises to return to Exeter when he has made his “pile” ($100,000).  From present indications, the prospect is favorable.

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