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Ths Somerset Herald
..published every Wednesday
annum, If paid in advance;
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otherwise 2 40
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Ir. will be held liabl for the wbecrtitioo.
Uerlber. removing from one PortofBe. to an-tSrto-W
fir. t. the nam of tb. former M
veil a the preaent ' Addres
" Somerset Printing Company,
JOHN I. SUCLL,
Buslnec Manager.
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Businm Cards,
3ir&Pc...U, attend-
d 10
J.KOOSIK.
ATTORNEY AJ LAW - -
I V TI.
vi.
.ttend to all Vu'" .7-. " - 1-
protnpuio.
VL" wiii riv P'V"!
I'jnw uuui". y "n... iirho ,u . ..
nd tne adjoining oouott. iy&-tt-
iouae Row.
' TT,, H Ooffrotb has
- AW KOTICE.-Alexdw ru j..,,
j retained the Mammoth Building-
.Tln.n counties. tmce
I
djoining countl
.v iTHW.SOa
ru H. VHU ATTU tt ' d mli business
jan. I, " . -
i "eln -Ul'le promptly attended to.
aug. i-iy
r IMV.KL A COLBOR. A-mBSE AT
K LAW, Somerset, la. l u. W-ly.
ki ca- r-
with promises, and ndelity. ;gly
moth Block.
11 Bounty an Pe AcnJ,n. u.lt.
,.7 office In Mammoth Wink. J
pAVLU.OaITHKK.
uec4-72. .
jan 14.
y IS L. PUGII,
" A rrORSET AT LAW,
S,met,ra,
i;nirnc Main CroM ht. "O wu.osi-
ndc
julyli
JO. Oi3LE
ATTOKXET AT LAW,
tv? attended to witb prompiue.,, and ad.H.J
miria'T.
" A G JJILLEII, after twclre
,tlr ki I at Somenet t the prao-
J, tVtrSomt1 and ,k-:Hy.-to
tt.e cl.ll?rn" VJ; ,.,,i,ite the Unmet
" - rud at aU
deo.ii, a-iy-
PROFESSIONAL.
. naorr B Fandenl-erft. of CumtwrUnd,
eiated with t ' 1 J .J. j. Fun lender.
't-lM. f8"10 th"1!"Crr"40r
the Ere and Ear.
nsr KIMMEL will eontlnne to practlf
DBM.nd ISniX
MToSffS thepTe, a few door. m
JL H. BRVBAKEK tenner... - Vtcin-
. 11- .la.aialitnfl.1
aervlcr to t he ciueu. .i . iir
in residence, on. door west of the llar-
DB , v. MILLER ha permanently located
a IterUn for the practt. of h pn
OH "Jive Charles Ertsaingcf. .tor..
pr. lt 'KMX.
O S. GOOD,
PI1YSICIAX & SURGEON,
tioniatsET, ia.
M-Orrtc in Mammoth Block. f'-i'"
llTIFICTAL TEETII'.l
J. . YUT7X
D E 1. T I S T
DALE C1TT, jonurtet Co., V,
Artificial Teeth, w.rmnted to 1 t-r the "t"l
ualltv. Life bke and Handsome, inserted m tl.e
eststvle. Particulai attention paid to the pns
Mtion of th. natural teeth. Those "
nult me bTjletter, cua do o by enclosing "y
Addroa a abeve. jel-J
DR. WM. COLLIXS, DENTIST, Somerset,
Pa. tllttn in Caselr's Block, up suirs,
wtierebecanattlltlmesbe found prepared to do
all kinds of work, such as filling, regulating, ei
ractmg. fc.c. rtU:rial teeth of all kin.,s. aud of
he hct malcnai, inserted. All operations war
anted. June7 '
Mansion House,
LATE "BEX FOE D HOI SE,"
nrnrr mf rroakllsi and Broad Klrc,
JOUXSTOWX, PEXXA.
Jos. Shoemaker, Prop'r.!
Having lat.lv taken charire of. ri titted an I fur ;
niM.e l tuis large and w,umi.iious H.iiel. I now ,
innie my Soiuorset Couuty triem.s to call me. j
anJ boi by prompt attention to their ti!S nnd j
...,..;ii.r.M ui merit their natron .. i a- '
hi supplied .ihthe iwst the market ailot-.s. The
Icrstui-ked with the choh-eM i!e. Il ii..rc kc.
Jt.Stl'H MKit-M AKEK.
N. 1.. Best stUMlng la town. aprJ!)
THE SOMERSET HOUSE.
T
Uavln le.se' this magnificent and Well knowc
Hl propertv tn.m Mrs. K. A. Hi. k, the under
nirned ukri pleuure In inlorming Ins friends and
n.c ..i.u. that he will spare -ei. her
pains n mna to make this house all that
eould be desired. Accommftlatlng clerks and i
obliging waller will attend to the wants oi cus
oroera, and the tahle will at all times tc iuten
with the bst th market f!.r.is. Mr. O. 11. lay
van may at all times be found in theothc.
suauU D. LAVAM.
JJIAMOND HOTEL.
SrOYSTOW.N 1A.
SAMUEL, CUSTElt, Prop, iotor.
Thl pofar and well known house W at u
time a dartrable U)J.plng plaee for th traveling
pahlie. TaWa and kooui first-elasa. Ooodst.
bling Ha--k leav dally hx Johcstowa and
Somerset. marlL
B
AR.NKT HOUSE.
The undersigned respect fully Informs the puh.
I that he has Inaed tins well known tacriel In tne
Borough of Somerset. It 1 his Intenlloo to keep
t la a atvl which he hope will give us!cUun to
all who mar faror him with their custom.
Apt ii 72 juux ma.
JOHN WILSON & SON,
WHO LIS ILK GKOCKKS,
K.TTSBTJHaH.
Mac, 7i
EMM C05HSSI0H HOUSE,
T. Buzby & Co.,
No. 6 Exchange Place
BjlVLTIMQRE.
Fretal ttntb alien to UKale'orGLAPE'
ECiTEfi. '
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VOL. XXIII.
BaniK.
JOHNSTOWN
MfiS BAI.
120 CLINTON STREET.
CHARTED IN 1870.
JAMES COOPER, D. J. MORRELL.
DAVID DICERT, JAMES McMILLEN
C. B. ELLIS, JAMES MORLEY.
A. J. IIAWES, LEWIS PLITT,
F. W. HAY. II. A. ROGGS,
JOHN LOW MAN, CONRAD SLTPES,
T. II. LAl'SLY, GEO. T. SWANK,
d. Mclaughlin, v w. Walters
DANIEL J. M0?.RELL, President,
FRANK DI3ERT, Treasurer,
CYR'JS ELDEH. Solicitor.
Di-iKitii of 0E MLL1R and utiwsxle re
ceived, and intere: allowed on all eums, payable
twice a year. InV.-rest if not drawn oat, is a ided
to the principal. Oius CJMPOCXDINU TWICE
A TEAR, withont troabl t'. the depositor tocall
or even to pren-ul hi cjMsil lo'k. Money can be
withdrawn at any time after giving the bank cer
tain notice by letter.
Married WoTOfn ul per ontler
ae un deiKiJit money In their own names, so that
it can be drawn only by themselves or on their or
der. Moneys can be l-pfltel forchlktren, or ny
societies, or astrust funds, Subject tocertaia con
diti.inx. Iioaus Secured by Real L'stale.
Copies of the By -Laws, reports, rules ofdepiait,
and !iecial act of legislature, relative to deposits
of married wuinea and minors, can bco'itained at
the Bank.
r-rsn:irkinir hours dal'v frnm to So'cloek:
IjliS and on Wednesday audStturday evenings
lromto7So'clo' k. aprl at
JOBS DIBKRT.
JOa I B0BKET8
JOHN DIEERT A CO.,
'0. 240 MAIN STREET.
JOHN S T 0 AY N , 1' E N N A .
We sell Drafts negotiable In all p.irts of the Uni
ted States aud Cana.taa. and In K.niim countries.
Buv Oold, '.uiriS an ! government Bonds at
highest market prices. Loan mmcy on appnnred
securitv. lira (:s and Cheeks -n other tanks cash
ed. Money received ondcpotitpayableoa demand
Interest ut tlteutteof Six per cent, per
A mium paid on Time Dipotlts.
Everything In the Banking Une receives our
prompt attention.
Thankful to our friends and customers Tor their
sollelt a tionlitiu:tne of the
same, and invite others who have l.usiness In our
line to give ns a trial, assuring all. that we shall at
all times do all we can to give entire satislactlon.
Feb 21 7e JOHN DlliEKT k. CO.
Cambria County
BANK,
M AV. KEDI &:.,
siTBF.r.T,
Henry Schnable's Brick Building.
A General Banking Rnsincss Transacted.
Drafts nr.d Gold and Silver boueht and sold.
Collections made in ail p:.rts of the United Stales
and Canada, interest allowed at the rate of six
per cent, perannum, if lell sll mont lis or longer.
Special arrnnirements made with Uaardiaus and
others who h.iid money in trust.
april 18-73.
CARPETING.
Henry ftlcCallum,
ol Fifth Avenue,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
ImiJrts direct from Mannfactnters,
Superior IlnRlihli Oil Clotlis,
RRUSSELS CARPETS, &p.,
RAG, HEMP and INGRAIN CAIiTETS
In every variuiy.
51 FIFTH AVENUE,
Above Wood street.
rotr-5- .
WM. BOOSE & Co.,
mm k MACHINISTS,
SALISBURY, : : PUXX'A.,
Mxnufacti'.ri .-. ! nl, kli.ds t.-l
CASTINGS k 31 ACIILNEItY
rdrs by m:U! prompt'y '.tended to.
Addre's int. KKIfE h CO.,
Sliibnrv, lUk'ick P. V. Somerset co I"a.
Oct. 19.
Ursina Lime Kilns.
The uo.!crsigt.d are i repared toluniifh
Prims Building lime
By the Car Load.
Orders nesncetfully Solicited,
tt. J. HATZKIt A CO.
I'rtlna. June Is.
Mffill M liiB El
Manufacturers of the Celebrated
FAHXESTOCK PUKE WHITE LEAP,
Wliien ha sustained sooh an n-U!!e repotstion
f.H- so many years. lValersme time should
l part'culnr to is m lt oor Pure White
Lead, as I here is so much Inferior aul adulterated
Lead in tlie market.
WeiHdonly claim for rur Lead STKICT PU
EITY, but that it rses-r greater dumbllitr.
ciivers more snrtae. lor ram weiv-lit. and ir mp.
ti.ir In Fl.NKNESS and V. H ITEXLSS to ny
other brand. All orders should be addrtsKd to
1'abnesilock White Load Co..
OR B. U F AHNESTtX K A CO., .
No. 7 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
oetU
JOSEPH SHEETS Si SON,
Undertaker, Berlin Pa., eocstanty kp u
hand and make to order i:nfBn ot all style and
prwe. on the shortest notice powlUa. Baring
hearse oi th latest tv( in reiins. w are al
ways irpared to take rofEns to and bring eoqw
tne various oeuMtsries. apriil
piiE REST rusir
IN THE WORLD!
THE AMERICAS SUBMERGED
DonHe-Acting, Non-Freeitag
T1k SlmplrM. 'ost PowcrTnU Effortlve, Bum
ble. UeHfc le and t;lepeM 1-urr.p in om.
It ts made all of ln, and of a lew aiinple j rti.
It wiii not Frrne. aa no water remain lu tb
pljw when nol in actinn.
It has nc ltiithnr or cum parting, ac the) aacker
mi Tiilvos are all ol iron.
It eldom, ir CTer, grta out of order.
It will Torre water from 40 to 00 fe:t In the air, by
aiUtcliing a few f-ct of hoeo.
It in jrood for waifclng liuglea, Window, water
ing Gardens, fee
It fumluhe the purest and ooldert water, been as
1) If placed in the bottom of the welL
Tks: Inch Pomp, 1S; pipe, We. fl foot.
1 " 18; " 6Sc "
Larger tiwi In proportion.
WETASn k'PLATT
Sole AirenU for Somerset County.
Somerset, Pa., AIjj la:, Mil.
JINERAL POINT
PLANING MILL.
A. Growall & Son.
We are now prepare ! to do nil kinds of Flanlng
and Manatacturiiig of building material.
FLfKiRIXO,
MOULCI.VU.
WEATUER UO.VRUIXO
S ASU AND 1KX)RS
W1XD0 W A Ar7) 1)00 F. tHA .VES,
In short anythlrir genemllv nsetl In housebuild
ing. All orders promptly filled. mar-"
D.O. LINT.
IL A. COStiYER.
GLADE STEAM MILLS,
Lint & Ccnover,
Having recently leaser, hat is known rs the
Chi Ueuniscii JIZII,
mtt.... v. .In h CiimftAl flfl.t 1,.Vln
I'll. I. Ill UH IIHrSlH'l"!, WMIt-l,rillv.,www.
;inds of grinding. Having purchase,) an engine
we are enabled to uc either stcamor water power.
All wcrk
WA U R A NTED S ATI S FA CTORY
If the griln Is in good conJl'.lon. Flour for sale
always kept on liaiid. ep!6
NEW STORE!
rk IX r.lL tX W'UIU I11HTUI alien
frirntif and the joiMic (renerally-tht thty have
oit-Dt?.l etore at
G R H 3 T T ,
the line of the P. V. fc II R. K.. and now offer
tor sale a a (ieneral Stotk of Alerehaudixe, Coo-
igtiug or
PRY GOODS,
CLOTIIINQ,
QUEENSWARE,
HARDWARE,
HATS & CAPS,
ROOTS & SHOES.
&.c, kc, ic,
All c.l whl-h will be told sheap for CASH or ei-
cimpire t"rTnwuoe.
WA51 i:i Lumber of all kinds. Hoon-no!c.
Oiffs-Tiea, Bark, Staves, fcft. Also, Wool, But
ter, tggs.
Bgcon. Oralnof all kinds. Furs, Sheep-Pelt, and
Beeswax. f'T which we will pay the highest prices
in vasu cr uooua.
SALT AND FISH.
alwayson han 1. Give ns ac;ill and be convinced
thnt we Iniend to do business and cannot be under
sold.
SCIIELL & WILSON.
CARPETS.
m:vkst styles,
BODY BRUSSELS
LATEST DESIGNS
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
r-OVELTIES IN
Two and Three Plies,
INGRAINS, tSrC,
ALL OF WHICH WE OFFER AT
LOWEST CASH PRICES.
BOVARD, ROSE &CO.,
Xcw No. 29 rifth Avenue,
rin&uu:aH. ta.
se 9
THE NEW IMPROVED
mm
AWARDED
Th: "Medal cf Progress,"
ATVIEXXA, 1873.
The Highest Order of "MeJal" (war Jed attb
- Eipcslt'.on.
A"o Sr iriay Madtiut kectirtd a Higher Prize.
A rtW GOOD BEASOXK:
l. A Nf-w Invention inomughly tested and se
cure-I bv Letter l':enU
a. Makes perfect Lock Slitxh, alike oa both
ai.lr Ml Kit kinO Uf riKMi.
S. Kun liifht, stnoidh, nolseks tad rp!J
best com tnnauon ol iuautle.
-liurable run tor years witlmut rrpalr.
i. v ill do all Trietie of Wora and Eancy
Stitching la a superior manner.
. Is mit eaaiir mnauwl by the operator.
Length ol stitch may 1 altered while running
and machine can bo threaded without pawiug
thread through hde.
?. lief-.gn simple. Ingenious, elegant, lormlng
the il!ch without ill use or eog wheel gears, ro
torv cams or ievcr anus. Ha the Automatic lrop
Fee,!, wliii-h insures unit Tin length of tlitrh at
anv ied. Ms our new 1 bread tjouironer. wnicn
allows e."sy movement of nceOle bar and reventf
inturr t"ti reaI.
g.i'onsi ruction most careful end enlshfcl. I
Is manutactured by the skill:nland eijieri-
enced mechanics, at Ihe celebrated Kemlnaiou Ar
m..rv. l!i., N. Y. I'lttabnmta OlUr, 1)
Mi'lhM. t
Arllsrs & ai Floer Materials.
SEC A! CO HANI A riCTU3SS.
Fine Slntionery.
rScnd ibr Ctahg.-S
GEORGE W. IIACKOFEX,
No. 161 SmlthBeld Street.
PlTTSBUltOH, PA.
Oct a
Somerset
SOMERSET,
SIHXER'R DOXE.
Along the wayside and up the hlllr,
The goldeo red flames la the sun.
The blu eyed gentian nod good-bye
To the sad little brooks that run.
In yellowing wood tho chestnut i!rops.
The spuirrel get galore.
Though bright-eyed malo aud llttU mai.!i
Bob him of half lis s'ore,
Th maple in the twuiiip lgic
T fl-unt'.n gold and rcl.
And In the elm the firebird' nest
Swing cn-.p'y irerheid.
The liarbcrry hang her jiw.-U out,
And guards them with a thorn ;
The merry farmer boys cut down
The poor, old dried up corn.
The swallow and the bobolink
Are gone this many a day.
But in the morning (till you lu-ir
The scolding, wgcring jay.
A wonderful glory fill the air,
And big and bright is the sun ;
A loving band for the whole brown earth
A garment of beauty ha span.
For the SMn.'raot Her.id.
The Maniac's Eide.
A STORf OF. THE OLD STAGE
COACH TIMES.
BY U. K. RODDY,
AUTHOR OFTBE BANDIT OF THE ALLE-
OHEXIES.
Years Lave pasted bince I first
heard tbe tale 1 am about to tell,
but the impression it made remains.
I fi-trl assured it will interest tbe
readers of the Somerset Herald, for
many of'theni know it is strictly true,
aud some persons ore yet living who
witnessed at least a portion ot what
promised to be a fearful tragedy.
A coach with its full complement
of pusseDgers, "nine ins'do and one
with the driver," pulled cp at the
stage office in Jeuner. The peace
ful quietude that had prevailed was
immediately broken, and that lonely
country ian was immediately a
sceiiC of the liveliest bustle atu ap
parent confusion. Landlord, hos
tlers, drivers, cook?, all seemed
smitten with an earnest desire to do
someth ng and to do it in a great
hurrv. Tbe very first toot of the
coachman's bora bad roused them-
When the coach drove into the yard,
every one rushed forth
"At bee bin out wf angry fyke."
The smoking and panting horses
up released from the coach, and
each one caiefully blanketed before
being taken to his stall, lnc cramp
ed and wearied passengers were
warmly welcomed and taken in hos
pitable charge by the people of the
inn, all of whom seemed anxious to
make them not only heartily' wel
come but thoroughly comlorlable.
The ride in a close coach over the
Laurel Hill range in the keen air of
the early morning' had sharpened
their api elites, and made thfui en-
jov the change, lney couia say
with Shenstone that they received
their
Warmest welcome at an Inn."
In a brief space a fresh tam had
taken the place of the tired one, and
the merrT rinoinjr sound of a horn
and the driver's authoritative shout of
'all aboard!" summoned them to
resume their journey. The driTer's
nervous anxiety to start, aud hi
vehement assurance that "he could
put them through on time or break
the traces," made them momentarily
uneasy, but as tbey were well aware
that all favored drivers claimed aud
exercised despotic authority, they en
tered the coach without remark. A
bystander noticed that the team was
more than ordinarily excited, and re
marked that "he must have been
warming them up" in the 6table.
Before many hours every, even
the slightest, incident was recalled or
effort was made (9 recall it. Jlany
of course noticed something wrong
and "were jist agoin' to mention it,"
bni didn't, as is the custom of cer
tain sharp-sighted people who al
ways make important discoveries
when-Ihey are of no use, and every
body else has found it out. The
horses, by some subtile instincl, or
their intimate connection with the
driver, seemed conscious of & change
and uneasy under it. Nosjoner had
the coach received its load than the
horses with a common impulse dashed
down the road. This, like an electric
influence, seemed to rouse the driver,
and excite him to a frantic wildness.
The last frail barriers that reason aid
ed by long habit Lad interposed be
tween him aiid fitiiZ'- were swept
away by the euthusiuMii common tw
drivers, it speedily mounted U his
brain and drove from it every vestige
of reason and caution.
.With wiid shout tud the un
reasoning cruelty of a maniac, be
lashed tbem into freniy also, and
continued by stamp, shout, ges
ture and cruel lashing w ith the long
and suppls hip, to goad them to
the utmost.
Tbe route from Jenner to Sioystown
is familiar to many of the readers of
the 11 era LP. ; those at a distance will
sufficiently comprehend tbe situation
when Informed that like all routes
through tbo mountains it was a suc
cession of up and down grades.
Short up grades succeeded ty long
and steep descents. There being a
general and tolerably regular fail
Irom tbe too of Laurel Hill to the
StoDy Creek, at the foot of the Allt-
chenr. nine or so east ti sioys
town, at Pine Mills.
Tbe frightened passengers so sud
denly roused from the comfortable
languor induced by a warm and hear
ty breakfast after a night of fatiguing
travel, for a moment thought the
driver was drurA. and consequeatly
reckless. Even that comparatively
comfortable tuougnt was soon anveo
out by the conviction that they were
at tbe mercy of a maniac!
The nerve-thrillinff. blood-curdling
shouts with which he urged the mad
dened horses to a desperation equal
to his own could onlT issue from a
madman s lips. 1 bat peculiarly car
rowiug tone, that unmans tbe boldest
when first heard, even in safety, that
rings in the ears for w eeks and mii-
gles disagreeably with tne dreams oi
the casual visitor to tne asyium, leu
upon the ears and senses cfthe star
tled passengers like the knell of doom.
Powerless for resistance or eSective
ESTABLISHED, 18 2
PA., WEDNESDAY,
action, they could only await the
dreadful death or fearful mangliug
and crushing that seemed inevitable,
and the torture of-racking suspense,
more dreadful than the most terrible
certainty, only added horror to tbe
situation. The longer, the steeper,
the more daczeroiis the di'ncrnt, the
in. re maddening lecume the shouts
and more frantic the gestures of tbe
driver, and trie speed cf the hoises.
The coach swayed and swung along
side the sheer descents aud frightful
precipices beside the road, or jerked
like a playthiug at their heels. When
crossing the numerous breakers it
would anirrily leap like some ferocious
monster in pursuit of its-fast-Qeeing
prey. The wild, heart-pierciog shrieks
of the ladies soon subsided into a
piteous and hopeless moan. In some
their excess of terror had mercifully
produced temporary oblivion, and
they happily were not restored from
these fainting fits until the danger
had passed. Others more steady
nerved or stronger, were forced" to
bear the keenest torture that hair
snsncnilpil death, an Bermizinir and
J F O 0 i
repulsive doom, could inflict. That
every conscious passenger sunered
more than a hundred deaths during
that fearful ride is no exaggeration.
Fortunately but few are ever placed
in situations that would enable them
to realize, ever so faintly, their trying
situation tbe terrific ordeal through
which they passed or seemed to be
whirled rather, like the leaves driven
before tne whirlwind.
A glimmer of consciousness, or the
iron force of habit, kept driver and
horses to the road. In their utterly
frenzied condition, tbe most frightful
precipice or gloomiest gorge would
hive offered an inviting leap. God's
mercy was over tbem in their hour
ot greatest "trial, and preserved them
through the dimmed consciousness of.
tbe man and the habits cf the brutes
Alarm, wonder, blank consterna
tion seized the people of Stoystown
when, before the usual time, tbey saw
the coach and heard tbe shouts of
the driver as tbey dashed into the
town. The terrific pace at which
they travelled heated his maddened
blood until it coursed through bis
veins like quicksilver, and gave him
a frantic joy and most horrifying and
demoniac glee at their phantom-like
rate of travel : his hair flying in the
wind, his long whip brandishing and
cracking round bis head, stamping on
the foot-board with fearful violence,
and uttering tbe most frightful yells
and ot. ths, the foam flyingfrom his
lins and flecking his clothes!
Such was the appearance of the
maniac driver as theccach was Whirl
ed up to the hotel with the sweep of a
deluge. The horses, ready to sink
with exhaustion and terror, stopped
suddenly, and allowed the pale, ter
ror-stricken passengers to eet tneir
first glimpse of safety, their first
p-leam of hope. Many had to be as
sisted to alight, and were unable to
proceed further on their journey. All
bad received mental snocES tnat only
time and care could counterbalance,
and that would haunt tbem to their
dvinff dav. The team was ruined.
The driver, after a desperate resist
acce, was cantureJ and confined.
The story soon lost its interest, and
tbe man I first heard teli it was as
unmoved, as unexcited, as if detailing
tbe most common-place event. His
bloodless way of telling it was suffi
cient to stir my imagination, and J
never could forget it.
"Wild BUI."
A correspondent of the Louisville
Courier- Journal, returning from Col
orado, tad an interview with tbe no
ted scout, Wild Bill. He writes:
One of the pleasantest things ia tbe
Colorado tour is that you are liable to
be thrown in contact with sonic distin
guished person at aoy time without
knowing it. Still I was really much
surprised when tho train - boy whis
pered in my ear, as the gentleman
walked leisurely away, tbat "he
was the reg'lar old Injun fighter, Wild
Bill."
I had heretofore clung to the 6tage
conception of the Western desperado
a being six and a-half feet high,
with long, flowing hair, scarred face,
tobacco stained mouth, and buckskin
vestments adorned at all available
points, with soms offensive or defen
sive weapons. So when I was in
formed that the mild gentlemanly
young man, looking exactly lika a
clerk out on a holiday, was the cele
brated scout aud Indian fighter, Wild
Bill, I naturally supposed that the
train boy was exercising his propen
sities for mischief upon Tie by en
deavoring to pcrpwtrate a "glorious
sell," aud it required the united as
strtion of several passengers and the
conductor to convince me this w as
really the veritable "Wild Bill."
Actuated by a pardonable curiosi
ty, I seated myself by his side and
proceeded to interview him according
to tbe best known models. lathis I
succeeded far beyond my expectations,
as Wild Bill is usually very shy and
reticent with strangers. He inform
ed me that he was then on his way
to an Eastern city to meet a large
party of English gentlemen, to whom
Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack and himself,
were to act as guides during a three
months' bunt in the Yellowstone
country and in the Rocky Mountains.
They were to receive far their servi
ces the small sum of $1,000. These
famous scouts are always well paid
for tbeir skillful guidance, and are
frequently the recipients of valua
ble presents from generous tour
ists Wild Bill wore in bis breast,
at tbe time I met him, a mag
nificent diamond pin, presented to
him by an English nobleman.
Wild Bill is a man of mark on tbe
frontier, chiefly ou account tf his
generally hitting the mark (no pun
intended). Wonderful stories are
told of his proficiency with his favor
ite weapon, the pistol. It is said,
though with what truth I know not,
tbat he can bit a Dickie at thirty
yards, or a man at 100, without diffi
culty. I, myself, saw him shatter
small objects, not larger than my
hand, atthe distance of twenty or
thirty yards while tbe train was
moving slowly, which I considered
pretty fair shooting. He uses a pair
of heavy Smith & Wesson revolvers,
which shoot nearly as acctntelj as
rifles. Tbe remarkable quickness and
dexterity with which he wields them
is the secret of tbe wholesome re
7.
NOVEMBER 25. 1874.
spect in which be is held on the fron
tier. Nd man can get the "drop" on
him , although I suppose plenty have
ti ied; as be is said to have killed on
ly the trifling number of forty-two
men already, and be is only about
twent v-seven, he has plenty of time
to add to the bh ody catalogue.
I could not help wondering as 1
looked iu the face of the quiet, reso
lute man beside me, whether remorse
bad ever laid her envenomea lash up
on him, or if memory did not some
times call back his victims from an
untimely grave to haunt him with
tbeir awful presence. And I was af
terwards informed, on creditable au
thority, tbat be frequently suf
fers under some horrible nightmare,
when, after uttering the most dread
ful groans, he will gradually awaken
in an agony of fear. Wc passed
through a little town in Kansas.
where, it is said, lid Bill could not
show his face without being shot or
Strang up. He was once United
States marshal there, and ruled tbe
town with a strong and heavy hand.
It is said that he killed four United
States soldiers in one drunken squab
ble, and it was not a very good nigbt
for soldiers either.
He was far too modest to speak at
length of his adventures, but gave j
me a eraphic account of the hrst occa
sion on which the Indians felt the ef
fect of the terriblejrepeating rifle. A
little band of scouts were reurning
from some expedition, when they
saw a large body of Indians charging
down i-pon tbem at full speed. ow,
one good shot, armed with a repeat
ing rifle, is more than a raatcn tor
half a dozen Indians, equipped with
bows and arrows, or even the old
fashioned muskets. So they quietly
stopped and awaited the arrival of
the deluded savages. As they came
within long range tbe scouts discharg
ed a volley. At this the Indians,
thinkinir the whites had only rifles,
came rushing on, confident of a speedy
victory. or were they greatly dis
couraged by a second well-aimed fire,
for thinking that if the whites had
double barrels their gun3 were cer
tainly completely emptied, they came
on with redoubled order. But when
greeted with a third and fourth dis
charge, they were evidently complete
ly demoralized, and at the Bltb tnay
tired as though the evil spirit himself
was alter tbem.
Perhaps the most interesting infor
mation I trained from my fellow
traveller was the correct method of
killing the grizzly bear, which I now
publish for the benefit of any adven
turous sportsman who may ever find
himself in close quarters with the
nrsus horribilis. 1 shall give it a3
nearly as possible in his own words:
"There is no more trouble in killing a
B-rizzlv than there is in killing a
chicken, if you only know how. If
you've crippled him or made ciui an
gry, he will always come at you on
bis hind feet, with his mouth open,
and all you'vt got to do is to waitun
til be gets within ten feet of you,
and then shoot him in the mouth.
This will confuse him a little (I
should think so), and he will stop and
commence clawtne; bis moutb if you
haven't killed him dead, and you
can riddle him with pistol balls be
fore he can eet to you." In order to
do this neatly it is only necessary to
nnsRPss as cool nerves and be as
good a shot as Wild Bill. But, as
tor myself, I believe 1 would preier
trying to starve the bear to death by
climbine some very high tree and
lettinz him wait until 1 saw fit to
come down, as I would be somewhat
more secure myself and would be
fully as apt to kill the bear as if
should adopt Wild Bill's plan.
TberaTCfWB. Paa.
Many Americans visiting England
desire to make a pilgrimage to tbe
Friends Meeting house, and tbe grave
of William Penn, Ihomaa til wood,
Isaac Pennington, and other worthy
Friends. To visit these .at Jordans'
one takes the railway at Uxbridge,
about half an hour from London; op
posite the station, atthe Railway Inn,
a good lunch nicely served, can be
obtained, and a trap bired lor aooui
ten shillings for the meeting-house,
some seven miles distant, over a
good and much frequented road lead
ins to Oxford. Arriving within
about two miles of tbe meeting-house,
a side road to the left, narrow and
unfrequented, and bordered with
pretty hedges leads to the ground.
No one seem" to know the precise lo
cality ot Jordans, and it is only y
very frequent inquiry of those one
meets that at length deuite infor
mation is obtained; and, alas for hu
man irreatness, even our intelligent
lad who accompanied us had never
heard of William Penn. ibougn be
bad heard of what the people called
Penu's chapel.
Arriving at the meeting house we
find it to be a one and a half story
buildioz of brick, with a roof of tiles;
that portion nearest the road is occu
pied by a family who have the care
of the property, not However, mem
bers of tbe society, although I under
stood tbe same family had occupied
the -same position for some thirty
years. That portion intended for the
meeting-houses presents nothing pe
culiarly differing from friends' meeting-houses
generally; the usual rais
ed seats for ministers and elders,
the same rough and uncomfortable
benches, and in one corner tbe not
very usual concomitant of a loaded
musket; this, upon inquiry, l was
told had been placed there by tbe
husband of the woman whom we saw.
to keep it away from tbe hands of
the children; why it was in the house
at all. she did not say. I trust if
this little sketch ever comes to her
eyes it may suggest to ber that
loaded guns are pot proper orna
ments for a Friends' meeting-house.
In front of the main entrance to
the house is the graveyard, perhaps
an eighth of an acre in extent, and
there in a row are tbe graves nmedj
at the commencement of this article,
along with a few others. The stones
tbat mark the graves are plain mar
ble, perhaps a couple of feet above
ground, and on them, plainly cut,
are the names of those buried be
neath. The whole place is badly kept,
grass long and uncut, fences ' and
gates dilapidated, and, I regret to
say, very similar to the careless con
dition of too many of Friend's grave-
TT TJ ' ' "TV "T1
P OTP O P
yards iu this country. A meeting
is held here but once each year in
5th month immediately sucreeding
London Yearly Meetiog, and is then
well attended. The meeting-house
not being large enough to contain all,
other meetiogs are held in the yard
adioininir. . Tbose who attend briug
tbeir lunches, and pass some hours
in pleasant social reunion.
A lovely drive of little over half an
hour brings us back to Uxbridge,
and hence car- again to London.
With the few hiuts given in this brief
sketch Jordan is not difficult to find
but the se bints the writer found diffi
culty to obtain, and'tbey may, I trust,
prove useful to many who, like my
self, desire to visit tbo grave of this
great and good man and his co-workers
in religious truth.
Mesteaa lndcfvemdenrc.
A correspondent of the Louisville
Courier Journal says:
"The immense room, said to be
tbe largest of the kind on the conti
nent, was brilliantly lighted, and the
one hundred and twelve boxes were
tilled to their utmost capacity with
fashionably dressed ladies and gen
tlemen, while the parquet below wag
crowded with less fortunate but
equally respectable men, and the
fifth gallery or pit overflowing with
the tiert etat. At tne lannesi ex
itv sat the smooth-faced and
oily tongued President of the Repub
lic with bis Cabinet, ana exienuiug
fnnrarH nnnn aph side were rows of
government officials in full black, an
mi ltarr cent emen respienueui i
in
decorations and cold-laced uniforms
The exercises, as we of the States
denominate ji programme, consisted
in the reading of discourses by four
gentlemen selected lor mo purpose,
s:milarly stupid delivery of four poet
ical effusions, two recitations by a
little girl often or eleven years of
age, and tbe singing oi nine operatic
airs by members of an Italian troupe
engaged for the occasion making
nineteen acts in an, noi sounuug iuc
national hymn, which was sung by
tho whole audience, before our arri
val. The matter of the speecnes ana
the poems may have been very good
no-ht we. who are unfamiliar with
Soaaish comoosition, could tell; but
v . - ., i j : .. l
wo tbougnt toe siyie eittwuiug'j
mrinntnnmia and tiresome aa opin
ion which seemed to be fully shared
by the occupants of tne pit, wno visa
ed nearly all the readers and com
pelled them to desist before they bad
concluded their inflictions. After the
last piece of music, which was admi
rably rendered by a quartet, the
walked forward, bearing
in his left hand Hidalgo's old flag of
the rebellion (tbe audience rising
iu an mo timfV and demanded in
distinctly clear voice, viva indepen-
deneiaV and '.ben (a very mouermio
response having been returned), 'viva
in rvTvihUrV to which the reply was
not more ireneral or enthusiastic.
Th rrnwd now beiran to disperse,
and at the same time precisely eleven
he church bells throughout
the city were rang and a few rockets
exploded from tne ne."
ATerrlbltTlar It.
They have a new hired girl over
t Kevser's farm. iu3t outside our
town, savs Max Adeler, and on Tues-
day, before starting to spenu me ut
,-ith . friend. Mrs. Kevser instructed
th c-irl to whitewash the kitchen
absence.. Upon return
ing, Mrs. Keyser found the job com
pleted in a very satisiaeiory manner.
On Vr1neRr!v8 Mrs Keyser always
churns, and last Wednesday when
she was ready she went out, auu,
finding that Mr. Keyser had already
put the milk into the churn sbe be
the handle. This was at
eight o'clock in tbe morning, and ehe
turned until ten without any signs of
butter appearing, men sdo caueu
in tbe hired man and he turned until
dinner time, when he knocked off
trith anmis verv offensive language
addressed to tbat butter which had
not. vet pome. Alter dinner the hired
girl took hold of tbe crank and turned
it energetically until two o'clock, when
.v. let. o-n with a remark which con
veyed the impression that she believ
ed the cbnrn to oe nauuieu. men
Mr Kevser came out and said be
wanted to know what was tbe mat
ter with that ehurn anvhow. It was
a good enough churn if people only
knew enough to wont it Jir. .tvey
sen hen worked the crank until half-
past three, wbenas tbe butter had
not come, be surrendered it again w
the hired 'Yuan hecause he had u en
gagement iu the village. Ihe .man
ground the machine to auaccompaui-
ment offriirbtful imprecations; tuen
tli Kev&er children each took a turn
for half an hour, then MrsKevr tri
or! her hand, and when Sbe was ex
hausted she again enlisted the hired
girl, who said ber prayers while she
turned. lut tne butter a:ua i come.
When Kevser came home and found
the chura still in action he blasted his
eves and did some other innocent
aa-earino- and then he seized the
handle and said he'd mate tne butter
enme if ho. kicked ud an earthquake
- - : . . . .. ...
in doing it. Mr. Keyser effected
about two hundred revolutions oftbe
prank a, ' minute, enough to have
marie anw nrdirjarv butter come from
the. endof the earth : and when the
perspiration began to stream from him
and Kill I the butter dian t come, ne
ottered one wild yell of rage and dis
... . i
appointment and KicEea toe courn
over the fence. When Mrs. KeyBer
went to pick it up sue put her nose
. 1 . . . . .,, . . i
lown close to tne butternut auu uwi
, sniff. Then she understood how it
... . . t .
was. Tbe girl had mixed tne wnne-
a.sh in the churn and left it there.
ttmmL honest and intelligent serv-
ant who knows bow to cburncan nna
-- : . . . .
fiitnatirin at Kevser . There is a
vacaicy.
It is reported that a somewhat ju
venile dandy said to a fair partner at
a ball, "Miss do you tbini my mous
taches are becoming?" lo wbicn
Miss replied: "Well, sir, they may
be becoming, but they haven't ytt
arrived."
The name oftbe Sheriff of White
county, IU., is Hail Storm. His
father was an eccentric gentleman,
and he had three sons, whom he
named respectively, Hail Storm,
Rain Storm, and Snow Storm.
NO. 23
Asnerlesma I LBle.
Uol. Forney writes: "The Ameri
cans in London are an important and
increasing element of business and
society. How vast tbe difference
between tbe very few in the great
metropolis at tbe beginning of tbe
century aad the hundreds or thou
sands of to-day. There are lawyers,
clergymen, artists, actors, journalists,
manufacturers aud bankers. Many
are living here in ease, even elegaut
piivateli.'e, and I think it may be
said ,of this large class that they
never forget their native land. The
poorest creature I know is an Ameri
can abroad who is ashamed of our
country. Man and woman, there- is
nothing more contemptible, and I am
glad to add that tbe instances are
rare, and that they are growing rarer,
so to speak, because nothiog is more
sure to provoke the ridicule of agenu
i e Englishman than an American
wiois forever complaining of bis
government or people; precisely as
there can be nothing more offensive
to us than an Englishman in the
United States who delights i- abuse
of England. The truth is, there is
too much ia the United States for
English wonder and praise, and too
much in England for American imi
tation, to encourage either class of
these critics. An American gentle
man or lady is more than welcome
into English society if capable of in
telligent illustration cf tbe institutions
and resources of their country. The
same remark applies with equal jus
tice to educated English travelers in
the United State,?., The snob who
tries to conciliate favor by empty
praise of habits which be has not
bad time to understand, like the txir-
venu who will see nothing but imper
fection in that which he sees for the
firsi time, is equally despised."
Tmmrj Work Willi Aatnsnsi Leave.
The bright autumn leaves are very
lovely for ornamenting our parlors,
boudoirs, and dining tabies. Brackets
and picture frames can also be adorn
ed with them, and they add greatly
to tbe beauty of one's surroundings:
Collect a large quantity combining
every hue, from crimson to scarlet,
from scarlet to yellow, and from yel
low to green. The red beech and
tbe beautifully variegated sumach
are very desirable, as also are the
oak and ferns, but tbe maple exceeds
tbem all in the great, variety of its
tints, and the various sizes of its
leaves; smooth every leaf on the
wrong side, with a moderately warm
iron, holding it upon the leaf only a
minute. Then take a camel's hair
pencil, and a little olive oil, and care
fully brush over every part of the
leaf. 1'Iace tbem on a hat surface to
dry, and let them remain until the
next day. For wiring these leaves
into garlands, Ac, or for preparing
tbem for boquets, take tbe fine green
covered reel wire, such as is always
used in manufacturing wax flowers
and attach it around the stem, first
laying it so that it will extend the en
tire length of the leaf to rupport it.
Afterwards wind around each stem
to conceal the wire, either narrow
strips or green tissue paper or brown
Berlin worsted, and join the leaves
together in sprays; of course tbe in
ditidval leaves on each spray must
be of the sam e species. Prepare a
large number of these mounted on
wires: and then arrange them in
vases, about picture frames, o.er
mirrors, and as ornaments to lace
curtains, and your apartments will
present a festive appearance, although
tbe dreary winter weather has brown
ed the face of nature. Oak leaves,
acorns, and brightly colored beans,
gummed upon a card-board frame,
will make handsome ornaments when
used for this purpose. Country
Gentleman.
Early Daya la Teaaeaaee.
When a lady went to Dover or
Palmyra, our commercial cities in
those days, and bought a calico dress,
says an exchange, speaking of early
days in Tennessee,, it aroused and
excited the whole community more
than tbe killing of a bear caught in
tbe cowpen, which was a frequent oc
currence. When a calico dress was
purchased, the news spread like wild
tire. It was narrated abroad that
such a one had a calico dress. In
those days we bad our sugar-crumhs,
and made our own sugar; coffee a,
bought at our commet -iai cities, aud
used only on Sundays, Milk, tbe best
and most healthy beverage in the
world, was daily used, and the rose
bloomed ad played on every girls
cheek. There, were no calomel-doctors'
bills to pay. They are a wor
thy and useful profession of the pre
sent day. We had meeting-houses
in thosa days, made of logs and Clap
boards. V e called it going to meet
ing. The elegant phrase now is to
attend church, and to go in buggies
and carriages. We walked from
three to five miles in going to meet
ing, playing with the girls all the way.
1 have seen irom fifty to one hundred
ladies walking barefooted to meeting,
carrying their shoes and stockings iu
their hands, and on arriving, sitting
down along tbe branch, washing
their beautiful feet, and putting on
their stockings and shoes, preparato
ry to going ia.
Aaat.'sT.
Are vou fond of your coffee? An
official investigation lbs jui
P.;. in trie materials of
which this "delicious beverage
is made. There are five principal
compounds:
1. Burned bread and coffee grounds.
3. Powdered cbiccory, sand "d
brick dust.
3 Cbiccory and burned bones.
4 Chiccorv burned, mixed with
butter and colored with Prussian
red. , , .,
5. Burned cabbage roots ana ooii-
ed horse liver.
i w.nt to know." said a creditor
r. i. "when vou are going to py
that debt von owe me." "i e "
up," replied tbe debtor, "ask me
something easy."
v-acMont firent rave $500 to the
shelter of Homeless Women in Chi
cago during his recent visit tnsre.
A. BcU a Ckari,
A short time since a farmer's wife
residing itS Berks county, was engag'
cd on the green sward in front of tbe
house m churning butter. Th rVmal
is one of those suruee, tidy houae
.: kt-.t. i u,. r .
aiH iui "mm unis countr lj go
proverbial, and invariably takes spe
cial pains to turu out prime butter
and light bread. Now the woroac"
inqaestionropened ' the lid"of the
churn to see what progress sho had
made, and having businessin the
house " neglected to replace it. A
small dog belonging to the family,
one oi tbat breed of poodles good
for nothing else but to lie in the sun
and wag tbeir narratives, came aloDg
at a dog trot, having no doubt sniffed
a feast from afar. Pooto halted when -in
front of the churn, and with a
bound landed on its top. Scanning
the surroundings and finding the
coast clear, the brute inserted his
bead into the open vessel, and was
very soon engaged in satiating his
appetite on its rich contents. Horror
upon horror elongating his neck
deep into the churn in search of but
ter curd., the dog fell through the
opeuing into tbe vessel. Just at this
moment tbe woman returned, and
horridly replacing the lid, made
things lively for the purp for a while.
After manipulating the crank fr
fifteen minutes, sbe took a peep in
side, and supposing the dog to be a
lump of butter, inserted her hand for
the purpose of removing it, where
upon the animal squirmed armind,
and the woman, who is a firm believ
er in signs and tokens, quickly with
drew her band and left tbe spot, at
tbe top of her speed, in search of her
husband, who was at work in the
barn. The man, upon reaching the
green, and making an examination,
turned to the partner of his "joys
and sorrows," and said: "My gra
cious, there is a dog in tbe churn."
Tbe poodle was brought forth, the
contents of tbe cburn emptied, and
things assumed their regular channel
again.
.Uoawf. Society.
A man cf high position in the
world made it a rule to associate
with men of exalted minds. "Better
be a hog among king.?," says the
homely old adage, "than a king among
bogs." Choose good company, or
no company. Sir Thomas Fowell
Buxton often spoke of the greAt ben
efits he had derived from bis visits to
a particular family. Tbeir words
and example stimulated him to make
the most of his powers. "It has
given a color to my whole life," he
said. Speaking of hi? success at the
university, he remarked : "I can as
crible it to nothing but my visits to
that family, where I caught the in
fection of self-improvement." Surely,
if our visits have such an influence
upon our characters fur life, it should
be a matter of serious importance to
us in what families we ailow our
selves to be intimate. Boys aad
girls form attachments very easily,
and often with very little forethought.
In this, as in all things else, you
should not fail to take advice of tboso
who are older and wiser, and never,
never choose for a friend any one
against whom you hive been warn
ed by those who dearly love you.
There are people whose very presence
seems to lift you fn a better atmos
phere. Choose such associates when
ever it is in your power, and tbe
more you can live in their society
the better to both mind and bear;,
"lie that wa'keth with wise men
shall be wise; but a companion of
fools shall Iks destroyed."
Caalda't ( ftaaaa Jaa.
A Utah teamster says:
"I never tried to get married but
once, and tbat was to a morman
gal up here in Logan. Sbe was just
about tbe slickest critter ever you
see. Fust time I come across her
wad where tbe folks and I camped
out one night right about here. I
followed on ber trail pretty close six
months, and thought 1 was goiag to
trap ber sure. be wanted me to be
a mormon. I wasn't particlar about '
that, fur I didn't like to jine any
church.
I never did belong to any church
nor any engine company in the Statep.
However, 1 told ber finally, as she
crowded me, that I'd swallow Brig
bam, tabernacle and all, for tbe love
of ber. So we got things about fix
ed, and if sbe hadn't gone too far, I
might have been a bishop by this
time. But she bad an old maid sis
ter, and sbe wanted me to marry
that Susan Jane, too that d d
dried up old Susan Jane! "Emmy,'4
says I "I can't and I won't!" So, 1
sot my foot down, and there's where
we split. You see the old won was
kind or sickly, and just as sure as I'd
agreed to take Susan Jane, when he
died I would have to marry tbe old
woman, too. I bavn't hunted after a
wife since.
Aa Eipeaslr tare.
A Boston gentleman, accompanied
by a clerical friend, visited Niagra,
nid was movnl to cross tbe bridge
iudtttur U-iiadt. While returning,
attention was called by a peddler to
a pair of vases costing $12, and the
gentleman, against the advice of the
clergyman, made the purchase. Soon
the two friends were stepped bv one
of LTneIe Sum's custom house ofLcers,
aud a dutv was demanded, (uecn-
backs were offered but re.'used, aud
the gold was only procured by the
payment cf $7 in bills. The cost of
tbe varcs thus far was $19, and tbs
chagrin of the purchaser on reaching
Niagara may be imagined oc bis
finding that precisely similar ones
could be purchased there for $6
a pair. But, having been brought
the next thing was to express the ex
pensive articles to Boston, at tbe
owner's rik and at a cost of To
cap the climax, the gfn;Ieman, on
reaching home, opened ihe package
onlv to find tbat tbe vases were bro
ken to pieces, and bis time, trouble
and $21 wasted in the using. He
does not propose to purchase any
more Canadian vases.
1 Mississippi boatman with im
men9e feet, stopping at a public house
on the levee, asked tie porter for a
boot-iack to poll off bis boots. Tbe
colored gentleman, after examimng
the stranger's feet, broke out as foJ
o iatk here big nuff fordem
feets Jackass couldn't pull 'em off,
mass a, widout fractring tbe leg.
Yuse better go baca wm mrew
j u . :M Aa a.i1 in1 mill
miles to ue ioi - i
em off dar."
II ts out between acts, and re-
. ,..? .;rnr.inslw rhewin? a clove.
luruvu e- j , a ,
His wife asked him where be bad
been, and he said, "To see a friend."
Sbe calmlv replied that she thought
bis friend was dead , as suo cou.
smell his bier.
Two young ladies holding inverse
over, new dress-"Aod J1 l
well ?" asked one. -WW
h,d been melted and poured in.
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