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A Leaf of Tobacco.
And then my ftiends, just think theres naught e'Xr
ceeds : ,
Two ounces chewed a day, 'tis said produce ;
A full half pint of tile tobacco juice; :; v,a 0,
Which, if continued five and twenty years, VI
(As from a calculation it appears,) v. l J;
With this foul stuff would hear-five. hogshead-! fill,
Hesides old auids. a larce narcel' still:' ''
Nor am I with this calculation done, - ' -
He in that time has chewed a half a ton;
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A wagon load, of that which""woulu of course"
Sicken a dog, or even kill a horse. ' .
Could he foresee, but at a single view, . ,
What he was destined in his life to chew,
And then the products of his work survey, - er
He would grow sick, and throw hisquid away.
Or could the lass, ere she had pledged to be
His loving wife, her future, prospects see ;
Could she but see that throuch his mouth -would
pas3 ' ' '
In this short life, this dirty loathsome mass,
Would she consent to take his hand for life,
And wedded to his filth, become his wife?
And, if she would, say, where's that pretty miss
That envies her tfie lips she has to kiss ?
Nor'is this all, this dirty practice leads
To kindred habits, and to filthy deeds.
Using this weed an able statesman thinks,
Creates a thirst fot stimulating drinks,
Kullmany a one (who envirs him his Iot?)t .
Smokes, and chews, and drinks, and diesra.sot. i
If you would know the deeds of him that chews,
Enter the house of God,-and see the pews; - A
The ladies parlor carpet, painted floor, '
The chimney-piece, or pannels of the door, ;
Have all, jn turn, been objects of abuse.
Besmeared and stained with his tobacco juice .
I've seen the wall -beside atcerfain bed ; !
Of one, who chewsnobaccd, 'near the.head
lietlawbed and blackened witlvUhe hateful juice,
While near it lay old quids for future "use;"'
TvVsecn the" woman wlio loved snuff so; well,
(How much she took no mortal tongue can tell)','
Pick up old quids, and dry them by the fire, .
And .grind them up, to satiate her desire ' .
I've seen the biide, uponjier wedding gown, ;
The dirty, pipe and filthy weed lay down,
And then prepare the hateful thing to smoke,; i
Ueforehe had the nuptiaUsilence broke; . .
And like a daughter true -of mother lEve,
Her hew made husband she did not conceive
Was constitued head, and not a limb, : J
Slfesmoked'herself, and gave the pipe to'him;
And he like Adam, with submission 'true, '
Took from her hand, the pipe, and smoked'it too.
r A ITJan's A Man. ' " '
't , vcauA aic Luuiiuus, uuy, auu oil,
Oi
Though quite polite, and all that;
Hffl They smile and. flatter, look and sigh,
fcc ,-And talk of love, and all that. ),-yp
For all that, and all that, !y
Their talk of love, and all that, "
x 1 They don't ;rbj0:; yet : vvhaPl'wahf,0 ' J
A husband is. and all t1i 'n 'ua:
1 " -
.Tliete's onethal?s.thriftless,idleppoor,
Who asks to wed, and ail-that;
vmSy, aVher turns hun rom the door,
- . 2- scolds and frets, and all that,
Ftor all .that, and all that,
r, The man's a-man, for all, that; , 1
'Tis better, sure, to marrv- him U . -Than
none al all, for all thatH.
Let others single lix-e;and diei -r
Lpnely arid sad'! and all that?
:t7
h i, ?iC
wmow mv.jr uuiu meir neads so hihj
And are so nice and all that,
'For all that, andall that; e
: fal be abride forall that ; v i i f.
Arnd though f cannot choose my man,
'11 married be for all that.
H
ELEN.
if-
'If you transpose whatiadies wear Veil, .'
'Twill plainly show what bad folks arer-rViLE.
Again, tfyou transpose the ame
You'll see an ancient Hebrew name Levi.
Change it again, and it will show s K',,", '
What all on earth desires to do Live.' '; ,,",p
7.Va.nsposc the letter yet once morej ' ! "
Wiat.bad'fmen dp you'll then explqre-EviL
i IA58I'9uN.-rA. poor fellow.,.whq look the,py,er7-
Jandquto .to. .California, writes hack" that he ,was
.sodiardrun iu-;Ma.y last, that he, had. (tot boil liis
cotton umbrella for greens -for a knuckle of ham
he had to tisean old boot. There's a Vill of fare'
for you.
At Ghlcago, eddKeVSre slaughtered annu,
ally, and the beef packed fuf saic in'othcr markets.
9
Anecdote of Huh White.
"The late lamented Judge L. White, of Tennes
see,' became conspicuous, at an early period oflife
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- UiJ a ju'iai auu a siuiuamau. xxe uxeu nis jjenna
near knoxville, ami the scenes of faiJ
youthful, sports and the companions of his boyish
. .iioihuiu ui mis uy.jaii
: days, itarely has a younp: man continuing, in his
i ,vn country and among his Own Kindred, SO soon
attained 3uch literary and. political pre-eminence.
From his youth the Judge was characterized by
profound reverence for the ordnances of the Gos
pel. He was W regular attendant at the house of
worship: A while'he was Presbyterian, that be
ing the church of his choice, he was benevolent
and generous towards other branches of the
Christian family, arid often attended the Methodist
church.
In those days there was a presiding elder jn that
region, called Father Axley, a pious, laboring un-.
conpromising preacher of the Gospel, who con-
; sidered it his duty to rebuke sin whereverMt shotild
presume-to lift its deformed head within the limits
of his district; And while Father Axley was a
mar, of respectable talents, undoubted piety, and
great' ministerial . fidelity, he had moreover a spice
of humor, oddity, and drollery about him, that rare
ly, 'failed' to impart a characteristic thing to his
performances. The consequence was, that amus
ing, anecdotes of the sayings of Father Axley a
bound, throughout, the country. ... , 0 s
On a certain day, a number of lawyers and lit-
c.e.n were together in h.noxville,, and the
I conversation turned on the subject of preaching
and preachers.. One and another had expressed
t his-opinion of the performances of this and that
pulpit, orator. . At length Judge White spoke up:
- " Well, gentlemen, on this subject each,nian is
of course entitled to his own opinion; hut I must
confess that Father Axley brought me to a sense,
of my evil deeds at least a portion of them, more
effectually than any preacher I ever heard."
At this every eye and ear was turned; for Judge
White was known never to speak lightly on relig
ious subjects, and, moreover he was habitually
cautious and respectful, in his remarks concerning
religious 'men. The company now expressed the
most urgent1 desire that the Judge would give par
ticulars, and expectation stood on tiptoe.
" I went up," said the Judge, " one evening to
the Methodist church. A sermon was preached
by 'a clergyman with whom I was not acquainted;
but "Father Axley was in the pulpit. At the close
of the sermon he arose and said to the congrega
tion:.. 'Ifam not goingtp. detain you by giving an
exhortion. 1 have risen simply to administer a.
rebuke for improper conduct, which I have ob
served here to night. This of course waked up
the entire assembly, and .thew stillness was most
profound while Axley stood and looked, for two
or three seconds, over the congregation. Then
stretching out his Ia
arge, long arm, and pointing
with his finger stead
ily in one direction. "Now" ,
said he, "I calculate that those two young men
who wejerialkihg ahuMaughjn
the house, while thehrother was preaching, think!
ihat I am crnincr to talk about them." .
no I
" Well, it is true, that it looks very bad, when
well dressed young men, who, you would suppose
frnm Jhfijr annpnra nrp hnlnncrflrl t.n snmn of?nteel. I
...... & ; .
rcspeciaoic iaumy, come iu me iiuusu ui, uruu auu
instead of Teverencirig the majesty of Him that.
dAvelleth therein, or' attending to the messages of
his,e:verlasting love, get togetner in one coner ot
the house (his finger all this time pointing steady j
and stiaight as the aim of a rifleman,) and there,
through the whole solemn service keep talking,
titteiing, laughing, giggling, thus annoying the
minister, disturbinglhe congregation and sinning
against God. I am sorry for the young men. I am
sorry for their parents. I am sorry they have done
so to night I hope they'll never do so again. But,
however, that's not the thing that I am going to talk
about. It is another matter and so important that I
thonghfitwpuld'be wrong to suffer the congregation
io;oepan witnout aaministenng a reouKe. "isow,"
said he stretching his huge arm and pointing
ing in an-
other direction,. 'perhaps the man who was a sleep
oirihe bench out there, while the brotherwaspreach
fng, thinks ,1 am going to talk about him. Well I
must confess it looks very bad for a man. to come in to
a worshipping assembly, and instead of taking his
seaHike others, and listening to the blessed Gos
pel carelessly stretch himself out oh a bench and
go to sleep. It is not only a proof of great iiiseii-sibility-.with
regard to the obligations, which we
owe to our Creator and Redeemer, but 'it shows a
want of genteel breeding. It shows that the poor
man has been so unfortunate iri his bringing up,
as not to haye been taught good manners. lie,
doesn't know what: is polite and respectful in a
worsnippiiig ussemuiy auiuny wiiuui ue conies 10
mingle. I , am sorry for the poor man, Iam sor
ry for the poor family to. which ho belongs. I am
sorry he. did not. know better. I hope he will
never do so again But however, that is not what
1 am going to talk' about." Thus Father Axley
wentpjnorsomejtime'hoxing the cgmpass,'and hit
ting a number of persons and things that ' he was
not going to talk about,?' and hitting them hard,
tiU he attention and curiosity of the audience were
raised to the, highest .picli; he finally remarked..
'The thing of which I was going .tot .talk is chew
ing tobacco. Now I do hope, when any gentle
man comes here to church who pan't keep from
chewing tobacco during the hours o.public wor
ship, he-will just lake his hatand put t before
him, and spit in it. You know -we are Metho
dists. You know that our custom is to kneel
when you pray. Now any gentlemen may see in
a mpAient Jiqw exceedingly inconvenient it jnusj
be'for af welhdfesked' lady, to be compelled - to
kneel'downrih-a great puddle' or i6bacct)pil!M -
-Now.'aid1 Judge White, at 'thTsVeryiiriV-I
had in my mouth an, uncommonly large quidi)f to
bacco. Axley in;a singular manner and train of
remark had strongly arrested my attention. While
he was striking right and left, hitting those 'things,
that he was hot going to'talk about, my curiosity
was roused and conjecture was busy in finding
out, vhat he could be aiming at, I was chewing
my huge quid with uncommon rapidity and spit
ting and looking up at the preacher to catch every
word and gesture ; and when at last he pronounc
ed upon tobacco behold, there 1 had a 'great pud
die" of tobacco spit ! 1 slipped the quid out o
my mouth, and dashed it as far as I could under
the seat resolving never again "to be found chew
ing tobacco iri-'a 'Methodist 'church;"
; " Western Sketch Book.
to Extract the Essential Uil from any
Flower. Take any flower you choose, place a
stratum in a clean earthenpot, and over them, a
stratum of fine salt. Eepeat the process until the
pot is filled, cover closely, and; place in the cellar.
Forty days afterward strain the essence from the;
whole through a crape by pressure; Put the es
sence thus expressed in' clean bottles, and expose
them for six weeks fri'tfi'e'Vays of the sun and e-
vening dew to purify. Oil e drop of this essence
will communicate its peculiar and grateful odor to
a whole quart of water. '
f The value of the. . Slave, property in the U. S.,
is computed to be a thousand million of dollars.
In all the Slaves States, the blacks increase more
rafpidly than the whites, in proportion to their riiim
bers. The number offree blacks in the Southerr
States is about fifty thousand greater than in the
ftotnerti.
A Case p.f Compunction.
The other day, while, we were visiiing a se
cluded spot near lown. wo saw a man who.
rom his actions and annearence. seemed' ib1
be laboring under some violent mental narox-
ysm. Ho was sealed on the fence, with his
head burjed. m his hands, which position he
frequently changed by throwing forward his
arms in a very perturbed manner, as if in the
act of casting- from him some harrowing phan
tasm ihat was disturbing ihe equanimity of his
imagination. At first sight of him, it was our
imptebbion that he was going through with a
pantomine performance ; bui upon further ob
seryirig, that ever and anon he drew a pistol
from his breeches pocket and applied the muz
zle of it to hi9 temples, we concluded ihat he
was a melancholy individual who formed de
signs against his own life, yet was reluctant to
cut the ihtead4ofhis existence. Noi relishing the
idea that aify'one of our fellow creatures should
lake French leave ofthls world without ma
king due preparation, we sallied forth from She
place wh.ero "we had been observing htm, with
he iniention of preventing the consummation
of his object. Upon seeing us approach he
applied, the pistol again to his crazed noddle
and pulled the' trigger4. An explosion of the
cap merely was the result.
' WJj31 nas placed" you in this suicidal po
sl,ion exclaimed we, with emotion,
i.ri.: lit, in i
orime crime oiacK, uammmg crime: ue
replied, desppndmgly
Vflll lflfatw! " Kiwl 'A . if In n m an imi.
. . . , ' . . V
gum. oy plowing out your brains T Pause
reflect ! Your case can not be hopeless."
" " 1 here is no hope for me," he answered
bringing his fiais down upon his breast with a
jerk peculiar to play-aciors
" What is the complexic
omplexion of your: offence ?"
we asked.
" Comfort j perhaps, can be offered
you
in us i. i .ue ine iniernreier oi- niy stiame.
! the trumpeter of my sinful actions ? 'Oh," my
oilence is ranir it smells lo heaven !' I can
not remain in ihe! presence of him "whom ' 1
nave irreparaDiy .injured I . he cried, as he at
tempted to rush past us.
We grasped him by the coat-iails while in
the act of bearing a retrea'tl 'Stay, madman,"
was our ejaculation, " we're unconitious of be
mg iujureu oy you J apeas explicitly you
shall hud a confidant : 7
We saw the iron enter into his soul, as with
a low, hissing whijDer, that nigh congealed V)ur
blood, he nai a4 1 h a ve n'o t p aid th esubscr ip-
riors on' Vburf paper fou six y'eaUs !'
At the mention of this impieiy our head
swam ' round everything before us grew greou
a fiendish noise, like the laughter of a legion
bf maniacB, sbunded in our ears, and we" were
o'n 'the; point of fainting. But we recovered.
" Alrhough yodri'n ia dark as Erebua," we
said, almQat overcome "at the th'otighi of 'the
wickedness men Would' commit, " yet, if you
pay up without further defalcation, you niay
yet' be forgiven.'" '
A weight' was rcmoVod' from his heart. He
again breathed freely. Hfs feelings, as elastic
as gutta percha, expanded upon the removal of
(his burden, and striking upwards, spread a
new-born glow over his re-aujmaled1 counieii
ance. Looking up into bur lace with eyes'
that seeped like ihe embodiment of hope' and
thankfulness he asked if we'd lake corn!
Sunbury 'Gas. "
Pi ice of a Wife.
" Mr. Browp", ihe American Dragoman at
Constantinople, who js rtqw in this ciy ac
compying the TurkishvEnvpy through the U-
niied oiates, says that the female Circassian
slave markets coniinue ih-full blast at Con
staminofile. M. B affirms that the prices
range from sir hundred to len thousand dollars,
according to 111611 age and'' personel charms;1
and that ihe slaves aresold in what is called
ihe Circassian quarters of the'eity."
It' is mated, by ihe 1N. Y. Transcript, that
on, hia!arrivaU)n Constantinople,'- Mr;! BrOwn
gas;ota little astonished to -receive from a!
Rashf4, :8notTerof luri thousand-dollar for his
wife, who is a lady 6f r oiiihi kahlo beauty. :
The School Mistress arid her -Db'ff.--
A young lady of one of rihe northern towns
of Vermont, while engaged in teaching school
the past summer, a few miles from her Home,
was singled out, towards-the close of her en
gagement, wiihout any apparent inducement,
by ihe dog of one of her employers, as the pe
culiar object of his regard, which soon unac
countably increased to such a degree ih.it he
could scarcely be beaten from her aide, or
prevented from enioring ihe school house, to
which he daily repaired. At the termination
of her school, which she left in failing health,
when abouf to start for her parental residence,
the dog gave signs of his determination to fol
low her, which perceiving, she turned to the
owner, and soon effected a purchase of the an-;
imal, which now joyously attended her home.
Her first words, on entering the house, were
" Mother,"! have come home to die, and have
brought a friend here to watch over my grave."
After making this announcement, she immedi
ately look to her bed', and sunk rapidly in a
typhoid, which in about a week, terminated in
her death. During the whole sickness, the
faithful and evidently sorrow-stricken dog, nev
er, but a few moments at a lime, left the sick
room, constantly lying dejectedly near the head
of. her bed, and seeming but too blest when
permitted to lick her fevered hand, which was
occasionally exteuded for his tender caresses.
As her final hour drew near, he became indif
ferent. about food, and soon refused it altogeth
er. After her death, which he seemed to com
prehend, he continued to whatch by the corpse,
only at one lime leaving it, and ihat was when
the coffin case, which, having arrived with the
coffin, was carried and placed by ihe side of
the grave previously dug in an enclosure near
the house. He then, having somehow been
made aware of what was going on, came but of
the house, went to the case, and with hift paws
on the side, looked in, and seemed to examine
it attentively. He next jumped down into the
grave, and appeared to inspect that also with
care and attention. He then came out. and
hurried back to his post by the corpse, which
he continued to watch, till it was brougdt out
for intermeul, when he closely followed the
coffin, and looked sorrowfully on, as it was
lowered to its final resting place, and" the
ti i tin ...
grave nlleu up. wnen nis human lellow-
mourners retired, however, he remained be
hind, and lying down at the head of the grave,
could not be induced to leave the spot, jefus
ing, for ihe first few days, all food, lhen, for a
week or two, sparingly receiving it when
brought to him, and. at last, going occasionally
to the house for it, but only to dispatch in haste
what was set before him, and return to his sad
and lonely vigil, which, night and day, he still
continue to keep over the. remains of his be-
oved mistress.
Uncle Bill's First Lore.
My Uncle Bill and my aunt Airy resides oh
Long Island, not far from the far famed resort,
Rockaway. One evening last week as aunt
Airy was boiling some chesnuta for us 'York-
era" to eat, and as uncle Bill sat smoking a were not satisfactory. This, however, is not the
good Havana, we had brought down with us, case with the liquid ofM. Dussan, and his results
we persuaded him to tells us a story. Uncle have been verified by the authorities. The cost of .
Bill tells . a good one when he chooses, and be- lhis liquid ,s onIy 0ne-tenth of the average price
ing a man that loves to please, he dipped deep-, oftne ordinary manurc, and consequently, even
ly, very quickly into the merits of the one i he;al Ule ,ow jce of CQrn -n lhe markel) lho
purposed telling us, somewhat thus: " When, . 0. ,r . . , c.
I was a slip of a chap I had occasion to travel ,
some distance in a coach, as steamboats and
rail cars were not loo plenty in those days.
Now, I had heerd tell often of fellers fallin' in ;
love at first sight, but I never much believed
it, till that' stage made me kinder think so. 1
bad ihe luck of sitting along side of one of the
prettiest women 1 have ever seen. (Uncle
Bill .looked slyly at aunt Airy.)
" I soon fell in love up to tho brim, chuck,
with the gal. As it was growm dark, the
stage was passin' through a thick wood, then 1
ih'ou'sht my time was come surely. As 1 felt
my strength goin' quickly, I kinder gently lift
ed piy arm and drew it round the fair one's
waT&i ; she moved not, but only made a slight
noise', which. I supposed was a love sigh ; says
I, 'dear one sweet one, I love yer, will yerlove
trie? The girl said nothing' but made tho noise
l4 Bupposed was a love sigh again. I lhen
pressed her to me, and her head fell on my
shoulder, and I began to tremble all over; but f
Mill I kept my tongue agoin,' and says I, dear
little one, wqn'i yer love me, can't yer love me,
wijl yer marry me ? I hq stage just then
drove out of the wood and the moon shone on
her face and I looked on it and and "
" and what I" we all exclaimed, " and," says
Uncle Billf " she was sleepin' and snorin' in
i mi r i 1 i
my arms.- wnen our roars oi laugiuer nau
somewhat subsided, Uncle Bill said, "there she
feits"bilih' cliesnuts." Scraggs.
Onion Custard. rPeel and slice some mild
onions, (tn or twelve, in proportion to iheir
size,) and fry them in fresh butter; draining
them well, when you take them up. Then
mincqtheoiupas fines possible. Beat four eggs
vary light, and stir ihern gradully into a pun or
milk, in turn wiih ihe minced onions. Season
ihe whole with plenty of grated numeg, and
stir ii very hard. Then put it into a deep
white dfsh. bake it about a quarter ot an hour.
Send it to table as a side dish to be eaten wiih
meal or poultry, It i a French preparation of
onions, and will be found very fine.
A Fat Office. A County Treasurer in Ohio,
is said to receive $1,6000 per annum salary, and
$10,000 perquisites from interest on the money, of
the county, which he is accused of loaning. On
ly seventeen candidates are mentioned as being
desirous of holding that office.
;(bHenry Bibb, a SfiUI verf .slaY'ets ojiig.;
start; anowspapor at Sandwich,QanaUaWest-, q.
be called lhe u Voice of tho Fugitives'"1' -
The Patent Cow Milker.
Our readers may have seen it stated in the pa
pers, that an ingenious Yankee has recently in
vented an Indian Ruber fixture for milking cqws.
One of our friends has made trial of it, and the
result was quite satisfactory. It consists of a sack
for each teat, of a size to receive that organ, and
to adhere so closely to it as to stop the admission
of the surrounding air. Connected with the low
er end of the sack is a silver tube, which passses
into the teat about an inch. To each tubs, is a
stopper. When the sacks are all properly adjust
ed, the pail is placed in a position to receive the
milk, which, a3 soon as the stoppers are drawn,
commences flowing in uninterrupted streams till
the whole has made its escape. The process is
hastened, if not entirely occasioned, by the pres
sure of the atmosphere upon the bag. The cow
appeared to experience no sensation that caused
her in the least measure to move or be uneasyi
from which it may be inferred that the insertion of
the tubes, caused no irritation. As soon as the
milk ceased to flow the tubes and sacks were re
moved; and it was found by making trial 'with the
hand no milk remained in the bag. The opera
tion was of short duration, probably not exceeding
a minute for the discharge of the milk after the
stoppers were removed from the tubes. The con
clusion was drawn that when a person became fa
miliar with applying the sacks to the teats, he
would milk eight or ten cows while milking one
by hand. To milkmen and all others keeping a
large number of cows, the saving of time will be.
no triviaL consideration. One person would prob
ably milk thirty or forty cows in an hour. The
fixture is certainly very ingenious, and should be
well tried. No objection to it was apparent in
this experiment; yet it might not be an object for
those who keep only one or two cows. If it saves
time at the rate above supposed, it is no difficult
matter to estimate the amount saved in a year to
an individual having fifty cows- One of them' may
be seen at this office; and, if desired can be pur
chased at the Union India Rubber Depot, Nassau
street, New York. We believe the cost is" only
fifty cents. Newark Eagle.
Farming Successfully Without ITJa- '
n ure.
We find the following in the Paris'correspon
dence of the Globe:
"Considerable sensation has been created a
mong the agriculturists of this department, by the
results of the experiments made by M. Dussan, on
a farm of about 250 acres at St. Maur. M. Dus
san is the patentee of a liquid in which the grain
is steeped for 21 hours before it is sown. On
some of the land sown with this prepared seed,
and without manure, the crop has been one-sixth
more than ever was on the same land when richly
manured and on richly manured land sown with
prepared seed, the crop is double. Sometime ago, .
a good deal was said about a liquid for the same
purpose, invented by M. Bickers, but the results
" r
A Question for Debating; Societies
Suppose five men owned a piece of land,
t i-. . r
uavmg a ponion oi u set apari tor paiuragu in
common, but each having a piece rnserved for
his own usb lo till. One man owned a horse,
another a dog, another a flock of geete, anoth
er two goats, and another had his piece of land
in meadow. The goats, yoked together, were
trespassing on the meadow. The horse ' was
standing in the common adjoining the meadow
at the fool of a high bank on the lop of which -
were the goats. The dog was sitting on the'
road. The flock of geese were passing by.
with ihe gander at their head, and in order, to ,
drive the dog away, to make room for his
flock, hissed at him. The dog, mistaking it t
for a human voice, ran at the goals, who beings
frightened, immdiaiely fled, and as they leap
ed off the bank, j'timpod one on each side ihe
horse standing below, and there hung by the
yoKe. i ne norse taKing ingnt, ran away wmi
the goals on his back into a pond of water, and '
drowned both himself and the goats. The .
owner of the horse sued the owner of the goats-
for riding his horse into tho pond of watery
the owner of the goats sued tho owner of ihe
dog for frightening his goats ; and ihe owner
of ihe dog sued the owner of the geese ; the
owner of the goats sued the owner of the horse t
for drowning his goats ; and the owner of the
meadow sued the goats for trespass. Who of
the persons are entitled to a verdict 1
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