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Socrotary of State—Wm. 11.SEwAno,
secretary of Interior—.J AS. Ii AN,
l•rrotnry of Treasury-110mi NlcOuLrocit,
0 fWar—E owl.. M. STANToN,
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pier—ANDItEW U. COIL TIN.
Soero try of State—El.i
iui veyor Ooneral-3 AMES .'. BARR.
1 . !ROI . Onnoral—lsAm •
st•t.oe ary Goner:ll—Wm. M. Menva•tsn
ta tieneral—A 1.. Ity , eiet.i..
Stern Tee,surer—llENnv D. MoonE.
Chi.' .1 Lie of t lie supt,lno Collrl —(1E 0 II Wow,
NAND
COLiIs:TY /FFiCERS.
.Itnitto—lion. 3atnes 11. Graham.
tsso,late Judges—lion. Michael Coekila, 1
Il ugh Stuart.
Dist riot titoroey..—.l. W. D. U illoto”.
Prot h ntntary—S•t•nuel Shiroman.
Clerk and lierorder—Ephraltn
Iteglste—Aleo W. North.
MO Sheritt—John Jacob,.
oounty 'Ereasurer—llenry S. hitter.
Coroner —David Butlth
County Commissioners—Henry 'Cart., John M
Superintendent of Poor House—Henry Snyder.
Phys , lelan to .1011—Dr. IV. W. Dale.
in Poor Itousa—Dr. W. W. Dale.
BOROUGH OFFICERS
Chief Bargees—Jelin A:emittd].
AesiAtent Borgese-11 J Ham Ciiinei on,
'toga (101111eil—E114 1V:11,1—.I. W. 11. liullolrn, An
drew 11. Zeigler. ((no Wetzel. Chas U. Hoffer. Bernet
❑olTnuul, (Vest R'n rd— A . K Itheinn. Jelin Ilays, MAIL
M. Blank. S. D. lllllwmi Clerk, Jo.. M Ihsoulmmtnol.
Borough . id l • i I 11111311
/1101 Constable. Emanuel Ftl art,. IV:III! C•aistnl4ee,
I°.o•t (Void. Agit, tie. IS vit. \Veit!, James Wid.
,Issesgor—AVill N a kV).
Auditor—A. K. Sl.afel.
Tax Collertnr-- A ndt.ew ICet r. Ward Collect°,
d, Jaen! , (loodyt4u, N et.t Ward. ti It
Street Comm Issisnin , Pat rick \I nddun.
.lu.tive: of thu k. L. Sponsler, David Smith,
hrm. Debut!, Mlchnul lolrom b.
Lamp Lizbters—Alex. Loci Albert.
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CHURCHES
Fist I'r ity Lei Inn Church, Not Olives( angled Cell
tie Square. Rev. Conway P. Wing Pastot .--Services
ory Senility Nlornlog nt n o'clock, A. M.. tid
Weloeit. P. M.
S'..cond P.akhyterian Cotner of South Han
)vor and Pomfret stref.l , Bliss. Pastor.
-lorvicos coot int•tict• at It o'clock, .k. M., and 7 a/./..ork
I'. M.
St. Joh o's Chur.•l3. Prot Episcopal I nor the.o.t angle
of et•lltre Square. Bev. 1 , ..1 Clore, IL •'•t.,. Aji cS
at 11 o'clock h. M., and 0 o'clock. 1' M.
Em_ligh Lutheran Chur. L , Bedhod. Let. cen
nod Louth, streets. Rev. S3llll rl
al 11 o'clock A. 11., and 0! 2 : 'clock P. M.
'1:1,1:1111 Itlq, Hied Church. Loother, net wee p llvu
II I Pitt slrVets. INV. B.llllUld
0: sic 11 o•olock A. M.. Andsll%.lol.l,
mo . hodi..t 1.. Church (first charge . ) c./1 . 11, dr 'Mel,,
And Pitt Streets. R01 . ..H.11MS U. Sliprlork, Pastor.
Sorvices at 11 o'clock A. M., and 7 o'clock P. M.
Methodist E. Church (second char, e,) Rev. S. 1,
Bowman, Pastor. F orvicos In Emmy M F. Church at 1
o'clodk A. M., and 3 . 1 ,4 P. M.
Church of God Chapel. South West co, of West St.
and Chapel Alley. Rev. B. F. Beck, Past ;eel
at 11 a, m., and 5 p.m.
St. Patrick's Co tholk Church, Poinfrct 'roar East st.
Boy Pastor. Services eupry other ::11/
bath. of 10 o'clock. Vespers at :', P. M.
Corwin Luthera.n Church, owner of l'oultrrt and
Bedford streets. for C. Fritz°, Pastor. Demises at
I o'clock P. %I.
,
I , st:l.ll'll4m changes In kite 11110 V are lie. y th.•
floor I , er7 , are requested to notify ilr
ICKINSON COLLEGI
Rev U...., in M. Johnson, Is., Prosid ui and Pro-
essor of 1I r iI Scienco.
:. Wilson, A. M., l`roces,,,- Nat urn!
yi on ye u.ra for o .)1 use um,
Hey. L Boswell, A 1., Prot - a.", ut t
he
i/roPlc and (Lerman Languages.
MM=2=l=l
John K.:it/Ayala., A M., Proles:au, or the l.n till Itd
e 114 . 1 J langloo,ros. a
It o , .1 II rel Lon LL. I) ProfonFor of low.
Ilonr) C. Cht,lrm, .l. 11, Prlncilnal of the
Ilraanann)
.loho 110,4, AkLaAnnt iu lLe (;,,,oanafa,. seh."J
II:1:1M1
THE NtAltY INSTIU-TF
CORP./H.IIION : The Itevtor, 1l nr•l..ll= 3utl Ve•ti yllll.l/
of St. John's l'hut eh (•nt1.1)11..
Th. Ito., F. .1. Cho c., I) It., llr, t , and Tronsurer
Sirs John It. 5111V21.1. Prinoiroil
Mire E. A. y, lot., iu 1,:01,4u5t,05.
Slips 1.. L. 51 ellster. Instruct, in 31,11.11eninti.s and
Vocal Musk.
:Mrs. M. M. Ego, 'itltrlg.l of Moo
Nliss E. (Irish 11111. TetWill, oft ra v. log and Painting
Roy. S. Philips, 1,,,t nti EloCution and dint
John's Chn, Itev. F. J. Cum
BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS
E. Cornman, President, James Amiditon, 11. tin:, tun,
R. C. IVood‘vard, Henry Newshain, C.,l'. Ilumerieh,
SeeCy , J. W. Eby, Treasurer, John Sohar, :Messenger.
%loot on the lot Monday °Coach Month at F. o'clook A,
11 , :it Education Hall.
CORPORATIONS
C E DEPOSIT DANFT—Proslaynt, It. M. fiend.,
5011, ',Witten) Cash..l. I'. 11.5/si, And C. B. Ilfehler
'fellers, W. M. ittahler. Clerk, Jno. Hutlerrtooi Best
tenger. Dlrectora, It. B. Henderson, President, R. C.
Woodward, Sillies Woodburn, Moans Bricker, John
Zug, W. W. Dale, ;Jolla l). tlor L ta , :, Jogopit .1. Logo n.
Jun Stuart, jr.
ilt4T N ITI ,SA.L S:tulue•l Hepburn
Ca filer. Jos. C L+O '
er,'l'ell•r, Abner C. Brindle, Ait-ti
gor, Jesse Brown. Win. Ker, John Dunlap, Rieh'd
IN'oodF,, John C. Dunlap, none Brenneman, Jahn 8.
Aterrett, Dir.etorb.
Cumacitt.thn RAIL.IIoAD COMPAN V.—President,
rrederiek Watts: Beeretar and Treasurer, Edward
11. Biddle: Supetintel.dent, U. N. Lull. Passenger
trains three 00 00 a day. Carlisle Accommo atlon,
Eastward, leaves Carlisle b G 5 A, M., arriving at Cur•
lisle 5.'20 P. M. Thl ou,on I mins Eastward, 10.10 A, M.
and 2.12, I', M. We , :tward al 9.27, A. 01., and 2.55 P.
CARLISLE. OAS ANS WAIFS CuMPA NY.— PEOPIdeIAL,
Lew
aol Todd: Treasurer, A. L. Spourier ; Suparlutunuen,
(icorga Wise: Directors, F. Watts, Wm. M. Bectemt
R. M. Biddle, Henry Saxton. It. C. Woodward. .1. W.
Patton. F.. Jardner and I). 5, Croft.
SOCIETIES
()umberland Stop bodge No. 197, A. V. 31. montx at
Harlon Hall on thu god and 4th Tuesdays of °tory
month.
St..lohtes Lodge No. 210) A. Y. 31. Meets 3d There
day of each mouth, at Marion Hall,
Carlisle! Lodge No. 91 I. 0. of 0. F. Moots Monday
evening, at Trout's building.
Letort Lodge No. 93, I. 0. of 0. 'P. Meets every
Thursday evening in li heem's flail, 3d story.
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FIRE COMPANIES,
The Union Fire Company WAS organized in 1789.
House In Louther between Pittand Hanover.
The Oumberiand Fi•e Company sees instituted Feb.
18, 1809. Howe in Mulford, between Hain and Porn
fret.
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Tho Good will Fire Company was instituted in
March, 1856. Rouse In Pomfrot, near Hanover.
Tho Empire Rook and Laddor Company WM , 1 tiSti tu
tod In 1859. Rouse In Nit, near Main.
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RATES OF POSTAGE
Pcstage on all 'otters of ono half ounce weight or
under, 3 cents pro paid.
Postage ou the HERALD within the County, free.
Within the State 13 cents per annum. T. , any part
paint United States, 20 conte Postage on all Iran•
41(13 t papers, 2 cents per'ounce. Advertised letters to
he charged with cost of advertising.
MRS. It. A. SMITH'S
Photographs, Ambrotypes, ivorytypes
Beautiful Albums 1 Beautiful Frames !
Albums for Ladles and Gentleman.
Albums Cr. Mlsses, mid for Children,
Pocket Albilms for Soldiers and Civilians!
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FOR annisTmAs GIFTS
Preo.l and New from Now York and Philadelphia
Markets.
IF you want satisfactory „Picture s an d
polite attention s call at slrs. It. A. Smith's Photo
graphic Gallery, South East Corner of Unilever Street
and Market Square, opposite the Court house and Post
Office, Carlisle, Pa.
Dire. It. A. Smith well known ne Mrs. It A. Reynolds,
and so well known as a Daguerrean Artist, gives per
sonal attention to Ladies and Gentlemen visiting her
Gallery, and having the best of Artiste nod polite at
tendants can safely promise that in no other Gallery
can those who favor her with a call get• pictures Boos
t tor to here, not overdo New York or Shlladelphia, or
meet, with more kind and prompt attention.
Ambrotypes inserted in Rings, Lockets; breast Pins,
So, Perfect copies of Daguerrotypes and Ambrotypes
made of deceased friends. Where' copies are defaced,
lie-like pictures may still bo had, elther'for frames or
or cards. All negatives preseived one year and orders
by mail or otherwisopromptly attended to:
December 23, 1861—tf
DR. iffln. 11. COOK;----"
HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSHMA.N
Surgeon and .ifccouchour.
,ITIOE at his residence in Pitt
street, adjohtlui the Alethodiet Church.
Uly 'l, 1804,
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Pope's "Universal Prayor
I)NO OPT. MA X
Pat bar of MI! In "very age,
In every slime. adored,
BY sa i,,t, by sat age, and by sage,
,101e.vah, Joys. r. Lord !
Thou great. First Cause, least mnlorsloot
Who all nay swage eonflood
To know taut thle that Thou 31i Kood.
and that myself ant ;
Vet g,a,,e me. In L It I , dark estate
T 0 roe the good from 111 ;
And, binding nature fasts in late
Left iree the human trill.
Whai 0011seleuve diet ate, to be
Or wat nn 1110 110 t, 1, , 0 do.
This teach toe mere than hell to shun,
That not re than heaven pursue.
What ble,ring ,, thy free bounty when
bet t11933'
For God I. paid when man u•-elver,
To enjoy it to obey.
Y et not to earth's contracted ,pan
Thy goo !nesq let me hound,
Jr think Thee Lord alone of
NV ben thane: ud WI., NIS are mood
Let not this weak, unl;nowintt baud
_ I'r.•sumu thy list a to thlow.
And deal tlatAttutt tou loundle laud
Ott ent.ll I judge thy fon.
It 1 am right, thy gract , impart
Still In the right, to stay ;
II I ain wroi g, V Levi, Illy heat t
Ti find that better tray.
Saco trio alike font] Imlish pride,
or Implotts-tll,entitunt
At aught thy wisdom has dettied
or aught thy gluglat.ss Irut
Teach me to I nuother'.. wo4
To hidu the fault 1010 ;
That mercy I to of hers chow,
That uh.rvy s`l4,ll' to site.
114.4,n, t h0,t,411 1 :illl, not it holly ,O,
Since quickened by Illy brentli :
tl lo3d In, AV heres.e . el 7 g”;
I hrouvli Ow: hfn or di,llll
.81,1 pe , tol• Illy It,
Ai: tu.ro,th the sun,
111011 i. r 1,,, ..St if lira 1,..,t0,Pd or ilOt
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'lu'phrr, IaIONV temple Is all spao
earth, pea
Oire let nil inning raise;
All net ure's incense rise!
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OUR MAJOR'S STORY
" So Brown, you tell me, has boon ap
pointed oxecutot to Smith's will," bUiti
our 11111i0t, the Other day, as we v etc
lounging together against the low wall
that divide:: Carlisle Terrace trnm the
heach. " ‘enttiro to say the trusts
coinutittt (I to biro won't be as slitolge as
iuiu were tht first time I. w-a,=-Inatle.exe
cutor "
year .since, I received a letter
from my old friend and comrade. Ellis of
the 12th rellin Q me that hi, health had
been fm some time declining,— that be
was about to make his will, and earnestly
desiring that I would comient to act as
sole executor,—•there belie,' he added,
trust of sonic importance to bounder
taken, which I wish to confide to no one
but yourself.' The letter concluded with
cordial invitation to pay him a visit at the
snug cot. age in Devonshire to which he
had retired. Now Ellis was like myself
—an old bachelor , and, except his half
pay was, I know, but little I urdened
with this world's baggage and accou
trements, so it never occurred to me that
the trust 1 was to undertake could pus
siblrrelate to anything more important
than the bestowal of legacies on his old
house-keeper and butler, or almost
equally antiquated eat and dog. I wrote
immediately to accept the invitation, and
early next morning I deposited myself
and my portmanteau in the E---coach
which, alter a day's travelling, left me
at toy friend's abode. Ile was himself
standing at the garden wicket, ready to
give a cordial welcome. There was not h.
ing very death like the clear, bright
glance of his eye, or in the firm grasp of his
hand; and I wondered internally what
the missive he had sent me could possi
bly mean. However, I kept toy thoughts
1 ,,0 myself, and followed Ellis into his neat
little dining-room, where the snowy table
cloth was speedily and satisfactorily cov
ered with a bountiful repast. Ample
justice was dune to the fare by myself,
and, despite of his mortuary intention,
by mine host also. After dinner he pro
duced a capital bottle of port, over which
we discussed many of our former cam
paigoing adventures.
"-Notwithstanding the fineness of the
weather (it was in the beginning of June),
I had caught a slight cold on my journey,
which towards the close of the evening
made itself felt in the unpleasant form of
toothache ; and the pain becoming worse,
I said to my think I must ask
your housekeeper for some flannel and
camphorated spirits to apply to my un
fortunate jaw. You, happy folloW !
know what toothache is, your teeth look
all so good.'
" t Teeth cried toy host, his counte
nance changing,—'teeth I' he repeated,
shuddering. Ah ! you little know—you
, can't tell—'
" ' What's the matter, Ellis—what do
yOu wean r
" 1 mean that a tooth—au unfortu
nate tooth, has been my ruin, and will
cost me my life I And rising from his
chair, he paced up and down the rootein
a state of the most violent agitation.
Greatly astonished, I tried, of
s course,-to
soothe him, and induce him to reveal the
cause of this strange excitement.
he said at last, I will read to -you the
will to whiOh you have kindly proMised
to become executor,' I had made .no pro:
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misc of the kind, but mypoor friend took t
for granted 1 had done so ; and leaving
the room, he speedily returned with a
folded paper in one hand, and a very
small round box in the other.
" Laying these articles on the table,
he seated himself in his armchair, push
ed aside his glass, and making eatrong
effort to speak calmly, began,—About
two months since I had occasion to visit
the town of T on business, which
speedily despatched, I dined at the hotel,
and afterwards set out 'For a stroll. I
passed through High Street, and walked
for sonic way along the turnpike road
without meeting any object of interest
whatever. A shady green lane opening
on my right, invited me to turn into it--
the fragrant hawthorne in the hedge ,and
the cool fresh grass below, offering a
pleasant contrast to the hard dusty road
(in which I had been walking. I soon
found thiii this quiet lane led to a still
more quiet and peaceful church-yard ;
and threading My way amongst the rustic
graves and rude headstones, I moralized
on them and after my own fashion, if not
precisely according to that of Harvey. I
had at one time a transient limey for the
study of phrenology, and still retained a
habit, of inspecting the cerebral develop
merits of every one whom I met. It was,
therefore, with seine curiosity, that I
picked up a large, round, well•bleached
skull lying on the ground. What particu
lady interested roe, however was the great
beauty rod regularity of the teeth; they
were all perfect, and as evenly ranged as
if they had been prepared to decorate the
window of Fauns advert is ing dentist
Led by an idle impulse, which I could
not then nor can 1 now account for, I
pull _d out one of the grinders, put it into
my waiscoat pocket, and, carelessly throw
ing down the skull, returned to the inn
i laving partaken of tea, accompanined
by sonic excellent muffins, I went to bed,
and being fatigued with my journey,
soon fell asleep.
" I had slept for some time, but how
long I connot tell, when I was suddenly
awakened by the door of my room open
ing. In stalked a tall figure dressed in
black, with a white neckcloth; his head
was iarge, nearly bald, and he wore a
pair of gold spectacles. In his hand lie
carried a silver candlestick, bearing a
lighted candy, and advancing to any bed
side, said, in a menacing voice and man •
ncr, " Why did you rob me of my tooth ?"
My tongue suddenly became pore
lyzed ; I tried to speak, but could not
utter a word,
You have taken toy tooth," cuntiu•
ued the tigute ; •'and now take your choice
I'm nut of a revengeful disposition; I
don't want to say or do anything uncivil,
but One of two things I must have, and
that instantly,—your life, or the best
tooth in your head So look sharp and
take your choitre."
The extremity of terror restored my
MEG
" Would it not do, sir, to restore
you your own tooth again ?" I gasped.
"\o, no!" replied my visitor, shak
ing his head until the gold spectacles
slipped down to the very point of his long
nose ; " I think I am a very good na
tured fellow to give you the choice; so
which will you part with—your life or
or your tooth ?"
"My tooth'." 1 exclaimed, in agony:
and instantly the appariton, with as much
dexterity as if he had been bred a den
tist, introduced a forceps into my mouth,
and neatly extracted a fine sound molar
tooth. ' Look here,' continued Ellis,
opening his mouth, 'see the cavity it has
left.'
"There was indeed the space where a
large tooth had been extracted, and I re
marked that, it was'the only one deficient
in the entire range.
" continued toy friend, 'that
was not all. The fellow pocketed my
tooth, and then said—
"Now you must promise on .your
honor as a gentleman, that you will pre-
serve my tooth as long as you live, and
make provision that after your death it
shall bo carefully interred with you. If
you don't " And with a menacing
gesture, the proprietor of this departed as
he came."
" Ellis opened the little round box, and
showed me, carefully inclosed in cotton,
the redeubtod tooth.
" I really- knew not what to say ; it
was certainly very-difficult to refrain from
laughing, but my poor friend was so evi
dently in earnest, that I merely remarked
" was a pity the good, spectre was
not satisfied with resuming his own prop
erty, for really his tooth is so exactly the
same size and shape as your others, that
I think it would have exactly filled the
cavity.'
"'lt was strange,' said Ellis, without
noticing my remark, 'that after such an
agitating occurrence I fell asleep, and
slept soundly until late 'next morning.—
I aWoke, feverish 'and unrefreshed, and
returned home as speedily us possible.—
Ever since .that time my health has slow
ly but surely declined; not perhaps out
wardly, but.Lknow_and_feel.that my -hour
will soon come, and the dread of that
fiend's vengeance will : embitter my dying
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moments, unless you, my old, tried friend',
will promise to see me . hurled •in
churchyard, and with sourrhand to place
CARLIH,E, PA.; FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1865,
this miserable tooth in my coffin.' •
" What could I do but promise ? The
case was one of decided monomania—ay
gument and ridicule, both of which 'I
tried, only served to make poor Ellis an
gry, and he was thoroughly determined
not to see a physician—a measure which
1 urged on him strongly.
" I remained with him for a few days,
and bad the pleasure of leaving him, as'-
1 trusted, in better health and spirits thatt
when we stet; and I. hoped that his ab,,,?
surd fancy, as I deemed it, would soon:
pass away. I was therefore greatly]
shocked when, in about six' weeks after-t;
wards, I received a letter from his old
housekeeper, telling me that her master
had died somewhat suddenly, but re
quested with his dying breath that I.
should be sent for immediately.
"Need I say that 1 hastened to obey,
the summons ! Very mournful it was,
certainly, to enter the silent cottage where
1 had lately met a warm welcome from
my poor friend A physician was in at
tendance, and pronounced that death had
resulted from disease of the heart.
the clergyman of the parish, and Ellis' so
licitor, were all, at my request; present at,
opening of`the will. After having dis
posed of his trifling property in legacies,
the document, went on to request that I,
whom he styled his beloved friend, should
have him decently buried in
churchyard, and follow in all matters con
nected with his interment the instruc
tions previously given to me
"The interment took Owe without the
occurrence of anything worth recording,
but alter it was over, I felt so wearied
and dispirited, that I resolved to take up
my abode for the night at the coniferta
ble hotel at After dinner I was
suddenly attacked by my old enemy—
toothache ; and the pan, resisting all
the usual applications, beetime at length
so excruciating, that starting up in a sort
of frenzy, I inquired for the iesidence of
the best dentist in the town, and speedi•
ly found myself in his study. Whether
it was the effect of reaction after the rap
id exercise I had takelf, or the well
known curative influence inherent in the
atmosphere of a dentist's house, I know
not, but the pain 1 was suffering gradu
ally abated ; and when the operator en
tered, I felt almost inclined to make a
civil retreat without putting to
the test. flowerer, on second thoughts,
I considered'it as well to lay my ease be
fore him, and try to lAitain some sooth
ing nostrum which might stand ine ut
stead on future occasions. I therefore
told him how I had been affected, and
casually mentioned my having conic a
long journey that morning, and its mel
ancholy cause. !' said the dentist,
thoughtfully, 'you came from E in
Devonshire. The name of the village is
associated in my mind, with a curious in
cident which occurred to MC some three
or four nionth,s since. Now I happen to
have, a decided hankering, whether nat
ural or acquired, after strange stories ;
and my curiosity being excited, 1 beg
ged the dentist to have the kindness to
satisfy it •
" &ming himself opposite to me, he
immediately complied, and began in these
words :
'One night, between three and four
mouths since, I was aroused near mid
night by a loud knocking wit] ringing at
the door I was just about to step into
bed, and my servants having long before
retired to their rooms, I hastily resumed
my clothes, and answered the summons.
An elderly gentleman with a military air
and address entered. There was an odd,
staring look in his eyes, but be told me
in a perfectly coherent- manner, that he
was suffering from a dreadful toochache,
and wished to have one of his grinders
extracted immediately. QI course I ush
ered him into the room, placed him in
the patient's chair, and proceeded to ex
amine his jaws. I don't think I ever
saw a finer or more regular set of teeth,
—not a vestige of decay could 1. perceive
in any of them—and the ono which eh
pointed out as , the offender seemed to me
perfectly free from disease. However,
he insisted so strongly on having the
tooth pulled out, declaring that his corn.
fort, nay, his very life, depended on its
being done, that I consented, though
most unwillingly, to perform the opera
tion, and in a twinkling the tooth was
out. Having paid me my fee, the pa
tient deliberately wrapped up his tooth,
put it into his pocket, rose and wishing
me good-night, was about to depart, when
a suspicion which arose in my mind
caused-me suddenly to thrust - a lighted
candle close to his eyes. They never
blinked ; the pupils were fixed and dis
tended ; in fact, to cut the story short,
my visitor was fast asleep, and in a fit of
somnambulism had loft his bed, and
caused me to extract his excellent tooth.
As he still•oontinued in the trance, and
it would have been dangerous to arouse
him'Suddenly, I . prevailed on him to al
low me to carry him home. He made
his way, with unerring accuracy to. the
hotel ;baud the gates happening to, be
-open for -the reception , of - the - dcenpatits
of a night-orcli, I saw him to his„ room
without attracting- obserVation.,'.
On inquiring aftek hint next morn_
ing; I heard, that -he had left by an early
conveyance for in Devonshire?
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"II looked attentively at the dentist;
be was a tall man, dre&scd in black, with
a white neckcloth,; his head was large,
nearly bald, and be wore a pair of gold
spectacles, which had a trick of slipping
down to the point of his long nose when
ever ho shook his head, which he did
pretty frequently.
"'Did you ever ascertain,' 1 asked,
!the name of your visitor.
) "'Yes,' replied the dentist. 'He took
[the blank part of a letter from his pock
et, and tore off the corner to wrap up his
tooth ; the remainder he drooped or, the
carpet, and it bore the address :
"'Capt. IL Ellis,' 12th Itegt.
‘H—, Devonshire'
°• Here then was the explanation of
my poor friend's monomania He actu
ally died the victim of semnan
And such was my first adventure as ex
ecutor of a will."
Advertising for a Wife, and Wh4
The Toronto L,, , mbr gives the„particu
lars of a matrimonial romance ; in which
a Vermont clergyinan was the main char
acter, the denoument of which was,
however, anything but romantic to him.
It seems that a farmer in Mc henry coun
ty, Illinois, named W--, had adver
tised in a Chicago paper for a wife, which
was replied to by a dashing young law
student of. Toronto. ripe for fun under
the name of Helen Christopher. A warm
correspondence ensued, " Helen" imirat•
ing the hand and style of a lady anxious
to wake a good match, and describing
herself' as an orphan of respectable latui-
I connexions and of means, residing in
Toronto. The correspondence was finally
broken off by W 's neglect in pay•
ing his postage which in Canada amounts
to something, and he married sonic (me
in his own neighborhood But the sei l uel
contains the pith of the story.
W-
mont ; a:Jd a widower, by some means gut
hold of" Helen's" letters to his sun, and
being struck with her style, wrote to her
with a view of marrying her himself. Ile
told her that
" ' am a minister of tltc. , gospel, ant
unmarried, buried a nice little wife years
ago, and have no children to tax the 4-
tention of a companion. My family is
provided ibr and off my hands„ _I think
sometimes of discontinuing preaching,
and of retiring to private life My age
pcoplo jud f .p., to ho thirty five, though I
sin older. I ant above the middle size of
man. though not large ; have perfect
health, and so far position in society. My
complexion is dark with dark eves and
hair—hair not tinged with gray in the least.
What makes my complexion still dat key,
I wear full beard and moustache."
And queri( d :
May I ask my little girl (if I may
be allowed to call her so) if you are a
christian? fF yon can sing and play on
the melodeon ? IF you ht.we good health ?
What is your complexion?"
Helen promptly replied, and an ani
mated correspondence ensued, resulting
in the Reverend inviting himself to visit
T,ronto to obtain an interview with his
fair correspondent. This was rather more
than " Helen" desired, and thinking it
imprudent to bring'the old man on a fool's
errand, some six hundred miles from his
"local habitation„ sent him a note over
another name, pretending to have acci
dentally found one of his letters, and to
be a rival of his for the affections of
Helen, and threatening him with casti
gation in case he should make his appear
ance in this city. Rev. J , W
wrote again to Helen, disclaminp, any
wrong intentions, and asking if his rival
should exercise any control over such a
lady. She then replied that he might
come, when he replied that he would be
there on the 9th or 10th of May, when
lie expected to meet his " little girl," his
"dearest Helen." He arrived on the
day appointed, and sent his "little girl"
a note, desiring her to meet him at a cer
tain hour at the corner of a certain street.
He went, but he saw no one like the pho.
tograph "Helen" had sent him, which was
the portrait of a proMinent actress. But
the eyes of a large party of " Helen's" ac
quaintances, who had been let into the
secret, were upon him. Ho appeared
sadly disappointed, being fidgety in his
movements, casting wistful glances at the
passers by as he promenaded the streets
whilst his tormentors, for suoh they were,
coati Wearaely contain themselves. They
wore at his side at the post office, on the
street, and even talking with him in the
hotel. Not
. finding his " little Helen,"
he concluded to leave town but" she„ de
termined he should rr t go until he had
learned a lesson. With his party of friends
he appeared at the station, and', stepping
up to tho reverend gentleman, is he stood
on the oar platform, ho hold out his hand
sholting, " How arc you, W 9
How is Miss Helen Christopher?'.' Mr
J W became pale with rage,
stamped his foot on the planks, and with
uplifted hands exelaiined, "You vile
rascal, how dare you play such a trick 1"
Just than the train "Stiirt4 - amid — the
shouts•of the merry young fellows, for
W--and bearing
off. the discoinfitted,, foOlish, old lover •:•-a
sadder and - wiser mart , and who, will
*it* ob never get,ll ife:ll . . adyoytirdlig.
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Ttial of the Conspirators—the Sup
pressed Testimony.
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The following is a full report of the testi
mony of Sanford Conover. It throws much
additional light upon the conspiracy, arid
shows that the Rebel government, had its
age .ts located in Canada to promote arson,
poison and ineendiarism.
Sanford Conover testified as follows :
am a native of New York ; have resided in
Canada since October last ; was conscripted
into the Confederate army, and detailed to
service in the War Depart 'mint of the Con.-
fed eraey, at Richmond, under James A.
Seddon, Secretary of War. While in lnn
ada was intimately acquainted With G. N.
Sanders, JileOli Thompson, Dr. Blackburn,
Trailer, Wm. C. Cleary, Cala. Castleman,
:11r. Cameron, Porterfield, C. C. Clay and
Gen. Carroll of Tennessee. I knew Mr.
Soma, also, and .1. W. Booth, and visited
these gentlemen in Canada. Saw Surratt
there on several occasions, last Aprile in Mr.
Jacob Tholopson'tz room ; also, in company
with George N. Sanders, and other rebels in
Canada.
Surratt, is about ,tive feet nine or ten
jibes high, a fair complexioned man, with
light tour. I saw him about the (ith or 7th'
of April, with Thompson, Sanders and
Booth. At that time he deli vet oil to Thomp
son, in his room, in my presence, dispatches
from Richmond to Thompson, front Benja-
Will arid Irmo Jefferson Davis—the latter
either a cipher dispatch or it letter. Benja
min was Secretary of State of the Confect
er ,cy. Previous to this Thompson conversed
with me upon the plot to assassinate Presi
dent Lincoln :toil the Cabinet, of which I
gave notice, before the assassination, in the
New York Tribune, the paper for which I
corresponded. I have been invited by Mr.
Thompson to part cipate in that enterprise.
When Surma delivered the, dispatches
from Davis, Thompson laid his hand upon
the papers and said, referring to the
and to the assent. or the rebel lin
thoritie,, This makes the thing all right.''
The dispatches spoke of the persons to be
assassin a I ed—M r. Li nooln, .1L•. John-on,
thocfiecretary of War, the Secretary of State
Judge Chase and .General (:ra nt. Mr.
Th o mpso n said on that liCeit,ioll, or on the
day before that interview, that the assassin
ation proposed would leave the govern:mita
of the If tilted States entirely without a head ;
that there at as 110 . 111'0V . ISi011 in the Consititu
thin of the United States by which they
could elect another President. Mr. Welles
was also named, but Mr. non - in:on said it
was not worth while to kill him; lie was of
III) consequence. My first interview with
Thomp-un on this subject of assassination
was in Haw-early part of last February, i
'fhompson's, room in St. Lawrence Hall,
Montreal. ethen spoke of a raid on Dgden
burg, New York. It was abandoned, but
it was because the United States Govern
:mint received information of it. lie said he
would have to drop it for a tune, but added,
‘• We'll catch them asleep, yet," and to me
ho said, There is a better opportunity to
immortalize yourself and sate your coun
try,- meaning tin:confederacy. I told them
I was ready to do anything to save the
country, and asked them what was to he
done. tie said "S.‘,llle of our boys sire going
to playa grand joke on' Abe and Andy,"
which he said was to kill them ; his words
were," remove them from office,: and_he
said Ittit Ilir l iliin of a tyrant was not
murder: that he had con:missions for this
work from the rebel authorities. and con
ferred one on Booth, or would confer one:
that everybody engaged in this enterprise
would lie commissioned, and if they escaped
to Canada they could not be successfully
claimed under the extradition treaty.
I know that Thompson and the others
held these commissions in blank. They COlll
- Bennett Young, the St. Albans
raider. It was it blank commission, tilled
up and certified by, Mr. Clay. As it came
to them from Richmond, it was only signed
nil:lnnis A. Seddon. Secretary of War.
Mr. Timipson called me to examine these
blanks, so that I might testify to the genii
ofSeilden's signature to the ease of
B en he tt, y, n g before .1 udgeSinit h. The sig
nature wits genuine. In a
ver,ntion, after the first referred to in Feb
ruary, Thompson told toe that 1300th had
been commissioned, and every man who
would engage in it would be. 1 had a con
versation with Wm. C. Cle:my on the day
before, or that day of the assassination, a
St. Lawrence Hall. We Were speaking of
the rejoicing in the States ov r the surren
der of Lee and the capture of Richmond.
l'lcury said they would have the laugh on the
other side of the mouth in a day or two.
I think this was the day before die assassi
nation. He knew I was in the secret of the
conspiracy. It w sto that he referred. The
assassination was spoken of among its asNoto
nionly as the weather.
Before that Sanders asked me ir•l knew
Booth very well, and expressed tome appro.
hersion that Booth would make a fizzle of
it; that he was desperate and reckless, and
he was afraid that the whole thing would be
a failure I communicated to the Tribune
the intended raide eta St. Albans, and the
proposed assassination of the ('resident; but
they refused to publish the letter. I did this
in March last, as to the President's assassi
nation ; also in February, I think ; certainly
before the 4th of March. Surratt delivered
the despatches in lhompson's room, four
or five days before the assassination. The
whole conversation showed t h at Surratt was
one of the conspirators to take the President's
life. That was the substance of the conver
sation. It was also understood that there
was plenty' of money wlten there was any
thing to be done. The conversation indi
cated that Surratt had, a. very few days be
fore, left Richmond ; that he Was just
from Richmond."
While 1 was in Canada I was a corres
pondent for the Tribune, and received tin
compensation except from the Tribune. I
have not received one cent from our own
Government, nor the promise.
_
They never supposed I was a correspon
dent for any paper ; I only said 1 was sea -
ing items. They supposed I was n rebel,
and I was in their confidence. The pro
posed Ogdensburg raid was printed in the
ibune. I did not communicate this mat
ter directly to the Government, for, the rea
son that I supposed the communication in
the Tribune would be seals by the govern
ment officials, and I did not choose. to have
the information go to the Government di
rectly from me. I requested Mr. Gay. of
the Tribune to give the inforthation to the
Govermitent, and I believe he did so. I
saw Surratt in Canadn'for three or four days
in succession, in April last. I had .a con
versation with him personally about Rich
mond. I was introduced to him by Sanders.
I was expected to participate with these
rebey in the raid on Ogdensburg. I 'never
received any pay from them for any service.
I heard the capture of the President talked
of in February. When Mr. Thompson first
suggested the assassination to me, I asked
him if it would meet with the approbation
of the Government at Richmond ; ho said ho
thought it would, but be - would , know in a
few days. This was early in February.
Thompson did not say in April, when these
despatches were delivered, that this waarthe
I first approval they had received of this plot
from llickmond, but I know of no others.
I only inferred that that was the first approv
al. Thompson said in his conversation with mo
that•ki ling a tyrant in such a case was no
murder,:and asited me if I had road a letter
_called "Killing,_no_Marder,'_!.addresiiod-by-
Titus to Oliver Cromwell. This was in
February:. Mr. Efamlin.was'also named in
February, as one of tbeiictims of this scheMe.
' In April, the persons • before named. wore
mentioned, but Mr. Hamlin was omitted
and Vice-President Johnson put in his place.
I ran the blockade from Richmond.
These eemmhellone were 01114111 c bet the
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signature ; they were t. be given as a cover,
so that in case of detection, the parties em
ployed could claim that they were rebel sol
diers, and would, therefore claim to be treat
ed as prisoners of war. It was understood
that they would be protected as such. Thomp
son said if the men who were engaged in
this enterprise were detected and executed.
the Confederate Government would retali
ate; that it was no murder, only killing.
I think Booth was specially commissioned
for this purpose. I saw Booth in Canada
in the latter part of October with Sanders,
at Mr. Thompson's at the St. Lawrence
Hall, dissipating, aml playing billiards. I
have heard these men talk of the burning of
New York, and other enterprises which they
have under consideration now.
There was a proposition before the agents
of these rebels in Canada to destroy the Cro
ten Dam, by which the city of New York 15
supplied with water. It was supposed it
would not only damage manufactures, but
distress the people generally. — Mr. Thomp
son remarked that there was plenty of force,
and the city would lie destroyed by a gener
al conflagration, and if they had thought of
this sooner they might have saved a great
many necks. This was said a few weeks ago.
Thompson, Sanders, Castleman and Gen.
Carol! werepresent. They had arms con
cealed and a large number of men concealed
in Chicago—some eight hundred—for the
purpose (>l'e-idolising the rebel prisoners there.
The Dr. Blackburn charged lit Nassau
with importing yellow fever into this coun
try; is the same person referred to by me ais
intimate with Tholllll,oll in Canada. I saw
him in company with G. N. Sanders, Louis
Sanders, Castletnen, Wm: C. Cleary, Porter
field, Captain Magruder, and a number of
other rebels of less note: Blackburn was rec
ognized there a- ian agent of the Confederate
States, and so represented himself. In Jan
uary last Dr. Blackburn employed a person
named 01111015)11 to accompany him for the
purpose of introducing yellow fever into the
Northern cities to.wit, the cities of N. York,
Philadelphia and Washington. lie wont
from :Montreal to Bermuda, about a year ago
.st fall, for the purpose of getting the cloth
ing infected with yellow fever. I saw bin>
after his return in Canada, and heard Jacob
Thompson and Win. C. Cleary say that they
favored his schemo, and were much interest
ed in if. This was last January.
About the same thin• it was proposed to
destroy the Croton Dan), New York. Dr.
Iflack burn proposed to poi on the reservoirs,
and made a calculation of the am o unt of poi
soniiti4 matter it would require to impreg
nate the - Water S. as to Make an ordinary
draught poisonous and deadly. lie had the
capacity of the reservoirs, and the amount of
water generally kept in them. Strychnine
arsenic. prussic arid, and a number of other
things I do not rememb.r, where named.
Mr. ThoMpson feared it would be impossi
ble to collect so large a quantity of poison _
om= !natter without suspicion, and leading to
detection. :Mr. Thompson approbated the
enterprise. and discussed it freely. Mr.
Cleary did the same ; it was also spoken of
by a Mr. _Montrose A. Pallen, of Mississippi,
and by a person who had been a medical
purveyer in the rebel army. John Cameron,
who lived in Montreal, told me that he was
offered a large room pens: tion. I think Mr.
Thompson win the moneyed agent for all the
other agents; I think Hwy all drew on lrit
for all the money they required ; 1 know
some of them did. When Thompson said it
would be difficult to collect so much poison
without drtcetirrr; Patten and - attn.:l
it could be nviptur,( , kl in Europe. Pallen is a
physician. I think I have heard Harris also
mentioned in connection with the pestilence
itni i iirtntien. I think lie lived lo
There were other parties in Montreal that
Blackburn employed, or endevored to em
ploy, but 1 do not remember their nimies.
StilV Dr. Stewart Robinson, n doctor o f
divinity, residing in 'Toronto; he edited a
Reaper in Kentrteky, I have :Well him with
Thompson and Blackburn, and he was pre
-ent when some of these schemes were dis
cussed ; he approved them. He said that
anything that could be done under heaven
would justify them under the circumstances.
11e appeared upon very intimate terms with
Blackburn and Thompsdn. Three or four
days after the assassination of the President,
I saw John 11. Surratt in Canada, with Por
te: Held, a southern rebel, now declared a
British subject by the Cannaulian Parliment.
I learned immediately afterwards that Sur
rot was suspected, WAS pursued, and had de
camped. I hada knowledge that Jeff. Davis
was the head of the so-called Confetlarate
Slates, V.:115 (11111'd its President, and had con
trol of its civil administration. Gen. Car
roll was present when Surratt brought the
dispatches from Richmond, and when they
were read by Thompson. I believe there
were one or two others.
General Carrol, of Tennessee, then said
be was inure anxious that Mr. Johnson
should be killed than any one else. lie said,
f the damned prick-louse was not killed
somebody," he would kill him himself.
He reeerred to Vice President Johnson. His
expression was a word of contempt for a
tailor; it means a tailor's louse. Bodth was
known in Canada by the niekmune of "Pet."
I think I have heard Thompson so name him,
certainly Cleary. Kennedy who fired the
city of New York, and was executed, was
spoken as having performed Hutt deed by
authority of the rebel Government, under
the direction of Thompson. This was com
municated to me by Thompson himself, or
in conversation in his presence. Thompson .
said Kennedy deserved to be hanged, and he
was devilish glad he was hanged, for he was
a stupid fellow, and had managed things
very badly.
PROGRESS. - The shoemakers have
long enjoyed a reputation for procrasti
nation, above all other mechanics ; but a'
cabinet-maker we have just heard of,,
quite throws in the shade all the disci
ples of St Crispin on record. One of
the most impatient of all customers, (a,l
man who was to be married, as soon as
his house was furnished,) ordered some
sample articles of furniture, and was
every week for several months afterthey
had been promised, assured that the work
was in "progress." At lerigth he indig
nantly demanded the cause of the delay,
and wished a definition of the word "pro
gee."
"Oh, I mean the trees are growing!"
was the consoling reply.
Too TRUE.—OId Briggs asked us the
othei day, it wo could toll why people al
most invariably took a journey after mar
riage. We replied in the negative, and
made application to him for information.
"Because," exclaimed the misanthrope,
"they seek for happiness, and feel satis
fied that they will not find it at home."
_Briggs married when quite young, and
his wife put on his inexpressiblos the
first week; so we concluded not to put
too much dependence on his sayings.
,!^ The 13edouins areacquainted with
few medicines: The desert yields some.
-valuable- simples,- which are, howei , er,
rarely used. - Dr. Sandwith, hearing from
Suttum that the Arabs had no opiates,
asked what they did with one who could
übt sleep. "Do I' l , - answered the Sheikh,
"why, woluiake lige of himl and set him
to watch the camels," •
IGNORANT, BUT • SbUND IN HIS TASTE:":„
—A California gold. digger, saving be
come rich, desired a friend to purchase
him a library of books. Thefriend obey
ed, and received a letter of - thanks thus
worded ant obliged to you for the
pains of your selection ; I particularly ad
mire a grand religious poem about Para
dise, by a Mr. Alilton, and a set of plays
(qu to delightful) by a Alr. Shakespeare
If t write and pub
and send we
riwir werhs."
NO. 25
CAMIA(IE AND Dirro.—"l love you
like anything," said a young gardener to
to his sweetheart. pressing her hand.
'•Ditto," said she, returning the pres
sure.
The ardent lover, who was no scholar,
was sorely puzzled to understand the
meaning of ditto. The next day, being
at work with his father, he said.
"Father, what is the meaning of ditto?"
"Why," said tie old man, "this hero
is one cabbage-hard, ain't it ?"
"Yes, lather."
"Well, that ere's ditto."
"Drat it !" ejaculated the indignant
son, "then she oalled we cabbage bead !"
A French bonnet maker told a custo
mer why complained of the price demand
ed for a bonnet, "Consider, madam, that
it cost me three sleepless night merely to
imagine it."
A gentleman once asked Sir Richard
Steele why the Irish, his countrymen,
were so prone to make bulls. "Indeed,"
said the knight, "I suppose it is some
quality in the soil , for I think that if an
Englishman was born in Ireland'he would
make as many bulls as an Irishman."
Lord Erskine, going on circuit on one
occasion, was asked by the landlord of the
house where lie had lodged how he had
slept. He replied:
"Union is strength : a fact which some
of your inmates seem to be unaware for
had they been unanimous last night they
might have pushed me out of bee !"
"Fleas !" exclaimed Bonifaco affecting
great astonishment; "I was not aware
that I had a single one in the house."
"I don't believe you have," retorted
his guest ; they are all married, and have
uncommonly large families."
CHILDREN AND BREAD.
!. What flower of beauty shall I mar
ry ?" said a handsome young spendthrift
to his miserly governor. To which the
governor replied, with a grim smile—
" M ari-gold."
" I am attending a lady Who is a per
fect goddess of beauty," remarked Dr.
hnobbs, to Dr, Hobbs,7--"Thea," imict
H obbs, who is some on repartee, " you
are no longer a medico, but a doctor of
divinity."
A contemporary gives, as the last swin
dling dodge, an account of the pretended
suicide at a hotel of a well•dressed young
man, who, rifler writing to the landlord
that ho has taken poison, receives the
consolations of the clergyman, the stom
ach-pump of a doctor, £25 from sympa
thising friends, and then leaves on the
first train to lie at the point of death
somewhere else.
When is a chimney like a chicken ?
When it is a little foul.
" You are too pointed," as the muffin
said to the toasting fork.
0 UTRA GEOU S.—An old bachelor being
asked by a pert young miss if he could
account for the application of the term
belle to handsome young ladies, promptly
replied that it was owing to the goodly
proportion of brass in their composition.
FRUIT BASKET.—An elderly maiden,
meeting a newly married man, who had
once been her servant, carrying home a
cradle, exclaimed, "All, John, these are
fruits of marriage."—No, madam," re
plied John, " this be only the fruit bas
ket."
EARLY SioNs.---The first sign of
woman growing old is when she gives up
the habit of writing long letters.
" I mean to abandon my habits of life,"
said a dissipated gentleman.—" Are you
sure, sir, that they are not abandoned
enough already."
" I will not strike thee, bad man," said
a Quaker one day, " but I will let this
billet of wood fall on thee !"—and at that
precise moment the " bad man" was
floored by the weight of the walking
stick that the Quaker was known to carry.
It is not what we earn, but what we
save, that makes us rich. It is not what
we eat, but when we digest, that makes
us fat. It is not what we read, but
what we remember, that makes us learned.
" Parent 6," said a solemn lecturer,
" you have children ; or, if you have not
your daughters may have."
" If you wish to appear ,agreeable in
society," says Talleyrand, "you - , l must
tonsont to be taught many things which
you know already."
" Doctor," said a person once to a sur
geon, " my daughter has had a terrible
fit this morning; she continued full an
hour without knowledge or understand
ing.".
" Oh," replied the doctor, " never mind
that, many people continue so all their
lives."
"Raining pitchforks" is bad, but "hail
ing omnibuses" is worse, says an old jok-.
Ile'Don't attempt. too_nmeh.._ _Knives_
that contain ninety blades, 'four cork
screws, and a boot-jack, are very seldom
brought into action; and for this reason,
in attempting 'too much, they have be=
come so cluinsy and ponderous that men
Itfsmall 'patience can't (*tithe hiMe. of
them. • -
A STRING OF BEADS
A Laker once into his basket did poop
And poiceived a young child lying In It, asleep I
A wit passing by, his astonishment heeded.
And archly observed, ho (blind more than he
needed.
The baker replied, "Naught on oarth can ho
truer;
For ho who kneads broad needs no children, I'm
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