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BY JOHN G. GIVEN
REPORT OF
VM. S. CAMPBELL,
Superintendent of Motive Power and
Supervisor of Repairs, on the ,'llle
gheny Portage Railroad, for the Fis
cal year ending Nov. 30, 1850.
To the Board of Canal Commissioners:
Gentlemen: 1 forward to you at the
earliest possible moment a Report of the
operations in the Motive Power and Re
pair Department of the Allegheny Portage
Railroad during the fiscal year terminating
on the 30th day of November, 1830.
MOTIVE POWER DEPARTMENT.
Immediately after my appointment took
tfTect, I made a thorough examination of
the machinery connected with the road,
and found it required extensive repairs to
be made before the opening of navigation.
I appointed a competent workman to take
charge of stationary engines, with a suffi
cient number of men to put them in prop
er order, and increased the number of men
in the Johnstown and Ilollidaysbargr de
pots to have the necessary repairs made
to locomotives. Everything being in
readiness, the road was opened on the 8th
day of March, and has been conducted
from that time to the present without in
terruption. The machinery of the road j
has been much improved during the past !
season. At its commencement but one of!
the engines at each of the ten inclined j
planes was in running order, the others j
have all had a general overhauling and re- j
pair during the summer, and are now in f
good working order. New boilers have :
been added to Planes No. 1, 3. 4, 7, 8, j
and 9. The best of the old boilers have
been repaired and put in at Planes No. 12, j
and 10. making them all good and safe ex- i
cept one set at Plane No. 8, which will be
furnished during the winter. New foun
dations will be required for the north en
gine at Plane No. 6, and for the south en
gine at Plane No. 8, materials have been
prepared and delivered for the purpose.
A new carpenter shop and locomotive shed
have been erected at the Summit; also a
new shed or extension of Hollidaysburg
depot tor passenger cars to stand in during
vinter and for repairing boat trucks.
These improvements, together with the
Jarge amount of repairs to locomotive and
stationary engines have increased the ex
penditures very considerable, as a much
larger force has been required to do the
work. The condition of the machinery
has been so much improved that slight re
pairs only will be required during the
winter.
There are seventeen locomotives on this
road, sixteen of which are required to be
in constant use. The Maddison, Lancas
ter, Washington and Mountaineer are all
old, light class engines, nearly worn out,
and but of little service, leaving only thir
teen to be relied on. This number is en
tirely too small. The Board passed a
resolution authorizing me to contract with
Messrs. Norris, Brothers, for two first
class engines to be delivered before open
ing of navigation next spring, which I have
done at a cost of fifteen thousand and eight
hundred dollars. With this addition,
there will barely be enough to work the
levels, without having any for extras in
ease of accidents, which frequently occur:
to provide against this exigency I would
think the purchase of another first-class
engine necessary. There will also be re
quired one new six-wheeled tender at a
cost of one thousand and fifty dollars.
For present condition of locomotives, see
Statement No. 13.
I was so well convinced of the practi
cability of using locomotives on levels in
stead of horse power, that I placed a loco
motive on the Summit level at the com
mencement of the business season; this
level has heretofore been worked by horse
power, and the working it with an engine
has been considered inexpedient. The
results of this change has been most satis
factory, as business has been greatly ex
pedited, and at a much less expense to the
Commonwealth. Statement No. 14 will
fully exhibit the propriety and importance
of this change. The contractor for furn
ishing horse power on the level between
Planes No. 2 and 3 withdrew his stock in
May, and I have had it worked since that
time by a locomotive with the same grati
fying results. I am also making the ne
cessary arrangements $o that one can be
placed on the level between Planes No. 8
and 0 next season, as horse power has
been used on it to very great disadvanta
ges. At the opening of the road there were
but twenty sets of trucks in running order;
these being old and much used, I was
obliged to employ men at each end of the
road to attend exclusively to their repair,
whieh has considerably increased the ex
penses of the truck system. They are
now, from being in constant use during
the season, very much out of order, but
arrangements have been made and mate
rials prepared to give them a general re
pair during suspension of navigation. The
above number has been entirely inadequate
to transport section boats without serious
delays. The Board has authorized con
tracts to be made for the building of fif
teen new sets to be delivered at the open
ing of navigation. The work has been
alloted to competent business men at a
cost of twenty-three thousand eight hun
dred and fifty dollars. This addition, to
the number on hand, will be sufficient to
pass the boats with despatch: there may,
however, be some delay for a few days on
account of the rush of boats to either
Johnstown or Hollidaysburg at the open
ing of the road, which cannot be provided
against until the boats and trucks are equ
ally distributed. There have been nine
hundred and fifty-three section boats trans
ported eastward, and nine hundred and
thirty westward, making an aggregate of
one thousand eight hundred and eighty
three, being an increase over last year of
two hundred and sixty-four. For amount
of tolls received, and expenses of truck
system, see Statement No. tf.
Two new passenger cars have been pur
chased and placed upon the road during
the past season, there are now only four
belonfin"- to the Commonwealth, and thev
are required to be in constant use to pass
the two daily lines of passengers thatcross
the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, leaving
no extras for cases of emenrency. These
have been conducted by four State agents, j
appointed by the Board for the purpose, j
There will be two new cars required to j
accommodate the increased travel antici-
thorized me to contract with Messrs. Kim- j
of
Philadelphia for them, i
which I have done, at a cost of three thou
sand and eight hundred dollars. There
will also he required four new baggage
cars for next season. Materials have been
prepared and arrangements made to build
them in the depots during winter. The
number of passengers carried during the
season in the Express line, is nineteen
thousand nine hundred and fourteen. The
number of miles travelled is seven hundred
nryr t Ii i r t t-.rt II f X h I 1 1 . 11 (1 Plcrllt 1 1 1 1 n l"! TPl 1 :l U 1 1
fifty-nine. For tolls received and expen- j
ses. see Statement No. 10. j
The Board last Spring authorized the !
carrying of all emigrant passengers by the
State, except those that travel by section
boats, and the purchase of the cars of 1).
Leech & Co., and Bingham's line, who
were then engaged in carrying them.
This measure has ben, and I have no
doubt will be, a profitable one to ihe State.
There have been eight thousand four hun
dred and eighty-seven passengers of" this
class conveyed over the road during the
season, being two thousand five hundred
and sixty-seven less than last season.
There will be three eight wheeled cars re
quired to accommodate this travel next
year. The cars of Messrs, Leech & Co.,
and Bingham's line, were purchased at an
expense of two thousand and seventy dol
lars. Statement No. 11, will exhibit the
amount of tolls collected, and expenses of
cars and transportation
At the time I took charge of the road, in
company with the principle rigger, I made
a thorough examination of the ropes on
hand, and found them to be entirely in
competent to open the Spring business
without great danger to Commonwealth
and individual property. I was informed
that Mr. Power had made a contract with
Mr. Roebling for new wire ropes to be
delivered on opening of navigation; on
seeing Mr. Roebling I was surprised to
learn that no contract had been made. I
immediately ordered a hemp rope from
James D. Whelham, Esq., of Philadel
phia, which he promptly furnished. I
had the best of the old wire ropes placed
upon the plains, together with the new
hemp rope, and had the splices watced by
a man at several of the plains, until Mr.
Roebling had time to make and furnish
some new wire rope. This condition of
ropes caused very serious delays of busi
ness, as only two cars could pass each
way at several of the plains at a run; while
four and five is the usual load when the
ropes are safe. There will be six new
wire ropes required for next season for
planes No. 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10, at a cost
of twenty thousand dollars.
The receipts for motive power toll du
ring this year, amount to one hundred and
seventy-eight thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one dollars and thirty-nine cents,
being an excess over last year of ten thou
sand four hundred and seventeen dollars
and forty-six cents (10,417 46).
The following exhibits the receipts and
expenditures of the motive power depart
ment during this fiscal year:
The total amount of tolls received
as per report of collectors 178,871 89
The total amount of
Expenses S 12,911 21
Amount paid for two
locomotives 15,813 C5
Amount paid for two
J new passenger cars 3,775 65
1 Amount paid for ten
EBENSBURG, THURSDAY,
emigrant cars 2,070 00
Amount paid for eight
new baggage cars 2,000 U
Amount paid for new
boilers at plains Nos.
7, 8 and 9 3.800 00
Amount paid fur lathe
at Iloliidaysburjr depot 450 CO
Amount paid for founda
tion &. floor in depot 450 00
Amount paid foralied or
extension of depot 1,750 00
Amount paid for carpen
ter f-hop and engine
thed at Summit 50 00
$30,939 30
151.951 94
1'roSts in motive power department $20,919 45
The following exhibits the amount re
quired for motive power purposes from
Dec. 1st, 1850, to Nov. 30th 1831, for de
tails of which, see Sta ement, No. 1:
For direct motive power expenses $14S,20G
00
00
00
00
00
roped
luCo motives and tenders
passenger cars
fifteen sets new boat trucks
yo.ooo
21,750
5 8U0
23,850
Total
S222.C0G 28
From this should be deducted twenty
thousand dollars already appropriated by
Act 10th May, lfeSO, for motive purposes,
from Dec. 1st, 1850, to April 1st, 1851.
IJaNoTE. In making my estimate of
the expenses of 1851, 1 have made no cal
culations for the working of this road at
night. Should the Board determine to
pass the line of passengers that leaves
Philadelphia in the morning, over this
road the same night, it will require an ad-
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sixteen inousauu uouars.
REPAIRS.
At the time I took charge of the road I
found it very much out of repair, so much
so in many places as to render it unsafe
for either locomotives or cars to pass with
out great danger of being thrown ofT the
track. Many of the drains, ditches, and
culverts were filled with wash to such an
extent as to force the water over the bed
of the road, thus keeping the foundation
constantly saturated with water, to the
great injury of the superstructure. The
planes were aiso in a very nau conuition
I was compelled for the interest of the
Commonwealth, as well as for the business
public, to employ a large force of men to
repair the road in such a manner before
the opening of navigation as would guard
against accidents or destruction of proper
ty, and 1 have continued that force during
the season, believing that judicious and
necessary repairs are of the greatest im
portance to the capacity of the road, and
the true policy of its management. In
many places the whole superstructure has
been entirely renewed, and permanent and
substantial improvements in all cases have
been made. New stacks have been erec
ted at planes ??o. 1, 7, 8 and 10; one is
wanted at plane No. 5, which will place
this branch oi repairs in good condition.
New tracks have been laid at the Johns
town and Hollidaysburg boat slips, through
the tunnell, at foot of plane No. 2, at head
of plane No. 3, at foot of plane No. 0,
and at foot of plane No. 8. There has
also been an addition built to the locomo
tive sheil at Johnstown, a new turn-round
and side track at the summit' new coal
houses at several of the planes, and new
side tracks at the Hollidaysburg depot and
packet landing. 1 have deemed these re
pairs necessary to protect the stock of the
road, and to facilitate business. The work
has been conducted by competent men;
good materials have been used in its con-
! struction, and great care has been taken to
have ltdone without unnecessary expense,
and in a durable and permanent manner.
The expenses in this department have
been unusually large, owing to the great
amount of work that has been done, but
many of the foregoing repairs cannot
properly be charged to the direct expenses
of the season. It cannot be expected that
this department will yield much of a rev
enue, owing to the worn out dilapidated
condition of the superstructure. It gives
me pleasure, however, to inform the board
that it is in a much belter condition at
present than when I took charge of it; but
it will require heavy repairs during the
coming season, to render it competent to
to pass the increased tonnage anticipated.
I would recommend the purchase of one
hundred tons of heavy iron to supply de
fective bars. The amount of tonnage
transported over the road during this fiscal
year, is three hundred and fifty-seven mil
lions two hundred and twenty-six thousand
and two hundred and thirty-three pounds,
being an increase over last year of thirty
nine millions one hundred and sixty-eight
thousand, and nine hundred pounds.
The system of clearing, at maximum
rates, large amounts of freight at Pittsburg
and Philadelphia, detracts greatly from
I this road's legitimate source of revenue,
i the reduction of rates on coal made by
,the board last winter has the sam trnrien.
FEBRUARY G, 1831
cy. Thirty millions one hundred and
sixty-eight thousand and five hundred
pounds of coal have been transported this
season, and the toll charged on a section
boat laden with sixty thousand pounds
(being the number of pounds they are al
lowed to carry) is eleven dollars and six
cents, whaa ten dollars and twenty-four
cents is received for passing an empty
boat, thus leaving eighty-two cents for
transporting sixty thousand pounds of coal
across the road. The tolls charged for
passing ten burden cars laden with seventy j this road's proportion of the one hundred j not amount to 50,000, so that it has more
thousand pounds of coal, amount to nine ! and twelve thousand dollars appropriated : than trebled in that short space of time,
dollars and eighteen cents while nine f for repairs after December 1st, 1850, per 1 In 1810, the population of St. Louis was
dollars is received for passing those cars j 24th section of appropriation bill of 10th j only 10,000. It is now upwards of 90,
being empty, leaving in this case only Mav, 1850. j 000. This city is destined to be the
eighteen cents for transporting seventy j
thousand pounds. Thus, you will perceive !
lhat a vast amount of tonnage has been
conveyed over the road, for which it re- :
ceives no visible credit. I do not find ;
fault with the maximum system in the a- j
gregate, but when it is desired to contrast j
the receipts and expenditures of this road, j
it should be borne in mind that if its pro-
portion of maximum tolls were added to s
those collected at Johnstown and Ilolli- !
daysburg, it would show a very different ;
result. i
At the last session cf the Legislature, j
an appropriation of thirty-four thousand
dollars was made for extraordinary repairs
of inclined planes. A new shed and en
gine houses have been built at plane No.
G, and materials have been prepared and
delirered for relaying the ascending track
on plane No. 6 and No. 8, with heavy
iron during the winter. A lare amount
of repairs have been done at the planes
during the season, and necessary arrange
ments have been made to give them a gen
eral repair during the suspension of navi
gation. Statement No. 4 will exhibit the
amount drawn and expended for the above
purposes.
1 he appropriation made per Act of 10th
of May, 1850, for motive power and re-
pair expenses for the fiscal year of 1850,
is deficient by twenty-nine thousand two
hundred and live dollars and ninety-eight
cents; the expenses of the months ol
October and November will have to remain
unpaid until provided for by another ap-
propriation. As the most of this amount
is due to laborers who are in moderate
circumstances, and have large families to
support, I would sutrirest, as a measure of
humanity, that a special appropriation be i ses may be assigned first, the unexam
made as early as practicable for the pay- j pled prosperity of the country since 1 8 45,
ment of the expenses of those two months,
I would also suggest that liberal appropri-
ations be made for the fiscal year 1S51,
so that cash can be paid lor materials, and
payments made to laborers monthly there
can be no loss to the State in making am-
pie appropriations for its improvements,
a thfl stirnlus can be transferred to that of
the succeedina year; but where there is a
deficiency it cannot be corrected until an-
other appropriation is made, and several
months intervene, to the embarrassment of
many needy creditors.
At the last session of the Legislature,
an appropriation was made of nineteen
thousand eieht hundred and fiftv-three
dollars and sixty-three cents, to pay debts
reported by Mr
Power, as due for motive
power and repairs for the fiscal year 1840.
This amount has proved to be much too
small, as I have already paid debts to the
amount of nineteen thousand seven hun
dred and forty-two dollars and fifty-two
cents, and there still remains to be paid,
after deducting a small balance of appro
priations (for which see Statements, Nos.
2 and 3), eight thousand one hundred and
sixty-two dollas and ninety cents for mo-
tive power, and four thousand three hun-
dred and fifty-one dollars and thirty-four
cents for repairs. These amounts, 'added
to the expenses ; of that year as teported,
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iiuuuitru uiiu acveiiiy-nuiu uiuusaiiu out;
hundred and twenty dollars and forty-seven j and steady stream of effective labor direct
cents, and the repairs to fifty thousand and ed upon its shores. How far America
sixteen dollars and four cents. I have i has (rained within the last ten years, in an
made every exertion to ascertain, as near
as possible, the amount of old debts re
maining unpaid, and I believe the above
amounts to he correct. Thfi tpcpint; fnr
l -v.
railroad tolls during this fiscal vear amount
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to sixty-two thousand nine hundred and
twenty-one dollars and six cents, being an
excess over last year of eight thousand
nine hundred and eight dollars and forty -
three cents.
I he following exhibits the receipts and
expenditures of the repair department :
Receipts for railroati tolu 62,931 05
Expenditures for ordi-
narv repairs S 13, 330 03
Expenditures for extra-
ordinary repairs
1 1 ,934 70
55,2 Gl 73
Profits of repair department
7,656 33
The following is an estimate for ordinary
and extraordinary repairs for lb51, fori
details of which see Statements, Nos. 3
and 17 :
For pay of foremen, car.
poolers and laborers 833,501 09
6.300 00
7.500 00
1.550 00
$4S.850 00
Ald ftr one hundred tons to
supply defective raiU
Add for extrdo difiarr repairs
at pe' Staleneut No. 17
Total pm't required for ordinary
e.nd extra jrdinary repairs
C.000 00
8,975 00
63,825 0J
From this should be deducted twenty
thousand dollars set apart by the Board as j
Respectfully submitted,
WM.'S. CAMPBELL,
Sunaintcadent of Motive Power and !
Supervisor of Repairs oi Allegheny
Portage Railroad.
Superintendent's Office, 7
Summit, Dec. Ath 1S50.S
NUMBERING THE PEOPLE OF
AMERICA.
From the London News, Jan. 2.
Like the drops of a great shower, which
"fall heavy, one by one," come upon us
the first returns of the census which is
now being taken in America. In the
For materials
For castings
For miscellaneous ileum
united States, both the general government ' with the census is new distribution of po
and the State governments tike the num- j litical power to which it will give rise.
ber of the people every ten years; but i Representation being based exclusively on
take it alternately, so that, every five ' population, the preponderating numbers
years, a census is had, showing the pro-
j gress and distribution oi the population.
i That taken at the end of eacii decade by
the general government is by fir the most
complete, exhibiting a variety of results
in connection with topics of inquiry which
are not touched upon by those who take
the census of the separate States, under
the authority of their respective legisla-
tures. I lie general cencus is, thereiore,
invariably that which is taken both at
j home and abroad, as the great basis of :
j comparison in esiimatiug the progress
' made by the nation, from time to time, in j
f population and wealth. j
Startling as the results have heretofore
been, they arc destined to be cast com-
pletely into the shade by those about to j
j be disclosed by ihe present census, which
; will exhibit an instance of material and j
J industrial developement unparalleled in j
j the annals of nations. For this, two cau- i
j when the tantt was, lor the lirst time,
j placed on a purely revenue basis, and i
j more especially since 1818, when the:
, stream of California gold set in broadly, ;
deeply, and constantly to the eastward;;
and secondly, the universal extent to which, !
within the last four years, famine, pestil- j
i ence. and political disturbances have i
drained both the. British isles and the con- j
. M
j tinent of Europe of their redundant pop- '
j ulation. It is not to be doubted, that ;
I within the last ten years nearly three;
j millions of ihe subjects of the British ;
! crown have transferred themselves, and ;
virtually their allegiance too, to our trans- ,
; atlantic rivals. The emigration
uurinjr
i that period from (iermany, Denmark, and
i other portions of the continent, has also i
portion;
been unwontedly great,
so sudden and extensive
a transfer to j
America of what is there the most des.ra-
bleofali kinds of capital, viz: emcient
labor, can scarcely yet be calculated, it.it
it is not labor alone llr.it
has been thus
transferred. Money
has jrrme along with
it in unprecedented quantities, tuus iui
- - . . , -
further enhancing the rapid acquisition of.
; the means by which a free and industrious
j people accelerate their individual fortunes
' and national developement.
j But if labor is the foundation of all
, wealth, it is eviuent how great a des.dera-
1 lUUl 11 IIlUoL UC IU l LUUliU Ul UUuliUiv
I ! . t -i i
i resources like iViut'rif, ij nac uu amin
element so essential to national wealtu
and prosperity as population, it will be for
the present census definitely to determine.
lint ,,A,t,-.,t fmm ilir nremonilorv indica-
j 1 U H j um lii ( - " .
I tlnne -l.irh hnvr nlrpadv reached us. wc
WH1BI,- - j -
! cannot be far wrong in assuming that du-
S rinr that period, nearlv fiftv per cent, has
! been added to the population. By the
I census of 1310 the population of the
Union was a little upwards of seventy
i millions. By the present census, it will
j fall but little short of, if it do not exceed.
twenty-five millions. This is, for the
whole Union, more than doubling in
i " ,
' twenty-five years, and when we consider
tnat in some ot tne atates, popuianuu is
actually, though slowly, on the decline.
the rate of increase in other directions
mav be conceived.
Take for instance the valley of the
Mississippi. In 1810 its population did
not exceed 400,000 souls. I he census
of the present year v. ill probably show it
to contain close upon thirteen millions.
Thus, in forty years, a region, the popu-
VOL. 7 NO. 17.
lation of which fell short of half a million,
has come nearly to equal in number the
population of England. In 18G0, the
population of the valley will exceed that
of England and Wales.
The rise of some of the westein cities
seems to have more of magic than reality
in it. The man is yet living who built
the first log hut on the spot which is now
the site of Cincinnati, and that citv is now
j larger than Bristol, containing 150,000
soul?. Ten vears ago its population did
(greatest interior entrepot of trade upon
i the American continent.
But the most extraordinarv
feature in
j the case is the growth of New York. In
i 1S40 its population, including it3 suburbt,
' was about 312,000. It is now estimated
' at close upon 750,000. The progress of
i the continent is typified by the rise and
i progress of New York. In 1860 its
! population will be 1,200,000, and in 1870
! it will be but : tile short of two millions.
i There is no limit to New York but such
j as may be imposed upon it by the com-
, mercial wants of the continent,
j An important consideration connected
of the west will transfer to it all political
j power. W
; liiical balam
e must conless that in the po-
lanre between the different section
; of the confederacy, power could not be
! deposited in safer hands than in those of
i the west.
' Ten years hence the population of
j America will exceed lhat of the British
j Isles.
A DANCE IN CHURCH
One warm Sundav in early summer, a
few year3 ago, a female, who had recently
I emigrated from the 44 green isle," attired
' in a short red cloak, with a capacious
; hood attached to it. strolled into one of
; our most fashionable Episcopal churches.
' As she had lived in a region settled by
' strict Presbyterians, who eschewed instru-
mental music in their churches, her mind
I always associated music and dancing to
! gethcr. Her proficiency in the hater ac-
complishment had been frequently eompli
, mented, when in her younger days she
! figured in the country reels of her neigh-
borhood. On the occasion referred to,
she took her seat in one of the forward
: pews, whose door seemed inttin!v open
She had not sat long, however, before a
company uf dashing bclL-s (the owners of
the pew) arrived, under the conduct of a
spruce young man, whodireetly proceeded,
with the utmost politeness, to bow the
occupant from the pew. At the same
moment the organ b-.'g in to pour forth its
streams of harmony. The good woman
was at first completely confounded, but
set ing tiie gentleman slid bowing gracefully
and becKoning her out into the aisle, shs
; . i - .;.! tl.nt cK
i ; uecaiiiu assuieu, u: un uvu unuu. .wo.
1 , ',
unwittingly strolled into a place ap-
.m-1 . toil i. t.ilio liirht fmt-isiif toe.
anc
i the love of her former habits having been
not qv.i'.e extinguished, she jumped up.
; exclall!linTf ..Well, I can, if I maunua ! I
j ean jr j maunna !" and began capering
j anJ Jown tJ)C uUIq lQ lhe u;ter aslon.
up
io.,,nni f I ti.o f(-in.Tri"T:'tlii!l . WHO COUIu
i ,i,:r u.T,ior r.t ihr- rrolFsnue
, 1 1 vj k iici.am u'vu " fc 1
j .
ll.m,- thf matter was explained
; ...,, i,.1Vf, nPvrr learned, but
i mortification, when she d;d understand
j . easily imagined,
I ' ' '
j Fools. In a town between
south of Boston".
t - . .
i mere were iwo iuki
. i u ti i ir
I d 111 1 1 V .Jm V'l 11 V ltxr.lt w.-
much superior to the other, who was of
low decree. One day they met m the
street, when the aristocratic idiot exclaimed
to tlm other. "Lezer! Lezer ! vou area
fool.
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ered
Eleaser, drawing in
his hanging tongue.
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fool, and don t
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IT' A lady who lives about ten miles
from Germantown, affirms that her boy s
are the most temler-lieanea cnuuren
ever knew, one av s ma. u -----one
of them to draw a pail of water, he
instantly bursts into tears.
The Height of Faxcv. To bay a.
glass of port wine for three cents, and still
imagine there is a grapey flavor about it.
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wife about hts coffee? When he has sum
cicnt grounds.