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nent, as the bugs gained the summit of the
first lump, and the weight of the fat one
began to slide him down the descent.
7 Two to one on my nag,' said Tim as
he saw the other one's tail tly up. , The
roce is mine.'
'Not so sure o' that--I'll take the bet,'
replied the other.
Just at this moment Tim's bug tumbled
head over heels on a short straw that lay
on the sheet. During the process of tur
ning him round, according to the rule, the
'big bug' got on the last quarter stretch,
and was heeling it like a shoemaker for the
hole in a tlie sheet.
rim got his bug under way again, and
flung a quantity of tobacco juice so that
the bug in avoiding it would run to the
nearest point of the coming out, or rather
the 'going in' place. The 'haniiiinal' took
the turn as 'rim expected, and running
past [the other whose wind was slightly
damaged, came past him like a mad snail,
rushing home and heating the other about
'two stripes' The closest race on record.
Quick Simple's 'cliesnut mother,' bed
igree unknown—half an inch high;
unbroke. 1 m. 2is
Timis— rim Avon's claret bug, out of
, Beleter,' seventeen days old, car
rying aftather.
Distance, four feet, eight inches.—N.
0. Times.
Proclamation.
WHEREAS, in and by an act of the
General Assembly of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled 'An
act relating to the elections of this Com
monwealth, enacted on the 2nd day of
July, 1839, it is rejoined on me to give
public notice of such an election to be
held, and to enumerate in such notice,'
what officers are to be elected, 1, JOSEPH
SHANNON, Sheriff of the county of
Huntingdon, do therefore hereby make
known, and give this
PUBLIC NOTICE
to the electors of the said county of Hun
tingdon, that a
GENERAL ELECTION
will be hell in the said county on the
SECOND TUESDAY IN OCTOBER,
next (being the Bth day of the month), all
the several districts composed in the fol.
lowing order, viz:
Ist Districtcomposed of part of Hen
derson township, west of the line begin
ning at thence, west so far as to include
the farms owned by Michael Speck and
the heirs of James Kelly, to Mill Creek,
thence up the said creek to West town
ship line, thence along said line to the
line of Mifflin county, and also a part of
Porter township, and all that part of Wal
ker township not in the 20th district, at
the Court House in the Borough of Hun
tingdon.
2nd District composed of Dublin town
ship at the house of Mathew Taylor, jr.
in said township.
5d District composed of Warriorsmark
township and parts of Tyrone and Antis
townships, at the house new occupied by
Christian Buck, in Warriorsmark.
4th Distrio composed of the township
of Allegheny, at the house of Jacob Black.
sth District composed of that part of
the township of Woodbury, and part of
Morris, at the house of Christian Hewit,
in Wdlianisburg.
6th District composed of all that part
of Woodbury township, laying South of
a line to commence at the line of said
township oa the summit of Tussey's moun
tain, thence to run westwardly, so as to
include the house of Joseph Everhart, and
south of the house of Aaron Burns, John
Ditch, and Peter Sorrick, so as to include
the power mill on Piney creek, and them::
to the line of said township on the sum
mit of Canoe mountain, at the house of
Casper Oiling, jr. in said township.
7th District composed of the township
of Hopewell, at the house of David Si
monton, in said township.
Bth District composed of the township
of Barree, at the house of John Harper,
in the town of Salesbury, in said township.
9th District composed of the township
of Shirley, at the house of John Lutz, in
Shirleysburg.
loth District composed of that part of
Antis township not included is the 2nd
district, at the house of Juhn Bell in An
tis township.
11th District composed of Porter and
part of Henderson township, at the
school house in the town of Alexandria.
12th District composed of the town
ship of Franklin, at the house of William
Lytle.
District composed of Tell town
ship, at the Union school house near the
Methodist meeting house in said town
ship.
. _ _
14th District composed of Springfield
township, at the school house near Hun
ter's Mill.
15th District composed of part of Union
township, at the house occupied by L. S.
Liguard in said township.
16th District composed of that part of
Henderson township not included in the
lot District, at the public school house in
the village of Roxbuiy.
17th District composed of that part of
Tyrone township laying east and south of
the following described hounds, begining
at the bridge opposite the paper mill on
Spring Run, thence along the road to the
holm of Johu Clark, the south of the
house of the said Clark, and the house
wow erected at Tyrone forge, to the Antis
township line, at tne house of James
Crawford in Tyrone township.
11th District composed of Morris town.
c,hip, at the house of Frederick Kuhn in
said 1.01,116hir,
19th District composed of the township
of West. at the school house on the farm
of James Dennis in said township.
4 20th District composed of those parts
of the townships of Hopewell and Walker
in the county of Huntingdon, within the
following boundaries, to wit: beginning
at Ilartsock's Gap in Tussey's mountain,
thence down Gardner's Run, so as to in
clude the house of Mathew Garner, Isaac
Bowers and George Brumbaugh; thence
in a straight line through Forshey's Gap
to the Union township line, thence down
the same to a point opposite David Cor
bin's, thence down on a straight line, in
cluding the house of David Corbin, to the
corner of Porter township, on the hun
tingdon and Woodcock Valley road;
thence along the said summit to the place
of beginning, shall hereafter be a seperate
election district, and that the general elec
tion for said district be held at the house
occupied by Jacob Magahy, in the village
of McConnellsburg.
91st District composed of that pall: of
the township of Union, In the county of
Huntingdon, beginning on the line of Bed
ford county where the line of Springfield
and Union townships meet, thence by the
line between the townships to a point on
said line, nearly opposite John Caufman's
so as to include his farm, thence by a
straight line to Hopewell township line at
Forshey's Gap, on Terrace mountain,
thence by the line of Hopewell and Union
townships, to Bedford county line, thence
to said place of beginning, shall hereafter
be a seperate disteict, and the electors
thereof shall hereafter hold their general
elections at the house now occupied by
J. Henderson in said district.
' 22nd District composed of that part of
West township on the south-east side of
Warrior ridge, beginning at the line of
%Vest and Henderson township, at the
foot of said ridge to the line of Barree
township; thence by the division line of
Barree and West tewnships to the sum
mit of Stone mountain, to intersect the
line of Henderson and West townships,
thence by said line to the place of begin
fling, shall be a seperate election district,
Ito be called "Murrey's Run district," and
that the electors therein shall hold their
general elections at the house now occu
pied by Benjamin Corbir, on Murrey's
Run.
23d District composed of Cromwell
township, shall hold their general elec
tions at the house now occupied by Win.
M. Carrel in Orbisonia.
24th District composed of all that part
of Frankstown township, lying east of the
following lines viz: Beginning where the
Allegheny township line crosses the Brush
run, thence down said run, thence down
the Beaver darn branch of the Juniata to
the Forks above Lowry's mill; thence up
the south fork of said run, to where the
great road crosses the same, leading from
liollidaysburg to the Loop, thence a
straight line to the Woodbury line on the
north end of the Cove of Loop mountain,
shall hereafter be a seperate election dis
trict, and the electors thereof shall hold
their general elections at the house now
or lately occupied by David Ditch in the
Borough of Frankstown.
25tii District composed of the town
ship of Fraakstown, constituting a seper
ate election district to hold their election,
therefore at the public school house in
Hollidaysbur;.
At which time and place will be elec
ted,
Til 0 PERSONS
To represent the county of Hunting
don in the House of Representatives of
Pennsylvania.
ONE COMMISS !ONER
For the said county.
ONE AUDI'
To settle the public accounts •f the
said county.
ONE PERSON
To fill the office of Coroner of said coun.
ty.
ONE PERSON
To fill the offices of Prothonotary, Clerk
of the Courts of Quarter Sessions, Oyer
and Terminer.
ONE PERSON
To fill the office of Register of wills,
Recorder of deeds, and Clerk of the Or-
phans' Court.
And the Sheriff of every county in the
Commonwealth, is directed by the said
act of Assembly, to give notice,
"That every person, excepting justices
of the peace, who shall hold any office or
appointment of profit, or trust under the
government of the United States, or of
this State, or of any city or incorporated
district, whether a commissioned officer
or agent, who is, or shall be, employed
under the legislative, executive or judici
ary department of this State, or of the
United States, or of any or incorporated
district, and also, that every member of
Congress, and of the State Legislature,
any of the select or common council of
any city, or commissioners of any incor
horated District, is by law, incapable of
olding or exercising, at the same time
the office or appointment of Judge, In
spector or Clerk of any election of this
commonwealth, and that no Inspector,
Judge, or other officer of any such elec
tion, shall be eligible to any office to be
then voted for."
By the said act it is directed, that the
qualified citizens of the several election
districts shall meet on the Friday neat
preceding the second Tuesday of October
next, (to wit the 4th day of October 1839)
at the several places now prescribed by
law for holding district and township elec•
tionn, and eaclt of the said qualified citi-,
.......,
, shall vote by ballot for one person as judge,
and also for one person as Inspector of
election,—and the person having the
5 greatest number of votes for Judge, shall
. be publicly declared to be judge of Elec.
, tions ; and the two persons having the
, greatest number of votes for Inspector
' shall be publicly declared to be Inspectors
of elections.
The Constables of each township and
district are required to give at least ten
(lays notice, of the time and place of hold
ing the election of Inspectors &c. And
the election of said Inspectors and Judges,
shall be conducted by the officers hereto
fore required by law to hold the elections
of Inspectors and Assessors, in the sever
al townships in this Commonwealth.—
And the same shall be conducted in the
manner heretofore prescribed by law.
The said elections for Judges and Inspec
tors, are to be opened between the hours
of eight and ten o'clock in the forenoon,
by a public proclamation thereof, made
by the officers appointed to hold the same,
and shall be kept open until seven o'clock
in the afternoon, when the polls shall be
closed the number of votes forthwith as
certained, and the persons highest in vote
publicly declared to be elected.
In case the person who shall have re
ceived the second highest numbs of votes
for inspector, shall not attend on the day
of election, then the person who shall
have received the second highest number
of votes for judge at the next preceding
election, shall act as inspector in his
place. And in case the person who shall
have received the highest number of votes
for inspector shall not attend, the person
elected a judge shall appoint an inspector
in his place ; and in case the second per
son elected a judge, shall not attend, then
r the inspector who shall have received the
highest number of votes shall appoint a
judge in his place ; and it any vacancy
shall continue in the board for the space
of one hour after the time fixed by law for
the opening of the election, the qualified
voters of the township, ward or district,
for which such officer shall have been elec
ted, present at the place of election, shall
elect one of their number to fill such va
cancy"
"In case any clerk, appointed under
the provisions of this act, shall neglect to
attend at any election during said year, it
shall be the duty of the inspector who ap
pointed said clerk, qualified as aforesaid,
who shall perform the duties for the year.
And the return judges of the respec
tive districts are required to meet at the
Court house in Huntingdon, on the Fri
day succeeding the second Tuesday in
October, then and there to perform the
duties enjoined upon them by law.
Given under my hand at Huntingdon, the
11th day of September 18:39, and of the
independence of the United States the
sixty-third.
JOSEPH SHANNON, Sheriff.
[God save the Commonwealth.]
PUBLIC SALE•
W ILL be offered at public sale on
Saturday the sth day of October
next, all that valuable tract of land situa
ted in Tyrone township, on the bank of
the little Juniata river, adjoining lands of
Lyons Shorb & Co., J. K. McCahen and
others, about one mile from Tyrone For
ges; containing FIFTY-THREE Acres,
and one hundred and twenty perches,
with the usual allowance. About twen
ty acres cleared and under fence, the
residue is good timber land,—thereon
erected a large two story dwelling house,
a frame barn, and a frame fulling mill,
with other out buildings. There is two
excellent springs of limestone water and
a good apple orchard thereon. There is
also an excellent site for a forge, a grist
mill, or a manufacturing establishment of
Ldinost any description, with a never
failing supply of water throughout the
year. There is also the appearance of an
abundance of Iron ore thereon; and slieuld
the present contemplated rail road be'
constructed from Huntingdon to Holli
daysburg along the valley of the little
Juniata, it will pass immediately through
the same. For any further particulars
enquire of the subscriber on the premises.
MOSES ROBESON.
September 11th, 1839.
TAKE NOTICE.
That the claims of Jacob H. Stover,
late of Morris township, are due shortly
—Being his agent, I wish prompt ply- 1
ment, or agree to other requirements on
that day; or said claims will be left in the
hands of another. His orders are per.
emptoty, I will obey them.
JOHN AURANDT.
Morris tp. Sept. 11, 1839.
ORPHAN'S COURT SALE
IN PURSUANCE of an order of the
Orphan's Court of Huntingdon county,
will be exposed to Public Sale on Sat
urday the 21st day of September, next, at
one o'clock P. M.--All that certain House
I and Lot of ground situate in the town of
Salsbury in Union township in the county of
Huntingdon, adjoining a lot of the heirs of
William Rosenberry dec'd., the heirs of
Elijah Corbin, deceased, and Andrew
Shaw; said lot containing out one fourth
of an acre. Terms of sale:—One half of
the purchase money to be paid on confirma
tion of the sale, and the residue in one year
thereafter, with interest, to be secured by
Bond and Mortgage of the purchase. At
tendance will be given by
JACOB M. COVER,
. .
Guardian of Ferdinand Corbin,
August 28, 1839.
teMITIII=OritOMM
The credit that is got by a lie only lasts
felel the truth colors out,
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THE JOURNAL.
'One country, one constitution, one destiny
Huntingdon, Sept.. 11 1839.
Democratic .Intimasonic
CANDIDATES.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN, WM:11, HARRISON
OR VICE PRESIDENT
DANIEL WEBSTER,
FLAG OF THE PEOPLE:
Kr - A single term for the Presidency, and
the office administered for the whole PEO
PLE. and not for a PARTY.
• re A sound, uniform and convenient Na
tional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants of
the whole COUNTRY, instead of the SHIN
PLASTERS brought about by our present
RULERS.
frrECONOMY. RETRENCHMENT, and RE •
FORM in the administration of public affairs,
U - " Tired of Experiments and Experi
menters, Republican gratitude will reward
unobstr•usivc merit, by elevating the sub
altern of WASHINGTON and the desciple of
JEFFERSON. and thus resuming the safe and
beaten track of our Fathers,—L. Gazette.
Electorial Ticket.
JOHN A. SHULZE, Sen'to'l
JOSEPH RIT N ER, S electors
Ist Disirict LEVIS PASSMORE,
2d do CADWALLADER EVANS.
do CHARLES WATERS,
3d do JON. GILLINGHAM,
4th do AMOS ELLM AKER,
do JOHN K. %ELLIN,
do DAVID POTTS,
sth do ROBERT STINSON,
6th do WILLIAM S. HINDEU,
7th do J. JENKINS ROSS,
Bth do PETER FILBERT,
9th do JOSEPH H. SPAYD,
10th do JOHN HARPER,
11th do WILLIAM M'ELVAINE,
12th do JOHN DICKSON,
13th do JOHN M'KEEHAN,
14th do JOHN REED,
15th do NATHAN BEACH,
16th do NER MIDDLESWARTH,
17th do GEORGE WALKER,
18th do BERNARD CONNEI LY,
19th do GEN. JOSEPH MARKLE,
20th do JUS'I'ICE G.FORDYCE,
,21st do JOSEPH HENDERSON,
• 22d do HARMAR DENNY,
123 d do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON,
124th do JAMES MONTGOMERY,
125th do JOHN DICK.
COUXTI• TICKET,
FOR PROTHONOTARY
James Steel, of Huntingdon
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER.
John Reed, of Morris tp.
AssEmnLY.
John Morrison, of Shirley tp.
Joseph Higgins, of Hollidaysburg
SHERIFF.
John Brotherline, of Hollidaysburg
COMMISSIONER.
Joshua Roller, of Williamsburg.
AUDITOR .
John Skier, of Warriorsmark tp,
CORONER.
James A. 111. 9 Calima, of Blair tp,
NOTICE—The Sacrement of the Lord's
supper will be administered in the Secee
der Church, on the fourth sabbath of this
(September) month.
•••• — • _ ..• siTsmas
The Rioters.
Last week we gave the opinion of Judge
Hummel, in the case of the Harrisburg
1 1 rioters. Jim Porter quashed the indict-
Iment against them. Thus fulfilling the
(cause of his appointment. We have
marked fot neat week several articles set
ting out the matter in its proper light.
Kohler the man who was apprehended,
as the murderer of the Pedlar, at Lan
caster last winter, has been tried and
found guilty of murder in the first degree.
The person who was his companion when
apprehended turned states evidence.
Kohler having confessed to him, the
whole truth in his cell.
"Hush my dear lie still and slumber"
as Davy R. said to his old debt, when he
plead the "statute of repose."
"Look out for Indians" as G. \V. Bar
ton said, when he came here to plaster up
Porter's character.
Dr. Dyott, has been sentenced to three
years solitary confinement in the Peniten
tiary, at hard labor. lie is a fraudulent
Insolvent. But his fraud sent misery and
distress among hundreds of the poor.
There is some difference now between the
situations of D. R. Porter and T. W.
Dyott.
The Libel Suit.
In the annexed communication from M•
Flenner; will tie people at home and
abroad, see, what reliance can be placed
upon the statements, misrepresenta
lions, and false arguments of Porter's
friends, relative to the Jury. Mr. Flen
ner has shown himself above the polluted
atmosphere of a politician; and that he
cannot sit and tamely submit to hear his
fellow Jurymen denounced as perjured,
prcjudiced political scoundrels; when he
can prove such charges false. He have
let them run before the wind, until they
have litterally shipwrecked their cause
upon the rock of folly and falsehood. The
opinions of Mr. Flenner can be looked
upon as candid & fair; a friend of Mr. Por
ter would not be very likely to be misled,
as he says, "against his duty, his oath, and
his politics." Showing at once that he
acted, honestly, and in obedience to his
sacred oath; spurning as unworthy an
American Juror, the fdictates of party,
prejudiced, or political feeling. The char
ges against the Jury, now, dwindle to
nothing, and stand in bold relief as the
pure coinage of a wicked, and degraded
falselier.
Mr. Flenner has given this to us with
out any previous solicitation from us. It
is the willing offeri ig of an honest man,
in deleance of his fellow jurors; and i
comes with.the irrisistible weight of truth.
It is proven by the verdict—it is proven
by the opinions of the honest of both par_
ties—and it is proven by the conduct of
Mr. Flenner himself.
These unprovoked attacks upon the char
acter of twelve men, whose characters are
unimpeachable, add no credit or strength
to their cause, as the friends of Davy wilt
learn when he sees how many of his for
mer friends will plead the Statute of Re
pose on him, and say we have known you
too long to support; our debt :of gratitude
is too old to pay. But read the letter.
BROTHER JURYMEN
As one of that Jury,
whose verdict has caused so much talk,
and false statements. 1 feel as if it was
my duty to notice the way some men are
going on about that verdict. I sin a plain
man, and one who is willing to tell the
truth, and do what my conscience tell s
me is my duty; and when I do it, I am wil
ling always to speak my mind in defence
of it.
I seen in the paper printed at Hunting
don, things said against us, that every sin
gle man on that Jury knows is not true.
That paper says, we did not give an hon
est verdict; that we was tampered with,
and went against "all the evidence and all
the /tie." Either this la a lie, or you and
I are perjured villians. That paper says
we were "politically selected; political in
the box, and talked too, by a squad of po
litical scoundrels;" that paper says "this
cause was decided expressly on political
grounds;" that paper says, "no man on
that traverse, dare this moment say Camp
bell was not guilty in manner and form, as
he stood indicted." Now neighbors, I
dare say so this moment. I dared to say
so when sworn on the holy Evangelist, to
act Justly between man and man ; and I
know what my oath was, as well as any
set of fe'lows, wha dare tell twelve better
men, than any one of them, that they are
perjured, because they, knowing what
they had sworn, would not violate that
oath, to screen any man, or to please any
set of men. I think we knew our duty
and our oaths; and I think we lived up to
them. Now as I swore to answer to Go.I
at the great day, to do what I thought was
right; so I acted, and I feel proud to say
that eleven other men as honest I believe
as ever went into a jury box; thought, and,
done as I did; and never was there a great
er falsehood told, than to say we decided
that cause an political grounds. I 'was
friendly to the party which supported Por
ter; I never was a politician, but, must
say, that I never saw a Jury which tried
harder to do all their acts with a regard
for their oaths, and for the rights of their
citizens. 'There was not the least bit of
party or political feeling shown; and those
on the Jury who were opposed to Mr. Por
ter ( if there were any ) never dune any.
thing to make me think they did not wish
to do justice. That paper says 'that there
was ten Arti-masons, and two Demo
crats.' I am a Democrat, and of course
they count me as one of the two, of course
I would not do, what I did not think was
right, when what I did, was against my
I
oath, against my duty, and against my politics; and as it takes the consent of the
whole Jury to find a verdict, I am as bad
as any if I gave a verdict against the law
and the testimony. Are our honest citi
zens to be called peijurers, because they
will not violate their oath, to please pelt
ticians. If this is what they call being a
Democrat, I can say, I cannot be a Demo
crat, at the price - of my soul; and I want
lall my brother Jurors to say whether they
were talked too by:scoundrels. No scoun
drels talked to me, and none but a scowl
drel would talk OF me, and eleven other
better and honester men, than he cart ev
er hope to be, as some now talk about us.
Never did any body see or hear bigger,
and more lies told about a Jury, than is
now heard and seen in this paper called
the "Advocate and Sentinel."
Brother Jurymen, you now know what
I think of these thing; and I want you all
to say what you think. I think if the
honest Jurymen of our county, are to ho
made out perjured when they wont do
what polical knaves want, it is high time
for them to refuse to go on a Jury, and it
is high time for them to show that they
will not destroy their reputation, and souls,
to save those of any others, be they ever
so high, or to please politicians who think
it of more importance, to save an election,
than to save their souls.
MARTIN FLENNER.
The Costs.
‘."hey (the jury) thought the five bun
. :lollars it would [costs was as much
he could bear."—Advocate Aug. 9-1.
They ordered him to pay a bill of cost?,
which they supposed would amount to
8500.—1 b. Avg. 2.
They believed him guilty by ordering
him to pay the costs of Prosecution, which
they supposed would amount to ssoo—lb.
Sept. 4.
The above extracts will show that the
papers under the pay of Porter, are bmei
ly engaged in making it appear that Rob.
ert Campbell was put into a very heavy
cost, and that in consideration thereof, ho
was found not guilty. In order that their
wilful and contemptible lies, may meet
the credit which they deserve,—and no
more, we have taken the trouble to ob.
tain a copy of the bill of costs, over the
signature of Mr. Porter's own Prothono
tary ; and our readers can see that the
whole story of the heavy bill of costs is
all folly. We are however rrfectly wil
ling to say that they are larger than we
should have put upon Mr. Campbell, with
suds evidence, before us. —But this much
we do know, honest oath taking Davy,
would have gladly compounded, that th e
jury should have made Campbell guilty—
and put the cost on to himself. But as it
is they pronounce him guilty—and Mr.
Campbell pay the cost, but they do not
amount to "five or six hundred (Idiom',
as these truth telling beauties make it ap..
pear. But here is the bill of cost, the
whole amounts only, to $1 12 !
In the Court of Quarter Sessions of the
Peace in and for the County of Hun
tingdon.
r Nov. Sessiuns 1858
Commonwealth I No. 7, Indictment
3 Libil, verdict of Jury
Cs. I ..Not Guilty , but
Rubt. Campbell I that he pay the costs
lof prosecution.'
BILL or cosm
Attorney Gen
County
Justice
Constable
Pros. Bill
Clerk
$ll2 Or
From the Record 9th Sept., A. D. 18S9
Certified by
JNO. CRESS WELL,
Clerk.
.In Insolvent Stale.
It there be any thing which causes re
,gret, in the minds of every honest Penn
sylvanian; it must be the present utter
prostration of the State Credit. The
Loan advertised for the repairs, is not yet
taken; neither arc some of the others, ad
vertised long since. What can this mean?
Is there not some cause which it is the du
ty of the honest freemen of the. Slate to
find out. Three years ago, and money
was only asked, to be obtained; now the
most servile begging will not get enough
to pay the poor laborers who toil by days,
works on the canal and rail road. Let
every man who is anxious to preserve the
honor and credit of the State; examine
carefully, and see if he cannot discover in
the character of oar Governor—the char
acter of the officers—The scenes of riot at
Harrisburg; and their mad opposition to
credit and contracts; the blighting poison
which has distroyed all. It was never
thus before; and God grant it may never
be thus again. Poor Pennsylvania pros
tituted in fortune and in fame. Bankrupt
in funds and credit! How humilliating
to think 01--In one year has she fallen
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