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ADVERTISEMENTS.
IVUSILIAGTOM HOTEL,
Corner of Market Street and Market Square,
HARRISBURG ; PA.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs his
friends and the public that he has ta•
ken the WASHINGTON HOTEL—that
well known tavern stand situated at the cor•
ner of Market street and Market Square,
Harrisburg, lately occupied by Maj. George
W. Johnson, which he hag fitted up in a su-
perior manner, with ehtire new furniture of
the newest fashion and• best quality, from
garret to cellar. The house has also un
tiergone a thorough repair, and is put in
the best condition for the accommodation of
customers.
He takes the liberty to 'state that the
Washington Hotel shall be kept in the beat
manner. His Table will always be furnished
by the beat the market affirds, and so serv
ed as to suit his guests. His Bar will be
rupp'ied with the host of wines and liquors
of all kinds. His Stable, (the largest in
Harrisburg,) will be attended by faithful
2 \ Ostlers, and every attention given that can
lie desired. As he is desirous of proving
that ho is determined to keep a house not
excelled in Harrisburg, he respectfully . in
vites travellers, members of the Legislature
and others, to call and judge for themselves,
as ho will be happy at an, and all times to
see them.
Oct. 5.
South Fourth at. between Atoka h Chnnut ate.
PHILADELPHIA.
DAVID MILLER,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends
and the public, that he has removed
from the Western Hotel in Market street,
to that large and commodious Hotel former
ly held by B. Duke, sign of the
INDIAN QUEEN.
This Hotel is situated in South Fourth at.
between Market and Chesnut streets, in the
very centre of the business part of the city,
and will therefore be found very convenient
for Merchants and busine a men generally.
The buildings have been completely and
thoroughly repaired by the subscriber, and
no expense has been spared in arranging
and furnishing the rooms so as to promote
the comfort and convenience of those who
may favor the house with their custom.
Gentlemen travelling with their families,
can have private parlors furnished in the
best manner, with chambers attached to
them, whore they can enjoy privacy and se.
elusion, or the companionship• of their
friends, as may be most desirable.
The Bar and Cellar a have boon provided
with the best Liquors and the choicest
IVines of every description.
The Table will at all times be supplied
with every delicacy which the season arid
market can afford, and every exertion made
to please the palate of customers.
The Reading Rooms are well supplied
with the leading journals of different cities
as well as with a great variety of the coun,
try Journals of the State.
The Servants will bo found careful and
trust worthy.
Attached to the Hotel are very extensive
STA BLEB, calculated to accommodate one
hundred horses, and under the superintend
ence of careful and attentive hostlers.
IC7i). M. returns his sincere acknowl
edgements for the very liberal encourage.
ment heretofore received, and feeling confi•
dent that ho can furnish his guests with fare
which will. lose nothing by a comparison
with other houses, and that his apartments
and their furniture are fully equal to those
of any other hotel in the city, he respectful
ly solicits a further share of public patro
nage.
Nov. 4. ly
PLOUGHS, PLOUGHS.
AV I N G been appointed agent for
0 -- 11 - selling Witherow 4. Peirce's
Patent Cycloidal Self sharpening
PLOUGHS r
and the same with WROUGHT IRON
SHEARS, would hero invite the attention
sof Farmers generally to those newly invent.
ad ploughs, as being an improvement on
any Self-sharpening Plough that has yet
been offered to the public.
...On hand and for sale at the Mill of the
subieriberjn Germany townsbi?, and at his
01Mir*.In. Gettysburg.
GEORGE ARN 0 LD.
4t
WANTED,
A FARM NAN D.
r i IRMI the Tat of' April next, on a small
Farm. near York Springs. To one
who can come well recommended for in•
44ustry, capability and good moral charac
ter, liberal wageffwsll be given. None oth.;
er need apply. Application to be muds to
I. G. CA PITO,
Petersburg, (Y. S.)
at
Cri :Ft%
.1111ETERMINED to make adequate
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turns for the liberal and increasing en
couragement given to this paper, which
bears aloft the name, and defends the honor
and interests of the EMPIRE STATE--
the publishers propose, on the commence
ment of the year 1840, to issue this paper
in tho folio form, on an enlarged sheet of the
Mammoth Size, to exceed in size and style
of execution, any weekly newspaper publish
ed in this city ,or country. The most am•
ple arrangements are making to give to the
paper all those attractions, as a well conduct
ed Political, Literary and Miscellaneous
Journal, which the intelligence and good
taste of the present age require. In its ar
rangement and executton, and the amount
of reading matter it will Contain, as well as
in its early and faithful record of News, for
eign and domestic, local and general, the
EMPIRE ST kTE will be unequalled. It'
will remain staunch as it ever has been, in
support of sound Democratic Whig Princi
ples—an advocate of Public and Private
Ecoirmy, Public and Private Virtue, Equal
Rights and Equal Laws, And in catering
for tho general reader, we shall spare no
pains or expense to render the paper attlic
iive, valuable and useful. The choicest se
lections will be regularly made from the
current Literature of the day, together with
ample original contributions from the pens
of able and practised writers.
WM. E. CAMP.
- • em
THE Subscribers begs leave, respectful.
ly to inform the citizens of Gettys
burg, and surrounding country, that he has
commenced, the above business, together
with HOUSE PAINTING, AND TUR
NING, &c. Arc., in Chambersburg street,
nearly opposite the Apothecary and Book
store of Mr. S H. Buehler, where he will
at all times be prepared to execute all orders
in the above business with neatness and de.
spatch; ho will also keep a supply ofChairs
of every description constantly on hand,
which for neatness and durability cannot be
surpassed by any manufactured in this sec
tion of country. He hopes by strict atten.
tiod to business and a desire to please, to
merit and receive a share of public patron.
age. ADAM KITZMILLER.
IT3II'W" GOODS.
Thos. J. Cooper,
IS just receiving, and-offers to the public
a large and splendid assortment ofgoods,
suitable for the season, such as
Cloths, Cassimere and Cassinetts, Flan
nels, lfireno Shawls, Calicoes, Muslims,
Shoes, 4-c.
Hardware, Queensware, Oro
.
eeries, 4e.
all of which will be sold at the most reduced
prices,for cash or produce: all that he wants
is for them to call, and be a judge for them.
selves. Lumber of all kinds taken in ex•
change fot goods.
Oct. 21. 3t.
JUST received and for sate at his old
stand, a large stock of
JV'Elle° GOODS,
among whkh is a great variety of cheap
Cloth, Coatings, Cassinetts,
Nerinoes, Calicoes, Silks,
Domestic Goods—and a vary &eat vari•
ety of Fancy Goothr—rdso,
Hardware, Stoves, .Stc. dr,c.
Call and see, the above goods wilt be sold
at prices to suit the times. for Cash or pro.
duce.
GEO. ARNOLD.
P. S. Old Metal, Copper and Brass, ta
ken in exchange for new Stoves or Gonda.
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ADVERTISEMENTS•
Gouley's Vegetable Medicines.
UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS!
No medicine has, perhaps, ever met with such
• decided and general success as
Genley's Vegetable Bitters.
MUM medicine has been but a few years
before the public, and the demand for
it has already become so great, that the sub.
scriber finds it difficult to supply the numer
ous orders which he is constantly receiving.
Innumerable Certificates in hts possession
bear testimony to its medicinal virtues and
attest the fact of its having preserved the
lives of hundreds both in this city and else
where.
His VEGETABLE COUGH DROPS,
a new article, are also getting into general '
use, having been productive of the most be
neficial effects in hundreds of families of the
first respectability in this city and "vicinity!
and although they have in one instance, but
without any foundation or truth, been pro
nounced poisonous, HUNDREDS of certiCcates
can be produced of their having performed
positive and effectual cures in the most obsti
nate cases, both on young and old, and lie
now challenges any one to produce satisfac
tory evidence that there . is one particle of
any ingredient in their composition that can
injure a person in the lowest stage of any
disease.
Having administered his medicines in al
most all diseases to which the human fami•
ly aro subjected, he never, in a single in
stance, found them to produce any injurious
effects, but, on the conirary,they have been
attended with the most complete success.
N. B.—As the Fever and Ague is very
prevalent at this season of ilia year, he can
confidently.recommend his
VEGETABLE BITTERS
as a CERTAIN coaE,and invites all who may
be afflicted with this dreadful disease to
make trial of them.
The attention of Masters and Owners of
Vessels Is called to this medicine; it will be
found of great benefit nmiing their crews,
and a sure preventative of many of the di.
senses to which the mariner is subject during
long and tempestuous voyages.
LOUIS GOULEY,
No. 21i Baltimore street,
near the Centre Market,
between Harrison and Frederick streets.
Nov. 25. 1 v
DR. FRANKLIN J. SMITH,
ESPECTFULLY calls the attention
,of his friends and the public g enerally,
to the important and interesting fact, that
he is fully prepared and qualified to cure
the most inveterate VMS of rheumatism.—
The various diseases to which mankind are
subject (if curable) can also be effectually
and radically cured by him, safely and ex
peditiously, at moderato and reasonable
charges, without subjecting die patient to
the poisonous influence of minerals, such as
mercury, arsenic, &c.
His remedies are mild, agreeable. and
efficient, and operate in accordance with the
laws of the animal economy.
Doctor F. Smith is ready at all times to
attend patients at their houses. Patients
livin g at a distance can be accommodated
with board and medical attendance at mod•
orate prices at his dwelling, in Carlisle
street, the house formerly occupied by Dr.
Berluchy.
-11 r. Smith would also inform the public
that his mode of treatment will perfectly
remove the bad effects remaining in the sys
tem, from the use of mercury or any other
poisonous mineral.
Medical men of the highest distinction
and talent, such as Matthias, Alley, Cramp
ton, Pearson, Abernethy, Carmichael, &c.
drum that chancres and buboes, ulcerations
in the throat, together with diseases of the
periosteum, tendons, cartilages, ligaments,
fascia, and eruptions of a highly obstinate
character, are the consequence from the ad.
ministration or use of mercury. These aw
ful effects of mercury are -not novel, for
every physician of veracity will acknow
ledge them to be of frequent and melancho
ly occurrence.
Sept. 17. tf
6m20.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION,
on the estetate of
. RTI IZELLJR,
late ofGerrnany township, &Ceased. having
been granted to the subscriber residing in
Mountjoy township—he hereby requests all
persons indebted to the estate to make pay
ment of .their respective dues—and all per
sons having claims to present them, proper
ly authenticated for settlement. .
JACOB KELLER,
Adm'r with the Will annexed.
Sept. 17. 61.
IETTE RS
ERS of Administration on the es
tate of Zachariah Lauderbach, late
of Germany township, deceased, have is
sued to the subscriber residing in Germany
township: All persons knowing themselves
to be indebted to said estate are requested
to call and settle ; those having claims will
present them duly authenticated for settle
ment. •
DANIEL, CRAUSE.
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TIRE GARLAND
—"With ewcctest
From variou s garden e cull'd ith care."
Form the New•Yorlc American.
LOVE'S LABOR LOST.
I eat %Rhin the lighted room,
Beside the lovely, blue-eyed Mary,
And praised her handkerchief's perfume,
And called her love, and dove, and fairy ;
.1 praised her till her heart's low sigh.
Bespoke Love's soft, unchecked intrusion.
I praised her, till her downcast eyes
And svclling bosom, spoke confusion.
I tolinua that Love's flower grew
Alike in princely court and hovel,
I told her I had just read through
Sir E. L. Dutwee!, last new novel ;
And that the love the hero felt,
For her his tender cherish'd blossom
Was not as warm, could never melt,
Like that which warm'd my truer bosom,
I praised Italia's sun and sky,
Its mocnlight, songs, and mazy dances,
An told her with a sigh that I
Worshipp'd its war tales and romances I
I. spoke of him, the Lesbian knight_
Of Antony, the Roman lover—
Of him, who io the darkest night,
The Hellespont swum three times over:
I praisea'her form, her grace; her ■ir,
I praised her soul-illumined features,
I told her that such sunny hair,
Was given but to gifted creatures ;
I told her with a winning voice, -
'e first bright basins that stole from hdsten,
Were kept till nature made her choice,
And to her eyes their light was given I
I told he: that my heart was lone,
It iong'd for ono it cheristed dearly,
And hinted in an under tone, ,
Of stock in banks, and income yearly !
I asked her then when we should be,
Twin bees on op'ning buds reposing
And 'pausing for the soft reply,
I found my blue-eyed•girl was dozing ! •
THE MOONLIGHT IVIAB.CEt.
BY DISIIOP U!BER.
!see them on their winding nay,
About their ranks the moonbeams play ;
Their lofty deeds and daring high
Blend with the notes of victory.
And waving.arms and bannera bright,
Are glancing in the mellow light;
They're lost—and gone ; the morn i. put,
'rhe wood's dark shade is o'er them cast;
And fainter, fainter, fainter still,
The .march is rising on the hill.
Again, again, the pealing drum,
The clashing horn—they come, they come
Through rocky pass, o'er wooded steep,
In long and gliateing files they sweep.
And nearer, nearer, yet more near,
Their softened chorus meets the ear ;
Forth—forth, and meet them on the way ;
Tho trampling hoofs brook no delay ;
The thrilling fife and pealing drum,
And clashing horn; they come—thoy come.
From the New Yorke.,
THE WATERFALL.
! for tho glorious watorfalle,
Where the rivers are poured out
With a mighty sound—a m i ghty voice ;
And the hills return the shout !
When will ye sleep 1 ye bills around !
Not till the waters cease.
When will your roar be heard no more '
And your billows sleep in peace
Not till the boundless deep is dry;
And the rains,have ceased to puttee
And the dews to fall from the bounteous skyo
And the clouds return no more..
But while the deep is heaving full,
Nor the rains forget to fall—
While the streamlets pour, and the rivers run,
Sing on, thou waterfall
Though man were mote—as mute ho is--
To sing, his Maker's praise,
Thy waves shalt lift their voice on high
To tell His works and ways.
In Natureo earliest solitude'
That hymn of praise negun,
And down dm steeples, ages since
Its awful 0010$ have run:
Pour on thy rasters, wide and
Into the treitinvas.
Till the lost stream °Crime shall glide
Eternits !
sinoomaaaomowo.
From . the Boston Evening Journal.
SALT WATER BUBBLES.
BY HAWSER MARTINGALE.
a Thanksgiving Story.
It was a b'eak day in the month of No
vember. The north wind mournfully thro'
the leafless trees—the broken clouds flitted
rapidly across the face of the Heavens—and
the whole face of nature assumed an aspect,
cheerless - and uncomfortable—well calcula
ted to remind the moralist of the closing
scenes in the great drama of life—as a trav
eller, with weary steps, wended his solitary
way through one of those beautiful hamlets
which abound in New England—and which
constitute the noble ornaments, emblems of
freedom, pence and happiness, of which she
Is justly proud.
To judge from his costume, the traveller
belonged to•the humblest ranks of like—or
had been, eingled out as a victim by misfor-
tune. Hid coarse' straw hat, his patched
doublet, and his canvass trowsers, soiled by
tar in many places—while they proclaimed
his occupation and his poverty, seemed but
poorly calculated to protect him from the
inclemency of the weather. His form was
cast in a noble mould, denoting groat activ
ity and strength. His manly features,bron
zed by exposure to the tropical sun, and
partly concealed from view by his luxuriant
locks of coal black hue, showed that ho was
still in the dawn of manhood. And his eyes
seemed lighted up with an intelligent spirit
—by a gleam of expectation and hope,which
showed that his noble nature—and that how
' ever severely fate had dealt with him,. his
energies were still unbroken—and that mail.
gre the chill northern blast,and the fatigues
which it was evident ho had recently under
gone, ho was resolved to push onward until
the bject which he had in view was accom
plished.
' , lt is noW three years ' said he to him
self as he plodded along the road, "since I
very foolishly left my happy home, urged
by a silly pique, and a love for a life of ad
venture, to brave the hardships and perils of
the ocean. Since then my life has beep a
constant series of misfortunes. I have met'
with smut on every track. But thank
Providence, although hay canvass is sadly
reduced and pretty well worn out-.-and my
pockets are destitute of ballast—ruy hull is
unimpaired and my spirits ate unbroken and
buoyant as ever. 1 , hope my parents are
still living, and prosperoUs and happy-1
was a fool to leave therri. And my broth
ers and sisters—how happy wo were togeth
er—rand cousin Mary,that bright little fairy,
whom I loved With a love surpassing that of
cousins—and 1 whose company I have pas
sed so many rapturous hours! Oh, 1 was a
great fool to leave such blissful scenes. And
1 believe, after all, that the little fairy loved
nail 1 know she did—she all but told me
so. But it is too late to retrace my steps
—1 ran only regret my folly. I dare say
the bright and joyous young thing has for
gotten Ned Willis,and was married to some
worthier fellow than lam long since. For
her rosy and laughing eyes, and sweet dis
position to say nothing of the property she
was to intim it when sho curie of uge, at
tracted many admirers—and made mad ha.
oc among the hearts of the youths of the vtl
lago. Well, if she is married, there is no
more to be said—l have no right to corn
plein. Bat 1. hope sho has chosen a good
husband.• I will see her once ihore—wish
her a long life and 'a happy one—and away
to sea again. But if she is not married
He did not finish the senterice,but
a change ca me over the countenance of the
ill-clad and weather beaten mariner, as if
he was indulging in a vision of rapture—und
he involuntarily quickened his pace.
As Edward Willis journeyed onward to
ward his home—anticipating by turns hap
py and adverse fortune, he was surprised to
find that although it was in the middle of
the week, there were no signs of labor
among the inhabitants. All auras quiet;
even the oxen were browsing contentedly in
the pranures,—the school houses were clo
sed, and the meeting houses were open—the
people %horn ho met with were neatly ar
rayed in their sunday clothes—and their
countenances were wreathed with smiles of
gratitude and joy. On inquiry, ho learned
that it was Thanksgiving Day. He hailed
the information as a glad omen.
On the day when this poor, forlern look
ing traveller, after years of wandering, was
pureeing his way towards his native village,
the fire burned brightly on the hearth stone
of his parents. Deacon Willis was a New
England farmer, a man who,by cherishing
the the virtues of industry ad frugality, be.
come possessed of a handsome property,
and who, enjoying a competence in a free
country, protected by a wise government,
surrounded by kind an intelligent neighbors,
and in the midst of a happy and virtuous
family, envied neither nabobs their riches,
nor monarchs their power.
It was Thanksgiving day—:and great had
been the bustle in Deacon Willis's family
for the pretions week. Descended in a
direct line from one of the earliest milers
of New England, no consideration could
have induced the worthy Deacon to" abate
one jot of the "pomp and pride and circum
stance" of the Thanksgiving's of the Puri
tans. Thanksgiving was religiously obser
ved by him, as it had been by his tathea be
fore him—and the gratitude Which he ex.
pressed to his Creator, for the mercies, I le
had received, was not a mere forreoli of
unmeaning words, but came dirtctly from
the heart.
On this day his children were collected
around him—and all anticipated a joyous
Thankrgiving. Several of his distant rela
who warp not An writ provided with
TiFIZW)2I/1/ 10 1 1)co &tea
the good things of this life, as the yrorthY
deacon, also accepted an invitation to ,
present. Among those who werersholiereti
by his hospitable roof on this occasion. the
greatest favorite seemed to be Mary Wads:
worth, a blue-eved damsel, whose loirety
and expressive4i face told oore about
sweetness and purity than J could describe*
ion folio volume. She was the
De ,only daugh
ter of a cousin of the worthy aconN, arA
at an early ago was deprived of her parents,
by death. But Deacon Willis had been• to ,
her a parent—hie house had been her homes
—his wile tend treated her with a mother'.
kindness—and his children regarded her as
a sister and n dear friend. •
Mrs. Willis's situation as a mistress at
the family, was no sinecure On that day..
Her duties were various and important—for
it was the New England Holiday—and all '
her skill as a housewife—all her excellence
as a manager, was put to, test on . Thatiks4.
giving Day. Alter the Mindy. returned
from meeting, for they were of the good old .
fashioned sort, who would almost as soot'
lose their Thanksgiving dinner as to be de
prived of their Thanksgiving sermon, tho
table was set in the large freet parfor,wpiclr
was wont to bo used only on extraordinary
occasions, and serious preparations for tae
festival commenced. A good 6re, made of
walnut and yellow oak Wood, burned cheer- .
fully in the large open .fire.place' and all the
belonging to the 'house were put is_ .
requisitionto bear the abundance of the
good things from.th'e kitchen - to the parlor
—and which when deposited in their re.-
spective places, made the tables groats
again. , •
At the head of the table was placed a port
ly turkey, the choicest of a large and pun
pored family—at the further extremity Was ,
deposited a ham of a size and flavor to make.
a Westphailan's eyes sparkle with joy. Oct :.
the centre was stationed, plucked, roasted,
,and ready for the carving-knite,one of those
celebrated animals, which Whilom saved
from the savages of the Gauls the caiptolor
Rome, and .which, in vulgar, poriance r atet
yeleped geese.--while here and there, scOr
tered around the table, in apparent disorder ? ,
but with deliberate tare and precision, were
boiled fowls, roasted fowls—jellies,. knick- -
necks, and plates of vegetables of mure.vter
rieties and excellence that I would willingly
undertake to enumerate-while on the kitch- -
en table, arranged apparently as a corpe de:
reserve, might be seen a stately plum pad
ding,supported by several enorrnousThonks
giving pumpkin pies, with mince_pies,apple
pies, squash pies, and custard pies., with'
fruits of various kinds, not forgetting nuts
and apples to bring tip the rear. •As a bev--
erage on this happy occasion,water was the•
only article provided --water brought from
a clear and sparkling spring, which bubbled
up a few rods from the- house; for Farmer'
Willis contended that water was the best :
' drink, even so festive occasions—and that;
hilarity and joy should be promoted, not by'
wine or stiong drink of any kind, but by so.
cial communion, by a free interehange
thoughts and ideas, by generous feelingsi•
born and nurtured in a noble bosom.
It was nearly tiiki o'clocklon g after their
accustomed hour of dinner, before the as.
sembled company were invited into the par ,
lor to partake of the good cheer which bact
been so bountifully provided. ; . And ; as the:
happy company skied around the table
waitinu for their host to ask the Divine
blessing upon the meal which was placed •
before them, a shado flitted across the gopcl
rnat,'e brow—for his eldest son, a noble boy,•
was absent: Among the joyful faces which
,urround him, Edward's was not to be seen:
He had left hie home, years before, to ern..
brace a seafaring life—and the wanderer
had not returned. There was goad reason'
to believe that he was no longer in the lend
of the living—and although they still strove'
to cherish hopes in each others bosoms- -
many and bitter were the tears °reaction ?
%Vida had etrthalined bis memory. •
beacon Willis did not intend to cast se
damp over the spirits of the happy group
and his words were but the echoes of hit
thoughts, as he involuntarily exclaimed ?
~ wore Edward here, we should indeed be
happy."
"My poor, dear boy F' exclaimed, Mrs.
Willis—"Ah, I must fear we shall never'
see his smiling face again."
Mary Wadsworth said nothing—but w.
tear started in her eye=-and any casual ob.
server would have seen• at once that Ed>,
ward Willis was dearer to her than a Coo.;
sin or a frtend--and that she Cherished bid
memory in tho very depth of her heari.
Just then old Bose,t he house dog,was beard ,
to make some angry rernonstranoes Id d
passing traveller, which attention, iliesritoelt
as it was by no means an ordinary occur
rence—for Bose was a wall nurtured twine.
and seldom accosted a well dressed,
,entle..,
manly personage, in a'rude and angry man,
ner, but he entertained the prejudictiagainig
the victims of misfortune or• inteitiperatte d
who wear the garb of poiet*whicia is
cherished by Cobra!' antrneht;4lM to- at t he
attributes of reason. In trififf,, ose,
ihough a faithful dog, was d re at ari stocrat
in his principles. The (w om b ) r r A 0.0 big
•
appearance, moved in itr .- 'humweit rank off
hima*i'lr) cnrrespritichng
. with his
shabbY a PP e G . tultet and was advancing t o ,
ward him n a surly osaaner, and with .a fru
duledt. 'mak, when Deacon Willis; who well
It.'itew the .peculiaritieg. of his 4 0 ,091 d
son Jamen .itt go out and protect the•strah
ger from violence. "ITU seems a iraikte e
too," said he, "and on a day like .thy wer
should not refuse the rites of hospitality 10-.
the humblest' being Who passes aloof Ihr
road. On Thanksgiving day, no indisidu,..
at, rich or poo, sailor or landsman , should!
qv trao f; f% n o...a,fut meal. A 4: h;or jails"