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ksaaeck, Pa.
R.R. LITTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office on Tioga street, Tunkhannock Pa.
H K.COOPER. PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
• Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa.
GEO. S. TUTTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW
Tunkhonnock, Pa. Office in Stark's Bnc
eek, Ttoga street
I>H. .T. C. BEU KKR .
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
Would respectfully announce to the citizenso <Wy
tning, that he has located at Tunkhannock where
he will promptly attend to all calls in the line of
bis profession.
rsr Will he found at home on Saturdays of
each week
gJirHtlfr fliiuse,
HARRISIU HG, PKNNA.
The undersigned having lately purchased the
" BUEIILER HOUSE " property, has already com
menced such alterations and improvements as will
reader this old and popular House equal, if not supe
rior, to any Hotel in the City of Harris burg.
A coutinuance of the public patronage is refpect
fully solicited.
GEO. J. BOLTON
WALL'S HOTEL,
LATE AMERICAN HOUSE/
TUNKHANNOCK., WYOMING CO., PA.
THIS establishment has recently been refitted an
furnished in the latest style Every attention
will be given to the comfort and convenience of those
whe patronize the House
T. B. WALL, Owner and Proprietor :
Tunkhannock, September 11, 1861.
NORTH BRANCH HOTEL,
MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA
Wm. H. CORTRIGHT, Prop'r
HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the above
Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to
Vender the house an agreeable place o! sojourn for
til who may favor it with their custom.
Win. H CORTRIGHT.
Jane, 3rd, 1863
|(leans §>ntel,
TOWA3VTIDA., PA.
D. B. BARTLET,
(Late of the BBRAINARD HOUSK, ELMIRA, N. Y.
PROPRIETOR.
The MEANS HOTEL, i one of the LARGEST
aid BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country—lt
is fitted up in the most modern and improved style,
and no pains are spared to make it a pleasant and
agreeable stopping-place for all,
t3. u2l. IT
CLARKE, KEENEY.& CO.,
MANUFACTURERJR AMD WHOLKSALE DEALERS 1.1
LADIES', MISSES' & GENTS'
silftanb£assimere|)ats
AND JOBBERS IN
HATS. CAPS, FURS, STRAW GOODS,
PARASOLS AND UMBRELLAS,
BUFFALO AND FANCY ROBES,
BROADWAY,
CORNER OK LEONARD STREET,
satfa w a &J3k,uSL+
B. P. CLARK, J
A C KSEHF.T, ,
8. LEEXNEV. J
MTGILMANT
K/T OILMAN, has permanently located in Tunk
lfA hanneck Borough, and respectfully tenders his
professional services to the citizens of this plaoe and
nrrounding country.
ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS
FACTION.
Office over Tutton's Law Office, near th e Pos
Dae. 11,186f I
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TO
HOUSE KEEPERS!
Frank M. Buck
lias just opened, at the store house formerly oc
cupied by C T, Marsh, one Joor below Baldwin's
Hotel, in Tunkhannock,
NEW GROCERY
AND
Provision Store,
where he is prepared to sell eve ything in the line
ot Family Groceries at prices far below those he.e
totore asked for them
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His stock was selected and purchased by
MR. A. G. STARK
in person, whose intimate acquainiwe w' fbe
trade, and dealers, enabled him to ■ . ~I(.JS
LOWEB TEH Tan lIIIST.
Mr. Stark's services as salesman, also, hare been
secured.
0
In the line of Groceries and Provisions, I can
sell
Good Molasses at $1 per Gal.
Good Brown Sugar at 12ft cts per lb.
No, 1 Mackerel '• 12ft " '• '
Cod Fish " 9 " •' '•
New Mess Pork " 17 " •' "
Chemical Soap •' l?ft •' 44 "
Saleratus '• 12ft 14 " •'
Ground Coffee * " 25 14 44 44
Fxtra Green Rio Coffee " 40 44 44 14
Lard " 20 44 " •'
Rice 14 15 " 44 44
Crackers 44 10 44 44 - 4
And all other articles at correspondingly low
prices
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In the article ot Teas, both as to prices and
quality, I
flefy Sompdition
•
GINGER. PEPPER. SPTCE. CINAMON,
CLOVES. NUTMEG. MUSTARD,
CREAMrTARTAR,
RAISINS,
FIGS,
POWDER, SHOT AND LEAD.
fWTCII IT!! OF 111 EIIOS.
—ALSO
FLAVORING EXTRACTS FOR PUDDINGS,
1 IbS, CUSTARD AND ICE CREAM.
0
SPICED SALMON & SARDINES
in boxes—a fine article for Pic-oic, fishing and
pleasure parties,
loe Cream
Constantly on hand, and furnished in any quanti
ty desired, on short notice*
MACARONI—
FOR soups.
SMOKED HALIBUT.
0
A 1 rge and varied assortment, ol
LAVfS LAMP CHIMNEYS
G .OBES AND WICKS,
ALSO
Kerosene Oil.
o
N. R.— WOOL, HIDES, FURS, AND
SHEEP PELTS, purchased for casli or
trsde, f>>r which the highest cash prices
will be paid.
©all anil fiamjne.
F. M. BUCK.
Tunkhannock, June 28, 1665.
▼4a46tf.
"TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. "—Thomas Jefferson.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1865.
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■ V STKLLA OF LACKAWANNA.
Would'st know how often I think of thes 7
Go, count the sands of yon tossing sea,
Or the waves that roar on the patient shore,
And let the number my answer be.
Or yet how often I breathe thy name 7
Then tell the rays of each starry flame !
Aye, count them o'er, and a sky-full more,
And still my answer would be th. sam*.
Or yet of the beautiful dreams I dream
Where thou dost float like a silver gleam 7
Count all the blades of tfce summer glades,
And yet believe me, that less they seem.
A CAPITAL HIT.
'Webster'* great American Dictionary
thus dtfines a wi>r<i in cutiiiauii use:
DKMOCKAT, n. Due who adheres to a gov
en u.tni ly Hit People, or fa cuts the extet i
sion of tho Right of Suff rage: to all classes of
men.
Democrats sh >u!d seek a new name for
their par.y, or else come out boluly in laVor
ol negro sutliiige*" '
liiio is a quotation from 'he Johnstown
iftbune. wtiiea quotes troni tue Dictionary
U e Uu Itul ku.jW mat wtieu r.gu ly under
stood, Hie Uetii craoy Have any objection io
tne definition. J'hey always went in lor a
Gocti H'nent by the people. Ttjey never view
ed <he 4 L>y ai Leagu-.," howeVct, as alt the
people. N--r did they cousidet ProVoS l Mar
shals the people. Not did tUey view ttie
North as tnu people Considered apart from
the boulh. Not did they Lcheve that the
people who wire worth over twenty thous
and Ooilais were not people. Nor did incy
c >usider poor people a* not people, as has
been dutie IU some of the New England
Slates. Nor did they lo.jk upon natur. i.Zed
loieigners as uoi people. Nor did tney ever
make any other invidious distinctions in re
gaid to the people. Tney took the definition
as it was ULderstood by-our turefattiers who
behaved thai ichile men were the people, .uu
who accordingly ingraited the word while
in nearly every Siaie Constitution in the Lu
tou. in lormiug the National as well an tne
S;a>e governments, white people wtro con
sidered the people by our tore lathers' All
Abolitionists oppose these governments both
Stale and National and hence in opposing
them must bo traitor* in heart. Tney want
all these State government, as formed by our
ancestors, broken down, nod new govern
inents instituted, in which negroes snail
have the right to vote and hold office. Tins
is covert treason, for it is openly opposing the
governments which protect them. We can
not see this in any other light.
Men who oppose the government made by
our forefathers to be Controlled by white
people are traitors. Abolitionists oppose
this government. Therefore Abolitionists
are traitors. They imagine that they un
derstand the Dictionary better than their
ancestors and better than modern Democrats
and this conceit leads them to oppose the
State and National governments, and not
only to oppose them, but to violate their
Co ist itutions openly and in secret conclaves.
What they call a g<>verinent by the people
is a government with' bayonets at every
election window, and with the elections car
ried by public fraud, in selecting certain men
tn the army to go home and vote, and in
preventing others with Democratic antece
dents from going home, l'bts is then "gov
ernment by the people."
Now for the second part of the definition,
''ln favor of the Right of Suffrage to all
c asses oj men." The Bible says that Eve
was the mother of all living, hut we are not
to infer that she i* necessar.ly the nvuher ot
baboons and monkeys, and when the D-c
ttonary says all classes, we are not to tufc
that it means all races. >( <Jla?s mean* a
number of persons in society supposed to
have come rrseu blance or equality in rank.
• location, propeity, talents, and the like."
If even our neighbor had studied botany or
natural history either he would have knowo
tiia' a cla** d ;e not mean a race nor a pe
n-is neither, nor even a species, but only a
<i?ti'<n of ihe.?e orders And according '<•
'hi" all classes mean? al] clashes ol 'he white
man tl e d'Visioti* of the species of race
Oor foretathers so understood it when they
inc rporaied it in our various State Consti
tutions.
Now per nil u* to try our hand on d.-fini
tion*. '■ Abolition" means utter destruction
and "Abolitionist" means a person who Is
vor* •'Aliolition," Therefore an Abolition
ist must be an u'ter demroctionist. Precv
near correct, fn they have destroyed al I th. y
ever laid their hands on. T iey don't need
a "new name.- "J hnslown Democrat,
About the hardest case ever heard of wa
a murderer named Siona, executed many
years since in Exeter. Just before the rope
was placed round his neck, r quested the
sheriff to give bun a mug of ale, The request
being properly attended to, he took the cup,
and commenced blowing the froth from ihe
ale. " What are you doing that for ?" ner
vously asked the sheriff. 4 Because," rittim
ed the perfect wretch, I don't think fruth is
healthy."
DAN RICK'S GRATITUDE.
Dan Rice, the celebrated circus performer,
years ago, left Reading with
an exhibition of some sort which turned out
badly, and involved the proprietor in difficul
jtv. Judge IL-idenreie, of B--rk* county
found bun in this condition, him a suit
of clothes, and lent hitn a horse and wagon,
in order that he might pursue his business.
Dan was still unsuccessful, and destitution
soon overtook him again, while, to add to his
ditres, his wife was taken sick. In this
dilem. he was forced to sell the horse and
wagon, which the judge had only loaned hun,
in order to raise means to take his wife home
to Pittsburg. Not bng after this he obtained
a situaiion in one of the theatres of t his city,
where the judge saw and recognized htui,
and tr. the morning called at his lodgings
Dan was still poorly and seedy, and fully
expected reproach-s, if nothing worse, bur
instead ot these, the judge insisted on going
the second rime to Llir tailor, and being fi ted
out at his ex ense To this however. Dan
would not consent, and 'hey oarted never to
meet again until one day last week, when
bis Company was performing at R-adi. g,
and the judge came to attend. Dau's first
duty was to hunt up his old friend, and in
vite hiiu to take a short ri-le about town, to
which he consented, and a horse and vehi
cle were so -n ready at the door.
Dan's eqiopage, like that -if his pr -fession
generally, seemed a pretty stylish turnout.
It consisted of a bran new carriage of elegant
make, cream colored Arabian pony, and a
st.icK and span new set of glisten-ng harness.
The drive wa taken and t-i j iyed, and time
flew swiftly by, as the two old Irieuds talked
and laughed < ver the half forgotten events of
old tlines. Dan drove the judge back to bis
lodging* stepped out upon the pavement, and
before the judge had time to rise from his
seat haoded him the runs and whip with a
giaceful bow, and said :
44 These are yours, judge—the old horse
and wagon restored with interest—fake
them, with Dan Rice's warmest gratitude !
The judge was stricken dumb with amaze
ment l-.r a few moments, but soon recovered
his self-possession, and began to remonstrate
But Dan was inexorable—he closed his lips
firmly, shook his bead, waved a polite adieu
io his old ftiend in the carriage, walked off
to his hole', and'eft the judge to drive the
Handsome equipage, now really his own, to
the stable An honest man, and a man of
honor, is Dan Ric e.—Reading Gazette.
A TOUCH OF NATURE —A car full of pas
senger* passed over the Western toad, in
which a simple but touching scene occurred,
woithy of record. One of the passengers
was a woman, carrying in her arms a chud,
who annoyed every one bv his pe'ulance and
crying. Mde after mile the passengers bore
the infliction of it* noise, which rather in
creased than diminished, until at last it be
came furi-ms, and the passengers nearly so.
There were open Complaints, and one man
shouted, <4 Lake the child out!" The train
stopped at a station, and an old gentleman
arose and tnade the simple statement that
the father of the child had died recently
away from home, that the mother had been
on a visit to her friends, and had died on
the visit ; that her dead body was on board
the train, and that the child was in the hands
of a stranger. It was enough. There was
a tear in nearly every eye and all were melt
ed into pity and patience. All selfishness
was lost in thinking of the desolation ot the
poor little wanderer, who would have a
warm welcome in the hands that a moment
before, would almost have visited it with a
blow.
THE PROFITS or BANKING. —One feature
•>f the recent frauds god defalcations in N*w
Y >rK is werthy of notice. When it wa a
eer'ained tha' Jenkins and his acc->mpl'ces
had taken $350,000 from the Phoenix Bank,
'he cashier ha-teiied to assure the public
hat the amount was more than covered by
• he surplus pr. firs of the bank <>n hand.
When Ketchum bv his forgeries drew
$350,000 fr.un the Importer* and Trader'- J
Bank, and $255 000 lr- m the Fourh Na '
tiunal, the cashier* of these institutions h •
teed to assure 'he public that these sum
fell short of ihe surplus earnings of the re
►pecrive banks, on hand.
AM of the*!; institutions we believp, have
large dividends. Th-y all have suspended
payment without the authority of lav. Yet
• hey all i.emsnd explanation? from taxation !
A d a partisan press denounced, with ex
• rente buiterneSK, al who advocate • system
of equal taxation that shall include in ita
operation those agsregated capitals, as well
ss the properly of priva'e citizens.— Albany
Argus.
A Slight Mia'ake. -A coteruporary vouch
es for the following story : A young phyis
cian, who was in love with a fair patient, hut
was unable from bashfulness to reveal hi? pas
sion, wrote her a pa-smnate decralatiori' and
left it on the table, wheie the servant, nat
urally enough, thought it was a prescription
and took it to the chemist's, who the next |
tay sent it back to the poor doctor with an
apology that he was "out of the ingredieEla
necessary to make up what he wanted,"
A DRUNKARD'S MUSINGS,
Another mom, aye. proud it dawns upon
the world in unsullied beauty, bringing tothe
pure young mind, sweet visions of a glorious
future' fraught with happiness and j y, when
fame shall wreathe a halo round their names,
ana wealth shall bless them. I, too, dreamed
rhus once ; but alas ! ambitious fancies all
have fled—lie buried in the tomb of the de
parted, whilst I must still live, exist, a prey
to fiends and a target lor (be fiogtr of pity
and 6c >rn.
o=i, rag? ! remnant of sunnier days, draw
ore closely round me ; shut out the world
I that its taunt* and jeers may not g'ad me to
despair with whisperings of a life-time lost.
Within the spice of ten short years what a
fear u1 4 change haa come o'er tbo spirit of my
dreaiu*." Then the world wis spread before
me IQ all its pristine beauty ; the path of fame
and honor clearly limned, aod within my
eraap. N'W all is dreary darkness, hopeless
despair—Blessed with the tender love of an
angel wife, and the prattling cherub, whose
influence combined to render home a paradise,
I was indeed auiong the "cnoseti of sarth."
Month-passed—months in which the cup
of j.y brimujed lull to overflowing, and we
drank deeply of ita contents ; but to an evil
moment the tempter came and dashed it m
shivering fragments to the ground. On, God.
in thy mercy descend and tear from memory's
psge the record of misery which followed.
Each moment found the serpent, Drink,
tightening his coils arouud me; each hour
my spirit sank deeper in the mire of perdition,
until at last, I had g'Ven myself body and soul
to the fiend. Left alone to struggle with a
cold, hard world, my poor wife toiled bravely
to procure for herself and little one a paltry
subsistence, but in vain ; and when the first
snows of w.iiUr it 11, these two frail flowers
clasped in mutual embrace, sank to rest ,t beir
spirits sought a happier home—a coroner's in
quest, a verdict ''Frozen to Death !\ The
grave yawned, and they were lost to me for
ever.
*****
Rum ! rum ! Give me drink to drown re
membratice of '.be shapeless shadow that
haunts my soul, crying '-vengeance !" of the
pale wan 'ace, Heaimg through my dream*,
po-nting to the pinched features of a starving
babe, asking food, and branding me a mur
derer ! On. Norah, angel wife, fearfully have
you been avenged, for existence i> a curse,
and I dare not seek death !
THE TWO APPRENTICES.
Two boys were apprentices in a carpenter
shop. One determined to make himself a
thorough workman, the other didn't care.—
' One of them read and studied, and got books
| <hit would help him to understand the prin
ciples of his trade. He spent his evenings
at home reading. The other liked fun best.
He often went out with other boyit to have a
4 *good time." 4< Come," he often said to his
shopmate, "leave your old books; go with
us. What's the use of all this read
ing ?" 4 'lf I waste these golden moments,"
was the boy's answer, "I shall loose what I
can never make up." While the boys were
still apprentices, an offer of $2,000 appeared
■ti the newspapers for the best plan for a
State House, to be built in one of the Eas •
ern States.
The studious boy saw tho a Ivertisement
and determined to try for it. After a careful
s'udy he drew out his plan*, and sent them
to the committee. We suppose that he did
not really expect to gain the prize ; but he
'hought "there is nothing like trying." In
about a week afterwards, a gentleman ar->
rived at the carpenter's shop and asked if an
architect by the name of Washington Wil
berforce lived there. "No," said the car
p*nter, 4, 110 architect, but I've got an appren
tice by that name." "Let's see him." Ti *
young man was summoned, and informed
that his plan wasaccepted, and that the two
thousand dollars were his. The gentleman
■ hen said that the boy must put the building
up ; and his employer was ao proud of his
?ucce**, that he willingly gsve hi n hia time
and let him go. The studious young car
oentwr became one of the first architect a of
our country. He made a fortune, and now
►tands high in the estimation of everybody ;
wh-le his fellow apprentice can hardly earn
fond for himself and family by hia daily la
bor.—American Artisan.
Go n HUMOR.-* Keep in good humor ; an
ger is a pure waste of vitality. No man
does hia bet except when he Is cheerful. A
light heart maken nimble hand*, and keeps
the mind free and alert. No misfortune i* so
great a one that sours the temper. Until
cheerfulness is lost nothing is lost. Keep the
good humor ! The company of a good-hu
mored tnn U a perpetual feast; he is wel
come everywhere; eyes glisten at his ap
proach ; difficulties vanish in hia presence.
Franklin's indomitable good humor did as
much for his country in the old Congress as
Adam's fire or Jefferson's wisdom ; he cloth
ed wisdom with smiles and softened conten
tious minds into acquiescence.
H is estimated that there are 5.000 desert
ers from the regular army in New Tort.
terms, 02,00 FUR AjaisroA^J
JOSH BILLINGS AT LONG BRANCH.
Lose BBAHCH, July 15. 1865.
Editor of the Trey Neves :
Arrived here Just in time tew see the
Atlantic Ocean, which iz now on ezhibisbun,
and dewing a good btzziness, tew full booses.
Took a bath tew onst, and was sslonisbed
tew find the water so ssltuons ; enquired tba
kauze ov an iotell'gen t natiff. and he inform
ed tne he didn't care ; I think the cuss lied.
There iz about one hundred and sixty thous
and humtnan beings, and other folks, here
now, az near az 1 kan git at iti kounted till
t*got tired, and then estimated. It iz per
fek'y heart renting tew see the femads here
in search of natural prutektors. i kounted
16 yesterday in one pde they awl sighed az i
past bi them, with down.cast eyes. 1 felt
sorry for thetu, but couldn't help them, for i
am thoroughly marrid, and inten to remain
so. There iz two breezes here, a sea breeze
and aj> rsee breeze, and i advise awl persons
tew use the sea breeze, for the other is so
much up before it reaches here that it 8008
uses up evt-ry body alter it gets here. Shod
dy and Petroleum are both here, and exsite
az much no tins az a patent churn, warranted
to make butter iu 10 minnitts from skim milk
but they say they shant remain lon K , bekause
the air smells so much like old brine, Yea
terday i went out krabbing and ketched a
peck ov them, they bit sideways, and hang on
like a dead hosa shoe, they make g<d Tittles
enuff, but they aint profitable tew eat, if you
kount your time wnth enytbing, They bare
a singular bug here, which they kali the
musk t >w, 'hey roam about in herds, and
are much respected by the inhabitants ; I
caut one day before yesterday, sticking some
thing sharp into me and carried the bug into
m> room, and smashed him 00 the sli. The
bathing iz luxurious, and the bathers resets*
ble mtrmades, half men and half wimmin ;
they awl dress in the chokiaw kostom. end
when they emerge from the water, vu kant
tell which iz who; unles yu ask them, after
bathing yu feel a kind ov iackness or limbor
ness,for which i was advized tew hatha ia
whiskee. I took one imwershun, about balf a
tumbler, and never felt so strong in mi life.
I thought 1 could lift a acre ov their land, but
bimby. after the licker had let ;e, i felt aa
tho i could foller an angle worm into hiz hole
and hann't strength enoagh to ask a dorg to
tew toller me ifi ever dtink sum more jersee
whiskee, it will be after iam dead and gone.
There iz one chbrch here, but it wont bold
but so fu that noboddy dout go out ov polite
ness. There iz 21 hotels, and they are pfin
siply bilt out doors, tew give the guests, as
much brioaqueous air az possible. 'm
The lodging rooms are small, but bandy,
each one haz a door tew them, and a looking
glass on the wall, and two was.hboles sod a
towell. Dinner iz served at 2 o'clock, and
opees with soup and shuts up with bucleber
ry. The servants are generally black but
menny of them have lived so long among the
whites that they begin to adopt our kuUcr.
The beach by moonlite iz worthy ova phil
osopher. Lovers meet herefrom au) parts
o v the kuniry tew vow and swear and menny
a harte cums here tuff and hearty goes home
smashed, and bleeding 'uv at every pour.
But the grand attrakshnn iz the Atlantik
Ocean, a great hemisphere ov liquid life and
power, blu water every whare the eye kan
reach az gentle •* a summer evening mill
pond, and then agin az awful az a water
earthquake. Upon the whole Long Branch
iz a sensible place tew visit ; I th'nk there 11
sz little nonsenz there generally,as the same
number ov visitors are capable nv.
JOSH BILLINGS.
EXCIJANGZ or OCKACICS The "slaveocra
cy," we are rid of, but instead,—we have a
"landocracy," is now a common newspaper
paragraph. Four millions of negroes are freed
and we have three billions of bonds in their
sead, exempt from all taxation therefor, while
the middle classes and the poor groan and
sweat, How, to tax the bondocracy is new
a universal inquiry, and without distinction of
party. The §i~ts of Congress exempt Federal
stocks from all taxation, State or Municipal,
and these sets are (in ethics)
To act consistently with ethics and the lair,
the New Yrk World suggested a Federal
income tax of two per cent, on the Sevea
tWirties' aud so reduce their interest to ttve
thirty.
t * t •"
The Chief of the Freedmcn's Bu
reau has ordered the steam propelle* Way
b<>set to he fitted up at Richmond for a
pleasure trip to Texas with ninety women
and oh ild ran be I >nging to the "eullud sodgas."
Guy, what it is to be a darkey !
car Some boys being surprised by the
police while bathing, at Troy, (he other day,
one of .hem made 1 rush for the shore and
put for home. He naturally created sensa
tion, running a be did four or five blocks
through the business part of the city without
any clothes on.
*.-
fry A simple fellow once said of a fa
mous beauty, "I could have courted and mar
ried her, easy enough, if I'd wanted to," And
pray, why didn't yon V asked his friend.
"Oh, when I began to spark her, yon sae, she
took me on one aide and politely asked aw to
be axensed, sad so I excused her."
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