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, rVDLISHCD Vi:RY TUt'RSDAY AT
, BELLE1TE CITl, N. T.
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Sv A. ' STRICKLAND & CO.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
Bowen & Strickland,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Real Kstate,
City Lots and Claims bought and sold.
Purchasers will do well to call nt our office
and examine our list of City Lots, &c., before
purchasing elsewhere. Ollice in Cook's new
building, corner of Fifth and Main streets.
i : li. Lj Bowen, .
ATTORNEY AXD COUNSELLOR AT
LAW, Bellcvne, N. T. 1-tf
, S. A. Strickland,
A TTORXEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
i- LAW, Bellevue, N. T. 1-tf
' , , C. T. Ilolloway,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
LAW, Bellevue, N. T. ' 1-tf
W. H. Cook,
GENER AL LAND AND REAL ESTATE
. CCKNT, Bellevue City, Nebraska. 1-tf
' B. P. Rankin,
'ATTORNEY AND COUNSNLLOR AT
IX. LAW, La Tl itte, N. T.
1-tf
J. Seeley,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
, L AW, Omaha, N. T. 1-tf
John "W. Pattison,
N OTA RS" PUBLIC AND REAL ESTATE
AGET, Fontenelle, N. T. ; - 1-tf
James S. Izard & Co.
r piXD AGENTS, Omaha, Douglas County.
.Li Nebraska Territory. 1-tf
Drs. Malcomb & Peck,
OMAHA CITY. Office on Harney street,
opposite the Post Office. Particular at
tention given to Surgery. 1-tf
P. E. Shannon,
EAL ESTATE AGENCY, Cerro Gordo
Post Office, St. Mary, Mills Co., Iowa. 2
P. E. Shannon,
COMMISSION k, FORWARDING MER
CHANT, St. Mary's Landing Mills Co.,
Iowa. 2-tf
Peter A. Sarpy,
I FORWARDING 4t COMMISSION MER
. CHANT, Bellevue, N. T., Wholesale
Dealer in Indian Goods, Horses, Mules, and
Cattle. 1-tf
P. J. Sullivan, M. D., ' '
P'ltYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office
Head of Broadway, Council Muffs, Iowa,
nov. J3 1-tf.
D. H. Solomon,
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT
LAW, Glenwood, Mills Co., Iowa,prac
tices in all the Courts of western Iowa and
Nebraska, and the Supreme Court of Iowa.
Land Agency not in the Programme, no 4-lf
T. . C l' Ml NO. JOH C. TURK.
Cumins & Turk,
,'lltopteys at Laj and Real Estate .Igeiils.
OMAHA CITY, N. T.,
WILL attend faithfully and promptly to
11 business entrusted to them, in the
Territorial or Iowa courts, to the purchase of
lots and lands, entries and pre-emptions, col
lections, toe.
iGtlice In the second story of Henry k. Root
new building, nearly opposite the Western
fxchange, Bnik, Faruham street.
'Papers in the Territory, Council Bluffs Bu
gle .'and Keokuk ..Tines, please eopy and
charge Nebraskian ollice.
.geo. sjyrji.ii. ' johx H. sherman.
Snyder & Sherman,
ATTORNEYS and COUNSELLORS AT
LAW, and NOTARIES PUBLIC, Coun
cil Bliitt's, Iowa, will practice their profession
iu all the Courts of Iowa and Nebraska.
All collections entrusted to their care, at
tended to promptly.
especial Huenuon given 10 nuying anu sell
ing real estate, and making pre-emptions in
Nebraska.
Deeds, Mortages, and other instruments of
writing drawn with dispatch) acknowledg
ments taken, fcc.; Jtc.
fT?" Office west side of Madison street,
just ab ve Broadway.
nov l'j 1-tf.
Johnson, Casidy St Test,
Gf.NERAL LAND AGENTS, ATTOR
NEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Council Bluffs, Iowa, will promtly attend to
Land Agencies, Collections, Investing Money,
Locatinic and Slline Land Warrants, and all
pther business pertaining to their profession,
in Western Iowa and Nebraska. 1-tf
Job Printing
"M"EATLY and expeditiously executed, on
reasonable terms, at tins office,
BKLLKVUE,
Itl.l.l KVl i: aiylrtislmi:xts.
WIIOr.KSAl.K AV lMPAII.
STORE IN BELLEVUE.
WE would respectfully invite the citizens
of Bellevue, and Douglas Co., to examine our
large and well selected assortment of
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
CROCKERY, HARDWARE,
BOOTS, SHOES.
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
II ATS tc CAPS, DOORS,
SASH, fcc, fcc.,
And In fact every variety usually called for in
the West. We' arc confident that any one
wishing to purchase goods will be entirely
satisfied, and rind it w ill ho to their interest to
call and examine :ir large and well selected
assortment of goods.
SARPY fc KINNEY.
Bellevue, Oct. 23, lHOil.-1-tf
SPLENDID GOODS,
at tiii: -
VARIETY STORE
op n. VALE.
THE Subscriber having just opened at his
store in Hellevue, a fresh supply of goods, of
every description, would call the attention of
purchasers, to the fact, that he has the largest
and best selected stock of Goods, to be found
in Nebraska, and that they will find him sup
plied nt all times, with
SILKS, SATINS,
MILLINARY &. DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, LIQUORS,
POWDER, SHOT,
LEAD. HARDWARE,
BOOTS, SIIOES.tc. fcc.
All of which has been selected by himself from
the best 'establishments, in the country, and
which he will sell lower for cash, than the
same quality of goods can be purchased at, in
anv store in this section of country.
He has also, a large and well selected stock
of READY-MADE
Of every description, best quality and finish,
and Inferior to none In Nebraska, .
Thankful for past favors, he solicits a con
tinuance of pub lie patronage, and hopes that
purchasers will call and examine his goods,
before buying elsewhere. H. VALE.
Bellevue, Oct. 23, 1S3C. 1-tf
NEW ARRIVALS AT THE
iir.ii'
(DA5HH SRJMRBIH
THE Subscriber respectfully invites tho at
tention of purchasers, to his large and splendid
stock of Goods, consisting of
DRY GOODS. GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, HATS. .
BOOTS, CAPS,
SHOES, TOBACCO,
PATENT MEDICINES, fcc, fcc.
All of which he warrants of the best descrip
tion, and bought expressly for this market.
He has also a well selected stock of
RF,AlY-M.rK
Made after the LATEST FASHION'S, of the
BEST MATERIALS, and by EXPERI
ENCED WORKMEN, all of which he sell
CHEAP FOR CASH.
JOHN CHASE.
Bellevue, Oct. 23, 15iV. 1-tf
BELLEVUE
cfe SllOO
STORE.
JM. BARTAY, would respectfully
. inform the inhabitants of Bellevue r H
and vicinity, that he has commenced " 1W
to Manufacture
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Of all descriptions, from tho finest finish to
the coarest make. Employing none but the
best workman, he will be able to warrant all
work done at his establishment.
jf The highest cash price paid, in trade,
for all descriptions of RAW HIDES.
Bellevue, Oct. 30, lSjii. 2-tf
HOUSEGARPENTER AND
AN. BRIGGS, Takes this method of In
a forming his friends, and the public,
generally, that he is prepared to BUILD AND
FINISH, in the best manner
Swelling House
Of every description of style and finish, on the
most reasonable terms. Thankful for past
favors, he solicits a continuance of public
patronage.
Bellevue, Oct. 30, lS.'irt. 2-lf
STONE MASON AND
3?lastoror.
riMIE Undersigned having commenced the
J above business in Bellevue, is prepared
to do all work in his line, at the shortest no
tice, in the best manner, and on the most rea
sonable terms. VM. UJl.l'.V.
! V Four or five good Plasterers, will find
constant employment, and good wages, on ap
plication to the above.
I CAME TO STAY.
The undersigned would respectfully an
nounce to the cltlens of Hellevue and vicinity,
that he Is prepared to do
HOUSE. SIGN AND
ORNAMENTAL PAINTINC,
GRAINING, MARBLEING, fcc, In all its
various branches.
PAPER HANGING
Executed In the neatest style.
Paints mixed to order, and for sale,
oct. 14, I J. T. WHITE.
NMHUASKA, THURSDAY, JANUAIIY 22, 1857.
BEI.LK1 IE AIM Mil ISHHKXTS.
Charles E. Watson,
CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR,
Bellevue City, Nebraska Territory, pro
fesses to be posted'' in the lay of thn'land in
this vicinity, and oilers his services to such as
may need them, on reasonable terms.
( V He will also net as Bgent, for the pur
chase or sale of Real Estate, in the Territory,
or Western Iowa. Information furnished upon
application. Declarations filed and pre-emptions
obtained. -tf
A. Schimonsky,
rpoPOGRAPHIC ENGINEER, Exertrtes
X Topographic, Fancy end Plain Drawing
of every style and description. Fancy, Orna
mental and Plain Painting executed to order.
Office at tho Bellevuo House, Bellevue, N. T.
Rr.KK.RrNCF.8 1 P. A. Sarpy, St. Mary, Iowa;
Judge Gilmore, Bellevue. ' l-tf
Hellevue, Nebraska. '
IS prepared to transact the general business
of Banking, will receive deposits, Discount
short paper, buy Bills of Exchange, on all
parts of the Country, and sell on St. Louis,
Chicago and New York; make collections in
the vicinity4 nnd remit for the same at Current
rates of Exchange.
fS?" Interest allowed on special Deposits.
JOHN WE ARE, President.
Tims. H. Bknton, V. Pres.
Jon J. Town, Cashier. 1-tf
Banking Hours From U to 12, A. M., and
1 to 3, P. M.
IT. T. Clarke.
F
ORWARDINO fc COMMISSION MER
CHANT. Hi.llnvni. Knl.rneL a 11,,!..,
in PINE LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATH, fcc
References: Gold & Brother and Edward
Hempstead, Water street, Chicago J. W.
Haskins, Milivaukie, Wis. R. M. Norton,
Pres. Racine en. Bank, Racine, Wis.; C.
Barrett, River street, Cleveland, (). 5 Fenton
& Brother, Cincinnati. (). ; Tibblo fc llavs,
Erie, Pa.; C. B. Wrigfif & Co. Bankers, Erie
Pa.; C. B. Wright, Banker, Philadelphia, Pa.;
Darling, Albertson & Rose, Front street, N.
Y.s W. .1. Willis, Water street, N. Y.j II.
Ball, Troy, N. Y. ; Mr. Hungered, President
Bank of Westfield, Westfield, N. Y. Hon. S.
Morton, Nebraska City. 1-tf
A VAL,TJAltt,E CjTaIM"
The undersigned oilers for sale his claim of
1(50 acres, situated four miles West of Bellevue,
in Township 13, Range 13.
This claim is well situated, has several
FINE SPRINGS, a
Never Failing Stream of Water.
About EIGHT ACRES OF FINE TIMBER,
Knur arrp lip IhiiiI lirftirn nml a fnw.a T flf!
CABIN on the place. Title undisputed. Pos
session given immediately.
1). A. LOGAN.
Bellevue, Oct. 23, lS.-)(i. 1-tf
HOUSE CARPENTERS AND
WE would respectfully inform the inhabi
tants of Bellevue and vicinity that we arc
prepared to ERECT and FINISH
Buildings of all Descriptions,
On the shortest notice, and in the most woik
menlike manner. Having been eiurasred in the
business several years, we feel confident in
stating, that all who favor us with their ,-ng-tom,
will be pleased with our work.
WEST fc BTORRS.
Bellevue, Oct 23, 1850. 1-tf
BLACKSMITHING.
fTMIK Undersigned beg leave to inform
.L (be Inhabitants of Douglas connty,t( il
that they are prepared, to do all work in "
their line of business, in the best maimer, and
on the most liberal terms, at their shop In
Bellevue.
It's" Having had several years experience
at HORSE-SHOEING, In some of the best
shops in Eastern Cities, they will he able to
give entire satisfaction, to all who favor them
with their patronage, In this line.
JSItAW fc ICETON.
Bellevue, Oct. 23, 18M. 1-liin
rrWE Proprietor of the above Sa-'(
iouii, idkts Kifdi iiitiiirtt in
announcing to the public, that he It
now prepared to set ve at all hours, and in the
best manner,
WARM OR COLD MEALS,
OYSTERS, COOKED IN EVERY STYLE.
SARDINES, PIGS FEET, . ..
PICKLED TONGUE,
BOILED EGGS AND GAME IN SEASON,
Together with every thing that is usually
found in a FIRST CLASS
Refreshment Saloon.
Having had considerable experience in ca
tering for the public taste, he Is sure that all
who favor-him with a call, will be satisfied.
CHARLES JOHNSON.
Bellevue, Oct. 23, 18ji. 1-tf
HO USE CARPE NTEES ANlT
JOINKHS.
TT1JIE undersigned takes pleasure In an
X linuneing to the Inhabitants of Bellevue
and vicinity, that they are now prepared to
BUILD AND FINISH, In the best manner,
II stylet of '
Dwelling Houses, Cottages, &o., &c
On the shortest notice, ana in the most ap
proved style of workmanship. They will rie
also happy to do any work in their line of
business, which their friends may stand in
nee tor. HUhltlt 1(11.1. V All 1
Bellevue, Oct. 30, lSJrt. 2-tf
Ho I For Fre3h Water.
THE undersigned respectfully informs the
inhabitants of Bellevue and the surrounding
country, that be it prepared to dig and finish,
WLL3 AND U15J,it33,
At the shortest notice, and on the inot rea
tonahle terms. D.A.LOGAN.
Bellevue, (Vt. 23, lJOrt. 1-tf
POETRY
Written ios the Bk.i.i rvvr. Gazette.
The Morm.
01 what a piercing, chilling blast I
Down from the regions of the north
It comes, and pours its fury forth
With mad'ntng rage, and fearful spite,
At if to torment was delight,
And ev'ry object in its way
Far o'er tho dusty plaint to cast,
In mockery of children's play.
I low hard, how roiistanllyJt blows,
And ever and anon it snows,
Ten thousand Hakes are hurrying by,
Each ono his fellow fierce pursuing,
And each the former still out-doing,
So earnestly their race they run,
Their number darkens now the tun
And into every nook they fiy,
'Till earth, erst brown and soiled and scar,
Doth, in a moment, disappear,
Wrapped in a mantle while and deep,
Like one just sinking into tleepj
Guarded all o'er from outward harm,
It lies (her undisturbed and warm.
Another blast I and fiercer still,
It hurries onward o'er the hill,
Chilled, it would seem, e'en to tho heart,
And leaving regions up in air
Beyond the ken of mortals, where
Fierce storms arc brooded, where the cold
Has for long centuries grown obi,
Yet losing not with age Its strength,
It gathers alt its force to start
Down to the earth with tyrant's rage,
Some adversary to engage,
'Till worn and wearied out at length,
It stops awhile as if in check,
To look upon the gen'ral wreck,
Anil stands so still you might suppose
Its fury spent, yet, e'er aware,
Your ears, your fingers, and your nose
Are, notwithstanding, all your care,
Bitten, yet done so silently,
You think it surely cannot be,
01 it is cold, the air Is cold I
The earth, whatever you behold
Seems chilled ; to touch it Is to shiver,
And make each nerve and fibre quiver.
See, too, that angry, turbid stream,
Tossed with the winds but yesterday,
And sending up in air its spray,
Now lies so quiet, it wo ilil seem
Some one had aimed a deadly blow,
And all its haughty pride laid low ;
Some giant, strong, had hound it fast,
Lest it too soon should hurry past,
With all its waters, to the south,
And cause another summer's drouth.
Harder, still harder, now it snows,
And fiercer, loo, the north wind blows ;
It finds a hundred nji'nings where
AVe thought all well secured and tight,
Through which it drives the chilling air,
And then, retiring from the sight
It makes another onset bold,
And makes more keenly fell, the rold.
The glass with frost is covered o'er,
(Each pane, a coat of purest white,
Where you may crystal letters write;)
The Ice lies thick about the door,
Each day the thickness too increasing,
And daily north winds without ceasing;
The little birds, afraid to fly,
Scarce heed the traveler passing by ;
The chickens sit with frozen feet,
Too weak to walk, too cold to eat,
The cattle, with their backs all white
With snow, s'and shivering all the night,
Afraid In their cold bed to lie,
Although just at the point to die,
While stronger ones crowd close together,
Frozen almost in such cold weather,
Or shake their heads against Uie storm,
Wishing, perhaps, the air were warm,
The grass were green, with tender blade,
Themselves reclining 'i.ealh some shade,
Or haBt'ning to the spring to drink ;
Such thoughts as these, if cattle think,
Must come to mind when all around
They only hoar tho winds odd sound.
See that poor IuJIan shiv'riug stand,
The tear drop in her eye (
Far from her own, her native land,
Beneath a difTrent sky,
She lingers out her few short years
'Mid toils and sufl'iings, hopes and fears.
Look, how she gtriglc for that crust,
Fast frozen to the earth ;
To find such morsels is her trust,
Although they're little worth :
She gathers, takes them home with care,
Her little ones the treasure share.
Far o'er yon hill another stands,
With "row-shoes on his fect,
' No covering upoa his hands,
No food hat he to eat ;
He ventures forth with gun and task
To seek for game, no easy task,
'Tilt passing where the drifted snow
Conceals the waters deep below,
Hi body in the cold stream sinks,
And then he of his sweet-hom thinks,
And struggling hsrd, succeeds at length
In getting out, yet little strength
Is left. His limbs grow ttiT, he falls
J mt as he sees his tent, and calls
For help but ere the friendly aid
Arrives, lilt stalwart form is laid
SI ill In tho snow. He heeds them not;
They bear him to his 1 it t to cot,
And long and patiently they slrlvo
His senseless body to revive.
He lives ngnln, bill ne'er shall hn
Pursue the fleeting deer, nor be
A brave among the hunters' train,
But crippled all his life remain.
Ol happy they who guarded well
From outward storms ran sit ami tell
Of stormy days and nights of yore,
And count their hardships o'er and o'er,
Unconscious all the while of cold,
Unconscious that they have grown old,
Unconscious of the many poor,
Helpless and starving nt their door j
Starving for want of work and food,
Freezing for want of coal and wood.
Ol no, not happy, il they fiel
No Interest In a brother' weal ;
Go then, and though the cold winds blow,
Though hard, and harder slill It snow,
Though hedged your way, yet vi nture through,
And daily skkk some good to do.
Bellevue.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Curious. Fuels of Natural History
A single fi'inalc house-fly produces in
ono BcnHon, 20,0N0,3t0.
. Some female rpnlera produce nearly
20,000.
Dr. Urijjht published a case of an egg
producing an insect 80 years after it must
have been laid.
About thirty fresh water springs oro
discovered tinder tho sea, on the south of
the Persian ftulf.
A wasp's nest usually contains 15,000
or lfi.000 cclla.
Tho Atlantic Oeenn is estimated at
three miles, and the Tucific at four miles
deep.
There are six or seven genorutions of
gnats in a summer, and each lays 2.50
There are uliout 9,000 cells in a square
foot of honey comb. 5,000 bees weigh a
pound. , , ; , !
A swnrin of bees contains from 10,000
to 20,000 in a natural slate, nnd from
30,000 to 40,000 in a hive.
Tho bones of bird are hollow, and
filled with air inblend of uinrrow.
A cow cnts 100 lbs. of green food
every 21 hours, nnd yields five quarts, or
10 lbs. of milk. '"
Two thousand nine hundred silk
worms produce one pound of sill; but it
would require 27,000 spiders, all females,
to produce ono pound of wob.
Cspt. Beaufort saw neur Smyrna, in
1813, a cloud of locusts 40 miles long,
nnd 300 yards deep, containing, as he
calculated, 1C9 billions.
The spring of a watch weighs 015 of a
grain, and a pound of iron makes 60.000.
The pound of steel costs 20 ; a single
spring 2d.; so that 50,000 produces 416.
With a view to collect their wel for
silk, 4,000 spiders were once obtnined,
but they soon killed each other. Slanu-
facturcs and war never thrive together.
Spiders have four paps for spinning
their threads, each ' pan bavin? 1,000
holes ; and the fine web itself the union
of 4,000 threads. No spider tpius more
than lour . wous, ami when the fourth is
destroyed, they seize on the webs of
others.
Lrery pound of cochineal contains
70,000 insects boiled to death, and from
GOO.000 to 700,000 pounds are annimlly
brought to Europe for scarlet and other
Jyes.
A queen-bee will lay 200 eggs daily
for 50 or CO days, and the egs are
hatched iu three days. A single queen.
Uo has Ihi sts'.cd to produce 100,000
bees in a season.
There is nothing of greater importance
than to find for our children masters of
unblemished ' characters, irreproachable
morals, unobjectionable manners, and who
are eminent for their knowledge ; for the
source and origin of everything that U
valuable in life is a good edtrcatioiu
CcS What is that base man good for,
whosA language is deception, and who is
ever wanting in his engagements.
NO. 14J
The W rongs of Unuiaii.
There U no crime, not oven murder,
which entails upon tho offenders as hor
rihlo a punishment as that which falls
upon the unhappy girl who is drivcu, it
mny be by tho error of ono unguarded
moment, into a lifo of prostitution a life
which is worso than denth a lifo whoso
average duration is computed by some at
three, by none at more than seven years,
every moment of which is embittered by
the sense of overwhelming degradation,
and by every physical evil which can rcn
der existence hateful' and miserable.
And how monstrously disproportioiicd is
tho punishment to tho crime! A young
girl of sixteen or seventeen, in ignorance
and inexperienco of tho ways of '.tho
world,' a mero child, nt a period of lifo
when reason is feeble, but when tho new
passions of her being havo sprung into
sudden sway, tho stronger for their novel
ty, is subjected to tho stalled temptations,
the deliberate and systematic arts of tho
seducer; and in this most unequal con
test what wonder that tho poor young
creature falls falls whero t Down, deep
down, into tho very darkest and foulest
abyss of society. Nurturod tenderly in
hor lost parental homo, and in conse
quence of that tenderness the less pre
pared to resist the spoiler when ho came
appealing to tho affections of her nature,
she is now an outcast from social life, cut
ofT from every tie of relationship, aban
doned by every friend, tho helpless and
merciless slavo of every reproach cursed,
scoffed at, trampled 1 upon 'every ' side
and at last sinks exhausted into the grave.
And meanwhile, what lias become of the
primary cause of all these horrors ? The
seducer, where Is he ? Te what pandey
monititn has society consigned him? Sure;
ly the community, which had so little
mercy on tho tempted, will find some new
extremity of torture, some, still more ex
quisite refinement or long protracted
agony, to inflict upon tho tempter ?.. Not
so. lie has nothing to fear from Bociety,
Just, humane, immaculate society, anx
ious fur the purity of its morals, stamps
its inexorable victim of seduction, crush
ing her into tho mire, and at the same
time holds out its friendly hand to the
crafty and profligate seducer in token of
undiminished esteem.
It
A Clil Id's Answer. . t ,
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A father onoo said playfully to his lit
lie daughter, a child about five years old t
Mary, you arc not good for anything.' . ,
'Yes I am, dear father, replied she,
looking thoughtfully and tenderly into Lis
face. . , ' : - : -it
'Why, what arc you good for, pray tell
me, ray dear?' i , . ,,
' am good to love you, father, replied
she, at tho same time throwing her tiny
arm around his neck, and giving him a
kiss of unutterable affeciiou. i,
Messed child ! may your life ever, be
an expression of that early felt instinct of
love. The highest good you or any other
mortal can pxssibly confer is, to lire in
the full exercise of affection. Ladies'
Christian Annual. ,,
A colored man was so convinced of the
lowliness of his position and that labor
was his natural lot, that' he was even In
different as to the future state, believing
that "dey'll make niggers work eben'ef
ho go to Ileben.' A clergyman tried to
argue him out of this opinion' by repre
senting tlwt this could not be the case, in
asmuch as there was absolutely no work
for him to dp in Heaven. ' His answer
was: "O you g'way Massa. I knows
better. If der's no work for folks cp
dare, dey'll make 'era thubdt clantdt along.
You can't fool dis chile, Massa."
Libcl o Can Coo. An English
paper says: '"In the vicinity of Capej
Cod, two apple trees and a gooseberry
bush are called on orchard. Captain)
Iloicas owns five plum trees, and it look
ed upon as an aristocrat. One year they
don't bear, and the next they can't th
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