I¥7n':'£c.~i for the l‘r'crv-Yoi*Z: _T_ypograplzica.l As-
sociatiozz, on the Celebration qf
' AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
BY SAMUEL w’oonwon'rit--A MEMBI-2I’..
AWAKE the loud trumpet, ’tis Freedom invites,
Lct heroes unitein the strain ; ‘
The olive of Pisaci-:_with the laurel iiiiites,
And music swells ‘Sweet o’i=e the plain.
Thy birth, INDEPF‘NDENCl?‘., by frcciiien be
kept, -
Till Tyranny’s banner be fuvlirl,
Till despots have bled where their victims have
wept, ‘ , -
And Freedom has spread o’cr the world.
VI/'lien dark Superstition had fetter’d the mind,
And reason in bondage was bound,
The goddess descended to ransom mankind,
And genius arose from the ground.
Tlie Pimss she establislied .a pillar of tire,
(W'hile Nig-bt’s sable curtain was furl’d.)
its splendor bade-mystic Delusion retire,
And l’zim'i'ii<G gave light to the world.
The daring COLUMBUS his canvas unl'url’d,
A nation arose in the 'West,
The storehouse of Europe. a mart for the world,
A home for'the poor_ and oppres’d. .
llere Freedoni’s briglit temple, <.ll'ulgont Shall
shine,
Iicr flag o’er its turrets unfuirl'tls
flint’ arms have twice sav’d it, ’twill never do
cline,
\Vhile PRINTING gives light to the world.
.2’ 3.1. ..
FIlOZ.I_THE ABERDEEN JOURNAL.
IIE./IVEN.
;’~l'h_e_re is a land of calm delight
_ To sorrowin, mortals given ;
j 'l‘hei'_e. rapturous scenes enchant the sight,
And all, to sootlid their "uuls, unite ;
Sweet is tlicir_ re“..t-'—in Heaven.‘
There glory beiirns on all the plains,‘
And joy for hope is given ;
'I‘l](:l'Cvl1]ZtSlC swells in sweetest strains‘,
‘ and spotless beauty ever reigns,
Aiid all is love-—iii I-Ieavcn.
There clnudless skies. are ever bright ;
Thence gloomy scenes are diivcn ;
-'§'het'e_stins dispense iinsullic-d li rht,
I And planets beaming on the sight,
’ illtinie the lields of--ilcavcn.
.Tliei'e is a stream that ever flows,
' ‘r w . o u .
. - ",3" lo passing pilgrims given ; V
3 I here iairest fruit immortal grows;
» "4, he verdcnt llowcr eternal blows
Amid the fields of--Heaven.
Tbere is a great, a glorious pi-izc,___...__.
For those with sin who've striv 7
"Fis briglit as stair of evening: slsics,
f1Xi1'i‘IllI‘ above it glittering lies
‘5sA.go_ltleu ci-own—-in Heaven.
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‘ lVIis’cellai1y.
. Y - 3- ' ,
rniom Tris coiiiivi‘§cfric‘o""r COURANT.
IT is an old sayi«iig,~‘tl'iat It's no time (0 make
fiat/is vu/iilc it .S‘720‘Ith‘}. The meaning of w hicligl
take to be, that our minds are naturally opposed
to instruction, admonition or advice until they
become prepared, by scli'ering or the fear of it.
Preaching lessons of economy to the spcndthrift
while his means of gratification last, is to him but
idle prattle; but every considerate and reflecting
mind must be alarnied at the present style ofliv-
ing in this part ol"oiii"country ; Imean in eating,
drinking, clothing, furniture, ridii_i'g,amusemenis,
visits and idleness. I would n,ot_be . censoriuus,
unless plain truth be censure. ~"'I-fit be asked _
what are the inevitable consequences of living
beyond our income, the answeoi is ready in the
niouili of every one---poverty, mortilication, and
(lepl'CSSl0lI. But no one intends to fall into that
condition ; and at the approach of danger, eve;
ry method which iiigenuity can invent is resort-
cclto as a preventative, except the only one that
could avail—Industry and Economy.
I have been led to these reflections more par-
zicularly by an incident which shall now be rela-
ted. A few mornings past I had occasion to call
in at one of my neighbors, on an errand. The
kitchen door standing open and seeing nobody in
the room, Iwalked in without any ceremony and
took a chair. The family had just finished break-
fast, and the table furniture remained unmoved.
In the adjoining room, the door of which was 0-
pen, I heard loud and earnest talking; and being
well acquainted with the different voices, soon
learned that the father, mother, and two dangli-
ters were warmly engaged on the subject of pur-
chasing a new carpet and a looking-glass. I
took out my table-book and pencil, and sketched
‘ down the follovvingvtlialogue as it fell from the
mouths of the disputants.
Afr. Coultcr. Pray, wife, don’t teaze me any
more about it now, ii’s high time lor me to go to
work. The oxen liave been yoked up this half
hour, and the plowing must be done.
Airs. Coulter. You always put me offjust so...
you're always in a hurry when I want to talk to
you about buying any thinrr. V»/by can’: you b-_-
like other folks? I won’t be used so I tell you
plainly. I’m as good as my neiglibors,«though I
say it. Lady "filter can have her line Turkey
carpets, her line looking-glasses, lierfine mahog-
any sidr: boards and bureaus, her fine China tea
seits, her fine hearth rugs and fire screens, and
that's all well enough for hcr—-she's made some.
thing of-—sbe can go and come when she pleas-
es, and have somebody to wait on her too——she
can have stylish company and,eiitc-rtain them
stylishly when she’s done! But here I am at
home above halfthc time, making cheese, or but-
tcr,or bread,or pies, or something or other. VVhy,
no longer ago than last Tuesday I was caught
‘ be seriously felt by us.
upon surprisevby Mrs. Trotter and Miss Street-
yarn, with my hands in a ttib of curds up to my
elbows. I thought I should clear go off. I am _
surprised, Mrs. Coulter, says Mrs. 'I'rot‘:er, to
find you making cheese, when you are so abun-
dantly able to hire help! Think of that, now!
Not but that I’m willing to work once in a wbilea
but I want some encouragement foi-it. How do
you think I felt the other day when lady Tilter
drove up to the door in her _bi"-an new tippec
chaise and plated harness, with a servant bet-.vecn
her feet on a carpeted stool 3 I iiiustjust run in
and see how you do, and be olfiagaiii, for I have
fiiur visits to make yet this afternoon, and must
be home at five o'clock to i'eceive—»coinpaiiy. I
could do no less than ask her into the parlour,
though I was ashamed to have ‘her see it; for,
instead of having a full length looking-glass to
turn licrself round before, and a Turkey carpet
to walk on, I could afford her nothing more than
a plain glass to adjust her patches and dress, and
a homemade carpet to step on. I thought then
and I think now that it is high time to alter our
old fasliioned way of living, and be a little more
stylish. I have but just three carpets and four
looking-glasses now in our whole house. and they
are all out of fashion—-I can’t live so, and I won’t
live so any longer. If you don’t buy them I
will~—and if y
an. (1. But pray where will you get money
to pay tor them? If they are purchased they
mus‘. be paid for you kiiow, and I have no innu-
ey at command. How much do you suppose
they will cost 3 7
Ii/Irs. C. Cost! you're always talking about
cost. “That will such a thing cost? you say.-—
Now, how can I-tell ! Mrs. Tiller bought an
imported carpet the other day for her keeping
room, for 5365, and a glass for S60-—-such are
good enough for me. though,_I'sh'ould have them
of a different figure. ' v ‘
114:‘. C’. You are tvery ‘moderate in your'tle-
inands. Let us see'—-65 and 60-tha,t’s l25.--
W by, that would take ayoke of first rate oxen or
four good cows. These are, ‘Z«‘._!01‘f/I something;
but what profit would the carpet and pro-
duce ? the interest of the money would amount
in ten years to 875-and if they are ‘not really
necessary, would it not be better to content our;
selves awhile with the; carpets and glasses wt:
now have, rather than involve ourselves in debt ?
'I‘hr.=. times arepi'essiiig———nioiiey scarce and diffi-
cult to be obtained ; beside tliat, our circumstan-
ces arc not aflluent--our family is numerous ar .l
somewhat expensive. —I have no funds to res rt
to, but the farm and my labor on it—-the seas
are precarious and the crops uncertain. A '
in our stock, or sickness in the family would
VVe could not
1Wi'.vs Clara C. I never 3 Father is always '
ing about profit and loss, and bad crops, -.ir;-d (sick-
ness and such things. I’m sure I am not t:x.ti'av-
agaiit. Think of Rosa Tiller-she’s alioht my
zige-—licr father bought a shawl forher last week
that cost twelve dollars, and I never yet have had
one that cost over ten.
.-I-Ir. C. My child, if you will contrive any
way by honest employment to earn ten dollars
in twenty weeks, I will adcl to it ten more, antlj
you may expend the whole in buying what you‘
please. V i .
. Miss Clara. I earn ten dollars? I want to
know if you wish me to go out to work at spiu- V
ning or house-work ? and as to carding, spinning
knitting, or weaving at home, you know very well
that it is much rhea/zer to have them all dour: 2:-I
broad by carding machines and patent looms. airl
such kind of things. As to teach the A, B, (T
school, it’s a great confinement for one, and rail-
er too vulgar an employment for young l;i-lit-.-.
that are any thing. -
flvliss 1t‘cnr.’a. I sha'nt go to spinning, I gucsé.
very soon. I should _look well indeed at an old
spinoingwlieel and company coming in I--tll-E
dirty to\v and flax all over my face and clotliesli
beside that, it is a great deal cheaper to buy cloth
out and oi.it,as Clara says,tlian to make it at home.
1lIr. C. This is very dil}_‘erent language from ’
that which farmers’ daughters used forty years
ago--your grandmothers and their ,daughters
were l‘.irmers’ wives and farmers’ daugliters....',.
They were considered respectable in society».-
they were industrious, prudent, andieconomical-—
they thought it an honor to them to be good spiri-
ners and good dairy women--they took an lion-
est pritlein sliewing their bundles of yarn, tlieir
cloth and their cheeses-—tliey -were contcntetl
and happy without '2-‘tit-key carpets and gilt look}
ing-glasses. Unembarrassed in their cii‘curn'-
stances, they were strangers to mortgages, at-
tachments and executions-—-the collectorvcallcttl
but once for his tax—tlieir clothes and furnituije _
were substantial, neat and clean, and principally
of their own domestic manufacture.
11/Ira. C. Yes, yes, husband; but don’t you
know that those plain, old fashioned, homespun
goodies knew nothing about the taste and present
style of living 3
Jlrlr‘. C. Yes I do; and happy would it have but ii
‘l
money, they say, by speculation and trallicing
about, and he gets money out of the bank, which
you can do as well as he. . ~ I
Afr. C. f my credit is good, it-is of great
importanc grime and my family to keep it so.—
‘Credit is a'"delicate thing--too free use of it,
shoils it. I know Mr. Tilt8r’s circu instances bet-
ter than yo_u do. He is deeply in debt. All the
shew and parade he and his family are now ma-
king-are false appearances--lie owes for it'all.--
He has, it is true, borrowed his ‘money at the
banks, to the‘ sorrow and rtiin of himself, and I
fear«‘tr> the injury of his endorsers. His farm is
inortgaged to them already, and must go-Do
yoii wish to urge me into his situation ? He was
doing well enough while he attended to his farm-
ing business and lived within bounds—the furni-
ture in h-is house was decent; and comfortable,
and so were his and his fainiiy’s clothing ; but
this bewitcliing spirit of being rich, broke into his
family and turned int‘.-ustiy and economy out of
doors. \Vithin twelve months from this time, he
and his family ,
At this moment Miss Renda, vexed at her fa-
thers’ obsinacy, fiounced into the kitchen and dis-
covering me, gave notice in the" other room and
put an end to the dispute. I was a little vexed
too, as I felt a wish to know who would have til-
timately prevailed. I did my errand and with-
drew. , » r
On returning home, I reflected upon the sub-
ject of the present /zard times. \\''hat is the
cause? Is it the scarcity of. money? I think
not. Every body who has a yoke of, oxen, or ‘a
cow, or a pig, or a bushel of potatoes to sell, can
take the money for them and a good price too.-—‘-
But the banks, some say the banks make all this
mischief. ‘Why not then, let them alone ? They
have not got our money. But they won’t dis-
count, it is said, only when they please, and for
whom they please—--their favorites ! but the
worst of all this is, that when they do let us have
money, they make a plaguy rout about it, if we
dot‘.’t pay them when the money becomes due.-
This is intolerable--no body can live with it.
But, Messrs. Printers, I very much suspect the
diiliiziilty lies some where else-—that . the true
cause of the present presnre, may in a great de-
gree, be traced to want of moderation in our pre-
sent mode of living, and to our inattention to that
frugality, industry and economy for which our
ancestors were so remarkable. If, however, I
am in an error in this opinion, I beg of you or
some of your correspondents to set me right in
your next.
In the mean time I remain your friend,‘
Guns .loi.'rEn, Jun.
.4¢lvz'cc to Young Lac’z’es.--Girls, listen to me a
moment. llarwood has been young himself, but
the hey-dey of passion is over : he loves you
dearly-—lias no motive but your happiness, and
would not for worlds advise you ill. .
Shun the man, he asks you to take any im-
portant step, co ,‘ Ty to the consent of your pa-
y;ents. . [Wake your mot/zi_2r.v, girls, your confidante ;
commune with them unreservcdly, and never do
. pr suffer an act which'you should blush to tell
them, and you will possess
I4'i’uzt:zot/ting ear.‘/zly gives, or can destroy,
.'l'/ze soul's calm sunsliine, and the /ieartzfclt joy.
Aye--and get married twice as soon, and to a
far better husband, than the froward, disobedient
slave to her passions.
-—--ti--:1’.--IF-—-—
/1;:ccdorc.-—AVelocipeder presented biinselfat
:1 turnpike gate, and demanded ‘ VVhat is to pay ?’
"Phat, (said the waggish gate-keeper) depends
upon whether you ride upon your hobby or pull
it through; in the latter case, you know, a two-
wheel carriage drawn by any l-lorse, Ilfulc or ./Isa,
is liable to the toll; and you will I suspect, come
within the meaning of the Act.
From the Store .House of Old '1'lmes.—-A cele-
brated divine of punning memory, occasionally
made a good play upon words. One of his hap-
piest was the following, which is deemed worth
preserving. In front of his dwelling house there
was a slough, in the street,which he had frequent-
ly urged theselect~men to fill up and render pass-
able, in wet weather. They however neglected
it, till one day. returning in a carriage from the
country,'their wheels settled down in the deepest
part of it, and they were obliged to alight and
wade out. Our divine spiedthem, and hastened
to the spot, addressed them as follows : Gentle-
men, I have long been exhorting you to mend
your -ways, and am exceedingly rejoictda 31 last-
t see you stirring in .'li:'s nzatter.—-Kaleidoscope.
An Irish sailor, as he was'riding, made a pause.
The horse in beating off the files, caught his hind
footin the stirrup. The sailor, observing it, said,
‘ VVliy,_how now, Dobbin ? If you are going to
get on, I'll gr: of; for, shiver my timbers: if I
if we had never known it in our day. It cannot
be supported. Money does not grow on tress :{
and I verily believe. if the philosophers. sioiicl
which turns every tliinginto gold, could be fourd
in every field, it would serve rather to IliCt“t:a“.:3
the vices, follies and miseries of mankind.
./lfiss Rerzda. I declare, I would run the V67}-
turc of that, if I could find one of them. I should
have a gold watch and a good parcel of beatls,
rings and jewels pretty quick, I warrant ye.
/ll’:-.9. C. Come, Renda, don’t talk such non-
sense. You know that stone don’t grow about
here ; but if it did, your father would be unwil-
ling to let -you have such things--lie could not
afar-d it. Say, liusband, have you a_ny'objeciion
to buying the carpet _and looking-glass? You
know we can’t do without them, we really wtnt
them to be decent, f
1142-. C. V\’e have a great many iirzaginqry
wants. If you can point out any w_ay to raise the
money to pay for them 3
1l’Irs. C. ' Aye,thereit comes again. I phlnt
out the way? llow does Mr. Tilte-r find iviys
and means to buy all the fine things he gets for
his family ? I should beashamed! You are WQl'lll
as much as he is, and your credit is as good,‘ as
his any day in the year. True, he made ‘a little
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not going to ride double -with you.’
.1 -sun’:/.'cn b‘cru/ilc.—-Two friars, the one a Dom-
‘ inician, the other a Franciscan,iravelling togeth-
~:‘,came to a river. The Dominician told the oth-
er, that as hejwe Kfarefooted he was-bound in
cliarity to carry liim‘oiler—it‘lie did not, it would
be a sin. The Franciscan consented and took him
on his shoulders. W'hen they came to the mid-
dle of the strcam,'the-Franciscan asked him if
he had any cash. He answered ‘ ycss t“/0 rials-’
The Franciscan hearing this, said, ‘ Father, pat‘-
don me; but our order /zositivcly /iroliibizs our
carrying any money.’ So saying, he threw him
into the river. '
He knows not what is sweet who knows not
what is-sour: Health is _known by sickness,
wealth by want.
[The following letters were found engraved on
a tomb stone in an ancient church yard, with the
ten ycainmanclinents under them; and it was
found that by applying one vowel to its proper and
dllfclent places, it would make perfect sense.]
PRSVRYPRFCTMN
VRKPT-HS-PRC PITSTN.
"Co/lied from the Newark, IV. J.) (;,.,m-"(,1 of
‘ Freedom .’
_ THIS IS TO CERTIFY,
-HAT my son, between 16 and l?’ yeaf's’o
ag-c,_was nearly four years severely alilicted wit u
a painful and sore leg. After having [vied varll
ous_ medicines without effect, I was inc],,cL.(r frol-
seeing many reported cures, to try tD,._ Ralf m"
Botanical Drops,’ prepared by s \V_ -1-_ Conwaevs
vvlicn to the astonishment of myself, son am’,
friends, after tgking these d'rops'alone for severad
weeks, ( nearly fifty pieces of bone basin com .
from the different ulcers, the last of vvhfch “,2:
two inches and a half in length. and half an inch
in breadth.) the sores healed, and his leg became‘
sound. ‘ '
is not the"least appearance of further sv'mpro‘,‘,,'s .
I the-trefore think it a duty, ‘as well to the prop;~i§§:“
tor of this valuable nicdecine, as to the ’p,,i,;ic"a",_'
large, to make the same thus publiclv known
_Witness my hand, this 7th day of'Septembr--.
1&8‘ MATTHIAS D/i1Y:Post?tIaster M ‘
Newark, New—.Iersey. '
1):-. Rel/E's Botanical Dru/:5 are a radical cii'r;-
for salt rheum, scurvy, scrofula, St. Antl‘{Oli).rq
fire, leprosy, pimpled faces, sore legs, ulcers, vs-
‘neiial tainthj, when mercury has failed, fever
sores, even when the bone is carious. are the best
spring and autumnal physic, and may be given
to children with perfect safety.
lar. gi::;r=.ds,’c for ‘ Dr. Relfe’s Botanical Drops ’
none are genuine unless signetl * VV. '1‘, (;0nwa‘y_’s
Pam]:/zlets qf many extraordimzry cures, ai:com/1a-
ny eaclz bottle.’ These drops are prepared a‘nd,.~.
Conway, Chemist, No. 1,’ Bumstead place Com-
mon- t t B - ' - '
Pawns gee , oston, and retail} by appointment,
SEY-"'10-*2’-‘t M1trIs.~ Stamford St gem,
Ktent, Stiles Nichols, Bridgeport, B,ctts ‘Sc Co,
l\orwal_k, Mygatt, Danbury, Isaac D. Bull IL“;
fem! DY“ 5‘ HOWE, Windham, and mGSt,(ll‘:1g-
gests, booksellers and pog,t;mastc,.S ,hmughout
the Union; where may be had all those }'u.s-11,
es:ee7rml and /rig/zly a/2/zro-vcrl Mcdiciiies, pp. mi:
ed by ‘ W. T. Cmixvay.’ I ' Ir
“,,"’ A large discount to country Pliysiciaiis,
traders, &c. 58 cow 3w
Win. J. Street, I
HA5 This <13)’ (I936 947 Feplenislied his stock
with a choice fséljection of new and fashiona.
ble Goods, consistingof DR Y-GOODS, CROOK-
ER Y, H/1Ii’D-W./IRE, E5‘ GROCERIES. The
holders of Bank Notes (broken banks excepted)
are invited to call and exchange them for some’-
thing that will make them look fine, keep them
warm, and even make them rich,“- wlren one half’
of the trash, (now called monev) will be out of
fashion. Among the great varietv of articles dc};
(led to his stock at this time, may ‘be .l3uiiid.
Parasols, white and black silk Stockings
English and French silk Gloves
Kid and assorted do. ‘
Fine sarcinet Cambric, Cotton and thule Lace
Superfine Jackonet Muslin, . Fine Le.~.::;\ ‘:_,-’§}";;hri:-
Plain and figured Book Muslins '
Cambric 7.‘-Iuslins of various qualities . 737.,
' Canton and fancy silk Hlidkls
Torioise shell Combs, large and small
Ivory and Horn do.
Pinli. and bl-.ie ‘.:tri[:':d Cinghams
Carlisle Cingharns and Robes
Furniture Chin-tz and (.)alicops.soine var" cleqzin.r
Bombazetts, black and assorted colors ii
Italian and Canton (Lmpes
Cotton stripes, sliirtini; and (lingliaiiis
Apron Checks and°Bed 'l’ickiiig"
Steam Loom sliirtin3- . ,
Irish I.inens from 25 to 80 cts pct yard
Plain and blue Nankeen
Striped Jane and Russia sheeting
Real superfine blue and black Broad Cir.-tits
Blue, black and mixt Cassirneres
Olive Velvet Cord (very stout) 37 l52 czs pr. yd
lVIarseilles silk and buff Cassimere Testing
Plain and striped cotton Cassimcre -
30 doz. Fzitis at 2 and 3 cents each.
LIKEWISI-‘..
Blue printed T:-:..-, l".namel’d do.
Ewcrs, Basons and Chambers
Elegant Luster'd Pitch’ers
%ii_iainel’d aml creamcolorctl do.
‘ ue priiited Dining Plates, Twlfilcrs 8'. f'v'Il.l.H‘l-I18
Cut Glass, common Tumblci-s, Stone Ware, 8<c.
ALSO,
I-‘tum, Brandy, Gin, \Vines, Molasses, loafand
brown Sugar, Rice, salt, spices, tobacco, snuff,
Candles, soap, Honey, Young l-Iyson, I-Iyson skin
and soucliong Teas, Spanish Indigo and segars,
wrought and cut Nails, Knives 8: Forks, Spoons,
Locks, Hinges, screws, Buttons, Pots, Kettles,
and many other articles not eiiiiincrateil.
* Rum. Brandy, VVisic, Szc.
.'¢3.'.
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List of Letters rcnininz'.*ig 2'': U2!‘ z"n‘s-5-Cfilcc, azf,
..»\f'or7va.’k, Jilly I. lSl9.
TEPHEN Adanis, Josepli Burtics, James
Brown, .lai'nes lleaty, Steplit-ii l'.hurcbil,
Rhoda Finney, John Gray, Delia fluid. 2, PC.-
tcr James, jr. Daniel James, Elccta Kccler, Ira
Marvin, Barnabas .Marvin, Esq. David Marvin,
Jacques Richards, N. Canaan, Tlioinas Reed, 2,
Roswell Reed, David Rodgers. \Vm. J. Street,
John Sireet.jr. John ?~'.cntion, ‘Wilton, V-.7tii. Shoe-
craft. Seth Taylor, Esq. Bennett 'i‘a_vlor, Azer
‘Tuttle, N. C. Micliat-l Tiirans_. I‘IatlianicllVVar-
ren, Samuel VVe_vm:iii.
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_ . For Sale,
SMALL Place, lying in New-Cm
,,,,____ _ naan, containing about 5 acres of
Land, with a good Dwellirig-lloase, and Barn
thereon. Said place has got a young orchard
containing betwixt 50 and 60 appletrces. Con-
ditions made easy and an iiidispiitablc title given
by the subscriber. CARY 'v'l:'-ED.
Nciv-Canaan, May 27, 1819. *5? 5m
BLANKS, of all kinds, for sale at this Office.
"\>7’.>I\'I.gI.i‘_I~‘.'I‘7I‘5u, P. M.
Dr. Relfifs Bolctmccll Do-ops,
it is now several months since, and me,-6 ~.
Price one dol- o
sold wholesale, by.lhe sole pi‘-op,-ie,O,.,_VV T -
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