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"mamas DIRECTORY.
W NdriiiralkP/Ost Office.
West 7.00 A. lit—2.30 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—5.15 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. ,M.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, 12 M..
NAILS DUE.
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Danbury'& Norwalk Railroad 7.30 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
H. W. SMITH, P. M.
NORWALK HOTEL,
(LATELY THE ALLrs nousE,)
EDWIN PECK, PROPRIETOR,
LEASE of this well-known and popu-
A ‘lar House having been purchased of
Mr. Allis, will be continued, as heretofore, as
a first Class provincial Hotel. No pains ta-
king or expense will be spared to render
this in all respects a quiet and genteel, as it
is a beautiful rural retreat. Permanent and
transient, guests accommodated upon reason-
ablete'i‘ms'.
W'K’g‘eod
the Hotel.
GREGORY’S POINT
H O, T E L ,
Norwalk, Conn.
D. H. NUTTER, . . . ...... PROPRIETOB.
THE ALLIS HOUSE,
(formerly Union House,)
Opposite N. Y. & N. H. Depot, in Union-st,
New Haven, Conn.
L. P. ALLIS, PROPRIETOR.
CYRUS NORTHROP.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office opposite congregational Church,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
JAMES'G. BARBOUR,
sURorCAL AND MECHANICAL
DENTIST,
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
I Connecticut.
Architecture.
SI'DNE‘Y M. STONE,
ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, .Detail
Drawings, and superintend the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. 1152
Livery Stable connected with
E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, “’00an and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give
0 particular attention to sales by Auc-_
tion, of Real Estate, Personal Property and
Household Furniture : terms low.
WM. 0. STREET & co,
Importers ; wholesale and retail dealers in
HARDWARE, IRON,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
ments, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, &c.
o. is. nocnwoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPORIUM‘ 2
No. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, N orwalk, Ct.
C. J'. GRUIVIAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS, CARPETINGS,
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cussinieres,
Satinetts, Vestiiigs, and Tailor’s
Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece
or Package. Sheetings,
Shirtings, Jeans, &c.
At the lowest possible prices.
» NORWALK, CONN
3. iii. onms'rnazo a. 00;,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Peed, &c.,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
msuaaacn company,
or Hartford,
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Cash Capital $1,000,000
insure against loss and damage by Fire,
on 'l‘el'ms adapted to the huzard,and
consiiteut With the laws of
Compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent ' _ '
lyzil For Norwalk and vrcmrty.
ETNA
Buckwheat Cakes.
NEW Buckwheat Flour, from Perry’s
a ' At. OLMS’I‘EAD & Co’s.
ll“
I'ancv Goods, ac.
fine assortment of Fancy Goods, Pocket
Cutlery, and a new lot of Rodger's Scis-
sors, just received and warranted to be a first
rate article. Clocks of all kinds. We have
also the agency of Mcrrill’s Oriental Pomade,
somethmgnew, and needs only to be tried to
3P
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‘
JACOB TERI 6!. CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
READY MADE CLOTHING!
and
Cents’ Furnishing Goods
of their own manufacture.
REMOVAL.
HE office of C. F. Moeller’s Dyeing Es- ’
tablishment has been
0 REMO VED
from Mr. John F. Bennett’s, to Bunting’s
Baker ', Main-st, where he will be glad to
. see all his old customers as well as many
new ones as will favor him with a call.
South N orwalk, Chas; R. Bennett; Winni-
pauk, J 03. C. Randlc.
Gutta Percha & India Rubber
CEMEN '1' ROOFING.
r \HIS article has been thoroughly tested by
builders, Architects, and others, and the
experience Ofyears has proved it to be the
cheapest and most durable roofing in use.
We call attention to the following facts :
lst—It is fire and water proof.
2d—From its great elasticity it is not inju»
riously affected by extremes of heat and cold.
3d—It is adapted to all kinds of Roofs,
whether steep or flat, and is not in want of
constant repairs, as is the case with metal and
other roofs. .
4th—The cost is only about One-Half that
of Tin, and it is twice as durable.
It is readily applied to Old Shingle Roofs,
without removing the shingles, which is a
great desideratum to parties who do not wish
to risk having their ceilings and furniture ru-‘
ined, while repairs are being made.
Leaky'Tin and Metal Roofs are readily re-
paired with Gutta Percha Cement, and
prevented from further corrosion and leaking
thereby insuring a perfectly water-tight roof
for many years. '
Specimens of the Rcofing can be seen by
calling on the subscriber, at South N orwalk.
All orders by letter will receive prompt at-
tention. D. F. HUNT, South Norwalk,
» INSURANCE.
THE subscriber having taken the agency
of the New England litre and Marine In-
surance 00. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
by fire, on as accommodating terms as any
other Company. ’ ‘
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recently established
with a paid in capital of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for N orwalk and vicinity.
N orwalk, Feb. lst, 1850. tfb
n. ovum-Ann a soars,
Cabinet Makers i;
At their Old Established Ware Rooms,
East Hide the Bridge,
OPPOSITE PH OZ'NIX BLOCK.
I I AVE now on hand the largest and best
assortment of Cabinet Furniture,‘ChaIrs
Looking Glasses, Mattresses, etc, ever ofiere
for sale in this place, which we have just pur-
chased for cash, at extremely low prices, and
intend to sell accordingly. '
We also keep constantly on hand, Ready
Mule Coffins of all sizes and descriptions, from
the most costly Rosewood to the plainest ever
used.
From our long experience Iii the Underta-
king Business, wcare confident we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may need our
services. 37
Groceries Cheaper. than ever
I' O R C A S I! !
HE subscriber would inform the public
generally, that he still continues to sell
the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc., at his
old stand, No. 4 Skicldy’s Block, as cheap as
the cheapest. He offers great inducements
to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort-
ment of groceries of the best qualities as can
be found at any store iii the country. He
would invite the special attention of all to his
stock of
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are of the very best quality, and will
be sold cheap. The public are invited to call
and examine and judge for themselves.
A. MOREHOUSE.
SOUTH NORWALK
Ladies and Cents’
3001: do Shoe Store.
' ‘HE subscriber, having taken the business
1. and stand of Stevens & Tristram, is pre-
pared to supply every article to be found in a
first class Dual and Shoe Establishment, for la-
dies-gentlemen, or children’s wear.
Our goods are manufactured expressly for
our own sales, and warrant all Work sold by
us. Always on hand, or made to order at
short notice,
Gents’ Patent Leather Boots, Shoes, (to. ;
Ladi'es’ Gaiters, £26., (£6. ,' Children’s
Gaiters, and Shoes, die, (90., etc.
Rubber goods ; a large stock kept constantly
on hand. Repairing done neatl and expedi-
enllg. HARVEY TEVENS.
South Norwalk (No. 3, Ely’s Block), April
7, 1860.
FURNITURE!
THE subscriber is now prepared to offer to
the public, at his old stand, as good an
assortment of
Cabinet furniture
as can be found in Fairfield County, and at
lower prices, FOR CASH; than the same
ualit of goods can be obtained at any other
stab ishinent.
The sto‘,“ corp ' (part of
Marble Top, 114.122.: ,- 'r ‘ g, Card, and
Quartctte Tables; Bookcaséz, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tcte-a-tete Lounges ; Mahog-
any and Cane seat Chairs ; Gilt '
' and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c., «be.
OOFFIN WA REROOMS ,-
whcre may be found a full assortment of Cof-
, fins, which will finished in the best possible
manner, and at short notice.
[If A hearse will be furnished when do-
A. RENOUD.
sired.
Westport, May lst, 1858.
Hardware and Cutlery.
Mechanic’s Tools, Farming Utensils, Guns,
Pistols, Iron and Steel, \Vindow
Glass, Paints and Oils.
WM. C. STREET d5 CO. have in store
and are constantly receiving direct
from the manufacturers, a large supply of
Foreign and Domestic Goods, under the above
‘ denonrinations,wliicli makes their assortment
of articles suited to this market, equal to any
in the State, and which will be sold either
wholesale or retail on as favorable terms as
can be purchased in New York.
WILLIAM C. STREET,
A. H. WILCOXSON.
Notice.
HE subscrlbcr having secured the agen-
ey for the sale of‘Fincklc & Lyons Sew-
lilf" Machine for the Towns of Norwalk,
Waestport, Rcdding,Ridgeficld, \Vilton, New
Canaan, Darien and Stamford, he will be
prepared to exhibit and operate said Machine
in the course of the coming week. The Ma-
chine, considering its great range of works.
manship, is probably the best Family Sewing
Machine in existence; and any person wish-
ing to get one will do well to wait a few
days, when he can see and judge for himself.
GEO. II. RANDLE.
P. S.——The Machines may be seen in oper-
be appreciated. A. JACKSON & BRO.
At the Old Stand in Main Street.
ation at the Store of George Hoyt.
THE UN ION,
urns: CONSTITUTION,
and the
FLAG OF. OUR. COUNTRY!
is the. motto at
Northrop’s Saloon.
Families, Parties, Picnics, Fairs and Fes-
tivals furnished with Oysters, Ice Cream,
Confectionery. Jellies, Blanc Mange, &c., at
short notice, on reasonable terms at
N ORTHROP‘S SALOON, Main-st.
‘ N e w-
HABDWABE 8L PAINT. STORE,
M a i n S t r e e t,
Opposite I. II. Campcll’s Confectionery,
MARVIN & PROWITT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, Window Shades, &c.
““TIMBEHI LUMBER!
I-ath, Lime, Erick, Cement,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
BUILDERS‘ HARDWARE, co. co,
AT THE
New Lumber Yard,
NEAR THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE,
SOUTH NORWALK.
Our Stock is new, bou lit for Cash, and
will be sold~low. TOLLES & A '.
South Norwalk, Oct. 15, 1860. tf42
A. JACKSON a. 330.
VVOULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in Fairfield County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which is larwer than ever before.—
_We have a fine lot of Ladies’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as bein cor-
recttime keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s I etch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
reefer. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
lated Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO.
Mr, J. Hessian,
Professorof Music
-- Is now prepared to re;
, . . . new his course of instruc-
tion to all those who may desire his‘ services.
Instructions given on the Piano Forte, Organ
or Melodeon. ‘
Pianos tunedand repaired. All orders left
at his residence, Main-st, and store of (A. H.
Camp, No. 17 Main-st, N orwalk, will be
promptly attended to. 1y82
House S: Sign Painting,
GILDING, GLAZING, &c., &c.,
SOUTH NORWALK.
HE subscriber will execute all orders in
Plain or Ornamental Painting in the
most satisfactory manner, and at reasonable
prices.
Also, For Sale, his present residence (with
his business if desired), comprising a house
nearly new, with garden, trees, shrubbery,
&c., and ashop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply on the premises, opposite Quinturd &
Smith’s Carriage Factory, to
GEORGE IIODGES.
May 7th, 1800. 1y19
J.N.LOCKWO0D&CO,
“’est Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NE‘V BLOC ,
I EEP constantly on hand, a large and
'aried assortment of Ladics’, Geiits’,and
Children’s
GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &C.,
all made under our own personal supervis-
ion, of—the best material, and in the most
workman]ikc-manncr, Our assortment of
Ladies’ Gaiters undoubtedly comprises—both
in extent and quality—a finer assortment than
can be found at any similar establishment in
the County. In Gent‘s Boots, Gaiters, Shoes,
etc, we have a larger and better fiSSOl‘llllellt,
we are confident, than was ever before offer-
ed in Norwalk. \Vc are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any arllcle in our li'ngtihd
at the shortest notice.
Misscs’ and Children’s Shoes, Rubbers, etc,
in endless variety. A fine article of Slippers
or Gents’ wear.
REPAIRING—iii all' its branches—done
neatly, quickly, and cheaply.
General, Blacksmithing.
CARRIAGE MAKING if: REPAIRNG ;
And Horse Shoez'ng Exchange.
THE subscribers have made arrangements
for carrying on a general Blacksmithing,
Carriage Making and Repairing; and also,
for the Shoeing of Horses, in which depart-
ment, we have the services of a man thor-
oughly competent and experienced, whom
we will warrant not to be surpassed in this
line of his vocation. A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited.
E. M. MERRITT 8; CO.
E. M. Murmur. G. W. MEnnITT.
Water-st, N orwalk, Conn.
, Whitney’s .
Photographic and Fine Ar
GALLERY,
NORWALK, CONN.
ATE E. B. Tnoxrrsox‘s. E T. Whitney
would inform the citizens of Norwalk
that he has established himself in the Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo-
graps, Ambrotypes, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life
size; colored or plain; in the hi best style
of the. art. E. T. WHITNEY.
D. B. WOODBURY, Operator “29
Wagon and Carriage
BUILDING AND REPAIRING,
' N New Canaan, at the old stand of the
subscriber. Every description of Wagons
made to order, and ten per cent. cheaper than
(my other shop in the county. All kinds of
harm produce, and Oak, Ash, and Hickory
Plank taken in exchange for work.
“‘39 E. L. ARNOLD.
ALBERT n-nrnn,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
‘ DJO_INING Store of Knapp & Lyrics,
Mam-st, N orwalk, Conn. The public
are {espcctfullly invéted to call and examine
ie artrc ant varic assortment of READY
MAD}? CLOTHING, French Cloths, Cassi-
meres and Vestiugs, also a general assortment
pf Gentlcmcn’s Furnishing Goods, consisting,
in part, of Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Shirts, Col-
lars, Cravats, Handkerchiefs, Suspenders, &C.
Cloths, Cassimercs and Vestiizcs by the yard
or pattern, and out free of charoib. Particular
attention paid to Children’s Garments.
NORVVAllJi
Steam Sawing and Plaining
' M I I. I. . '
HE subscribcrhas fitted up and is now
~ prepared to execute all orders for Pla—
nin ; Scroll and other Sawing ; manufacture
of oors, Sash, Blinds, &c., &c., in‘ the best
and most- expeditious inanncr,.and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail roin tl at-
tended to. lyl’i’ TIMOTHY .FI C .
TRANSPLANT-En '
When last I saw her. all cold and white
On her maiden bed extended,
It seemed to me that with the light
01‘ her life my own was ended.
It seemed to me that I could not hear
The burden of life without her:
To see the sunshine, to feel the air
That could never more play about her-
Lovingly play round her lovely head,
Giving fond and playful kisses,
Making the rose on her check more red,
Stirring her sun-gilt tresses.
I felt as though I could never hear
The ceaseless pain and pressure
or endless days, when she might not share
One sorrow of mine, or pleasure.
Stark and pallid, cold she lay,
Not she—the soul-warmed woman—
Iiut the dreadful frigid image of clay
That with her had nothing in common.
Among the flowers about the bier
I noted a large-eyed blossom,
Ti at looked on me through a dewy tear,
As it lay on her lifeless bosom.
A large white daisy. I kissed its face,
' In her cold dead hand [laid it,
And I bid it nevermore leave that place,
Though the breath of the grave should fade it.
I fancied that she would feel it there,
And that when she was in heaven,
She would send me a sign that the bond which here
So bound as should not be rivcn.
Perhaps is childish and wild belief;
But when in some hopeless sorrow
That rejects all thought of a common relief,
The hears. is thin to borrow
From the realms of fancy some hope, some dream,
It may be some superstition,
That, however childish or wild, will seem
Like a real Heaven-sent vision.
And so with me. When the friendly night
o’er my sleepless pillow lingers,
Yon star, I think, isthe daisy white
I placed'in her lifeless fingers.
All the Year Round.
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DADIEB' STOCKINGS.
A clothes-line in yonder garden,
Goes wandering among the trees,
And on it two very long stockings
Are kicking the evening breeze
Arid slot of fancy dry goods,
Whose nature I cannot divine,
Arc wildly and merrily flapping
About on the same old line.
And a very sly young lady I
At the parlor window sews:
And I rather conclude, if you tried it,
You’d find she’d fit into ” them hose.”
She’s only a half-length picture,
For-e shortened below t e breast,
But the dry goods which nee on the tight-rope
Out yonder make up the rest.
So dream-like she seems—so gentle—
You’d think her too good for earth ;
And I feel that a holler spirit
Is banishing vulgar mirth
To its worldly—by jingoi
What a flourish that muslin throws,
And how uncommonly tape
Those stockings go off at the toes.
0 eyes! like the sky when blucst,
0 hair! like the night without star,
0 muslin and hose I can‘t help it,
You draw my thoughts over “thar,”
The lady alone is substantial——
The cloth's but_a fancy ideal ;
Yet somehow or another—confound it!
I‘ve mixt up the sham with the real.
0 love! you‘re the same old Sixpence,
With the poet, the muff, or the brick ;
You go up with a rush like a rocket,
But come down at last like a stick—
And let love thoughts be lofty or lowly,
Platonic or flash, I opiue,
That they all, like your dry goods and stockings,
Belong to the very same line!
ad.-.
THE PEDAGOGUE'S WOOING.
BY IIATTIE TYNG.
You know what fun it is to snow-ball, I
presume, reader mine. Perhaps you have
recollections of your school-boy days, and of
the delicious feeling which followed the ar-
rival of a huge roll of snow in your neck, or
between your eyes. Perhaps you remember
having your face rubbed in the cold snow,
by a pair of soft hands, and of the fierce way
in which ‘ you threatened to retaliate, but
wouldn‘t'have done it for the world.- Per-
haps you remember having taken, some-
body’s part in the game of snow-ball asa great
lubberl y boy was rude enough to hit her. Ri-
ding down hill on sleds is glOrious; haven‘t
we all had fun at that in our day? Skating
is perfectly magnificent ? Such glee as there
is in cutting through the keen air—almost
upon wings—but a rough-and-tumble game
of snow-balling has afforded me more fun
than any other winter sport; So here’s my
vote for snow-balling against all other games
with which to cheat winter hours of their te-
diousness.
The boys and girls were enjoying such a
frolic in front of the old red school-house on
a certain hill away down-east. Never had a
wilder set of scholars taxed the patience of a
poor pedagogue than those who daily vexed
the heart and soul of Charley Brayton, our
schoolmaster. The scholars all loved Char-
ley, for he was one of those glorious fellows
’ nobody can help loving; but their natural
propensities for mischief were too great to be
overcome by anything short of a miracle;
and so we worried and wearied and tested
the poor fellow with the most outrageous and
unscholarly conduct.
Madge Rivers was the maddest of all the
mad crew. When our wits failed, hers were
just at their height. She could plot and in-
vent more mischief than any other girl in
the world. She was a small Napoleon in
such matters, and every schoolmaster thus
far found her invincible. Best of all, the
schoolmaster was suspected of having quite
a preference for the saucy black eyes and .
the brown curls of the little vixen; and,
therefore, it was fun all the more rare for us
young wretches to put her as the head of all
coalitions we formed for evil.
“Who do you suppose I mean to hit?" said
Madge, on tlic:aftemoon in question.
“Not Mr. Brayton, surely," spoke one of
the more sedate.
“N 0, but the minister, who is standing there
in the door talking to him.
“Why him, Madge ‘2"
“Because I owe him a grudge, and I have
said for three days I would have revenge on
him.
“What‘s the quarrel between you and the
parson ‘2”
“Why, lichad the impudciicc to give me a
_tiact, addressed to sinners, and when I hand-
ded it back, saying that he had made a mis-
take, and it didn't mean me, he called me a
a wretch full of unclean things, and recom-
mended mc to read the ‘call to the uncon-
verte( .’ ”
“Verily'Madge, that is the parson's busi-
ness to talk in that way for what do we give
him ninety dollars a year and » a donation i"?
“I don’t care, I shall hit him. His nose is
such a capital mark, I can’t resist the temp.
tation; and away went a huge snow ball fair
into the minister‘s face, taking him upon. his
unfortunate nose, which was really a good
member, and one about which he was ex~
cecdingly sensititive. The minister clapped
his hand to his nose, and a suppressed scream
of laughter went up from the whole play-
ground, whilc Madge sat down in the snow
and laughed until great tears stood in her
saucy black eyes, and rolled down her gloflw-
ing checks. It was not her first misdemean-
or that day, or possibly she might have got
excused; but that very noon she lrad played
a prank on Charley Bra 'ton which be had
not yet forgotten. Just before the time for
him to come in and take his seat, she had ta-
ken a pumpkin pie, brought for the purpose
and placed it in his chair—when she knew he
wouldisit down without looking—and the.
whole school sent up such an uproarious and
long-continued pool of laughter at the figure
he cut when he jumped from the chair, with
the cebrz‘s of the pumpkin pie clinging to his
dressing-gown.
It would not do to pass over the offence
to the minister, and Madge was requested,
with the most dignified air the schoolmaster
could assume, to remain after school. This
.was a punishment that few of the girls ob-
jected to-—indeed it has been whispered
round the district that some went into mis~
chief for the express purpose of getting kept
after school. At any rate it did not seem to
bother Madge much, and she sat there and
cut dolls out of pasteboard, wrote love-let-
ters to the boys, and made pictures of the
schoolmaster, entirely regardless of all the
frowns Charley Brayton summoned to his
Visage.
School was done and Madge sat still in her
seat, apparently much engaged in her book,
The scholars all went out, and the school-
master sat behind the desk looking at ' her
with a visage as solemn as the ' Decaloguc,
but ‘she‘ did not look up. He took up a book
and'tlrcy both read for an hour. Meanwhile
it was getting dark, and the boys, who were
waiting on the outside, began to get impa-
tient, and for the lack of something better to
do, began to plot mischief, as people have
always been known to do, from time imme-
morial.
“Let’s fasten them in and go home,” whis- '
per'ed Tom Jones, the villain of the play.
“Good enough, that’s a joke worth play-
ing. Hurrah!” qouth Madge’s younger
brother Ned. ' ‘
“That will please them entirely too well,”
said one of the more sagacious.
'“No, indeed, for they haven't had‘ their
supper yet." /
“Pretty good, Tom. You ought to see
the schoolmaster walk into the doughnuts
over to our house. It won’t please him to
to keep away from the dOugbn'uts, now, I
tell you."
“Nor our Madge, either. I tell, you she
is some on doughnuts; and she can make
splendid ones too, especially when the
sdhoolmaster is coming. Hurrah ! let’s fas-
ten ’cm in, and I’ll go home and tell mother
Madge has gone to stay all night with your
Nellie, Tom.”
The school house had heavy shutters, fas-
tened by stout bars on the outside, and these
it was the boys’ business to fasten every
night; so now they went about it, and in a
few moments they were secure. Then it
only remained to close the outer door, finally
lock it. and vanish with the key. It was all
done in five minutes, and the boys left the
play ground with the utmost quietness, with
a thousand” incipient shouts suppressed in
their throats.
Tire unconscious schoolmaster still sat there
pondering on what he was, to do, for the in-
corrigible Madge still sat there, and he well
’ knew that she would sit there all night if
she took such a notion, and his position was
getting rather embarrassing.
The truth was, the schOolmastcr was in a
quandary. He knew it was his duty to re-
provc Madge, and that with severity; but
for the life of him he could not find it in his
heart to Seold her—how much he would
rather have talked something very different
from scolding to her. But he finally sum-
moned up all his dignity, and with a terrific
scolding all made ‘up for the occasion, he
went over and sat down by Madge. She
didn’t look up, and the schoolmaster was
glad of it; for he was trembling now like a
leaf, and his heart beat, and it seemed to him
a thousand times a minute. He waited for
it to stop thumping, and then cleared his
throat to begin,-—but there would not a sin-
gle word came. He began to get angry
with himself, and wished he was in the mid-
dle of the Polar ocean, and still it was delic-
ious to sit there, so close that her warm
breath came floating over his check every
time her heart heaved beneath the coquet—
ish scarlet basque that covered it. Again he
assayed to speak, and this time he succeeded
in launching into the subject, and was just
commencing telling her the enormity of her
offences, when she raised her plump littc
hand, and, half turning towards him, placed
it over his mouth. The schoolmaster felt
strangely. He lost all thought of scolding,
and—must I tell it ?—ycs, he did; indeed he
kissed 'the snowy fingers with their rosy
tips. He got the fingers on his ears this
time, from which he felt privileged -to hold
them in his own, (to keep them from doing
further mischief, I suppose,) and for this
Madge rcvenged herself, with the other hand
by pulling his whiskers. Very handsome
whiskers had Charley Brayton; and though
I suppose it hurts handsome whiskers to
be pulled as much as it does any others, yet
Charley didn't make any fuss about it, from
which I naturally conclude that Madge, with
all her apparent indignation, didn’t pull them
very hard.
Now Madge proposed to go home, and
Charley wrapped her shawl very closely
about her, and tied the pretty hood with pink
ties under the chin. 0, Sir Pedagoguc, this
is the way you punish refractory scholars, is
it? Fic upon you; what would the board
of trustees, and the minister and the squire,
and the selectmcn say to you? Look out,
Othello, or your occupation will be gone;
such things will never answer.
They got as far as the door, but they could
get no farther, and spite of their vexation
and the embarassment of their position, they
burst into a pool of laughter, which would
have raised the dead had there been any b'ur-
ied there. They went back into the school-
room, struck alight and re-connoitered the
premises. There was no escape, and they
submitted to the inevitable meeting of the
case with the best grace pos'sible. They
built a roaring fire, drew some chairs up near
together, and sat down. The schoolmaster
put his arms around Madge Rivers’ chair and
said something in a very low voice. Mang
looked up very quick, said something also in
a still lower voice, blushed and somehow
her head dropped on the Schoolmaster’s
shoulder, and—good gracious, what will
people think ofme telling such tales as this
about schoolmasters, who are supposed to be
next to ministers and editors themselves in
immaculate propriety. I take it back;
wasn’t so; but I tell you what was so—that
Madge didn’t come to school any more.—
Aiid at the end of the term, Mr. ‘harley
Brayton kissed saucy Madge again; but this
time it was no matter, for she was his wife.
I should advise all schoolmaster-s to go and
do likewise.
—-~~<s0>......___
The Actioa of the Government.
How It Is Received by the People.
The Loyalty of the North.
Opinions ofthc Press-s.
From the Bridgeport Standard.
Our Position in the Crisis.
Oui' telegraphic dispatches of last evening
inform us that war has actually commenced
at Charleston; that a fort belonging to the
United States has been wantonly attacked by
an organized band of revolutionists. How-
ever much we may regret such a national ca-
lamity as this, and deplore the fact that an
assault should be made upon this Govern-
ment, we wish it to be distinctly understood
that we believe no man who exercises
the right of suffrage, and no journal which
pretends to discuss the political issues of l”
day has any right to remain neutral in suc
crisis as this; and we assure our readers that we
are for SUSTAINING OUR GOVERN-
MENT AT ALL HAZARDS—the Insurrec-
tion and Treason ought to be put down—and
that WE SHALL SUSTAIN THE ADMIN -
ISTRATION in doing so, “asloug (as Rufus
Choate said) as there is a piece of. Plymouth
:ROck left big enough to make a gun flint of.”
Maiy God speed the right!
0
w let the Hartford Times define its posi-
tion.—— Hartford Post.
We have been politically opposed to the
Post, from its commencement. But in the
article defining their position, we see such a
sentiment as was aroused in this country im-
mediately after" the Proclamation of Gen.
Jackson was issued to the people of South
Carolina. There' has been no Prtsidcnt of
the UnitedStates that was more warmly op—
posed, than was Proficient Jackson, by the
old Whig party. But when the Union was
threatened—when nullification of the laws
was openly declared to be the purpose of
South Carolina—the Whig press and the
Whig party lent the whole force of their in-
fluence to sustain Jackson in the stand he
‘had taken. Treason may now, for a short
time, be successful. But we believe that
Right will ultimately triumph. The time is
coining when the Times, the Register and
the Farmer will have to define their posi-
tions. A few more assaults upon our forts,
a few more indignities to our flag, and the
readers will demand of the editors of those
sheets a clear definition of their principles.
‘ To save the country from an anarchy
worse than that which has so long prevailed
in Mexico, will soon demand the energies of
every patriot in the land. The Secretary of
war of the Gulf States has openly declared
the purpose to be, not only to raise the ban-
ner of revolt over Fort Smarter, but over the
Federal Capitol at ,Washington. At such a
time—when treason is battering away at our
forts and insulting our flag, is it the part of
patriotism for the press to urge that there
must be “No COERCION ‘3“ Let the events of
the past few days tell who commenced the
work of “coercion i"
It is evident that if the United States Gov-
ernment is to remain passive, the Secession
Government will not do so. They have corn-
menced their “coercive” measures by firing
at and capturing one of our forts. \Vhat
will be the next “coercive" step will soon be.
known. We do not believe the people will
long continue passive while a “coercive pow-
cr is being used to rob them of their liberty.
\ 0 very much mistake the signs of the times
if a feeling is not soon aroused in the country
similar to that which prompted one of our
gallant naval commanders to define his post-
sition during the last war with Great Brit'-
ain':—“M\' COUXTRY—MAY 1T ALWAYS liii
RIGHT on wnoxo )iY COUNTRY !“
WThc New York Tribune, in speaking
of the feeling produced in that city on learn-
ing the news from Charleston, says:
“Democrat as well as Republican, Conscr-
vative and Radical, instinctively feel tliatthe
guns fired at Sumter were aimed at tlie_heart
of the American Republic. Not even 111 the
lowest groggcry of our City would it be safe
to propose cheers for Beauregard and Gov.
Pickens. The Tories of the Revolution were
relatively ten times as numerous here as are
the open syinpatlrizers with the Palmetto
Rebels.”
We have not space to-day to detail the
feeling aroused throughout the country at
the reception of the news of the fall of Fort
Sumter. A spirit has been aroused in all
sections, and the masses will rally to defend
the Constitution and the Union, and the en-
forcement of the laws.
From the N. Y. Leader (Douglas Democrucl.)
In this hour of trial it beomes the duty of
every patriotic citizen to sustain the General
Government in vindicating our flag and as
serting the permanence of the Union. Mr.
Lincoln is not the President of our ice;
but as constitutional President of th iited
States, he is entitled to our allegiance 'and
shall have our support in the present strug-
gle—the fate of Mexico being ever present
before us as an examplar ofthc ruin inevita-
bly following the peaceful toleratiou or
bloody successs of national disintegration.
From the Boston Herald (Douglas Democrat.)
It now behooves every man to lay aside
his party views and rally to the support of the
Government in its efforts to protect the stars ,
and stripes, and to maintain the integrity of
the nation. N o more concession to traitors,
but award to them a traitor-'s (loom. It is
time to stop talking about compromises until
those who are in open rebellion desire peace
and will lay down their arms and consent- to
obey the laws of the land. The issue is now
to be met. The good people of N cw England
whose fathers fought for and established
American liberty, will defend that liberty to
the last, and will respond to any call which
may be made upon her for men and money.
It is of no use now to fling at the Govern-
ment. Let us give up small prejudices and
go in, heart and hand, to put dOwn treason
and traitors—come from what quarter they
may. . Those who afford comfort and aid to‘
the enemy by croakiug or bysylnpalliy, are
as guilty as those who are 1.” open arms
against the constituted authorities of the land.
From the N. IL Daily Palladium.
The war has begun. The Rebels have at-
tacked tire United States forces in Fort Sam-
ter. They have not waited for any attempt
on the part of the Government to provision or
reeniorce it. lVith reckless contempt for the
opinion of the Civilized world, they assume
the offensive themsclv es, and force upon the
Government a defensive war. There is an
end, then, to negotiations and diploma-
cies. The Rebels are trying to subdue
,the United States; let us see whether they
can do it! Our Government has no alterna-
tive but to repel this assault, crush the Reb-
els, and maintain its henor and defend its ex-
istence at any cost. - The war is utterly inex-
,cusable,~and without the slightest color of
reasOu on the part of the aggressors, and it
remains now for the people to show whether
lions.
they sympathize with treason, or will stand
by their Government. There is no other
question left. Party issues are gone. It is
for every man to cheese whether he will be
traitor or a patriot today. All who are not
for the country in this crisis are traitors.
From the Ir’ujjizlo .lform'ng Ez'pi't523.
It now becomes the Government to bestir
itself and prepare for the coming storm. Let
it at once make ready to resent this insult to
its dignity, and chastise the aggressors with a
severity that will vindicate its power and its
supremacy. There is no middle ground now.
War is declared, and it remains for the peo—
plc to decide whether treason shall prevail
or the Government shall triumph. Either
the Federal power or the traitors must tri-
umph in this conflict. \Vhicli shall it be?
Shall the flag of treason be covered with vic-
tory? Let thc‘mople of the Empire State
answer for themselves. Let New-Englan d
speak. Let the Keystone of the Federal
Arch put forth her voice. Let the teeming
“rest and Northwest decide whether our
Government shall be reduced by a band of
traitors, and the Union bc (lashed in pieces
by these offensive miscreants who have not
only defied, but insulted the Federal Govern-
ment. There is work for patriotism to per-
form. Thcre are sacrifices to be made by
those who love their country and respect the
Union, the Constitution, and the laws. The
Government must be sustained at all hazards
The Southern braggurts must be made to bite
the dust, no matter at what cost. They have
opened the war—let it be pushed upon them
until they sue for peace, under promise of fu-
turc submission to the Government. It were
far better that the entire population of the
rebelliousStaics should be annihilated than
that treason should enjoy a single triumph
over the Federal power. Let the people of
the North arouse and go forth in amass to the
defence and protection ofthc Government.
From. the Cleveland Ohio [hr/1h].
\Vc can hardly credit the senses when con-
templating the change that has come-over
our countrymen within a brief week‘s space;
For months, under a Democratic Adminis-
tration was the question hourly, anxiously,
asked, Have we a Government? That ques-
tion, under a Republican Administration, of
one short mouth, is answered in the illlll'lllit-
tivc, and men of all parties thank God, and
take courage. Faces brighten on every hand
and, without regard to political affinities,
cougratuations are exchanged, and mouth
answers to mouth that the glorious slarsand
stripes are not to be trailed in the dust, but
the Union which they typify is to be sus-
tallied.
From the IIiU‘Ub/‘(l Don-2"}; {bu/tint.
It is sweet 10 die for Oiic’s country; and
never had mortal a better cause than that
which now summons all who feel themselves
to be men, to rally around the flag of our
fathers. Men of Connecticut! To Aiiiisl!
You must be counted for or against the Gov-
ernment; which shall it be? Descendants
of those who marched under the. banner of
George Washington, which shall itbc‘.’ Are
we proud of our Putnam, our Knowltou, our
Hall and our Wooster; and shall we bianch
inthis hour of trial? Sons of the old Charter
Oak State, on which side do you enlist?
From. the Cincz'nnat’i' CUlllllzfl‘f."".ll.
It is too late in the day to be raising the
cry of “corcrcion” against the exercise of the
first law of nature—scif-1‘Ircservzitiou. All
government whatever is coercion, and has
been, ever since the world begun. Since
when was it established as a principle in po-
litical science, that governments are not to
govern. if any body is dissatisfied, and that
laws are not to be enforced unless everybody
is willing ‘3 Coercion in the face of" resistance
to law is the first duty of a government——
That is what government is for. It late that
end that the people commission if,:iiid invest
it with power; and it is not the least union;
the melancholy and disheartening perver—
sions of these aposfufc times, that citizens
whose whole fccliugs and interests are on. the
side Of law and order, should be soiirlhtiizitcd
at the more phantom of “coercion" as to be
willing to see all law, and authority, and gov-
ernment overthrown. and :l whole nation of
freemen prostrated ill the dust, at the Icci of
u factions usurpation.
From the. l’hll/iilclp/‘u'r! Err/2:321] .I'uzmzul.
The bittercst political enemies of llcmibl‘;
canism are bound by every consideration of
patriotism, by the love they bear the moth-
ers, wives, and children of their country, by
all the time-hallowed memories of the past,
by all the sweet influences which cluster
around our iiulionalsougs, by the vcucration
felt for \Vushingtou, and the respect due the
names of Jackson, Clay, \chstcr, Benton,
and the other patriots of :i recently-passed
(lily—by all the demands which the sull'criug
millions of other clinics have on the inheri-
tors of Frechiii-by all these considerations
and many lllOl‘C—WU repeat it that tbc'incn
who are most determinedly opposed to the
Republican Administration are bound, as
above stated, to stand by the United States
Government in the present crisis of allhirs.
From the .llllwauhrc Si’izli'ncl.
We are forthc Union and thcmaintaiuancc
ofthc laws. If these can be secured only by
the military arm, which is the power under-
lying all Governments, let it be so, and the
consequences fall upon the heads of those
who have evoked that punishment which 101'
so long a time they have so richly iricrilcd.
From the Jlanrhrslcr (N. H.) -»iuu=r.‘czm.
Now, who among us is for the I'nion of
those States, and who against it? Who will
now raise his hands and open his lips in de-
fensc of the traitors and in justification of the.
rebellion? Where is the cravcn spirit that
will sacrifice the birthright our fathers bled
to gain? \thrc the irailor‘s heart lhat beats
in sympathy for the conspiralors'who dared
to fire upon theircountry'sllag? If we have
among us, to-day, a man so lost to honor, so
debased in soul, so forgetful of the inheritance
ofhis patriot fathers, as to defend Southern
Revolutionisls, let his name stand on the rc-
cord with Tories and 'l‘raitOi's—-Iet it be in-
cribcd on the roll of infamy beneath the ex-
ccratcd name of Arnold?
From. the Poughlceepszc Eagle.
Fort Sumter was attacked by the Rebels
without awaiting the United States fleet,
without any declaration ot'war, and without
even the slightest aggressive movement on
the Federal Government. 'l‘hiougli Ihc :ul-
vice of timid and dishonest compromiscxs
action has been delayed so long that there
now only remains before the country it long
and bluntly war—not a civil war, but one be-
tween the authorities and oulhuvs. between
the noblest and l'rccst Government on the
face of the Cill'lll, and the advocates of the
must monstrous barbarisms that has over yet
disgraced mankind. Whatever be the result
of'this first conflict, thcrc can be no doubt
that victory will at lcst side with justice and
right.
From [he ll’cst‘crli .‘iluv Yorku'.
The war cloud, which has been gradually
rising from the Southern horizon, is blacken-
ing, fast, and the notes of preparation begin
to reach our cars with fearful (listiuctncss.—-—
The Union ofthesc States is worth a heavy
price. The question how it may be purchased
we have committed to able hands and honest
hearts, and if they decide that war and dc-
gradntiou arc the only alternative to bc cho-
seafront, war let it be. The eighteen mil-
lions will not quietly submit to the five mil-
\VC have had no fears that Mr. Lin-
coln was without a policy, and that when the
proper moment Cfllll",ll(: would act fearlessly.
What the plan is, we shall now soon know.
From the Illilmhh’p/ull Bulletin.
The question is simply Govcriiuihut, or
No Government ‘.’- Are we to abolish every
liberty we have enjoyed, the protection that
the Federal Government has always-afforded
to the wholcpeo >lc, and surrender ourselves
e an inrrcspousi lc- and-hostile oligarcliy at
the South? Our citizens are now to decide
between Loyalty and Treason. There is no
middle ground to those who may pretend a
decent neutrality. Neutrality in. such an
emergency is disloyalty. The Government
must be maintained, and those that withhold
from it their cordial support must be ranked
among it enemies.
I’m/n the; Cincinnati Gazelle.
Let every loyal citizen, every patriotic
heart, now rally under the flag of the nation.
Our country, now and forever !
Iii-om (he Nam r1; Dally Arlrerlzlier.
The time has nowcome when all are calls
ed upon to abandon party prejudice and take
their stand either for the Government or
against it: and certainly no patriot can hesi—
late a moment in deciding the question for
himself. Itis not now a matter of past is-
sues, but of present safety. If the. Govern-
ment is destroyed we must submit to the
dreadful effects anarchy, robbery, and ruin;
the only power that can protect the lives and
property ofthc people will be gone, the ran-
dom passions of infernal spirits n ill revel in
the general ruin, and the brightest hopes of
the Christian patriot will be crushed, perhaps
forever. 11‘, on the other hand, the Govern-
ment is maintained, we shall soon have the
peace and prosperity which formerly prevail-
ed restored to us, with all their unparalleled
blessings—which were never propely appre-
ciated, and possibly will not be till they are
lost. But, as “blessings brighten as they take
their flight,” the people are beginning to re-
alize their interest, and whatever may be the
result of the first engagement, no sensible-
man doubts for a moment that the Govern-
ment will be able to fully maintain the maj-
esty and power of the Constitution and the
laws :is they came to us from our sainted
{limos _». We then renewrour former oaths
of allegiance to our noble cotmlry, we pledge
our lives and efforts to preserve and make it
:1. ill“. 5: to prostcrity; and we will swear
that what our illustrious fathers left us shall
be ll':‘.ll$lllllf€tl, if willing hands and unterri-
tied hearts can do it, to our posterity. '
il'ruhz the dire Hiram Journal and Com-fer.
On the morning of April 12, without pro-
vocation, with no motive except a. rebellious
hostility to the nation, fire was opened from
batteries long prepared, upon Fort Sumter.
It was an audacious and insulting aggression
upon the authority of the Republic, without
provocation or excuse The result is uncer-
tain; but whatever it is, it calls upon all men
ivho love their country to rally to its support.
The alarm of war has gone forth. The con-
test may be long and awful, but if there is an
United States, and an honest love of country
among those who think they are its people,
the time proves it is at hand. All the trait-
ors of party,all the chicancry of politicians is ~
gone. The issue now is: WHO LOVES Ins
COL‘xrn'r—wno SYMPATHIZES WITH TREA-
sox ‘3 Let Old Connecticut meet the issue as ,
she did when she carried the burden of the
war of the Revolution. A
Front the Fort Edward (N. Y.) Leader.
Tire Administration will be sustained by
millions of frecmen, who, at the first shot
fired by the rebels upon an unarmed trans-
port, will rush to arms to avenge the insult.
[mm the Trenton True Democrat.
The hour has arrived when every man
must either prove himself a patriot or traitor
by now supporting or opposing his country,
against the efforts of the mad fools who have
provoked this great- calamify—a Civil War;
livery cii'ort on the part of the Government"
to prevent bloodshed, except abject humilia-
tion, by :2 disgraceful surrender of a power-
ful Government to a mere handful of traitors
has proved abortive. Mistaking an undue
lcnicncehbr their continued insults and crime“
they have invited :1. contest Of force by firing
n pon the Flag of our Government, and where
it will cud God only knows. Never, 110W-
cvcr, will this, the greatest, most bencficent,
and only free Government on the face of the
earth, be permitted to be destroyed by foes
without or within. and more especially by
traitors now menacing if, for the purpose of
establishing the despotism of Slavery and
downfall of Freedom. It needed but the
CV *r not of Treason to arouse the latent patA
riotism ofthc entire. country, which has been
partially slumbcring, under the delusivc be-
licr'ihzit it were impossible to find any con-
siderable body of our citizens who would,
after time for reflection, prove so wicked as
to be guilty of tho detestable crime of delibe-
eratc treason.
lime {hr- Brg'ug’cporl (Ci/2:21.) iSl'rmcltzril.
The Ii‘ezisonublc authorities of the Slave
States have connnenccd hostilities, and on
their heads; will rest all the evils which may
flow from civil war. “’0 mistake the patri-
otism ofthc citizens of this State, if they are
prepared to see that glorious old flag, 'which.
has floated over their soldiers in many a.
battle—i Id, struck and trampled in the. dust.
"c that the patriotism of the people
\Vc lulu
will be aroused throughout the length and
breadth of" the land, and embracing the sen;
tiincnt of President Jackson, they will adept
as their motto, “The L'nion—it must and
shall be preserved l” ‘
j 'ranz the Jhirlforcl Evening Press.
Upon President Lincoln and his Cabinet
an awful responsibility rests. The energy
and during of the traitors will not leave them
idle. They must go forward—behind them
is only infamy. The world looks on, and
History waits to make up her record. Let,
them decide that, at whatever cost of money
and life, Freedom shall become complete and
undisputed master of the whole field and the
work will be done. Satisfy the people that
there is to be no imbecilily at the head, no
liilicriug, no retreat, that the high, glorious
and indomitable purpose of our revolutionary
fathers rules at Washington, and men ready
to light for Liberty and the Flag will answer
the summons at the instant bytens of thou-
sands.
From the I’i'orz'clcncc Journal.
From this day let there be no parties
among us: Let us with one heart sustain
our Government against the rebellion which
duties and insults us. Let it be remembered
that the Southern Government lrus'put it‘self
wholly in the wrong, and is the aggressor.
On its head must be the responsibility for the
consmuenccs. Heaven protect the right!
From. the St. Louis Express.
The time has already passed» when the
American people will let insult and inju
bc :lLlill‘ll to Scorn. and the flag of their fath-
crs be fired upon in their own harbors by a.
crew ol‘insnne polii iciuns and crazy followers.
As brother toward brother, they have al-
rcmlyforgivcu much, and carefully avoided
any acts of even securing aggression. Their
lbrbcarancc has been called cowardice, and
lllCll‘:lili'lli}ll31ll reconciliation treated with
scorn. llml loreigu foes cvt-n threatened
the threshold of national honor, over which
Secessionists have so many times passed
with ruthless and contemptuous trend, a na-
Iiou great and powerful in its thirty millions
of Frccmcn, would have sprung instantly to.
arms. lint there is u. point where even for-
bcurauce ceases to be a virtue, and if the
great and noble heart of the American peo-
ple has one distinguishing characteristic, it
is that ofcombinlng with forbearance and
brotherly love a keen sense ‘ of contumely
I lid wrong, '
From the Orleans .‘lmcrz‘can.
\l'haicvcr the result may be, the Govern-
ment cannot be held responsible for war, if ‘
war results from this action, for it is perfect-
ly legitimate for the Government to furnish
nccdi'ul supplies to gurl'lsmis occupying its
own lbrtrcsscs. The rebels and ilcir apolo-
gists in case blood is Shed, will 1 ttcmp‘t to
inake the Government of the Uiiiizd States
i‘csponsiblet‘or it; but the civilimd world
will pass a different j udgmcnt on the :ubject.
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’ From the Rochester Diner}, (Dem,)
For our Own part, we decnrit’oui Clq _' to
support the (kivcrnmcnt- ~~m ..respect- tonsil", 1
m ‘asurcs which lirlls within the spirel’éiofb _
its constitutional discretion; since it seems
to us that no other course on the part of a.
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