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South Norwalk sentinel, Thursday, February 19, 1874 · page 1

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t mum \l‘tlllsm ll. Ferris. the subject of
.. =llftill above. end who is so well

\\ n. tlttntiglwill this section. was born in
t . !l‘.\\lt‘ll. Colin. July lith. 1810. “0 ll

. Mn of Stephen Ferris. of Der-ion. who

\\ iinllL'. and enjoying good health. at
:l~l\!\ll(‘"\l ago of ninety. Mr. Ffil‘fls'

«'rf.‘ mm be traced back to Norwsy end
. ,2 ml 'l'hm: Ferris brothers. John.
“ ' r. -.:..l .lrti‘rcv. cauue to Amt-ties front

ml Juli“ settled in Westchester.

: Hung-s Kirk. and Peter in Stamford.
Ft't’rts‘ great grandfather married
. .~:;l.tt~r of Ann littlltugtonmf Inglsnd.
~ ~~ ft. in lot-o with s British omcer. but
u: imltlt‘ hirtb.ber psrents objected

tmtrrimgtt. The officer afterwards
~ .\!ttct‘tr:t. and Ann sold her jewelry.
.: .l obtaining the money for them.

. 'n tlai‘ c \llliif‘y in search of the soldier.

~ :mwr foumlhitn. Being without funds.
. . it .~ t‘ttltlpt‘lit‘d to do something for her

.1 Linn-t. and being highly educated. she
' t ‘1‘» “‘Eiuul. She nfterwsrds msrried Ger-

. Lockwood. of Greenwich. At this

.. ~11" wrote home to England to her pst-

~ m. l in formed them other whereabouts.

. lJl'ilt'lltit‘ly' sent her s large chest

. ' mutt: valuable clothing and gold coins.
1 ~ . lt--~t H now in the possession of the
F 'r..~* {itlllll)', at Greenwich.

blunt Jamey to Capt. H. Ferris. is six gen-
. .v: us. viz: James. Samuel, Stephen and
There are now four generw
- 1:2. living. The Okla-9t 91 years and the

.mgvst it) years. Capt. Ferris' early life
.. l~ ~lii'nl us that of most boys at that time.
1. Hill. when he wss six years oid.hls
" .ziwr, Stephen Ferris. moved from Green-
.. :(h to Stantfnrtlmow Durit-n. Capt. Ferris
mien worked on the form in the summerqnnd
\\ cut to school during the winter mouths.
Arrival at the age of 15 he went to loan the
. El uh limiters trsde. with David Selleck.Esq..
ftlllt‘f of 11R. Sellectht his fsctory It
\t‘vst Starwalk. [Gspt Ferris remarks. it
\\ ‘t! the fashion in those times for boys to
.- on a mute. and girls to spin and wesve.
untl lttttltt‘ the Clolh and linen; bill in these
my.» Young Americn despises msnusl labor.
«ml the Piano hss token the pinco of the
-;\irtttltm wheel]. He served ll! you-s Iiih
Mr. Selleek. Two yesrs of the time was
~;»-n‘. in Greet Falls. New Hsmpsbiro. where

went with Mr. Selleck.who. being s
;\;.tt“it‘:tl dyer. It! hired W tske cbsrgc of
t...- Ely-lug dqmrtment of s factory in tbst
;~ it“ After the conclusion of his spill'w‘
1. «mp he worked at your st his trsde. end
i 'iztm-ti home. “'1th he returned from
.\ w Iiuulpsbire. it wss on bosrd of nail-

; litt‘kt'i. plying between Portsmouth snd
N \\ York. lie left Portsmouth in comps-
. \s 4th at youth nsnted Sstnuel Frost. Vb"
Him-v.1 Justice of the Peace. end “In! 0f

. lamp); Clllzrsos of Glen Gavan-[J
.. I.“ made man. respected sud honored by

: who know him. The voyngc was s
r ugh one. and during the ten divs required
a): u... trip. the ;csp sin ssys be sad his
(temptation felt very uncomfortable, sud
here often indisposed. ‘

in 1333. he in compsny with his brother.
griln‘ilast‘d the sloop 0mm. In ankle!
:;.is purchase he contrneted I debt of ”mi
Emil in six months he had it. psld 0‘. ”d h"
‘n-‘p: out of debt ever since. His first trip
.n this vessel wss to Xilfcrd Bonds. sitar s
3nd of stone. There‘wss no wbsrf. “"1 “
was necssary to snow the stone from the
«hire ct! to the vessel. F0! mil pi?”
:uvybuill sscow. While they were loud-
iuz. a heavy gsle set-in, bud drove tho chop
whore high upon NIB Msm 'm
prelicament on old menu-Ila M to
relieve them for three hundred donors. ssy-
ing that they could merge! the vessel 0‘
vt:thout his nid. This mum am
ugmz for s new begin”. old GIN- m
nude up his mind kl gal nice: Vim} “IS
.24 of this high-prime ses «Pi-Ill mm!
d yoke of oxen sud plows“! m h
. .. »u hsd his vessel out.

In the spring of thisyslr be hush! ‘5
tons of end to Tm‘ 0%“th
walk. This "I “gm does) '0?
those tiara. nnd Ir. T.‘ 0.. informed
Capt. Ferris tho!!! ticked enacts-Ion

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Cspt. Ferris was below st the time. When
he heard the crash. be rushed on deck snd
hsiled the other vessel. which was going off
without a word of inquiry. But no sttenv
tion was paid to the cell. for the meant. as
the Captain thinks. that the tussternf the
Who thought to crown responsibility. by
letting them nll down. But the Josephus
did not go down. and arrived ssfely st port.
It was sfterwnrds ascertained titst the RW-
Iove put Into Charleston for rcpsirs.

In 1857 and ‘58. during snothcr p‘init‘. he
bed the schooner mum I". Burden. built
at South Norwsllt by ltlchttrtls d: Betta. in
which he sailed five years. end then sold
her to parties in Nantucket.

Capt. Ferris was slways s temperate man
in his habits. and did All he could to instill
his principles of economy into thtntn who
sailed with him. sntl succeeded in some in
stnncos in making good men snd sailors
from what appeared to be rulncl tttntt-rlttl
During all his semgoing life. he wss never
shipwrecked. and never paid a dollar for
insurance. and would never have received
any bad he been insured.

in 1886. Capt. Ferris gave up going to
son snd has since devtntt-d himself to that
tors on sham. having settled down in the
snug homestead erected by hint twenty
years syn .m the bill.

In 1837. Cnpt. Ferris married Miss Susan
Hutchings. of Msnlms-ictt. L. I. They be-
came acquainted in New York and were
married by the Rev. Mr. lintfltld in the
church still standing in Broom street. Mrs.
Ferris is still living. and is a lady well
known In our readers in this vicinity. for
her socinbllity und illi‘ interest she takes in
nil gtmd works Mrs. Ferris has bud eight
children six boys and two girls. Ono son
Stephen Hut-risen served during the wttr in
the 8th Connecticut. sud died st Roanoke
Islsnd. sud snuther William ll. Jr.
otter he returned home. of s disease cou~
trscted iu the army. George Lansing died
when scbiltl. John is now engaged in the
coal business in this city. and is doing s
tine business. Charles is teller in the
First National Bank end is well known to
every resident of this town. and is at very
popular young mun. Francis. the youngest
son. is attending school. One daughter
Josephine. mottled Ebenescr Vslentlne.
Eu... sod is now residing in Fordlutm. New
York. The other daughter Triphettis. mun
rled Wm. H. Jsrvls. Esq. sud now resides
in Bridgeport.

Capt. l-‘crris was one of the originators of
the first Nstiomtl Bunk of South Norwslk.
and is now its Vice President. Although he
is not prominentlv connected with s grunt
many lsrxe institutions. he enjoys the envis‘
ble reputation of being s kind friend to the
needy. and never refuses n helping hand to
those who are trying to get slonx.-msny
memnow of woslth snd prominence. owing
their surt in the world to him. He still loves
the water. nnd has now it yacht called the
“Pnirie.” in which. during the summer. in
compsny with friends. he puticlpstes in
plessure tripe Of n genlsl end open nsturo.
be hes msde s greet msny friends some;
the young so well“ no the old. and it would
be impossible to find s person in South Not»
wslk thst would not endorse every word ss
to his good qusllties. contained in this srtioie.
He wss once nomlnstod for Meyer. but posi-
tively declined to run.

In 1888 Cspt. Ferris wse sdmlttcd to the
Congreastionsl Church in Dsrien. under the
ministry of Rev. E. Pistt. In 1850 be united
by letter with the Convention-l Church in
South Norwslk, under the ministry of Rev.
8. Height. snd hss remnined so sctlve sud
emciect member of the some.

130mm

Although Copt. Ferris wss never ship-
wrecked. he has bsd some very nsrrow ss-
cspcs. In December.1888.bis vessel wss
lyingsttheletory.New York: Being snx-
ioostogetounitwss necessarytocsrryofl
nnnncbor.sndhsnl out by tbst. He bed
tskenthcnncboroutln tbcsmsllboscsnd
refluxitnptbrewitsndblnsellcverbcnrd.
infifoetctwstev. Whenbersisedthesn-
cbcvtbestockcsugbt in s bssvy lion-skin
"constituted on. The anchor weighed
sbootone hundred pounds.“ washa-
ciently besvytoshk bill. He went down
slowly. and his first thought. he ssys. wssto
not bk knife cut and until-sol! loose.
Thisbewnsnnsble so hand-then con-
nencsdtoonlitltton his cochwbicbksos-

WMpsyhrtks dsuqssreoslvsd by

his vessel durlne the time.

Once while ending down the Hudson Riv‘
or. in s pole of wind. he wss struck by the
their: boom end knocked ovorbosrd. lie
osugbt the “ down haul“ when he wss going
over. sud after taking s good ducking. wss
on busrd cynic before say of his crew knew
of the occurrence.

The nhrht ‘ilil‘l the amt AW found~
cred ull‘Gepe listtens. be wet oa‘ tbs Capes
cf V’lrplnin. and not in safe sftsr setting s
good washing.

During the war he took several cargoes of
forum to the Army of the l‘mcnttte. sud
was at Alexandr“ when Genersl McClellan
wssshlppiug his army to Fortress Monroe.
and had some considerable stipulation with
army officers. ~

in 180% he started with it cargo of corn
sud buy for Yorktown. The army hsving
moved. be attempted to take his cargo to
City Point. but wss fired into by the rebels
st liurrlscu‘s Landing. sud compelled to rev
turn.

There the severitl of the “ boys“ who used
to soil with Capt. Ferris. now living in this
vicinity. named respectively. James Oowsn.
Edward Wheeler. nominal Smith. tlhsrlss
Knowles. Richard l‘urtttelec tutti others.

Though t‘ttpt. Ferris inn Mimi from not‘
ive life. it is not from any feebleness or ef~
fects of use. for be is as vigorous towlsy its
a boy. end in the enjoyment of good hesltb.
with the prurpcet of tuttny yosrs yet to be
added to his life.

Joni Billings on .. llispepslte.”

l lutv been It prulttlltnl dispeptik for ‘27
years and four months. end it would hsv
been munny in mi pcckotif l bed been born
without my stummlck.

I hsv prayed upward 0v one thousand
times law be on the inside like on osstrleit.
or tt truveliug colporter.

i luv seen traveling colportcrs who could
out n much es s goose.

1 bnv seen s goose out till they couldn‘t
stsnd up till)’ more. nod then set down and
not sum. sud then lay down and out sum.
and then roll over ttutl out sum more.

1 bnv trlutl living on filtered water. sud
going barefoot for dyspepshy. tutti that
didn‘t hit the upot.

I Luv suited M water-cure establishment!
until i war. so “other that l ltouldn‘t git my-
self bttk ngiu inside nv ml nppnrrcl.

I bought it cuddle-boss once. who was got
up expressly to lturo the dispcpshe—ltc was
warranted to lturc the disease in 90 days. or
kill the horse.

lie wuz wurreutotl to trot border thun n
trlp-bmumer. pullwussur on the bits. stum-
ble safer down hill than enuy other boss on
the tutt-stool'.

I rode the boss until i was uv a jelly. and
then sold him bridle and all for sisty~oight
dollars. and got sued by the purchaser. and
had to pay him 00 dollars and sum cents
dumluuge. boltsuse the boss bad the “ Nim-
sltys." a (license i knu nothing about.

The hues sud fixings cost me 450 dollars
gold. \fi

1 contrnktod for eleven herds ov hickory
wood. kross grained. sud its pbull ov wrin-
kles as on old cow‘s horn. and luwod swsy
three months on it. and the pile scented to
are bigger every day.

I tiuttlly gave awsy the saw. and what
wood there was left. to save tul life. sud
sttt down diskuurttgcd. tt square victim to
the everlasting dispepsboe.

I hsve lived at the see side. sud gsmboled
in the ssltle lloodmuttl l was as mil pickled
as s number one tnskrel.

I have dwelt st Sumatra. sud taken the
wster like at mill rsco. end still bud the dis-
pcpsbcs.

I hsv walked 8 miles befom breltfttst. and
then oil it slice ov drl toast. sud bslf the
yolk ov a pullot‘s cu. sud felt till the time
us weak its tt kitten tbet tutti just cunt out
ov s tilt.

i luv isld down more thou 3 tboussntl
times. sntl rouled over once n minute sll nitc
lung. sud trot up in the morning like s
korpse. end there didn‘t nothing seem to oil
the enny where to psrtlltlsr.

l hove ml whole ilbnrys on the stumtnult
sud liver. and. when l trot thru.l knu s
ante deal less whet was the matter with me
then when i begun.

l bsv drsnk whiskec with rootsin it enutl‘
to csrry o! enny bridge or saw mill dent in
the country.

I bsv worked on s term for mi vittles end
bosrd. sud dieted on fried pork sud rye
breed until I wss or thin es the sermon ovs
7 dsy Bsptist prescber.

I hsv done sll these things and 10 titans-
snd other things Just as ridikllus. sud ibsv
got the old dispepshee yet. Just on nstursi
sud on thick es the pimples on s four'ycsr
old goose.

If you get s good bolt ov the dispepshee
once yu ksnt never loose it entirely; it will
cum second once in s whllo like s ghost.
end if it don't sksre yu so much ill it did
once. snd tnske yu think yu nre going tu
dis tomorrow. it will make yu feel Just as
sorry. Yures.

Josu Btnurtcs

————-..-——

A-r m Fulton street (New York) prsyer
meeting. on Friday. s venerable clorgyntsn
nose sod requested thst esrnsst prsyer
might be oilbred for on cmcisl member of s
church. s broker. who bed confidentinlly
msnsgod the business emit-I of s young
member of the church insucb s runner ss
toddvsud hits out of 018,000 which the
young men could not recover. In it wss s~
confident“ opsrstion. The clergyn'tsn
cheeses-vised it ss “sdownrkbt piece of
owl-tiling.“ Links sled Insn sold “it wss
nct on hoisted useful! told of s msn
wbobsdlostfimmmronybthp rsscsl-
ttyoi s flush number. which egg“! ki-
te name. and sane. was: no to no
grove. nevi-(bu widow in greet need.

 

 

3“”.

better the snow the acetic“ list

Arches shove then tbs pure. eclti sky:
tinder tits snow the bill tops brown

Lift their lands while the one looks dent
Over the pnlriss end fsv em.

The winter use but its own. wild wsy.

All that wee fslr in the summer‘s tic“?
lsbttrlsd under the mun. snow.

Under the slew eve lowers sslesp.
Med is shutter quiet end deem
Blue. end We. end crimson bells.
Owing no more in the mossy dolls:
Wonder end result wherever you my.
New s blossom meatless the wsyt
hidden from debt is beds on low.

Ml ere sleeping. under the snow.

tinder the snow tkt rest.

Isrtb kns [sinned then close to her bresstt
new no more is the sunny do:

Shell the wentlerlnu wind smog them pier.
And boresnd there. with its wrestlers noon.
It cloves end signs for the beset: down:
but with its votes loud or low.

It sonnet ressb than. under the snow.

Under the snow. the lssvvs of the wood
his in their potent uulstudct

it won long no they drifted down.
imputed sud withered. sore end brown.
Tossed shunt in the storm sod sleet.
Galahad by the «mo... psssisu foot.
Glut etc they to be resting so.

buried tenderly under tht snow.

 

 

l‘ntler the snow is folded am.

All tbet ninddcned the rumor «but

Basal: sud bloom tho esrtb bss lost.

Under thetotteb of the chilling frost.

llrsstite s stub for the summer‘s «war.

Gross sud lest sud frsyrsnt newsvl

littt. when we question our besrts. we know.
Dost-er tressutvrs ere under the snow.

i'ndur tbs snow. sbl who our toll

All the thoughts in our hosrts thst swell;
Thoughts of mounds where the stu- alight falls
But never enters the dsrkenctl bells.
Mentor-ice of those. who. like the lawns.

Felt the frost in the autumn hours:

been era the chsmbsrs. drsnry sud low.
Where they ore lying. under the snow.

Under the snow i like the wind that moves
Ovor lost trouurss of tlcwers end lesves.

So do our lonely bssrts nuke mosh.

For those we cherished es sll our own:

Anti our lonely lives ere incomplete.
Lecithin the presence trst rustic tbstn sweet.
on! the moist: that oil must know.

With bolt the hcsrt hid under the snow!

lint. on the loved. who no sleeping there.
Never ecu fsll s sbsdow of enrol

Dork is the obsmber. but sste sud still.

There is no dreary foreboding of ill;

Eyes. that never know test-s my more.

Are not henvy sud sod on they were of yore.
lllossod the eyelids folded so.

All is restful under the snow.

Under the snow the tiny is past.

The evening sbstiows bring poem st lest l
Burdens. borne in the host of the (is).
Are laid slide in the twilight gray;
Tree-lures. hold with so eager grasp

tilip swsy from the loose nits. clslp.
Winning nor tcsr nor slab us they go;
There is no need of the. under the snow.

ifndor the snow. we. too. shell not.

White bonds folded over the brosst;

l'lsciu brows. whose throbbinus srs o‘er.

Lips. thst tremble with pain no more.

To the wosry hood. snti way-worn foot.

The touch of the new will be cool sud sweet:
Ah! the resting we sit shell know.

When we slumber. under the snow.

 

grin! Mellow.

Wontnn‘s Crosstle Ansinst the limo
Tulle.

’1‘th is one way in which women is just
st this time exerting s mighty power upon
society. and tlntt. too. without the bsllct.
We refer to the remarksblc detuoustrtttlons
that. era being made in the stste of Ohio
minst the liquor ironic. The rum quoss
lion (st lenst in that. ecctlcn of the country)
would seem shout to be solved without de-
pending upon pmhihltnry legislation. The
newspapers of the Buckeye state ere filled
with descriptions of events connected with
women‘s crest orusttdc on the rum trstlc
The wstfsrs of the women is indeed pecu-
lisr. relying not on carnal wespons. but on
moral snd spiritual influences. They much
forth bonded together by scores. and crash-
lse s prsyer meeting in some liquor soloou.
but if prevented by the proprietor from
using his premises for any such purpose.
they kneel down on the cold ground outside
sud besiege the throne of grsce in bebslf of
the liquor denier. that be may yield up his
soul destroying trsflle. One correspondent
thus describes Incidents st Wunervllle.

“Mr. Muster. proprietor of the lieutel
House. wss‘vlslted. He got and. ordered
them out of the house. coiled them s not)
end other herd mates; tbrestensd then with
prosecution ss riotors; sent for styor
Brown. who sdvised them thst they were
isw-breskers end vented to tske their issues
sud otherwise boostne conspicuous in the
stair. These devoted women left the hoses
sud steps end sftcr singing. knelt on the
psvement. while so old Qusker lsdy. III the
spirit of love. poured out. their feelings to
God for the good of the lsudlord sud his
household. first he might not further sum
in s business thnt works only evil. At sit--
other plsce mentioned the indies were deni-
ed sdtnlssicn; in feet they bed been denied
the preceding week before they asked. by;
bsndblll informing than that his grocery
wns not It plsoeof worship. Hts premises
bsve docs been visited every dsy. snd es
the visitors csnnot esin sdmisslon theyfom
on the psvetnent sud sing sod prey. end cm"
desvor by the power of love to induce the,
herd hssrted men to eesse to follow s best
uses that works evil. snd only evil in the
“um"

m correspondent of the (financed
W writing from Rubbers. thusds-
seribss the arcade there:

"Dcflsttbslnttwpsrtof the week: the

 

 

 

lediss enacted um “I‘M .

SOUTH NORWALK. CONN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1874.

tbsPnsbytw-isn church. stopping first in
front cf, Uprig‘ssslconmhsretbey hold their
ususl preysr Inseam then other visiting‘tbs
aim of m Word sud Buss. st.
untitled in front of Mr. Dunn‘s drug

sud es the tlrst song. with the enthusiastic
chom‘lstn sled inn is this snny.‘ rose on
thesir. it untried conviction to the lens
crowd tbst bed removed mund tbst they
wentcrribly in earnest sud would endure
sll things until victory crowned their every
ellbrt. Asprqersfterpreycrsndsong sf-
ter song krone. then wondered st their pen
sistsnt determlnstlon. for the wind blew so
bitterly told thst then could anomaly keep
woven by Mini“ exercise. yet these breve
bcsrted women. kneeling on that from
pavement utterly reyerdless of the cold

showed the invincible spirit thst wns with-
in them. sud with one sword for sltnost six
hours kept up two prayer meetings. one st
the froutdunr sad the other st the book
door. showing s tenacity of purpose tbst
excited cohesion in every beholder. M I
write this morning the tempersnoe army
hove «sin mumbled in front of Dunn's

store. with the intention of remaining there

till titty.

After such remarkable demonstmtlons ss
thcsoon {the port of wives sud mothers who
sutlbt scrunch from the fruits of the liquor
trstlic. it: is of course so importsut question
wbst bus been the results of such s pccullsr
wsr its this on the business. We en told ss
s consequence of these saints. that. in some
of the towns where these demonstrstlons
lttvebeen rustle. every piece where liquor
has been for sole bss been closed. At Wil-
mington. where at little while since whiskey
flowed vet-v freely. tbcrgls not s drum shop
left in the place. And st the railroad point
when beer sud whiskey wss trsnsferrod for
tbst dostlnstlou st the rote of fifty or sixty
item s day. the trsusportstlon hes entirely
stopped. And n brewery there which usu-
ally docs s thriving business has almost on-
tirely stopped. to such an extent hes the
domsnd for its products fslien on. Anoths
correspondent says: “The ladies sre conti-
dent of victory. They soy they hsve en-
listed for the purpose. end will not surrou-
der until these men hsnl down their bsnners.
The question they be asked. who sre these
women? I will ssy they are composed of
all the orders of Christians in the neighbor-
hood. Metbodlsts. Baptists. Csmpbellltes.
Unlverssllsts. sud those tb‘st belong to no
church: the old and the young.“
At lest secount the wsr on whiskey wss
spreading to the neighboring state of Indi-
ans. How permanent will be the results of
this great temperance revival time since
can determine. But in the present condi-
tion of the public mind on this trsmc. we
must confess tbst we sre in sympathy with
this greet moral movement. rather than
strlnuont. coercive measures. This move-
ment on the part of these women is the
most earnest kind of moral snsslcn. No
right minded men can certainly object to
this kindly spirit in his behalf shown by
these wives tutti mothers. These wespons.
so strange to the doctor in alcoholic poisons.
IN something with which be is unsbie to
cope. Sernmt payer. incited by love to
the wrong door. sud so intense rsslisstion
of the commute "of this mac. are far
more potent than sny probibitory ism in
the present stste of public opinion. Dr. Dlo

. Lewis writes ton friend that be proposes

soon to devote four months in insuyurstlng
this morsl movement all over New En—
gland.

W.

Who Discovered Pork sud Beans l—Tbis
is so can of sxplorstions tntl discoveries—
sn eye in which the scientific mind contin-
uslly “wants to know.you know.“

While England tries to and the source of
the Nile. end while half. at desert diferent
nations on trying to hoist their flags to tbs
posit of the North Pole. why should not we
follow the ruling fssbton of the world sud
go forth on s voyttgn of discovery l

Wile first struck on pork sud berths! Tbst
is the startling question.

Let not philosophers think the inquiry he
need: them. for the men who will set it st
rest will confer n lssting benefit on every
Antsriosn cltlssn. end be roast-dad es s pub-
lic besn- elector.

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know. for boas bsve been in existence ever
since then wsstitst crested; but who is the
psrty who will tell us poor bun-lgbted Yen-
keys. from whence cents the festive been
sud who first wss inspired with the happy
thought of combining it in one dish with
the dyspeptic flesh of the swine f

Anterlosn men of nieces. explorers. his-
toriensmonte forth sud investlyste this thing
end tucks s nuns tnst will lsst as long in
there is e hog left in the world or s bssn
will spring from the soil. When he dies. s
gmttul country will most surely erect. to
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