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Sail by Augusta, Ga.
For
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j»n IT <»». Sparm, il0
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rh i:di:s 1 11 o x ,
8 e per 11 —
Fur sale by
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23.' Broad se,. Augusta, Ga.
jau ;i 2t.
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w. ii. mi.i.. V. K lltHhIS.
HILL & HARRIS,
A T 1 O R A’ Ii S A T fl, A XV
Mason, Georgia.
^peeiid attention g ren to <’<‘i.i.KcnoNS, C<j»
mil oilici o©ee business.
Nnv. '.’’I, JH72 »/•
JAMS?* A. IIAIILEY,
jWaAiu^ at tfaui,
SfAllTA , a A
Itoornri it. Law Budding, west of
Court House. C8 ly.
J. t. Jordan,
Ail O It X K l AT l< A XV
o n *
oparta, . bcorgta, ,
Olfieo over Oothern A Watkins’ Store
May 9. 1871.
FRANK L. LITTLE
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ISparta Georgia
l’o< ms in J.aw build,Tig <f c««i<
•lollNfi.. BOV. 1 ly.
'Mb H. L HU lil i J
J Ihviiix 1 permnieit'y i,» SPARTA
"lluis liis
Professional -ervic s"
to <l»e people • f Hancock county, 11 s I'liice
end mill, ncon.no the lot'r, m.'.ily occupied
>.y Mr#. II. W i olinmii on Broad St whore
I fun;,.! ,
•it* w, ■ it ul nil hours uu!e«« | ro H-ion
nlyeuitf'ol. »
-feta ly
|1T t-j «r I n'r&in'fpTOii U LE m
U tli I i , I l
| l..vu , ! r?riUiiiiioil and located permanently
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
In (lie citizens nf Hancock connfy. !ti» ot’icp
lor tlm pn>-MMit i.nt the vi-nt.-ncc of |) r p, M :
I KNIH.iri .
prolTcssiniially UN, where be may l,e I'uuml, uni, -s !
•Inly ”0, is””. cngsgml.
ly
E. .i. JOHN ITON,
DMA LF.Il IV WATCH MS.
1 Tin Kbit Y. Silver ■w:in- l*.-i ey Gm,i?<, At,
- - 'vein for lie 1 elehrnie I H am,.ml S m, i ,
a c^, |-,y,. Gins-,.-, /.c, |< j,,,. w Ktv.lt wi.ik )
spesi i|itr. Jewelry rep.ii-nt nnd o- ..ravine
I'l.m I’ TiVT .Miillmr.-y tml .s. enml So •(•t*
Maeou, Ga. s
M iyM7 tl v
I* » uni johh ihtNNhnv
L. J. Ii < i d \ i» i. I I .V A 1 O,. I
I' O i I O !1 !’ .1 <• I o *• s
GORldllo^on __ LACi’Chanta , I
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(Ke' ! y - IU.*' 1.1
HAY ST, - - SAVANNYH, Q\
Agents fur Sradley's Phosphates.
Jewell’s 'lilt- Yarns, nnd linii ■stir*, jetr.
B IGJINO, HQI'E & IRON TIES
A MV 1YSI.N II \* »».
t'-ual facilities ext»i^^tl i« custmiicrs. *
nug ■'!.) -Iin !
j. a n,vac*. n. *. uu na n V I'll C(
J, J. Pearce, Belief k Co.
WAUKi It >usi;
AM*
Commission Merchants,
JU’lreON .<I'., AbUL siA, 1,A.
St.'i'i' and Hell 1 oft 1111 iiioloilioj piMiloce.
Commission for >wliiny|CuttoA11-4 percent
augib J,,*
The Oldest Furniture House in the State.
PLATT BROTHERS,
gT.’ A Jt» BROAD STREET,
W tH STA, GEORGIA.
Ktvj» always on l and the late**! style of
Ofcrrrjr variety maiia'acture, from the higne<t 1? ike l,.»ie-»t grades.
CHAMBER, PARLOR, DINING-R?0M,
— AND—
Librarv OoiH'Ole'tG * Suiits. S ir^l© Pisces
Ol”
At prices which *'a mot fail :o suit the purchaser. Nov. 1, S.n.
CHARLESTONHOTEL. •
0 . 11 . JACKSON, PROPR.,
CHARLESTON. SOUTH CAROLINA.
BROWN HOUSE,
OPPOSITE PASSENGER DEPOT 1
MACON ^ Georgia •
Board Per Day.
E. B. BROWN, BROP. -
SPARTA, HANCOCK COUNTY, GA., MARCH 7, 1S74.
Workers Wanted
j
; FOR
WOOD'S MOlsCIIOin MAtaZIXE
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utiraulive i*. tlie country.
Price of Magazine,
ONE DOLLAR
A YEAR.
Cormni.-sions liberal offering a lucrative and
agreeable tiiirine.-s to those willing to give it
proper attention.
Vol. XIII, beali’nwith .1 uly, 1S73.
Examiuo our Clubbing and Premium Lists,
T*n nrnt-class periodical-- fee the price
of our.
f^fFor up. cimen Magazine and further in
formation, .Address,
wouivs household magazine,
T
■ *. E sttUTBH,
.
-
Til3 faiVlOUS Jt # n “ Bil'y
> i
i !> new owned by me and cun be found th*
present season at my place in Hancock
rat
«on or by letter at the same place
Sept. -7. tf W l) BRANTLEY
117 \f Til iOHS. IB
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M lliii A 5f)N OL h Pi Liau I Uniia,
I
ll/OUU) respectfully inform the citizen*
, °* Huitcocit a: d ...Ijoiniug counties,
tliar l;c .
MA-(INKY is now prepared to do all kinds of
either in HRl( K or eTONE,
|!> “ * 1 c,,e "t’«r than o‘' ,n! any ‘> one W ebo. Al-LING
GRaVKS
i'l.-tering in all its braucLs«;wiU receive
prompt m on...... aj? j} Cm,
< «.\I9 ^DIS I KIHI TIOX.
l'lriitl’reiuluiu About $1,000
A .71 SI ffnf (iconI C'llUITla
t sno-ig Use <.il'iB k*rcBcal!» s»*r
< vuniics ate«! A-i'iifs.
Petri mined to carry to completion !
nur«ii*i„ < ,l dorian t*ll ail our fciihecri
many r- ivr.> h • • ing ,,, miable ’* 1 V <0 to uMMcnmio l,,,u '. 1 . our | v,,, || k a > I
|,| IM
l-rj-t I *i.-tribution, wo now olfor the f,|- |
lo ving, nn ler tin *«*•-, /•<•>.- sh'/iul it/oi/.v
I I h'-s« t'rm-enu atialt be awarded
!• T.Z'Z‘ ^v." ,,OU ’ d,i4 "' CH ;
2. Th,>e ; resents s nil be awarded
without irf.Menee t.1 the »w»iier,v Ai/A
SVr,/ reCl ;:,;‘: «.KAM) D M I.IHT. . T
2
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• 'no Sew 11;
i’tf y •tl.* r pr.'-i nt- sdlltt.
I’i> a - led w ithout change
»4 V /
Lor tin- st number <Sf< b-fiii...,
-eot by w vitf.ii.ty a magnified,1 church
organ, .v::,().
Second largest numtirr from any
county a •.....*............... a-.......
county excepted.)
( OR AGENTS.
lo the ngi ih sending the largest
number ot subscriber- tjribO in gold.
\geut sending sc-ond largest list,
gold w,itch, t<hl.
l uue tor sul serih rg, sixty days from
January l.it'i 1 >74 3 J
I’iTiiis of subscribing the Fame _
.'lake up clubs. Isetid subscriptions at
ot ce.
if. W V HM.M1T11LL & Co.
TIMES & PUNTER.
SPARTA, GA., MARCI-I 7, 1874.
AX A31 DRESS TO Till! StttL TlJ.
AgricullHi-al Kvils and how to
Remedy Them.
The folbwing paper has been approv¬
ed bv the National Grange, and recom¬
mended to he published :
The undenfcned, representatives of
the Cotton States in the National
Grange, bog leave to present to the Pa¬
trons of Husbandry in the cotton grow
ing section of the Union the following
suggestions, which they believe to be
justified by the present condition of the
So utli:
During the past seven years our cot¬
ton fields have added to the wealth of
tlie world 82.000,000,000, ami caused
prosperity to smile upon every one who
has handled our crop, save thrse who
struggle for its production. Annually
the energies of the cotton planter have
been exhausted in attempting to produce
»-*'•*?■ mil'll* quite tro frequently » o'* he 6ins, has ° "*1^ redue
as
ed liis mean# in supplying bis necessary
Wan,s - A system based upon such a
policy and productig such results must
be ra 'icaliy wrong, slid if per isted in
will lead to bankruptcy «nd ruin. We
propose to inquire into the cause of this
ruip * and !f l’" ssi bK present a method
of removing it. 11 ms it bten that the
, ot codon has , exceeded , , tho de- ,
* u PP y
uiaml ? Statistics do not slmw this fact.
Is it that > ur labor has been Unreliable
and expensive? Tho same labor in¬
vestment has nowhere yielded a greater
market value of products. Has Provi¬
dence inflicted upon ns agricultu al |
disaster 1 lie has often interposed for
onr benefit. What, then, has sverteii
our anticipated prosperity ? Am not
we responsible fur onr direful condition
in that *e hav,* neglected ton much
the growth of breadstuff's aod substitut
cd there for almost exclusively the cub
tivalion of cotton?
No people ' 1 tan ever become prosper- 1 1
° uS wh " ul * n,,t mitaming. Our
fertile il, exhaustless mineral wealth,
Hbundanf wa'er power, and genial, salu
,,rinus dim:it0 • ,7ail ,,s “ ot, ' in « if “»«»• |
!ll, y'vc expend millions for suhsi-tctiee. j
l * ** ~ ,, ‘' , «!ly coneoded tint home
grown breal is ebeap-r,ban purchased
supplies, and the observatiou of e,or, j
7 U "r r r ,c !"
1 V " 'V'."
.la.i..M,tW™boh.ve„.hca .. . , 1 r . „.0.y
ov to.ton IP.,v ue it other
....... ' ' 1 ' 11
.
.. ly .q .. other- for a supply of those
art cb-B which .-.re »oce-s,ry for their
d ily
1 lie people of India in their efforts to
grow cotton to the exclusion of bread
s ulfs would have been rep atrd in cur
midst but that we w re abfe to supply
our necessities from the teeming grana
• o‘ , the Aiortliwest. v shnnk from
rtes e
the contemplation of what would be our
condition should disaster deprive us of
that rcsoimo.
l>iiring the past year certain portiors
of Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota have
been invaded by ihe grasshopper, which
Ins swept their fields like a lire and
destroyed every vestige of vegetation.
Imagiue your condition should a sim¬
ilar invasion become general in th?
Northwest. Couple with this idea the
total failure of a cotton crop, filin'
f. m tli.- v :n. from drouth, or any
otinTiuuv.id.ib!i in-'. Improbable
as such visitations may appear, we
have r.oi tie pow.-r t * ]Tevt nt them,
,111 i is it wis. • , t nr- dves to
the possibilitv of iit-t 'Oining the vie
tuns of .-Ul .1 ea.amities Depend
up r. it. our wi-i -t ami uf J obey
is as far a* practicable, to procure at
n*'ine VU- n - .rv sui pliIs
farm iu th - uih up in which
thi- cannot L. I :i . au l *t til. same
time pr la re an aw.-rig' cottia cr op
a.- the not rosult o; the farmer s an
nual labors’ W, b.iieve th-re i
n t. and you havo only to practice
this policy f r the year 1874. and
h. rve-t till: Will.proclaimr.-l rnptim
t ' the ?ou:I; and a return to wonted
pr v . r ,hlv
C istitutaon ,
Aa onr expresses it.
tho prosperity of a nation 1- iu pro
portion to the value of its productions
^iz r r:zxi:z™
’ of cotton produced upon South
are
ern soils. But what proportion of
this vast amount is returned to indi
wte our pros^nty ? One half of
is expeudf .l for necessary supplies,
while the remainder is divided be
twee iv labor aud taxes. Hence the
cf -rxlucuon has excotsdcd
value of the article produced. Shall
this policy continue ?
Extensive cotton crops have evinc
ep our unity of purpose and entailed
poverty upon us. An equally uni¬
form adhesion to mixed husbandry
would secure our recuperation. Pat¬
rons of the*'South, do you rppreciate
your privileges ? Reflect upon your
opportunity to exact tribute of the
world Cotton is a necessity, and
the extent of that necessity can be
calculated with exactness. It is
equally well known what proportion
of that necessity must be supplied
by the Cotton States of America. If
4,500,000 bales are grown, they will
be consumed before another crop can
be gathered, and a remunerative mar
ket price will be sustained by the
consequent demand. Jf 4,5 0,000
bales are grown, the large marginal
excess will control and depress the
market it is not within the power
of our organization to control this
feature of our condition. Alterna¬
tives for success are numerous, but
we need rely only upon the single
one of co operating in the determina¬
tion to subsist at home. With tins
end attained, there is no reason why
we should not be the happiest, most
independent and prosperous people
on earth.
J) Wyatt, Aiken, South Carolina,
Member Executive Committee Na¬
tional '-range.
W It Chambers, Master Ala. State
Grange.
A ,T Vaughan, Master Miss. State
Grange.
Benjamin F. Ward law, Mash r Fla
State Grange.
d T Jones, Master Ark. State
Grange.
II W L Lewis, Master Lou. State
Gmngo.
T .1 Smith, .Master Georgia State
Grange.
W JIaxwell, Master Tenn. State
Grange.
Columbus Mills Master N. C. State
Grange.
Dr S’emlletoa on Fsirniingr.
lh. K, M. l’endlnton, I’rofes-or of
l’ractieil Agrio ilturo in the .State Cul !
of Agriculture and Mechanic Artr, i
utter numerous experiments on the
farm of the college, has delivered a
lengthy and able report of results,
wl,id, are Si.inmarizcd as foUows, and
«*•* m •
I •* sub* »>P 'bo ] Tactical Wflnn;,., ot
.crimonta , bey.,- acb-,. Tha,
there is a great waste of ammonia when
Peruvian guano :s used in its coneen
titled form ; it should be mixed with
Sttptrj> hospt,a»e, alkaline salts, etc.
... .............. .......
ing out Siiluldtj ■ phosphoric acid, will
v *y on r Ur own soils,
3. That taken sejaratcly none of the
8a l t a sold as fertilizers to m kc home
Compounds will pay. Tbuir virtues it
any, must ba in chemical action upon
each other, aud the sub*tancja with
which they are composted.
4. That ashes treated with sulphuric
acid will greatly improve their fertiliz
ing qualities.
5. That 200 lbs. of good ammonia
fed superplio-pliato is ah ut tlio (plan
tity to he used on an acre of cotton.
(). That a soil abounding in yeg- ta
ble matter will pay a much better per
cent, with commercial fertilizers than
one having but little of this substanci.
7. That a largo amount of fertilizers
(say half a ton per acre) will uot pay
with low priced cotton.
>. That with good cultivation, g <od
fertilizers will pay, even at the lowest
r.<u - o! cotton j tu* with bad cultivation
they will hardly par at any price.
9. 1 hat white potash is m re m i s
pei -able to plan life thua -oia; th
latter may f place the lotnicr undei
certain circumstance?.
1". That the bj ph isphat > • f lim
I cing le>s soiubie in cold water, i- not
so ctneitut as the bi-phospbate as a
fertw z r.
I’-'U.at *rai.Ie manure, eitliM
fresh or rotten, applied with a bigb
graded super-ph .qdute, makes a very
' at fertil.'z.-r fi.r cotton.
12. That oettoii >ced applied with
dee n«f ! (.« S'“», lth tf •»
P.’ ,n eon J unct oa * • u
P er phosphate, makes a poweitul fertili
zer -
.
*»
oc ] ’ 'penilimrs e ‘ L ' a a PP ,Icd dur,D S the
growth of the crop, to keep ap a supply
of nurntti.n to the rootlets, w.t! not pay
un .er ordinary circumstances.
15. That amin - « *ue most active
plied fii-ieQtformofuitnjgeD,whenai.- fertilizer,
as a and that °r o -0“.
f JT IE EC. JS •
$% a year In advance; ^..’iO on Time.
nitrogen in Certain alvuminouU in more
effectual than the nitrates.
10. That the value of nitrogen aud
phosphoric acid to a farmer depends on
their forms and combinations, not their
commercial value, which is rated accord¬
ing to the law of supply and demand.
17. That the application of soluble
manures in a liquid form is better and
more efficient than when applied in the
dry state.
18. That lime will pay on soils
abounding in organic matter; on other
soils its application is of doubtful util
ity.
19. That subsoils do not germinate
seeds or grow plants like surface soils.
■20. That early planting of cotton
will not produce as much ns that planted
later, when the ground becomes warm,
and the plant is not retarded, but grows
off vigorously and healthy.
21. That subsoiling cotton lands will
pay for the extia labor on our city
soils.
22. That one stalk in tho hill will
produce more cotton than Two or more
stalks.
23. That topping cotton is rather a
detriment than uu advantage to the
crop.
24. That cotton planted in narrow
rows 2| feet wide, and fertilized nn
• hin land, will p oducc mo e fruit than
in wider r. ws uf a seasonable year.
25. That the difference between a
rich ami poor soil is probab'y owing
to the amount of avadablo nitrogen
and phosphoric acid, held in soluble
conditions with the humus or black
matter resulting from decay of pianist
in which there are always a sufficiency
of tho other mineral elements.
20. That subsoiling land for corn
will pay for the extra labor even of a
seasonable year, much better ot a dry
year.
27. That deep ploughing of corn dar¬
ings me seasons atlerston clay land,
seems to answer as well if not better
that shallow culture.
28 Tli at live by three feet is the
' c t distance to plant corn on medium
'and, of a seasonable year.
That pulling fodd -r docs not so
riou Ay injure corn -,fter it passes the
, u j|^ stage.
3o . That super phosphate is tho best
fertilizer for leguminous plants, not be
cause it is a preferred food but been use
available phosphoric acid is deficient in
olir RI ,:u
L can
b, iu. i.„a, b, ,
plication of aup.r plionpbate ol lime,
,„J i„f t .,e„Unll,, 8 l,ccp bn.ban.lry
tnigU b e nndc profitable by feeding on
turnips and fertilizin" the soil as well
as for the wool mutton and the
consequent redoc;ion ol the amount of
The Slainene Twlua—P oIiiin Settled by
the .luii>i>»).
'I’he formal statement and demon¬
stration of tho rase of the Siamese
twins, so far as investigated, at the
special meeting of fjm College I’hy
sicians, in Philadelphia, Wednesday
night, are summed up as follows by
the Philadelphia Telegraph :
“The points settled by the examiu
ation, thus far, are vastly important ;
the supposition which has obtained
extensive credenco among medical
nvn, namely, that the band was aim
pay of a fleshy nature, being decided
Gie negative. A peritoneal eon
action has been proved to £xDt bo
tween the twins, that is to say, are
Uectiyn or extension of the peculiar
membrane lining the abdomen ex
tend' >1 into the band, though it was
not continuous. Sacks or pouches
were foimed by this reflection, pos
- -sing no communication between
the two. At the simo titU'i th : in
j ting fluid, which was passed into
tl. 'mesenteric vein of the one, ap
p wring ::i to.' me ■ nt iric v u, hi.
other, showed the intimate xi.-cernal
connection between the two.
The fact of a common umbilical
cord between tho twins is also set
tied, the navel being situated in tho
middle of the band. During f-ebil
life, therefore, the circulation was
conducted to the twins from the ma
| individual. tend svsfcem precisely M to a single
] Jv j, RS p >cen stated above, it
is evident that a separation ,L of the
*«* in !ife - r : M
tense nervous disturbance of tho oth
e r, when in London some few years
since a -ii gahire Urawn aroun(1
theb97 -j oy Som e eminent pbrsicians
and surgeons, who strongly wished
to determine the practicability of
^hy Ei* the nature of the connection." for
NO. 7.
Josh Hillings on “Lams,”
The lam iza juvenile sheep.
T hey are born about the first ov
March, and rnentty ov theta die a* •
soon az green peas cum.
Lam a.'.d gmat peas are good, but
not good for the lam.
Lams are innocent az slirimph- they
won’t bite, nor sbratcli, nor v ttilk sast
sy- . i
They don’t, kno mush, gms^skiiTup oniyflo ship,
turn summersets on the
their heels, play tag, plage their
mothers, and hav their phun general*
J y
T luv the lam, I even luv then! af¬
ter they bekum mutton ; I luv lams
uv all kinds, I had rather hav one
lam than four wolfs. This may loot
like oddness in me, l ut it is mi senti*
ments ennyhow.
Mary hah a little lam. I wish good I
had a little lam, and if I had a
deal ov lam it woodii’t discourage
me.
Mary was a gobil girl—an ornamehi
to her sekt.
Mary’s lam was a good lam—an or¬
nament tew liis or her sokt, I tidii-'fc
remember which.
It iz plezent tew reflect that thezd
things are stubborn fakts.
V, hen a lam gits through being a
lam, they immediately bekum a shoepr.
This takes all the sentiment out ov
them.
There ain’t much poetry in mut*
ton.
Sheejt arc mutton.
Mutton iz sometimes prekarious.
H’hen youth an innoseuso ov enny
kind grozo old, it loozes most its
lamnoss
This fakt is few well known tew
require an affidavit.
Tins 1am iz. an artikte of trade, az
well az diet, they are worth from 4 td
10 dollars, alckording tew tlio way
things anl.
It iz strainge that so much iniid
senso as the lam is possessed oi
sliood bo for sale.
It iz jist so with most till the innd-*
sense and purity in this world—it iz
too often brought to the shambles:
I suppose if I kood hav my way*
Ilio lam wood stop growing when it
got tow l)e about 8 weeks old ; but
then, knm tow think ov it, this wood
make mutton awful skar.se.
It wood also make lams dredful
plenty.
It would also make wolfs very
much, for l hav ahvaze notissod
since I begun bizzincss in this world
that jist in proporshion az lams got
numerous, wolfs got numerous ak«
kordin.
Tho lam liaz a short tail. Thief
tails arc not short by nator, but
short by desine.
During their early larnkinnoss, ill
an unsuspeckting moment, and quick¬
er than lightening, their dorsal cions
gashun iz nipped i)i tho bud.
Not tow be mistaken in this matter
and tow place the responsibility jist
wliar it belongs, Jam’s tails are kut
oj,h This bi man. iz thing fora
a mean man tout
dreadful do; but man things, is kapable ov doin’
moan jist because hd
iz a man.
Man aint satisfied tow leave enny—
thing in this hero world as ho phind
tt.
Lams are ov the mall and phemait
1>ft
none of the animals, that
p p; ln remember ov now, that, are
ov the miter gender except the
mule,
* * ,;IV ,! 'cn ov the ntt'ot
*1,.^ lliv Tud I "wTlT poin t’thert
0 u» t«w you.
The femail lam iz the deerest little
package (if inuocen.su and buty known
t ‘ > i' 1 "*'t
• ., ,,
f luv the whole kongregisliun ov thenn
'i ho mail lam soon gits ruff. They
hov horns which burst out ever their
hcu-<, and when they git advanced in
-1 ^° rnS * ro *
, tldn-Mew kontradict
I havo seen an aged mail lam knock
a 2 boss wagon into splinters with one
horn#,
I »hs i* terrible, if trao;
ority! # ^ *
ra a iz caUed^lmramr 1 " 1 8 &
The lam is kivered Fiona childhood
with a soft coating called wool, from
w,,5c, ‘ c,ot b i» sed tew bo made, and
'Thf™ dS| 4 woof «»
this world callc<i that ha* no on it) those
y*" iS arc
1>i '!” 8 ar e nut konsioered foroshus*
lt; . ^
are often ingenyus, soioetime.
P ,e,t L hut are alwus dangerous*
more Lo.!k pUsLT.?, Truth ' 4 **
out for then,.
fibbers bev bin known to bekum
Iiars ’ •*' l8t az hot lemomide-drinkers*
rciiabio '•“» &££
u o*t whiaky-driaicei-s,