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R A. & J. W. SPIVEY,
jY ttorneys at L aw,
THOMASTON, GEORGIA.
Aug. 27, 1860. n4l ts.
WM. G. HORSLEY,”
Attorney at La w ,
. THOM ASTON, GA.
WILT, practice in Upson, Talbot, Taylor, Cratrfonl,
m Monroe,-Pike aiul Merriwether Counties.
April 7. 185'.! —lv.
THOMAS BEALL,
ATTO RN E Y A T LA W ,
TIIOMASTON, GEORGIA,
febll 1860 lv
r. W. ALEXANDER,
attorney at law,
TIIOMASTON, GA.
nov2o—ly
E. Warrejt. C. T. Goode
WARREN & GOODE,
ATTOKXEYS at law,
PERRY, HOUSTON CO., GA.
novlß—tf
G. A. MILLER,
attorney at law,
THOMASTON, GA.
-A. O. Aloore,
Resident Oentist,
TIIOMASTON, GA.
||T Fl< ‘E at my House (the late residence
A’ of Mrs. Hicks.) where I am prepared
atte;>.d to all classes of Dental Opera
hons. My work is my Reference.
novlß— ts
Medical KTotice.
lY’ fA'G to bad health for several years past, I have
A’ felt hut little inclination to practice Medicine, or to
do anything else—and, if possible, cared less. But I
* m happy to inform my old friends and patrons that
lu .v health is now much better, and if they desire to re
®e'v our former relations, that they can easily do so
calling on me when my services are needed. I will
pledge myself to serve them to the best of my skill and
ability.
“like at mv old stand, the Drug Store, now occupied
b . v W. A. Snell. mar3 R. HARWELL.
A CARD.
Dr. 33. W. Sparks,
OFFERS Ills SERVICES TO THE
Citizens of Thorn as ton
AND SUR BOUNDING COMMUNITY.
TTE will be found at his OHice over C. M. Mitchell’s
J- Harness store, during the dav and night, uuless
professionally engaged.
February J, igoO—l\\
From the Macon Telegraph, (Jth inst.
TheGrnnd niul Domestic Fair
IN MACON.
We publish to-day a document of rare
local and general interest to our readers—
the Programme of the Great Foreign and
Domestic Fair to open in Macon on the
First Monday in December next. The
chairman of the Board of Direction, in a
private letter to us, says :
“We want you to request all papers of
the South, friendly to our enterprise to
copy, for we intend to have the Greatest
Fair in the city of Macon, in December
next, ever held in the South—and we will
have it, God willing.”
Let our Southern contemporaries, then,
lend a hand in putting this hall in motion,
and it may ultimately be productive of the
grandest results upon every, business and
industrial interest of the South. Foreign
Correspondence with officers of the Cotton
Planters’ association, heretofore published,
leaves no doubt of a full representation of
European mechanical skill and cunning.—
The finest products of the continental looms
and workshops will be here represented in
profusion, as well as those plainer staple
products which enter into every day’s ne
cessities and consumption. Here the Mer
chants of the South will meet the Europe
an manufacturer face to face, and be ena
bled to make contracts upon sample. If
direct intercourse with Europe is ever to
he a feature of Southern trade, who can
doubt that just here will he the most ta
vorable opportunity for a fair beginning ?
We invoke the Southern press, then, to
take hold of the matter, and by assuring
public attention to it, insure upon the part
of our people an interest in the movement
corresponding with that exhibited on the
other side of the Atlantic.
It will be seen that Col. Howell Cobb,
Col. Thomas and Hon. T. B. King, have
been appointed commissioners to visit the
European continent and assist in inaugu
rating the movement.
Cotton Planters’ Convention.
Macon, Ga., Jan. 25th, 18G0.
The Board, constituted at the last called
session of the Convention, met to-day, for
the transaction of the business assigned
them. As we propose anew and attract
ive feature in our Southern Industrial Fair
—the exhibition of foreign manufactures,
as samples of direct importation —it was
thought advisable to add another gentle
man to our European delegation. Where
upon, it was
It e solve ft] ’mat me Hon. Thomas i3iu
ler King be appointed an associate with
Col. Howell Cold) and Col. John S. Thom
as, and that he be requested to accompany
those gentlemen to Europe, as representa
tives of the Cotton Planters’.Convention
of the State of Georgia.
To disabuse the public mind of miscon
ception in reference to our policy, we state,
once for all, that we seek, as far as in us
lies, to establish direct trade with Europe
—not free trade. We are not visionaries
—we are not speculative political econo
mis s. We are practical fanners ; and wo
wish to work substantially for the best in
tent's of the whole South, in this matter.*
That our merchants from the interior ought
to bnv their goods from New Orleans, Mo
bile, Savannah, Charleston, Norfolk, Bal
timore, or someone or more of these places
is a proposition which only needs to be
stated, in view of the present state of our
Commonwealth.
The Board could not perfect a premium
list, at one sitting. For the present neces
sity, they present the following, so that
Farmers, who may wish to compete for the
premiums, may be advertised in time for
the ensuing crop :
c PREMIUM LIST
OF THE
FIRST ANNUAL FAIR
OF TIIE
C'OTTOX PLANTERS’ COXYEXTIOX
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA.
To be held,for Three Weeks, in the city of
Macon, beginning on First Monday in
December, 18G0.
Howell Cobb, President, Perry, Houston
countj T ;
Nathan Bass, Ist Vice President, Macon, I
Bibb county ;
James V. Jones, 2nd A ice President,
Herndon, Burke county ;
S. 11. J. Si strunk, Secretary,Perry, llous- j
ton county.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
For the largest crop of Upland Cot
ton, produced upon 5 acres of
land —the date of planting —de-
tail of cultivation —times plowed
and hoed —kind of plows used—
amount and kind of manures —
when and bow applied—the vari
ety of cotton —the land accurate
ly measured, and the cotton
weighed in the presence of three
reliable witnesses, with their cer
tificate of the same —and not
less than 2,500 lbs. to the acre:
premium. s*so 00
For the largest crop of Upland Cot
ton, produced upon 1 acre —same
requisitions as for the crop on 5
acres— not less than 5,000 lbs.
• per acre. T] •>
For the largest crop of Sea Island
Cotton, produced from 5 acres
same requisitions —not less than
2,000 lbs. per acre.
For the largest crop of Sea Island
Cotton, from 1 acre— same requi
sitions, not less than 1,500 lbs.
per acre. v
For the largest crop of Indian Corn,
from 10 acres of upland, same rc-
‘THE UNION OF THE STATES; —DISTINCT, LIKE THE BILLOWS; ONE, LIKE THE SEA.”
TUOMASTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MIiNING, ‘FEBRUARY is mi
quisith ns as lot
than 50 bushels per acre. SSO 00
For the largest crop of Indian Corn,
from 1 acre of upland, same re
quisitions, not less than 100
bushels, per acre. S2O 00
For the largest crop of Indian Corn,
from 10 acres of swamp, or low
lands, not less than 100 bushels
per acre, same requisitions. SSO 00
For. the largest crop of low land
Rice, from 10 acres, not less than
80 bushels per acre, requisitions
the same as above. SSO 00
For the largest crop of upland Rice,
from 1 acre, not less than 50
bushels, requisitions same as
above. $lO 00
For the largest crop of Brown Su
gar and Syrup, from 1 acre, to
be exhibited upon the Fair
ground. $25 00
For the largest crop of White
Wheat, from 1 acre, not less
than 30 bushels, north of 32 1-2
degrees latitude, requisitions
same. # $lO 00
For the largest crops of Red Wheat,
the requisitions same as for
White, and for each. $lO 00
For the largest crop of Rye, for
bread, from 1 acre, not less than
15 bushels, requisitions same. $5 00
For the largest crop of Rye, for gra
zing purposes, not less than 15
bushels, requisitions same. $ 5 00
For the largest crop of Barley, for
bread, not less than 30 bushels. $ 500
For the largest crop of Barley, for
grazing, not lessfthan 30 bushels,
same requisitions. $ 5 00
For the largest crop of Oats, not
less than 50 bushels per acre, re
quisitions same as above. $ 5 00
For the largest crop of field Peas,
from 1 acre, not less than 20
bushels, requisitions same. $ 5 00
For the largest crop of Ground
Peas, from 1 acre, not less than
50 bushels, same requisitions. $5 00
For the largest crop of Sweet Pota
toes, from 1 acre not less than
400 bushels, requisitions same. $lO 00
For the largest crop of Irish Pota
toes, from 1 acre, not less than
300 bushels, requisitions same. $lO 00
For the largest crop of Turnips,
from 1 acre, not less than 800
bushels. $lO 00
For the largest crop of Beets, same
T ANARUS, as Turn ills- roamwifLma as#,bove. $lO 00
lof the largest crop ot L-aiiots,
same as Turnips ae.d Beets. SIOOO
For the largest crop of Hav, from
Pea Vines, per acre, requisitions
same. $lO 00
For the largest crop of Hay, from
indigenous grasses, per acre, same
as above. $lO 00
For the largest crop of Foreign
Grapes, from 1 acre, same as
above. $lO 00
Exhibitors of all of the above crops must
state in detail, fully, in writing, when the
articles are recorded for exhibition at the
office of the Secretary, all the requisitions
as laid down for Cotton, Corn, Ac., as
above, with the witnesses’ certificates for
the measurement of land, pounds and bush
els per acre —without which, the exhibitor
cannot be allowed to compete for the pre
miums of the Convention, and the Judges
will not award premiums thereon.
COTTON BALES.
For the best lot of 50 bales of Upland
Cotton SIOO 00
For the best lot of 25 bales of Upland
Cotton SSO 00
For the best lot of 10 bales of Upland
Cotton $25 00
For the best lot of 5 bales of l pland
Cotton S2O 00
For the best lot of 2 bales of Upland Cot
ton $lO oo
For the best lot of 10 bales ot Sea Island
Cotton SSO 00
For the best lot of 5 bales of Sea Island
Cotton $-5 00
For the best lot of 2 bales of Sea Island
Cotton _ S2O 00
Cotton must be upon the Fair sroirnd,
and tlie Uplands bound with the “Iron
i Ties,” or lloops.
SAMPLES OF CROPS.
For the best lot of Sample Stalks,
with the cotton thereon, of the
most productive varieties for gen
eral cultivation 810 00
For the best bushel of Bread Corn,
with G ears for sample 5 00
For the same —Stock Corn 5 00
For the best bushel of White Wheat,
with one dozen heads as samples 500
For the best bushel of Red Wheat,
with one dozen heads as samples 500
For the best bushel of Rye, for
bread, with samples 5 00
For the best bushel of Rye, for gra
zing, with samples 5 00
For the best bushel of Barley, for
bread, with samples 5 00
For the best bushel of Barley, for
grazing, with samples 5 00
For the best bushel of Upland Rice,
with samples 5 00
For the best bushel of lowland Rice,
with samples, 5 00
For the best bushel, each, of the
different varieties of Sweet Po
tatoes k 00
For the best bushel, each, of the
different varieties of Irish Pota
toes “ . 10 00
For the best bushel of Field Peas,
for the table 5 00
For the best bushel of Field Peas,
for stock 5 0o
For the best samples of the largest
number and l>est varieties of Field
Peas, rais'd and exhibited by one
individual * 20 00
For the best samples of Grass Seeds,
both indigenous and foreign, ex
hibited and raised by one person
—adapted to South” 10 00
Individual departments arc invited,
and ample provision will be made
for exhibitors, botli in the Agri
cultural and Horticultural Halls,
for the largest and most exten
sive collection of samples of Field
.and Garden crops, to be raised
and exhibited by one individual,
with written statement of the
amount of each crop rafsed—to
the the largest exhibitor of this
class 25 00
HORTICULTURE,
b or the best and greatest variety of
Garden Vegetables, raised and
exhibited by one person—describ
ed, labelled and written state
ment of the system of culture—
under the same restrictions asset •
forth for the exhibition of field
crops —premium $25 00
For the best and greatest variety of
Garden Seeds, adapted to South
ern soil and climate—not less
than 20 of the most approved va
rieties—labelled and raised by
one person—premium 10 00
PROSPECTIVE PREMIUMS.
For the most thorough, successful
and practical experimental re
sults, on 10 acres of land, for
three consecutive years, with six
varieties of commercial manures,
in the cultivation of cotton, corn,
wheat, rye. barley,’ rice, sugar
cane, potatoes, and the field pea,
and the improved condition of the
soil at the expiration of this pe
riod—and to be continuous at the
discretion of this Convention—
and a full annual report of the
same, made by a committee ap
pointed especially for the pur
pose above specified—first report
ot these experiments to be made
at the Fair of 1860—and a pre
mium for the first year, of SSO 00
For the best managed and system
atized Plantation in Georgia—
for its extent, capital invested,
number of hands employed—with
full written details—surveys of
the same, the plans of houses—
— i ue! ud ing 1 every { YfffnVjYft lflVihli
and minutiae thereof, of note or
merit—and reported by a special
committee appointed by the Con
vention—the proprietor of said
plantation living upon the same,
and directing, in person, the bu
siness of bis own estate —accom-
panying the report of the judges
—with a written essay upon his
management, system of agricul
ture, implements, and general
plantation economy—made at the
2d annual Fair in 1861— pre
mium 200 00
To the cotton planter in Georgia
who shall erect, and have in suc
cessful operation, upon bis plan
tation, by the Fair of 1861, Hen
ry’s cotton spinning machinery,
for working up bis cottoiqcrop of
the next year—and full report of
results, of profit, Ac., to the Con
vention in 1862—a premium of 500 00
To any joint stock company that shall
erect, in the city of Macon, and have in
successful operation by the Fair of 1861, a
Manufactory, exclusively for Southern
Plows, with a capital stock of $50,000,
this Convention pledges itself to the amount
of SIO,OOO worth of stock.
The officers of this Convention, being ad
vised by Messrs. Octavus Cohen & Cos., of
Savannah, that they are importing direct
from Calcutta a cargo of bagging, which
will arrive some time in March, do earn
estly urge the cotton planters of Georgia,
and of the adjoining States, to purchase
from them a supply of bagging for the
next crop—it being the end and aim of
this Convention to aid and encourage all
enterprises of direct and foreign trade.
A full and liberal premium list will be
printed, with all the rules and regulations
of the Fair, and issued at au early day,
embracing all the varied industrial inter
ests of the South.
FIRST WEEK
Os the Fair will open with an exhibi
tion of Foreign and Southern Manufac
tures —anew feature in the history of
State Industrial Fairs in this country.
SECOND WEEK
Will be devoted to the Agricultural and
Horticultural Departments ; and the
THIRD WEEK
Will close the exhibition, with a great
array and display of the Live Stock of the
Southern and Western States.
a lady passing the country, ob
served the following notice on a board :
‘Horses taken grass. Long tails, three shil
lings and six pence; short taiis, two shil
lings/ The lady asked the owner of the
land the reason for the difference of the
price. He answered, ‘you see, ma'am, the
long tails can brush away the flies ; but
the short tails are so tormented by them,
that they can hardly eat at all.’
‘lf there is anybody under the canister
of heaven that I have in utter excresencc,’
says Mrs. Partington, *it is the slander,
going about like a boy constructor, circu
lating his calomcd upon honest folks.
John ( . (Ttlhotau’M Dream.
A correspondent of the Mississippi Whig
has cut from an anonymous pamphlet an
account of a dream of Mr. Calhoun, about
the time of the stormy sectional agitation
which preceded the adoption of the Com
promise measures of 1850:
Mr. Calhoun, it seems, was drawing up
a pian for tlie dissolution of the Union,
when, late at night, being very much ex
hausted, he fell asleep and had the follow
ing dream, as related by himself:
“At a late hour last night, as I was sit
ting in my room writing, I was surprised
at the very unceremonious entrance of a
visitor, who came in and took a seat be
side me.
“I was more annoyed, as I bad given
strict orders to the servants that I should
on no account be disturbed.
“The manner in which he entered —per-
fectly self-possessed—taking a seat oppo
site me —without a word, no salutation—
no apology—as though my room and all
within belonged to him, excited in me as
much surprise as indignation. As I raised
ray head to look at him over the top of ray
shaded lamp, I discovered that he was
wrapped in a thin cloak which completely
hid his features from my view, and, as 1
raised mv head, lie spoke:
“ ‘What are you writing. Senator from
South Carolina?’ I did not think of his
impertinence at first, but answered him
involuntarily, ‘I am drawing up a plan for
the dissolution of the American Union!’
To this the intruder replied in the coldest
manner possible :
“Senator from South Carolina, will you
allow rue to look at your right hand ?’
“He arose, and as he did so the cloak
fell, and 1 beheld— Great God ! Gentle
men ! I BEHELD THE FORM OF GEORGE
Washington !
“As though I had no power to resist, I
extended my right hand. I felt a strange
chill pervade me at his touch—he grasped
it and held it near the light, thus afford
ing me full time to examine every feature
of his face, and particularly of his person.
It was the face of Washington, and he was
dressed in the uniform of the Revolution.
After holding my hand for a moment, look
ing steadily at ine, he said, in a quiet way:
“‘And with this right hand, Senator
from South Carolina, you would sign your
name to a paper declaring this Union dis
solved ?”
“ ‘Yes,’ said I, ‘if a certain contingency
arises I will.” Just at this momenta
black blotch appeared on the back of my
lim'ai f iffJA WffftfJl, n ‘U\,J ’WIuU
black spot on my hand ?’
“That,’ said lie, dropping ray hand, ‘is
the mark by which Benedict Arnold is
known in the next world !’
“He said no more, but drew from beneath
bis cloak an object which he placed upon
the table, on the verypaperon which I had
been writing. The object, gentlemen, was
a skeleton !
“ ‘There,’ said he, with emphasis, ‘there
arc the bones of Isaac Hayne, who was
hung by the British in Charleston. He
gave s his life to establish the Union. And
when you sign your name to a declaration
of dissolution, you may as well have the
bones of Isaac Hayne before you. He was
a South Carolinian, and so are you; but no
blotch was on his hand.”
“With these words he left the room, I
started from the contact with the dead
man’s bones and awoke l Overworn by la
bor, 1 had fallen asleep and been dream-
ing/’ r
A Spanish Charge of Balaklava. —
On the first of January the Spaniards
fought their first considerable battle in Af
rica. The action comprised an advance
from the sea coast and a subsequent and
longer conflict in the afternoon, necessita
ted by the gallant but ill judged advance
of General Brim. The most remarkable
feature, however, in the occurrences of the
day, was an almost exact parody on the
charge of our own Light Cavalry at Balak
lava by two squadrons of the Spanish l’rin
cesa Hussars. There was the same blun
der of an aide de-camp, the same too im
plicit obedience of the officer immediately
in command, the same useless rush up a
valley bristling with opponents, the same
bloody retreat. It would, of course, be
preposterous to compare the means of de
struction at the disposal of the Moors, and
the well served batteries and steady fire
which the Russians were able to bring in
to play against the English Dragoons,—
Still let the honor he given where honor is
due. The Spanish Hussars rode into their
valley of death with as unflinching a cour
age, * with as firm a determination to do
their duty, as the English Cavalry in Oc
tober, 18J4, and not a man came back with
a stain on his name.
They rode up to the enemy's fire, and
even to his camp, bringing back with them
nothing hut thei- glory and the memory of
their great deed of arms. Two squadrons
of Diego Leon’s Hussars did this. It was
as though the spirit of their gallant chief
was with them throughout the fiery ride.
It seems almost a grotesque instance of
history reproducing itself to find that a
misinterpreted speech of tho Spanish aid
de-camp who carried the order produced a
similar result to that which followed poor
Nolan’s fatal blunder at Balaklava. The
messenger it is said, applied the word
“cowards” to the Moors; by a fatal error
the officer in command of the Hussars took
the word as intended for himself and his
men, and went oft’ at once at their head in
to the midst of the enemy’s fire. There
were two officers killed and fivo wounded—
a large proportion out of tho two squad
rons engaged. — London limes, Jan. lb.
Fa vablc in AdvunoD.
Gov, Wise's Speech :t the
Baiquct.
We have received the Kuqn’ e*, con
taining a full report of the eloquent, forci
ble and patriotic speech made by ex-Gov.
W S', at a complimentary dinner given to
him bv ihe members of the Virginia Leg
islature, without distinction of pirtv. Wo
I should bo glad to publish the speech in
exfenso, but it is too kng f, r our small
face, and hence we must content ourselves*
i with a few extracts :— Macon Telegraph :
And now, gentlemen, I have another
confession to make to you. So far as lam
personally concerned, I have nothing to
conceal. You shall have my heart in your
hand, and examine every tendril of it. f
tell you, calmly and deliberately, that if
there had been another raid —it the lint's
of Virginia ha l been crossed again—L
would have had not only fifteen or sixteen
hundred men, but I would have had twen
ty thousand there. [Great applause.] And
I tell you that the line would not have
stopped me. 1 would not have stopped
short of Chatham, in Canada West, [Re
newed and prolonged applause.] I would
have invaded the British Lion himself, at
the end of the underground railroad. —
[Cheers and laughter.]
►Sir, it was very convenient to me, I tell
you, to have a school of instruction at,
Charlestown, to prepare the military of
the State —and, to their honor and glory
be it said, that never did any hoys im
prove faster in any school, than my boyft
did in the school of military instruction at
Charlestown. 1 say again, that on the
first step being taken, the first, gun fired, I
would have marched across the line through
the Western lleserve of Ohio. 1 would
have swept away Black Republicanism on
either side of the road, and have assailed
the British Lion himself, in his den. [Ate
plause.] And, gentlemen, J tell you this,
that you may understand what fighting in
the Union is. | Laughter.] 1 hope you
understand it now. l>ut without going to
Canada, tlie fifteen or sixteen hundred men
accomplished mainly the purpose which l
had in view—as your purpose will always
he accomplished when you have the law
and the right on your side. I deterred in
vasion—it held the enemy back—it gave
the confidence of security to our people—
it gave proper direction to indignation at
the South—it put the cemservativcelcment
in the North in motion. But wc are told,
that this cost a great deal. The cost! All
I can say, gentlemen, is, that there were
five ends that 1 had to attain by that ar
oire ord lfWuWas'svdi * J .. wm
cost. Cost—cost! What right, lias a Com
monwealth like this, grand, glorious, dig
nified State, as she is, with the stake she
holds in her hands, to talk about cost,*
when her military defences, for the last
twenty years, have cost her nothing—and
when their neglect have cost, in a night
and day, some thirty lives, and subjected
us to the sneers of ineffable reproach, for
weakness and want of the means of de
fence ? The whole cost was only $*72,000.
Spicy Letter t3 Senator Mason.
The following is the letter from J. Ited
path to Senator Mason, chairman of the
investigating committee on the Harper’s
Ferry affair. Redpath is a violent Aboli
tionist, but the tone of the letter is too spi
cy to deprive our readers of it :
Malden, Mass., Jan. 27, ’9O.
To Senator Mason, Chat riuail oj Senate
Brou n Committee :
Senator : On my return to my home
here this morning, 1 found a paper purpor
ting to be a summons on which your flame
appears, and by which I am required to be
at Washington day before yesterday. Ab
“the impossible/’ according to an eminent
New England moral teacher, Theodore
Barker, “is never the obligatory” 1 write
you to state that I have not the power to
obey it; as I cannot turn back tho hands
of the clock of time even if disposed so to
do, the which I am not. This summons,
my colored servant tells me, was given to
her on Monday afternoon to deliver to me
on rnv return home. Sir, she is one of the
race that have no ri'glif.s that a white man
is hound to respect. Am J bound to rec
ognize her right to deliver me a summons?
You see, Senator, I have you there, if I
choose to stand on the legal principles of
the Democracy; but 1 waive that advan
tage, inasmuch as I did not get the sum
mons here lor me until this blessed morn
ing.
Even had I coim homo on Monday evc
njn” as usual, I could not have obe veil
the summons. Y\ hy didn t your servant
I serve it sooner ? I was at home all last
| week and until Monday morning, and yet
I received no visit from any 4 eder.il olli
| cial. They need looking after, Senator, r
Now what must Ido ? Bleu.sc let me know
Iby refurn of mail, as I have urgent busi
ness which requires my speedy and prolong
ed absence from homo.
JAMES KEDPATH.
Cure for Corns. —If “a poor cripple”
! will take a lemon, cut a piece of it off, then
nick it so as to let in the toe with the corn
the pulp next to the corn, tie t his on at
night so that it cannot move, he will find
the next morning that with a blunt knife,
will come away to a great extent. Two or
i three applications of ibis will make a poor
cripple happy for lile; and I would be glad
; to hear the result. —London Pobt.
A lawyer engaged in a case, tormented
a witness so much with questions, that the
poor fellow at last cried for water. “There,”
said the Judge, “I thought you’d pump
him dry.”
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