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od ol four years. In this climate, planted
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ly as much as 100 acres 'M-
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can become familiar with it in a short time
on account of surroundings.
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cription of Vineland, pudlished in the New
YokkTbibune, by the well-known Agricul
turist, Solon Robinson;
All the farmers were of the ‘well to.do’
sort, and some of them, who have turned
their attention' to fruits and market garden,
ing, have grown rich. The soil is loam,
varying from sandy to clayey, and surface
gently undulating, intersecting with small
strcnc sand occasional wet meadows, in
which deposits of peat or muck are stored,
sufficient to fertilize the whole upland sur
face., after it has been exhausted of its nat.
ural fertility.
It ts certainly one of the most exten
sive fertile tracts , in an almost levelpo*
sition and suitable condition for pleasant
farming, that we know of this side of
the Western prairies. We found some
of the oldest farms apparently just as
profitably productive as when first clear
ed of forest fifty or one hundred years
ago.
The Geologist would soon discover the
cause of this continued fertility. The whole
country is a marine deposit, and all through
the soil we found evidences of the calcare
ous substances, generally in the form of in
durated, calcareous marl, showing how
many distinct forms of ancient shells, of the
tertiary formation ; and this marly substance
is scattered all through the soil, in a very com
minuted form, and in the exact condition most
casiig assimmilated by scuh plants as the farmer
derives to cultivate.
CALHOUN, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 26. 1876.
GEN. T. M. B. YOUNG.
HE SEEKS HARMONY IX THE
SEVENTH.
To Ihc Democrats oi the Seventh
Congressional District.
My name ba3 been mentioned in con
nection with the nomination for the Sev
enth Congressional District for the For
ty-lifih Congress, aud I write this letter
lo say that I believe that the interest
aud harmony ut the Democratic party
can better be subserved by my not be
coming a candidate. 1 1 has always been
my theory that no good citizen should
desire to hold an office unless a majority
of liis fellow*citizens concur w.th hiui
in that desire, i believe that a major
ity of the Democrats of this District
entertain a sympathy (and a very just
one) in favor of Col. Win. H. Dabney*
for the approaching nomination. I
heartily concur in that sympathy, and I
respectfully ask my friends to join with
me in his support. It is useless for me
to admonish my friends that the strug
g!e which is soeii to take place between
the two great parties of this country is
to be one of the closest, and one of the
most bitter that has ever occurred in
our history, and one which is fraught
with the most vital interests of the peo.
pie of not only our section but of all the
people of this union. My friends, you
are upon your trial, you stand at the bar
of public opinion, by the side of that
party whose great leaders have repeat
edly accused you in the halls of the na
tional capital, of everything that is false,
cruel, barbarous and infamous. The
great mass of the people are called up
on to judge between you, and their ver
dict will bo rendered at the polls in No
vember next. The eighty thousand
office holdcisof the administrations are
united to a man, and they head the col
umn. The question is,
IIOW SHALL WE MEET THEM ?
Shall we, in this hour of travail, per
mit personal preferences or petty griev
ances to divide us; shall we permit any
trivial cause to bring confusion in our
ranks and stagger our column in this
hour whose every is vital to our happi
ness? In God’s name, no! The Re
publican party is strong, organized and
compact, it permits no stragglers. Then
so much the more reason why we should
perfect the organization of our party,
even in its most minute parts, it mat
ters little who are our standard-bearers,
let us keep our eyes upon the colors, and
follow them. We have been singularly
fortunate in our recent nominations. —
The national standard has been placed
in the hands of Samuel J. r i ildon and
Thomas A. Hendricks, two men well
known to the people of all the States ;
whose uauic3 are synonyms with hones
ty, reform, and economical government.
You have selected for your chiet exec
utive of the State, Alfred 11. Colquitt
a man whose public acts, and whose
private virtues have distinguished him
above his follow-citizens; a man who
possesses all the qualities ol soldier,
statesman and chvistian'jgentlcman.
DABNEY FOR CONGRESS.
It is needless for mo to say ought of
Win. 11. Dabney, whose name, I believe
is the only onejet presented for nomi
nation to represent the Seventh Con
gressional District in the next Congress.
I have known him since 1 have been
old enough to know any man aud I fail
to find anything in his character tliat
does not challenge the admiration of his
countrymen, and render him worthy of
the highest honor they can bestew upon
him.
Then you will reasonably ask, with
such a declaration of principles as wo
have, and with such candidates, how
can wc fall? I answer that I believe we
can only fail, through want of organi
zation, want of concert of action, want
of energy. Let us organize, not only
in the State and Congressional
—-b exau\ty,.4ind in each nq'Utia
and follow them through to
-•et us, for once, present a firm, solid.
done, tho march will be tedious, Ilia
battle will be warm, but the victory
will bo sure and complete.
PERSONAL TIIOUGIITS.
And now whut can I say to you, gen.,
tlen, my friends, who have honored mo
so long ? who have stood by me through
good report, and through bad ; you who
have refused to believe one W T ord of all
the slanderous attacks upon me ? No
language can express the sentiments of
jny hert, full as it is of affectionate
gratitude' for you. I can only say that
after a full understanding you will find
that, no act of mine has been unworthy
of the ronfidencc and esteem you have
pftaced upon me. I have been ever
mindful of the responsibility I held for
so long at your hands, and I can truth
fully say that the position which I held
was never used but in the promulgation
of those great principles, and the adz.
vancement of that, party, upon whose
success I believe depends the peaco,
happiness and prosperity of my whole
country, llespectfuily,
F. M. B. Young.
If rs Sleeplessness.— “l’m. habbin’
hcep o’ trouble wid sleeplessness dese
nights/' remarked an old darkey at the
suburban end of State street the other
day.
“Ho, ho, I reckens I knows all ’bout
dat/ J said another African standing
by.
“Yo* knows noffin’; dats what you
knows.'
“Sartia I knows sulkin'/, chuckled j
the other; “I knows well ’uuff dut vY
Truth Coiiqners All Things.**
cant sleep o’ night, an’ ’sides I knows
yo’r neighbo’s can’s uuther ef deys got
chickens ?”
The old darkey looked grieved at the
words as he turned away he expressed
his opinion of them by mumbling :
“If days anything dat I hates it’s to
see two culled gemmeu alius fussiu’ wid
each other—’specially wen dey’s bofe ub
de same pofession.”
Max idelor For iTesident.
I pretty much made up nry mind
now to run for the presidency. What
the country wants is a candidate who
caunut be injured by investigation of
nis history, so that the enemies of
the party will be unable to rake up
against him tilings that nobody ever
heard of before. If you know most
about a candidate, to begin with, every
attempt to spring things on him will be
checkmated.. Now I am going to en
ter the field with an open record. 1
am going to own up in ad\%nce to all
the wickedness I have done and if
any congressional committee is uispos
od to prowl around my biography in the
hope of finding any dark and dreadly
deed which 1 have secreted, why, let it
prowl.
In the first place, I admit that I did
tree u rheumatic grandfather of mine in
the winter of 1859. He was old and
inexpert at climbing trees. Rut with a
heaaless brutality that is characteristic
of me, I ran him out the front door in
his night shirt, at the point of a shot
guti, and caused him to bowl up a ma
ple tree, where he remained all night,
while I emptied bird shot into his long
legs. I did this -because he snored 1
will do it again if I ever iiave another
grand father. I am as bad now
as I was then in '59. No rheumatic per
son shall snore in my house.
I candidly acknowledge that I ran
away at the battle of Gettysburg. My
friends liave tried to smooth over this
fact by assorting that l merely got be
hind a tree ; that I did so for the pur
pose of imitating Washington,who went
into the woods at Valley Forge to say
his prayers. It is a miserable subter
fuge. I struck out in a straight line
for the Tropic of Cancer simply because
I was scared. I wanted my country
saved, but 1 preferred to have somebody
else to save her; I entertain that pre
ference yet. If the bubble, reputation,
can be obtained only at the cannon’s
mouth I am willing to go there for it
provided lire cannon is empty. If it is
loaded, my immortal and inflexible pur
pose is to get suddenly over the fence and
go home, ,My invariable practice in war
has been to bring out of any given flcht
two thirds more men than I took in.—
This f-eeci3 to me to be Napoleonic in
its grandeur..
The 'ast time I lan for the president
cy there was some unpleasant talk about
my application in a transaction with
the widow Rullock’s ducks. The mat a
ter was hushed up ; but I have no ob'
jections to admitting the truth respect*
ing it. I have always had a favorite
theory that roast ducks were conducive
to hysterical symptoms, and as every
instinct of my nature prompted me to
protect the widow from the ravages of
hysteria, I entered the coop in her gar
den and regretfully but firmly removed
those ducks. The fact that she began
a prosecution against me is not a mut
ter of consequence. It is the fate of
philanthropist to be misunderstood. —
Rut duty is my guiding star and if it leads
me to ducks or distraction Til follow
it.
My financial views are oi the most
decided character, but they are not like
ly, perhaps, to increase my popularity
with the advocates of inflation aud con
traction. Ido not insist upon the spe
cial supremacy of rag money. The
great fundamental principle of my
c wu life is to take any kind that I can
gei.
i ‘‘omit, also, tl ■ t J amnot a friend to
the poor aian. I regud the poor man
m his pr • !,t. condition, so much
U:ia!, Cut a;- and prop
*n fatten tby *—• 11 VTjs i.i v.r. ,
Islands, and r > improve export' trade
with that re.:.! ■ , 1 Mall i commend
legislation upon ih ; subject, in my f,st
message. My campaign cry will be
“Dessicatc the workingman ? CtufF him
into sausages 1”
These are about the worst parts of
my record. On them I c:-me before
the country. If my country don’t want
me I will go back again. Rut I recom
mend my sol: as a safe man—a man who
starts from total depravity and proposes
to be fiendish to the last.— lllustrated
Weekly.
State Democrati<* Executive Com
mittee.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 14, IS7G.
Under the authority of a resolution
passed by the Democratic Convention
recent!} assembled at Atlanta, the fol
lowing gentlemen are announced as
State Democratic Executive Committee :
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE,
IT. F. Bell, of Forsyth county ; J. (J.
Nichols, Fierce county; J. L. Warren,
of Chatham county; E. Y. Clarke, of
Fulton county.
FOR THE DISTRICTS.
First District—John J. Jones, of
Burke county ; Josephus Camp, Eman
uel county
Second District—A. T. Mclntyre, of
Titomr-:, county; W. A. |larris, of
Worth county. .
Third Dhuict—James B. ?link!<\ of
Sumter county; Marshall J: livelier,
of Macon county.
Fourth District—ll. Bh idford,
of Muscegee county.
Fifth District—W. T. Trammell, of
Spalding county ; U. S. Gun i, of Hous
ton county.
Sixth District J. M. Pace, of New.
ton county; \Y. W. Turner, of Putnam
county.
Seventh District—P. M. B. Young,
of Bartow county; J A. W. Johnson,
of Whitfield county. ’
Eighth District—MiLs W. Lewis, of
Greene county ; Paul dT Hudson, of
McDuffie county.
Ninth District—G. M. Wetherland.
of iUimsi in county; \Y. E Sim
mons, of Gwinnett cuunty.
The foregoing appointments from the
districts, except in one or two instances
of failure to make nominations, are the
selections of the district delegations as
provided for by the resolution passed
by the Convention.
The members of the committee are
requested to convene at the Kimball
House, in Atlanta, ou Friday, the 25th
inst., at 11 o’clock a. M. for the purpose
af organizing and transacting such oth
er business as they deem proper.
Clifford Ande son.
President late Convention.
Is i£ Sso ?
“ A man of sense will never swear,”
so says a writer. Rut this statement
we doubt. We will admit that a man of
sense ought not to swear, lie ought
not oft the ground of morality. He
violates a moral law, aud thereby in ■
curs a penalty Rut we see and know
the country. Men of sense do swear.
We have an example of brilliant intel
lect whose name adorns the annuls of
this country.- A statesman of extraor
dinary sense; a man of t ultuic, of pro
found thought, of intelloctval weight.—
A man who had a great deal of brain
power. A statesman of whom Virginia
boasts, and proudly so. Of course we
mean John Randolph of Roanoke, as
lie was somewhat addicted to swearing,
and acquired quite a reputation in that
way.
He was once traveling through a part
of Virginia with which he was unac
quainted, ond 'n the meantime stopped
during the night at an inn near the
forks oi" the road. The inn-keeper was
a genial, good hearted old gentleman,
and perhaps one of the first families ol
the Old Dominion. lie knew who his
distinguished guest was and every men
tal endeavor to entertain him during the
evening, but made a signal failure.—
On the morrow, when Mr. Randolph
was preparing to leave, he called for his
bill, which being presented, was paid*
The old gentleman sf IJI anxious to
have sou e conversation w ith the great
statesman interrogated thus:
“ Which way are you traveling, Mr.
Randolph ?”
“Sir? 1 ' said Mr. Randolph, with a
look, of displeasure.
“ I asked,” tai'l the landlord, “ which
way arc you traveling?”
“Havel paid you my bill ?” said
Mr. Par, A U f
“t ■ . v. j -a anything more?”
U Y Pfd ’
“Vv oil, ; . going just where I please :
do you undeiYlaud ?"
‘* Yes.”
The landlord by this time got some*
what excited aod Mr* Randolph drove
off. Rut to the landlord s surprise, in
a few minuses sent one of the servants
to inquire which of the forks of the
,2ad to take.
Mr. Randolph not being out of hear
ing distance, the landlord spoke at the
top of his breath, “Mr. Randolph, you
don’t owe me one cent; just take which
road you please.” It is said that he
air turned blue with the curses of Ran
dolph.
Women who Never Wash.
A Spizza correspondent of the Lon
don Standard writes : Those of your
readers who have traveled in Spain,
have certainly remarked the dirty stripes
* “**' *•“ ~ v * > - \y-\svcjvvv. „
to bathe without the permission of her
confessor. This aversion to cleanliness
I. • come forward from the time of the
anchorites Sabinus Fachominus, Best--
ri m, and ' ther saints of the desert, and
r. bed whole sects of that epoch con*
denined all ablutions 3 heathenish and
were lauded because they wore their
clothes so long that they rotted to pieces
and feu oil them, or because their skins
became as “
crust oi uirt on it. The superstition
that cleansing the body soils the soil
exists this day among the women of
those Christian nations who have
carried conflicts with the Mohamme
dans, on whom the Ivoran enjoins fre--
quont ablutions.
A female Bulgarians is permitted to
wash only once in her life—on the day
before her wedding; and in most South
Slavonian families the girls are rarely
allowed to bathe, the women never. I
recall with a shudder the interior of the
Montenegrin huts. \v hen a woman
offered me wine she always dipped her
finger3 into it, the same fingers which
dad just been engaged in the chase on
her children’s heads, or which had been
gently scratching the p%, the pet of
the family, which is always addressed
by eudaring names. The "ad ults squat
v. r lie down, the children tumble about
bin the liquid manure which covers the
floor of the hut, and many women are
otear'-eyei in consequence of the creo
sloe caused by the smoke, which can
nby escape through the door. Tho
xon cess bna, us I hive said, forms
0 ti Xv- n f ion.
lii idvaiiee.
As* Untimely June
The other night Mary J.u > Jones'
beau came up to see .her, and invited
Mary Jane out to have ice cream and
soda water which has a very exhilarat
ing effect ou some people, and ’ p.ov-'d
to be the case with this young man.—
Just as ho got the ice ereatn he began
to think how nice i l would be to have
Mary Jane always* with him, and then
he began to calculate how far ten dvff
lurs a week would go tow id supporting
a family, and lie concluded with econ
omy and management ou Mary Jane’s
part and some solf-denial on his, such
as not playing billiards but once a week,
and limbing himself to, say too cigars
at a time, they might live very nicely
Provisions did not cost much, and Mary
Jane’s c offies oeuid net bo very ex pc:;
sive say twenty dollars a year, or so.
and—well he calculated it ad as he
walked home witJPnSr and liq resolved
tii.it .ight ;.i kolrv ' 31 ary Jam
noticed that he was very abstracted and
guessed the reason, and felt glad within
herself that she had put on her white
dress and new bustle, feeling quite sure
that these had dune the business, for
what young man can resist a white dress
let alone a beautiful new bustle. When
t hey got to the front gate they saw that
the front steps were fully occupied by
the residue of the Jones family, so that
ihey sat down on a horse block under
the spreading maples, and there he es
sayed to tell the story of’ his love.—
Just as he got to where lie was going to
say in conclusion ; ‘* This * would be a
dreary waste to me without* you, Mary
Jane, will yougirair} me tuy
humble c 1.” : big !'tfe"'junc'
ped down ? bucjs of Mary pane’s
dress. Sbe up and gave a Mo
dockian whoop Really clutched
at the back of shouted :
“ Catch him, o o-o wouen ; bo’s killing
me," and the way she tore around and
danced up and down scared the poor
young man nearly to death, and brought
out the Joues family, lie ded by the
old gentleman who made straight for
the supposed “ him " and kicked him
off the sidewalk, ruining his new sum-
mer clothes and causing him to go light
round the first corner home. Then the
neighbors helped to catch Mary Jane
and someone made a raid down her
back and brought forth the bug, and
she wept sorely and trod it ruthlessly
under foot, reme-iberiug what might
have been if the bug hadn’t been.—
Then she explained it ail very clearly
to those neighbors, but they sniffed
their noses in the air ar and remarked to
each other privately to tlio effect; of its
being a very likely s.ory indeed that a
June bug should stir up such a fracas
and get a young map kicked off the
walk, they guessed if the truth was
known, etc. All this week Mary Jane
has gone round with disheveled locks,
and has attained a chronic squint from
much watching through closed blinds
of a form that don’t come; and her
young man stays within the fastness of
the store and wonders, with pain that
never dies what ailed Mary fane, and if
they always act that way, and the evon°
ings and mornings go right on and don’t
answer.
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Ttse Valise of a Trade.
.7ho olu story of the uncertainty oi'
riches and the importance cf learning
a trade i brought to mind by tho fob
lowing, which appeared in a recent
number of the New York Ledger:
Karl Frostern, the old nail maker of
Luben, in Silesia, was a jolly story tell
ing man, who sang at his work and
whose busy hammer made merry music.
Not far away lived Herr von Kobcn,
a wealthy land owner, whose only son
when not at school, was wont to come
to the nailer’s, where he would sit by
the hour and watch the bright sparks
as they flew in showers-from the ring"
ing anvil.
“Come, Master Conrad," said the
nailer, one day in a jolly mood ; “ why
not set the world an example ? Show
them that the son of a rich man can
learn a trade. Who knows but that it
une y'ouiu ien iu Svlhr amd 'nafll? r oi
the thing, and pulling off his fine jack
et, he donned a leathern apron, and
went to the anvil. He was a bright,
quick lad, and when he had once at
tempted to make a nail, he bad a pride
to make it well ; and so it came to pass
that ere long he could make slv.r: nails
as deftly and a3 well as could old Karl.
Time passed on, and Herr von tve
ben died a loving his great wealth to
his son Conrad. A few years thereaf
ter the armies of Frederick came sweep
ing through Selesia, and Conrad’s in
heritance was lost. In poverty he wan
dered away toward the mountains of
Bohemia, until he came to a town
where a host of shoemakers were at a
stand for wsftc of uails. Shoos were
in great demand for Che soldiers and a
great price was offered for nails.—
Here," thought Conrad, “is my op
port-unit v. Let us see how my trade
will serve me r ’
And he told the shoemakers that if
they would help him to a shop ao i a
forge, he would m*ke nails fur them.—
They furnished him what was required,
and he went at the work in earnest
lie made better nails than bad ever be
fore been seen in that section. He took
apprentices and enlarged his shop, rod
in tima Yon Kol n’s nails were do
maiid ; on both sides of the mountains.
By a. but sure degrees be arose to
opmrt.ee and a manufacturer, ho noted
and respected 03 the founder of his
own fortune. And it ait came, as he
was proud to tell : .i_ children in alter
years, from his* ha'in: learned a trade
in his youth,
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NO. 1.
V Woman who Dus kiiiled 500
Wild Animals.
Chief among the attractions at the
Kansas State buildings, or in that part
of it reserved for Colorado, is a lady"
like woman oi than the ordinary
stature and comparatively slight physi
cal development, kuown as Mrs. Max
well, the Rocky Mountain huutresa.—•
Tliis lady is reported to have killed,
with her own hands, 500 wild animals,
and specimens of these stuffed by her
self havo been f.vwarded to the Color
ado display, aud they are now on exhi
bition. Among the.vo are several largo
bisons, a number of deer, a pair oi
Reeky Mountain sheep, a ferocious pu
ma, a number i wild cats, two elks,
three bears —grizzly, cinnamon and
black —a wolverine, said to be the most
dangerous animal in the West, many
varieties of rabbit, including the rflro
coov rabbit, tound only on mountain
peaks, about the limber line, and many
specimens of marmot squirrel, mountain
rats, a black footed leu ret, etc - The
last mentioned minimal is a raie speci
men, the one owned by the Smithsonian
institute being the only other known to
have I een shot aud preserved. The
collection als l ' includes a family of pra
rie dogs, owls and snakes, wtiich the
huntress lias often seen in the sme bur
row, aud to these add cases of birds,
water fowls shakes, etc, besides two
exhibitions oi’ live prairie degs and rat
tlesnakes, the entire display of over 300
animals being very artistically arranged.
. How Mairied lu 76.
a Virginia belle
was not to wdriiout foolscap and
red tape, This wag the'certificate which
jhu bride had to sfgn, before her lover
diwfldf get marriage license. “The bean,
er uiy permission to procure
from authority the necessary credentials
which have duly and honorable merit
and of all things, which shall reflect ev>
cry ray of honor ascribable to so resplen
dant an element or se&timent of my right
mind, and which shall henceforth bo
strictly adhered to the proper form, at
my instance and his importunity, in the
making valil all things pertaining to
the stream of my desire to become his
partner in the v : go" of my affections
properly directed to the momentous ob
ligation of conjugal embraces in endless
felicity. In witness of the abv>ve I am
hereunto," etc.
Only a Revolver.
A man recently entered a Detroit
restauraut and ordered a very elaborate
dinner. He lingered long at the table
and finally wound up on a bottle of wine
Then lighting a cigar he ordered, leis
urely sauntered up to the counter and
said to the proprietor :
“Very fine dinner, landlord. Jusfc
charge it to me ; I haven’t got a
cent."
“But I don’t know you," said the pro.
prictor.
“Of course you don’t. If you had,
you wouldn’t lot me had the good din-,
ncr."
“Well, you must pay for tho dinner I
say !"
“Fr.y, i can’t."
“I’ll see about that." said the propri
etor , who had snatched a revolver out
of a drawer, loaped over the counter and
collared the man, saying, as ho pointed
it at his head, “Now see if you’ll get
away with that dinner without paying
for it, you scoundrel."
“Whatsisthat you hold in your hand
said the impecunious customer drawing
back.
“A revolver,sir."
“0, that’s a revolver is it ? I don’t
care for a revolver; I thought it was a
stomach-pump.
Plain Saints.
Many of our wealthiest Chriitiana
on earth will be very plain saints in
heaven. There every robe and every
crown will shine in proportion to the
work the wearer did on earth. Many
will be shown crowns without a star,
t - - */ • • i
rich ones all the treasures they have
laid up in heaven cannto buy one—
Boomed to a s'-.rless crown because they
have never brought a soul to Jesus.—.
Their influence while living did not re-i
commend a holy life, and after death
not one perso* carries forward the work
which, they left u done. If’ only ono
had been led to Christ, they might have
other stars added, for the same mean;:
<ire used many times, and the letters,
hooks and biographies of the dead are
continually adding new brightness to
their crown , of rejoiciug.
dhiuk of it, ye wcalihy Christians,
who change your fashions every season
how will you feel to wear a gtarjess
crown forever and a plain robe, while
many ,f those in lower stations will
shine in regal splendor ? Big up your
buried talent, work, write for Jesus, and.
you may shine as the brightness of the
firmament forever.
Somebody asked a man who was
trruoled with boils, yesterday, what be
was taking lor them. He said he was
taking a dollar apiece, but he was willing
to let a friend have one for seveuty-fivc
cents. True friendship is far above
mercenary considerations.
A disagreeable igtaiive —r a carbuin^
cie. *
Just tho thing for leap year—Th $
Frog Opera.
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Burly to b. and and early to risQ.