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j«cb?23 DECATUR EAGLE. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY. Spencer & Scliirmeyer. PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. OFFICE—On Second Street, in Patterson building, over the Drug Store. Terms of Subscription: One copy, one year, in advance, $1 00 If paid within the year, 1 50 If not paid until the year has expired, 2 00 iEFXo paper will be discontinued until all arreragesarc paid except at the option f the Publisher. Terms of Advertising: Ono square,(ten lines) three insertions, $1 25 Each subsequent insertion, 50. O’No advertisement will be considered less . than one square; over ne square will be counted and charged as tw; over two, as three, etc, i O’A liberal discount, from the above rates. ' made on all advertisements inserted for a period I longer three months. LFThe above rates will be strictly adhered . to undwrall circumstances. JOB PRINTING: We are prepared to do all kinds of job-work ' neat and workmanlike nw.on the meat I reasonable terms. Our materx for the com-1 pletion of Job-Work, being new ta_ .1 of the lat■ < est styles, we feel confident that satisfaction i uan be given. DEfATI R BrSIXESS HIM! Decatur, Indiana,! <EC3* JStZ G J J3SX£37*9 Proprietor Will give good attention, and makes reasonable charges. n37-v6-ly. PHYSICAIN # SURGEON DECATUR,INDIANA. (□"OFFICE —On the east s ide of Second St., i in the room formerly occupied by J. I). Nutt- ; man as a banking office. v l-n 42. iHTi d I t l d a b a k e k , ATTORN EY AT TAW AND CLAIM AGENT DECATUR, INDIANA. Will Practice in Adams and adjoining bounties Will secure bounties, pensions; and all kinds of claims against the Government. O’OFFICE.—On Main Street im med lately : South of the Auditor’s Office.—v G-n »2 .TAMES It BOBO? Attorney and Counselor at Law, PE CA TUR, INDIA NA. {□’’OFFICE, in E. Office. XT j Will practice in the Courts of the Tenth Ju- i • licial Circuit. Ah,.n 1 r the Redemption,?f i LhHs, the pay...ent of Taxes Especial atten, I lion will be given tothn c<»l ! e.'’ion f Bointics Pension and all claims aga »• ->i the Government Nov. 28, 1362. v6-i‘42. iSB t i ii 1T P. V. SMITH, Ambrotype & Photograph Having permanently located in Decatur mid , aupplied himself with everything that maybe | ound in a First Class Picture Gallery, Would call the attention of all who desi re god ; Picture at low prices, tp call at his rooms in Houston 's Building, immediately over the Drug Store. u37-ly BOOTS & SHOES. At lower prices than ever before offered n this market, and cheaper than the same m teles can be bought in Fort Wayne. 1 willsel Mens’ Fine Calf Shoes, a good article, for $ 1,21) to $1.50 ; Winer’s high heeled Gaiters, sl,lO )051,30, and all kinds CHILDREN’S SHOES, atth° same rates. I have., also, the bestloto Women’s Calf Shoes, oversold in Decatur, from SI,OO to $1,25.pe [keir, busrdes any quantity of my own mdkeand usual will make to order. Leather,Findings, stock fo»* country shoema- ! piers of all kihds, and shoemakers fools, of the [best'quality, cheap for cash. Give m< a nail. I Deeatnr, March 23. JESSE NDJ ' VTcks'BURGl: I, J. MIESSE, In hie line of business. Defies the World! All other LIKE INS'ITTUTIOKS thrown in the shade! All efforts at COMPETITION gone [by the BOARD. It h acknowledged by all that he can sell a BETTER article of Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, and all such like for LESS money than any other establishment in Northeastern Indiana, without exception. His work is all warranted to be made of the very best materia!, and made by old audexpe [riencedrworjnnen. Budgie® and carriages triaimed in the Latest and most” approved style*. Repairing dofife on Short notice anil at reasonable rates. * f !*T*GrVe us a call, ami we will convince you ofthetruth of what we say. We PAY CASH for our stock, ami consequently BUI" CHEAPER than if we bought on TIME; and of course can soil in proportion.—n3B-v6.

FORT WAYXE i MAIN STREEfIxCHAAGE, J. LESMAN, - - . Proprietor, Main Str, West of Calhoun, Ft. Wayne, Ind., Good Accommodations at Reasonable rates Stage office for Bluffton, Decatur, St. Mary’s, Kendalville, Sturgis and Auburn. n3Bv6 | meyeiFT bro?, Whole <fc Retail Dealers in Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils, French and American Window Glass, Dye Stuffs, Brushes, Spices, Liquors and Wines. Coal Oil and coal oil Lamps, .O’No. 95 Columbia Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. n3Bv6. ! Wholesale Dealer in HARDWARE AND STOVES, And Manufacturer of j TIN,SHEET IRON ANDCOPPERWARE AT THE GRANITE STORE, No. 79, Columbia Street, v4-n24. FORT WA YNE, IND. IIE iWIN'IiOUSE? J. EX4BHS & SON, - - - Prep’s i Barr St.eeli between Columbia <& Main. FORT WAYNE, INI). 1 This House has been entirely Refurnished i and Ketitted in good style, and every attention I will be paid to the comfort of guests. Board i j ers accommodated by the Day or Week. j>3D : M linUSIT Corner of Wayne and Calhoun Sts., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. H. C. FOX, - - - Proprietor i General Stage Ossie. vsn2o. justLTbeuret? Dealer in WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY SILVER-PLATED WARE, Ac , I NION BLOCK, FORT WAYNE, IND AU kL.tU ot Repairing done to order, ana warranted. •'l<a?UN DIHUIILL, • -br.ALKR INMarble Monuments, HEAD-STONES, MANTLES, 'OABINET-SL A B 8, & a . , & c FORT WAYNE, IND. Work done to order on the shortest notice and in the neatest manner. 1 vsn3t>. S. PATTERSON, Agent. •_2 ' ■ c o ’ AR E T i PORK PACKER, MILLER BD COMMISSION Merc h ant, EORT WAYNE, IND. General dealer in all kinds of Grain, So Fish, Sa’t, Produce, Agricultural Implemants, Ac, Best Brar d Family Flours JTLibera! advances made on .Prmluce.etc., i n44vi;tf . I Jmj f TiiTi’ld f o ck7 o O. P. MORGiAN No. 81 Columbia Street, FORT WAYNE Ind. o Hardware & Stoves -AND— Manufacturer of Tin & Sheet Iron--115. -ISMkr ■«. Tas: • no 15 > I OUST F. SUCMOX. BUDOU’M 81KM A F. SIEMON & ERO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in .Books, Stationary, Toys, And Fancy Goods, I Calhonn Street, between Columbia and Main FORT WAVXE, IND. English School Books, German and Latin ’ Books,Tooys—a large asssortment, Wall and Window Paper, Looking Glasses, Picture Frames, Engravings tfcc., <fc., The attention of the public isrespectfally in- 1 vited. Most ®f. our stock is imported directly , by ourselves, which enables us togiv« our cusy I tomers Great Bargains. v5n3S. ( u n i o’nTi'l'e’Vomp’an y . C. SCHMIDT & Co. -MANUFACTURES OFFILES,” RASPS. MILL-PICKS, j STONE OUTERS-’ TOOLS de. Re-Cuttiug Old &o., done to order and Wnrranted equal to new'. All kinds of Rasps and Files made to order Also. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Hardware, Pine Sash and Doors, | 1 I NaiD, Glpss, Paint, <tc., At Factory Prices. UNION BLOCK, oppositeStatc Bank. FORT WAYNE, IND. j All Orders from the Country attended to. i

'Our Country’s Good shall ever ho cur Am-VZillbig U Fseiue auu not afraid to EUftic."

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, NOV. 28,1863.

A STORY OF THE GOLDEN AGE. In the far off Golden Age. which historians alluded to and poets described— 1 in the beautiful valley of a small river which empties in the Caspian Sea, where roses bloomed in a perpetual spring time;' where all sweet flowers filled the air with fragrance, and all the melodious birds i with song—was gathered one of those happy groups of families in which mankind were divided in the first ages after the Deluge, before there were kingdoms, cities, wars, and the splendors, and vices, and cruelties, of a more advanced civilization. The Valley of Roses glowed like a I paradise. The mountains, whose ght--1 tering peaks were like a jeweled crown, ! surrounded the valley, and shielded it ; from the cold blasts of the Siberian i winds. Silver cascades dashed down the i precipices, through evergreen trees, flowering shrubs, and long, pendant vines.—■ The emerald,.-green sward that sloped down to the river was bespangled with a thousand gay and odorous flowers; red strawberries gleamed through the grass; the clumps of shrubbery were filled with delicious berries; and grape vines loaded the trees with purple clusters. The choicest fruit grew spontaneously, and I the upland terraces were covered with ' wheat and barley, sown by the lavish ■ hand of nature, for the food ot man. In this delightful scene were scattered groups of rustic cottages —small, simjile, ' rude in structure, but so embowered with I foliage and surrounded with spreading trees, and so in harmony with the landi scape, that each cluster was a new picture of delight. Herds of cattle were ! lowing m the meadows, horses neighed in their rich pastures, and flocks of sheep 1 and goats gave beauty and animation to I the landscape. These were attended by I shepherds and shepherdesses, dressed in i simple and graceful robes, and crowned with flowers. With the lowing and ■ bleating of the herds, the softened roar of the distant cascades, the murtner of the summer breeze, the hum of bees, were mingled the melodies of rude shepherd's pipes, and choruses of happy children at I play- The old people—their venerable heads covered with silver locks—sat in the shade of spreading trees, talking together of the days of their youth, or relating the traditions of their ancestors and the events of their own early days, to the young people who gathered around them, full of affection and reverence. In this happy valley of the almost forgotten past, the wisest governed by his counsels, and the most la-autifnl was queen. Where all were lovely as ferffr-t health, freedom from care and innocence could make theta, Tamar was the most beautiful, as her grandfather, Olem, was most esteemed sage. The mother of i Tamar, who in her youth, had held the I place now filled by her daughter, was I esteemed for her virtue and wisdom, as much as she had ever been admired for I her loveliness. The beautiful Tamar was I beloved by all—old and young. As she wandered along the romantic banks of , the river, in the dewy morning, the blue firmanent, with its embroidery of silver i clouds, seemed but her canopy; the trees I and shrubs nodded their homage: the j flowers sent up their homage of perfume; i the birds warbled their melodies for lier delight; the very flocks stopped grazing to look at her; the sweeteyed gazelles approached her without fear. In this harmony cf nature she walked—its queen, robed in lustrous white, and crowned with choicest flowers. Among all the youths who admired fair Tamar, two of the worthiest aspired to the favor of her love. Arnette was - one of the bravest as well as one of the [ noblest youths of the valley. No foot was swifter in the race—no arm stronger in the flood. He could climb the precipice with the mountain goat; his arrow pierced the heart of the spotted leopard or the fierce wolf, that came to prey on ! the flocks of the valley. His cousin Jaleph was scarcely inferior to him in manly sports. They had grown up together, and loved each other like brothers. Arnette was dark-—Ja-leph was fair. Arnette’s black, clustering locks were like the raven’s wing; Jaleph's shone like the golden sunshine on the sea. Arnette’s dark eyes flashed I out their fires under his deep brow ; Ja[leph’s reflected the hues of the ecrulcanlieavens. Bci.li were brave, and strong and he-' roic. If A rnette had more strength and ’ dignity, Jaleph had more skill and grace. I One was statelier in his walk; the other i ■ more a-rial in his daned. Both loved her. In a thousand ways each told his love. Arnette presented i her with a gorgeous plume of the bird of paradise: Jaleph wove lor her a garland of matchless beauty, made of shells and flowers. Arnette trained for her a horse fleet as the antelope: Jaleph learned to play the melodies which filled her inno-! cent clumber with enchanting dreams. I

So beloved, Tamar was very happy. , No one could tell which swain she favored. Had each man been her brothers she could not have been more kind.— The aged people, who loved all their ■ children, looked on and shook their heads; far they saw that this must end, and they feared it migjit end in sorrow. -I The time came when Tamar also saw ' and felt that the noble cousins loved her | with more than a brotherly love. Ar- ' nette, the more impetuous, first declared his passion. ‘Tamar,’ he said, ‘beautiful Tamar, I love thee.’ ( ‘Dear Arnette,’ breathed from the open i ■ heart of the innocent maiden. •I ‘Wilt thou be mine?’ Her lovely face, w hich had been radidiant with happiness, was clouded now i j with doubt and perplexity. Arnette saw j :' and asked again, in deep subdued tones, i ■ J ‘Oh! beautiful one—wilt thou bo mine.” ■ The queenly girl covered her face with I; her hands and burst into tears. 11 Jaleph that moment came upon them, ’ 1 holding in his hand an offering of flow- j ers. He stopped a moment in surprise at i the dark brow of Arnette, and the tear-, 1 fill distress of his beloved Tamar. He i 1 grew pale, as his heart told him the deI ’ cisive hour had come. II With the frankness that belonged to i the age of heroic innocence—before cenI turies of selfishness, rapacity, poverty I and crime had marred the bodies and de- ' ■ : formed the souls of men —lie held out i one band to his rival, and the other to i ' the beautiful one they both adored. ‘I too, love you, beautiful Tamar,’ said - 1 the youth with the blue eyes and golden ! | hair, ‘God of our Fathers, witness my I I deep love ! Here we stand —choose be-; »! tween usl’ ' | A pang shot through the heart of each; ' but they stood, each nobly resigned to I : I the fate that awaited them. II Tamar looked on each. So long had I I' she loved both, with the pure love ol i •'saintly maidenhood, that the deeper love I now proffered only perplexed and dis- • tressed her. How could she take herself SI from either ? How hurt one when both t were so dear? 3 ‘Arnette! Jaleph! why ask mo to i choose ? Are we not happy ? So let us -' remain.’ The young men looked in each other’s 5 saddened eyes, and each one fell it could , be so no longer. The happy time had 1 passed. As the group stood, hand in hand, in . j the glow of the sunset, the mother of t Tamar came, in her sweet, matronly dig- : nity, to greet them. "Wh'i' is -1.-, i.-iv chi'drc-ii?’ sli'e a.'knd, i in alarm, as she saw tneir sorrowful laces t and her daughter’s falling tears. ;■ ‘Dear mother” cried Tamar, ’how can [■ I choose between those I love?’ > | The mother smiled; but the smile was ; not free from sadness. s j ‘Mv daughter,’ she replied, ’there must. ■ be one whom we love above all others.’ ? ‘Mother, mother!’ said the poor girl, ‘ as she buried her face in her bosom; f;‘both have been so kind, so noble, so ‘ I loving to me all my life, how can I hurt ■ one or the other?’ > i Again the sad smile. ) j 'Come with me, my daughter; you, my children, go. In seven days Tamar shall; ■ answer you.’ ; They kissed the mother’s hand held | ; out to them. They looked tenderly nt L the weeping girl, and walked away, hand j . iu hand. There was no rancor or jeali ousy in their coble heart. It is true, that each one felt that the hnppinftS oil I his life was at stnke. To fight for the I ’ possession of the object of lheir love, I s > however, was a mode of settling their ri--3 val pretensions, left to the darkness and 1 t ferocity of succeeding ages, when the r earth should be stained with crime and - blood. Arnette and Jaicph were together, as* I ever, in their light labors and their man--1 ly pastimes. Two days had passed, and I they were swimming in the river.— Whether exhausted by exercise cr weak lj ened by emotion, Jaleph-couid not swim ’i with his usual strength. Soon Lis gold- 1 • Unlocks were seen to sink beneath the • J waves. His sinewey arms grew powerless. A cry frptn the shore alarmed Ar- ■ 1 nette. He locked for his cousin, and the ! next moment plunged beneath the sur- 1 Gee. In a few moments he bore him to. ; the shore, where he soon recovered. Again thev were hunting the leopard in the mountains. Jaleph fell, and the i wild beast sprang upon him. The laiice , of Arnette pierced the fierce animal’s heart, and saved Lis rival from death. I The seventh day approached. Neither I had spoken to Tamar. They had but 1 seen her ut a distance. Each had refrained from offering any sign of love.— Their coral hearts would not permit them to take advantage of each other. On the eve of the seventh day they met in the assembly that gathered to pre- ’ para the morrow’s festival I Tsmar had decided. Her heart, ques-

tioned in solitude, declared for the golden haired musician. But her love and pity for Arnette, her appreciation of his noble qualities, and her thankfulness to him for twice saving tlie life of h<-r chosen one, made her look at him with such a glow of ailmiratioh and gratitude, that Jaleplr’s heart sunk within him. lie went forth and wept. ! It seemed plain to him that the question of his life was decided. He would not wait for the mirrow. Revealing his plan to one faithful friend, he went fortli in darkness and bade adieu to the happy valley. When the morrow came. Arnette repaired io the lovely cottage of Tamar.— i She was pale, but more than ever beau liful. As she saw Arnette, she looked around anxiously for his cousin. She grew paler as he came not, and was no- , where to be seen. 1c was the appointed , i hour. Arnette, too, looked around with | visible concern. I ‘Arnette, said the mother, ‘my daugh- I ter has decided. She will give her hand i to him her heart hath chosen. But where j is Jaleph?’ i ‘I know not.’ ‘You know not ? He should be here ? , What lias become of him? wtiere is he?’ ‘Alas! J know not,’ said the heroic youth, grieved to the heart at the suspicion these quick questions conveyed. ‘Mother!’ cried the pale and trembling girl, ‘be not unjust to Arnette. Twice lias he saved the life of Jaleph siuce we ; met.’ 1 The confidante ot Jaleph came and whispered to Tamar that her lover had gone. The roses that had left her cheeks now fled from her lips; she sank f linking 1 on the flowery sod. 1 ’What is all this?’ cried Arnette. He was told Jaleph had fled, and why. And he knew, all too well, that he who ; had fled from his fate despairingly was Rhe cbu. n love of the beautiful Tamar, ' now lying in her mother’s arms. Arnette knelt down by her side, prese- . Lio lipa upon her lovely forehead, and said to hi r mother, ‘I will bring him to 1 - her or never see her more.’ ( ■ In one week from that day the brave J Arnette led his cousin to the cot'age of I Tamar, and placing their hands together, , i said: — ‘Take him, Tai- ar ; lie is thino I , He fled, that I might be happy ; I have (ound him, that thou mayst bo happy with him thou lovest. Let me be the brother of both!’ j The arms of both were twined around ' him. Who shall say that he was less I happy in his g”, „rous self -.dfice, than ! they in their mutual love? The Golden Aqelivt-sin dim traditions , and poetic dreams. It lives, also, in eve jry heart that is generous and noble. He . who can love without selfishness is a hero I of the Golden Ace.—Blackwood. i 1 i Tub Oldest of Living Cliifpewas—A I Squaw Off. Hundred and Twenty Years Old. I have stood face to ’ ■ ~ with the middle of the eighteenth cen u y, and looked into its dim and hazy eyes. I have seen the i cotemporary of the Grand Monarque, of Frederick the Great, and Bussnet, a. ' ' I Voltaire, and Walpole, ths links which ! ■ connects the golden ago ol absolutism | and Utopian philosophies with the iron j ages of revolutions and republics, coeval' with the dream of (he one and the ful I Ailment of the other. In short 1 have | seen u Chippewa squaw a hundred and; ■ twenty years old. I I first met this ancient lady nt Aber- ! crombia, crouching on the ground; half aid, ns if to symbolize her own desolation, I in the smoke and ashes of a smouldering i fire, I mong the children of half breed, i great grand daughter, with a knife in her j fingers, cutting up a coon for a stew she i was cooking in the pot which, hung over I the half dead embers, and looking, for all the world, like one of the weir 1 witch hags, whom Macbeth met upon the heath ; and muttering, like them, some potent incantations ovet the accursed rebellion. She is they say the great great great I and thrice great grandmother of an Indian and half breed progeny, numbering hundreds, the gray progenitrix and spring- ■ head of the Cimerien Red Like—that 1 uncouth and hyperborean tribe, who dwell ' beyn • the farthest sources and summits lof the Mississippi, by shores of an inland > iring«d in with the gloom ol primeval woods. She is the first Chippewa woman, - she says, whoever set foot or skinned | muskrats on the shores of Red Lake. The Radical Doctors on the^Union:— j The following are gems in their wnty: . ‘The Union as it was is played out.'— Jim Lane. ‘The Union as it whs and the Constitution as it is—God forbid it.’—Thad. I StevY'i*. AA hosoever can love nothing but liis 1 own likeness has nothing but himself to love.

How he sot A st’iTKH. —A few months since a man,who called himself a conjurer, enierd a tavern in a country town and asked the eompanv. wb a embled in the bar room, if they woul like to wilnes; cne of his tricks. The fellow looked Cold and hungry, and the landlord gave assent, and stated that he knew a few Hicks himself, and had seen manywonderful ones. The conjuror then requested the company to place three hats upon the table, which being done, he desired the landlord to bring a loaf of bread’ and the stranger cut three pieces (nearly half a pound each), and placed lone upon each hat. He then stat-d that he could do (rick much more comfortable ! to himself if he had three pieces of chets The cheese being brought, he cut three i good sized pieces, and placed one by each piece of bread.now was the grand trick the .conjurer turned up the cuffs cf his coat ; took of his neckerchief, andunbotoned his shiit collar and stated that ho would now I proceed to eat the three pieces of ■ bread, and afterward bring all under one hat. He commenced eating the bread and chees and after eatig two pieces declared he could not proceed with the third and finish the trick unless he had something to drink The landlod wishing that the wonderful trick should be proceeIdedwilh, (or the amusement of the customers, immediately gave the fellow a quart of ale, and the third piece of bread and chese aoon followed the f irst two pieces, now the grand trick was t-j be disclosed, and the landlord and his companions anxiously awaited to see it. The conjurer said, ‘Now gentlemeu, which hat , shall 1 bring the bread and cheese under?’ The landlord pointed his own hat, wishing it to take part in the trick as well as his bread and cheese. It being so arranged the conjurer ng sin said, "Gentleman , I have eaten the bread and cheese, aud , now [ will bring it under the landlordhat?” and he immediately places tho hat upon his head, and continued.— . Now. you perceive it is under t. hat [ wicli out any deception.” )! The fellow left the house without tna- ! king a collection of the company, lie being ? j well satisfied with the landlord’s generoS’ pity. , I ■ ——- II The famous letter of solictor AVHIT- ■ ING has been published tliroughout the ' South as an expositor! of the views : and purposes of the present Abolition Administration As a matter of course the i letter, like all other documents and of the pai ly iu power, is i . used to stimulate the rebellion and | crush out whatever Union sentiment vet i -iaains in the s.-cedod t fates. i The Montgomery (Alabama) A \ . in publisiiing the letter ninki i the < following accompanying remarks: ‘lf there is a nut, in the Confederacy iin favor of the reconstrnetion of the . Union, let him rend this letter and see his I doom. State lines .- to be obliterated’ I State rights ignor’d, public and private ‘property and interest Swept away: the . m- n of the South, rich rn I po.,r, with I tlieir wives and little ones, m - to be made the servants ol servants.” Such is the affect produced upon the Southern mind by the pronounciainentcs of these Abolitionists. No wonder the reb els say ‘‘give ns such men ns TLadeus Charles Sutnti'-r.” — 111 An nboliton paper in Pennsylvania gives the rebels thia fearful warning. . • \A'e have beaten,’ it says, ‘ti e al’iea of the rebels at the ballot box; now let us ’ beat the rebels in the field.’ On the part of the ‘allies of the rebels? wo have only to say to the propisiiiun that ’Barkin is willing.’ But, if the r< ’ ’s are not beaten until the men who voted for Curtin in Pennsylvania, for Brough iu Ohio, and for Stone iu lowa, voluntarily takes up arms to fight them, their lease of victory is a long one. Eternal shame to tho recreants who refuse to t ulist in a war , they vota to perpetuate! For decency's sake, let them close their mouths about ' ‘patriotism,’ now and henceforward. Os ' the four States which held elections on the 13lh of October. Indiana alone went I democratic. And Indiana alone of these States has filled her quota by volunteering. Comment is needless. -— Chicago 1 Times. in in An enraged parent had jerked his provoking eon across his knee, and was operating upon the exposed portion of I the child's person with great vehemence, when the young one dug into bis parents legs with his venomous teeth. ‘’Blazes! what are you biting ine for?” "Well,” said the hopeful, “who beginned this ’ere war.” I The State of Illinois claims that she has I raised the bigest ox that has b»’euknvwn since the flood- His ox shid is five years old, twenty-one hands high, nineteen and ' one half feet in lenth. and weighs 3,500 i pounds, with a prospect of weighing

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