Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 6, Number 18, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 30 October 1875 — Page 2

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Coorreapondenee nfThe Mall.] WAS I SOTOS OCT 18, 1875,

MARKETS.

There are fonr principal markets ia Washington which are a credit to the city. Two of them are I in men so structures, reminding one of tirat class union depots, and are elegantly adapted to an aprtistio display of the fancy and etqple article* of every day consumption, from a bunch of grape# to a quarter of beef. Toe buildings are well lighted in walls and roof*, aud the stalls are so arranged in section* that there is ample room for the market men, and long aisles besides, which afford easy access to every department. One does not see such stunning quantities of produce and meats and ftch a* there are forever In sight in the Washington And Fulton marketaof New York, or in the Faneuil Hall market of Boston but thore are vast quantities, nevertheless, and more than enough, it would aeem, to supply any demand of a city of one hundred and sixty thousand inhabitants.

The display of vegetables is always attractive. On tho clean tables are great nilog of sweet potatoes—tho real old North Carolina—every tuber washed clean and placed in position as carefully an the bricks in a new building—a ntrueture that is torn down almost as rapidly as it is ereeted. 13eets of extravagant dimensions aro neatly arranged in hollow squares, pointing outward, to protect bouquets of cauliflower, bins of tomatoes, "oodles" of green cucumbers, butter-beans by tho bushel, and other vegetables without end—the polished stands with their neat and well-ordered piles looking like so many chromos to the Interested passer.

The fruits remind one of an Indiana State Fair, comprising fine varieties of applet*, peaches, pears, grapes, apricots, plums, and all the rest of tho good things in generous quantities, showiug that tho soil of Virginia and Maryland, though old, and made classic by the scene of many a battle, has not lost its cunning in producing food of the best for man and beast.

In the flab quarters—which are not as famous as those of Billingsgate—persons in need of braiu nutriment, who have brains to start on, you kuow, can go and re vol. Striped liass, trout, sea bass rock fish, horring, shad, in the season, jxirch, catfish, eels, and many other kinds, including the immense halibut cut up into steaks, can be obtained in any quantity. The fish are of excel ent

quality, and In spite of the largo sup-

ilies, command good prices—from eight twenty cents a pound. Prices generally are about the same as In the west, though such products as butter, eggs, lard, hams, and chceso, aro usually higher.

One of the peculiarities of city market** Is the curbstone huckster, aud here he la a conspicuous character. If a white man ho has tho usual slouch hat with a hole In the top, and long hair to maUb boots that are "mighty hanily" becanso they liavo apertures through which the lank possessor cstn kick out sand and water, and that back country (out ensemble which is only perfect when tho individual has nothing to do and leans back against a wagonwheel with his hands thrust deep into his brooches pockets, lie does not have the means to secure a stall inside, so he backs hi dilapidated cart or wagon against tho curbstone and displays his produce on the sidewalks.

Many of these hucksters are colored people who traffic in "yarbs" and barks for medicinal purposes, grasses, leaves, pokeberrlea, and the like, which arc easily gathered, and on which they rodlgo a tow cents to procure the necessaries of life, whisky and corn meal, five cents out of twonty-flvo for tho latter, and twontv cents for the juico. Among these peoplo are many a specimen of tho "essence of old Virginia," white headed oetogenarians who uf late years havo exchanged their deferential salutations from "Massa" to "Bos?.," but who have not forgotten their dignified obsequiousness, like that which always secured recognition from tho old aristocrat Oeo. Washington, and which even in those latter days makes one turn with generoue thoughts and feelings to acknowledge unsolicited expressions of thankfulness and good will.

What do you ask for those autumn leaves, uncle It took an artist to gather th« m." "Ten cents for the lot, boss, and much obleeged for the compulment, he«ldes." Whereupon there was an awful disclosure of white teeth and eyes, and vermilion lips, which exhibit ed all tho facial phases of grotesque African humor.

In addition to the stalls inside and the wagons out along tho walks, there are bootks for tho sale of candies, dry goods, clothing, cheap Jewelry, tinware, and many other mlsoeflan- ^ns articles, making the market ao gatMcrum for the 11 title of lawn and country, and the bu*it*» of busy place*.

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That gifted acenle artist, Jack Frost, Is painting the trees of Washington and vicinity, and finishing plctarra that h*re never been equalled by these that hang against the walls of the most fammi* academies—pictures in which the leaves of autumn are as beanlifnl as the flowers of spring, bot wl through aonw oT'-*t Influence tl"?i the feeling* of tiie nimlitsr with th sadness that inspired Rryant to write so beautifully of the melancholy d*v«. Tho forests that stirro- :, I the cati'd are not a» *ia# ndast those Of Indiana, atxT do not Furnish the wealth of mater .i fur tho October exhibitions wk?-h Nature'* artist finds In t^rripfes," the gresiand ids -f the *•««.?. titer* fo, however, the same lav of :.bt col the »x|i.wi:# blen f.gand :»•«t*n», the -n 1C» s-:» t» settings of gor ws !»«. -'am r» and voHow, «u, 1 the »uuie nrftip grand effee&s that character* W.e for. sit* rt**h«F#. Of 1 to"'".-*, Ihe «k, the 'red «wt the dogwood, are chief, ti- n. tu--m of jfirr 'net*, «*?npr mi p! a .•••«» n«4 ilvtrvt ib'Uf *pl*n»!or of tlw» jwason1* exposition. tw.VAw»**

get autumn 1 to ropy and to pitH» ami **v* of Ibe year, t«xk a# to I he ground* ©f the capitol, wl I-

tho great structure. The setting sun aided In making the view still more gorgeous and Impressive by throwing broad pencillnga of light over steeple and housetop, elear to the beautiful hills on the Mfttere sheleof the Ana* co»tia river, where every elevation and depression, every tree and furrowed Held, every dark ravine and gleam of open water, eoinethto bold relief.

On "tho Jfland," as south Washing ton is nanalH called, the October tints competed fbr'Neupremacy with the dazzling light that struck aslant upon the windows of tho more prominent buildings, while still further away the bright Potomac, with its steamers and ships and sail l»oals, gave life and animation and admirable background, to tbeinag nlflcent sketch that lay before us. The pretty avenue that reaches from the capltol to the Treasury building and fnrther on was obscured by the trees of the west park and botanical garden, but

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It was not until the rapidly approaching evening lmd erased every color and fragment of chromatic effect that wo turned to the trees near, and found it was too dark to distinguish ono fallen leaf from another. It was somo recompense, however, to ramble among tho columns find corridors, and statues of

THBCAl'lTOL BY

In front of the rich facade, looking east, tho colossal statue ol' Washington, with bared head and uplllted finger, seemed to be waiting for tho luish of evening, to rise and speak in tones of patriotism and warning to all the world. At the Inaln entrance, where figures of marble were touched into life by the rising moon we halted,near tho giant forms of Columbus and the Indian maiden, studying which in the mellow light that lay upon then*., we obtained newer fects and stranger impressions. In the group representing the first settlement of America, the woodsman protecting a woman and child from the attacks of an Indian seemed to be veritable people in a real outburst of fear and strife and passion.

In the presence of such creations of genius that aro almost divino it is an easv matter to get away from the present and wander backward into the realms of history and tradition—that is if tho individual does not assume a stoicism he

cannot susuiiu, anu t)ut limited people do, that aro designed to make the impression that tho works in art and naturo are to them more commonplace affairs, and hardly worth tho effort of notice. Tho spell that hung about the placo was this time broken suddenly by the ringing of bolls, the ru •lbling of 11 ro engines on Capitol Hill, and tho clatter of unsympathetic voices in tie corridors beyond.

It was novel esrperienco to sec the grand old edifice in the light of a full 'moon and it was perhaps iio whimsical fancy, or foolish fascination, that induced us to note tho shadows that trailed upon the marble terraces from classic columns, while with little effort we could peer into the shadowy past and distinguish the forms,-and almost hear the voices of the great men who have stepped upon these stones, stood up in their aces in tho walls within, and spoken in tones of eloquence that have resounded throughout tho laud, and made them immortal. J. t'. 11.

HOW TO UET WORK.

Scores are out of employment, but we put this question candidly to ourout-of-a-job brother—in all your yesterday's perambulations did you ask fifty employers for leave to toil?—did you ask thirty ?—we'll fall a cat or two, and ask if you tried twenty, offering in consideration of the times to work for low wages? If you solicited even tho lowest number, meeting with neither success or encouragoment, you can almost swear that there was something about your deportment, or the manner in which you made application, that was objectionable.

I loss, aro you taking on any newhands? Reckon you don't waut any more those bard times, but I'm out of work and would like a Job," much as it may strike the ear, seldom touches the heart, and without the "boss" is at that particular moment in immediate need of extra help, ten to ono you'll receive no encouragement. Uut when you step up and say something after this fashionSir, I'm a carpenter. Our trade is very flat just now. I'vo canvassed all the shops with no success. I could turn my hand to cabinet work. I might do something at a cart or a wagon-body. I'd soon be fit to run a saw or a planes. Or, for the matter of that—j'in tolerably stout—I'd take hold of laboring work of any kind for tho wife and children must be fed!" Tho odd9 Is that ^ou will not exhaust much shoe-lesther In obtaining work. The medicine may be bitter but you'll not have to tak It often before you obtain r.lief.

TKOSK aro beautiful words that Mr. Borgh puts Into the mouth of a pigoon about to bo offered up at thesportsman's altar, and addressed to Mr. times Gordon Dennett, the great promoter of pigeon shoot lag in this country. Uut they fell on dull oars, Bennett refusing to publish them. A copy aent to a ootemporary has just becu published. Here is aa extract: r*

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YO UJl FIRST 8 WEKTHEAIt T. You can never altogether forge her. She waa ao very young and innocent and pretty. She had such a way of looking at yoy over her hym-book at churfh. SfcMP a)ono of all the world did not think you boy of eighteen, and wondered at your sl»o and l. nrning and yo^r faint forc^bftdowing Qt* sandymohstacbe, and believed you every Inch a man. When at those stupid evening parties, where boys and girls who should have been eating suppers of bread and milk, and gone to sleep bOttrsj before,, waltzod and flirted ami made themselves sick o*rt oyster* and champagne you wexo favored with a g!ftm-e of her eye or a whisper of lier Hp

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Listening to the gurgling of the fountains, tho echoes of our own voices, and the curious reverberations of ordinary foot-teps. At night tho capitol is weird old pile, and in some way infuses a feeling of awe which takes the place of that which is inspired by imposing grandeur in daytime.

ascended to the seventh heaven Immediately. When once, upon a certain memorable eve, slio talked with the druggist's clerk, and never even looked at you, how miserable you were. It is funny to think of it now, but it was not funny then, for you were awfully in earnest.

Onccv at a picnic she wore a white dress, and hnd roses twined In her black hair, and she looked so much like a bride that you fairly trembled. Sometimes you thought in just such snowy costume, with just such blossoms in her hair, she might stand beside tho altar, and vou, blessed of all mortals, might place* a golden ring upon her finger, and when you were left alone with her for a moment some of your many thoughts were sure to form themselves into words, and though she blushed and ran awav, anc| would not let you kiss her, she did not seem to bo angry. And then vou were parted somehow for a little time, and when you met hor again sho was walking with a gentleman, a large, full-grown, whiskered man of twenty-eight or thirty, anil had neither woril hor smile for you, and some wellmeaning gossip informed you Bhortlv after that sho was en waged to the tall gentleman with black whiskers, and that it was a splendid match. It. was terriblo news to you then, and sent j'ou off to some great 'city far from your native place, where, alter a good deal of youthful grief and many resolutions to tiie and haunt her. you recovered your equanimity, and began to mako monoy, axil to calf love stuff and nonsense.

You have a rich wife ofyAur own now and grown up children—aye, even two or three toddling grandchildren about your hearth vmir hair i* gray, and you lock vour heart up in the safe at your banking-hoi^e when you go home lit niirht*and you thought you had forgotten tnat little episode of your nineteenth year until tiie other day, when vou read of her death in the papers. You know she ws:s a stout laily who wore glasses, and hiid died older than she was in that olden timo, but your heart •vent back and you saw hor smiling and blushing, with her coal black hair above liei face, and you a boy again, dreaming of wedding robes and rings, and you laid your old gray head upon your office desk' and wept for tho memory of jour first sweetheart.

FEW WORDS TO GJ1U.F. The pastor of a church in one of our large cities said not long ago: "I have officiated at forty weddings since Icamo hero, and in every case save one, felt that the bride was running an awful risk." Young men oY bad habits and fast tendencies never marry a girl of their own sort, but demand a wife aliove suspicion. So pure, sweet women, krpt from the touch of evil through the years of childhood, give themselves with all their costly dower of womanhood, into the keeping of men who, in base associations, have learned to undervalue all that belongs to tliem, and then find no repentance in the sad after years.

There ia but onewav out of that that I can see, and that in ior you to require in associations, and marriages, purity for purity, sobriety for sobriety, and honor for honor.

Tliero is no reason why tho young men of this Christian land should not be just as virtuous as its young women and if the loss of your society be tho price they are forced to pay for they will not pay it.

A rSKFUL IN VEKflOK. A candidate for a vacant vicaragfe in England announces an invention offhis own which may prove to bo useful. It is a peculiar arrangement of tho pulpit, with a clock to givo warning. When at tho end of the half hour the clock sounds an alarm, if the preacher does not conclude in three minutes, down comes the pulpit, with the parson and the ro^t of the appendages.

It is to bo hoped this gentleman will get a patent for this valuable invention and then benevolently sell it at a low figure to a suffering christian community. Tt will bo duly appreciated in many a church in those United States,"'

TUKUK are meu who havo such a passion for gaming that tho most trivial events and circumstances aro seized upon if they afford any contingency on which to base a wager. President White of Cornell, says:

I never crossed tho Atlantic when there was not a party of men on board betting on the ruu of tho ship, ready to bet on the color of tho eyes or the pilot, and as to which fbot ho would put out 11 ret on boarding. To keep such people from gambling is simply an impossibility. we can only try to keep Inexperienced young men out of tho fatal vortex, 'i & the itt out h'rsn o** a (XniPSE {i*h: -to lnt«r o^ii "Pull on tin* rono." wr

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gnrdnor, of Williamsport, "you will find me in the canal." Now, that kind of a corpse deserves encouragement. No fuss, no no dragging lb© water nor firln? of cannon. .1 M«t pull th«* rope aud up l'» cons, frenh and fSuppiug. A child five yr irs old ••••uld find hitn.

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'jJIE BOY'S ROOM,

In Scrlbner for November, in the Home and Society" department, we find the following:

We wish especially to urge upon mothers the propriety ^of giving up to the boys, as soon as twelve or fourteen, ope room (not a oeucbamber,) for whoso (reasonably) good order they shall bo responsible, and which they shall fonaidar wholly their own. Tho floor should be unearpeted, of oiled wood the furniture of the same material* Lef^it lie papered, curtained, decorated according to the boys own fancy ifthe taste fa Imd, they will be Interested after a while ia correcting it. There dionld be pltfo boc|t-caar«2 Ug. liolid table hi the oeftter, all rileans an open fire, and room after that for Ji^'s printinc-press, or Charley's box of tools, or Sam's cabinet of minerals forchesa and checker boards, or any other game which is deemed proper. To this room tho bovs should bo allowed to Invite their friends, and learn how to be hospitable hosts even to tho extent of au innocent little feast now and then. Father, mother, and sisters should refrain from entering it except as guests and our word for it, they will l"e doubly honored and welcomed when they do come.

icy rcaeh the age of n,_[B^'ron. ope room (not abed

SAVS FAN. WM. T.Clarke: "Every little white some clergyman writes to us that he has outgrown the creed of his sect and chafbs under its discipline, and wants to know if we cannot assist him to got a pulpit that is free. We do not happen to have the disposal of clerical livings, and if we had we should hesitato to give a free pulpit to a preacher who lacked the viiror of mind and moral courage to mako the pulpit ho now has frco in every essential respect, or com* pel tho sect to bear the odium of its bondage. Preachers to-day can havo all the liberty they need by simply takiugand keeping it, using it with reverence and discretion. And the man who boldly asserts his independence in a close corporation, and makes his pulpit a throne by the kingly way ho fills and uses it, renders a far nobler servico to his dny and generation than the one who rims cowardly away from a contest ho ought to face "for truth's sake if not for his own. The great want of the American preacher to-day is courage— the courage to sav what ho thinks and feels, to act his convictions, to assert bis manhood, to live his ideals."

JANE JUNE DEFENDS "PULLBACKS [From 'her latest Letter.] Wis cheap wit which ualiy expends itself ujon somo part of a woman's dress has found a initio in tho tied-back skirt, which has been most industriously worked. The point with the critics is the indecency of style which indicates so much of the outline of a woman's form, but from this point of view there is no reason whatever for the strictures. Why is a woman's form any more indecorous than that of a man? And why should not a dress outline the form it covers? If it docs not what is the object of form at all

a crrrcA go heiress worthi.o rINO FOR Kits ELF a 1.0 NE. -a [Krom the Chicago Tribune. am proud to say that, though I am an heiress to over $ i,000.000, 1 understand housekeeping in all its departments thoroughly. I am 10, but have never been in love or even had a fancy for any one but should a man that I love ever offer himself to mo I would say "Y'es," though lie had but ?GtX) a year, and, remembering tho happy married life of my sister in spite of poverty I should foel assured of happiness.

AT the Eaton county, Michigan, fair recently there were awarded the follow ing premiums To tho girl, not over twenty, who showed the best sample of of mending—Miss Emma Uobb, $50. To the woman with the longest hair—Mrs. Viola Helms, being tlireo feet nine inches in length. |2f. To tho woman who had been tho longest without a new dress—Alice Fuller, ?10. To the girl who made tho best bread—Allie Roller, $5. To tho prettiest baby under three years —Mrs. O,. T. Fowler, !•".

Tnic negroes of Jackson county, Oa.t aro reveling in the excitement of a revival season. Here Is tho favorite campnieeting chorus:

Forty-Keben bull-fro* all lri «le row*, I-v. Down In do lagoon, latliu at dc crow u, llress le good Lord, how de culled angels

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SANGUINIS

Massachusetts editor,

after looking at a lot of little future residents of the penitentiary of that State, went to hi* office, and wrote:

Twent.v-four babies all in a row. Twenty-four niatnmaH a!#o on show Twenty-four daddies happy as clams, A show ofllve babies, none of your fthams, A vision of angel*, dear lltUe lamb*.

THK lateat snea k-thlef dodge is a very shrewd one: At Ualesburg, III., a butcher was serving a lady in the shop, and just as she stepped out of the door, a stranger who find apparently leen waiting his turn, picked up a ring off tho floor, with the remark tliat lie guessed It was drooped by the lady who had just stepped out. Of course the butcher took it,and ran half a block after the lady only to discover that it was not berk On returniug to tho shop he found the stranger was gone, and also all tho money In the ea*h drawer. The ring was valueless, of course. f-Jt rj*M

WKnmv wear our hair shingled and put on style and laugh at the Chinamen, but be particular In his way. Jam becanm one beauty's nose was a lfttle out of plumb at a recent sale of Chincae women in .San Francisco, sho brought only the ridiculous sum of jdxty-nve cenW

I)rniNO a ent lull in Spiplidi affairs a I:inb*u"v man disc.»rem! that if a •ten" t- tired at a eat, when the cat la. ""'v-.ng, -i. will intnp around, oti hcarisg the atotu) strike, bri ^ing hsr i»'l where hef tAil *a, a- m": #t»r* there tor an (rnrtani befbro i_i i-nb^ awe

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Brutes leave ingratitude to man—[Colton. Life is the art of being well deceived. -[Hariitt. a is or to

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Self-trust la the essence of heroism.— [Rmerson. True jo via only hopo put out of fear. -[Lord Ilrooke. 7

The iuuoceot seldom find an uneasy pi 1 low.—[Cowper. A knavish sjiecch sleeps in a foolish ear.—[Shakespeare.

A foe to God was nevera true friend to u»n.—[Young. lioal faith does oflbn diminish and disappear.—[Whedou.

Many good purposes! lie in the churchyard.—[Philip Henry. Human knowledgft is the parent of doubt.—[Lord Grevill*.

We fsrgiveteo little forgct too much —[Madame Swctchiiic.,, *, Tiie most ordinary laborer who Is of Abraham's seed is tho peer of kings.— [Talmud.

Vauity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others —[Shakespeare.

Had we not faults of our own, wo should take less pleasure in observing those of others.—[Rochefoucauld.

If there wero no longer anything inexplicable I should no longer wish to live, neither here nor hereafter.—]Uickter

Alas, for human nature that the wounds of vanity should smait and bleed so much longer than the wounds of affection!—[Macaulay.

There is no dearth of charity in the world in giving, but there is comparatively litttle exorcised in thinking and speaking.—[Sir P. Sidney.

Great souls forget not injuries till tima has put their enemies within their power, that they may show forgiveness is their own.—[Drvden.

Wo do not choose our own parts in life, aud have nothing to do with thoso parts. Our simple duty is confined to playing them well.—[Epietetus.

Scarcely havo I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, "I may say without vanity," but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed.—[Franklin.

Just about the time a man lias got old enough to travel a good gait on Ills experience, death taps him on tiie shoulder and requests a short interview with him on important business.—[Josh Biihng*.

THE LITTLE PEOPLE

There is something capricious about a boy's memory. He cannot tell you how Me'toro his jacket flvo minutes after the accident.

Willie asked his mother where tho stars came from. Her reply was "My son I do not know." "Well, I do," lie said "the moon laid 'em."

Little Harry, five years old, was called to see the new "baby. After a moment's contemplation, ho turned to his expectant papa with "We didn't need that!"

Ma," observed Blobbs's little child reflectively tho other night as the first stars came out, "don't you think that when those stars winkle that \vay they must tickle tho angels' foel?" "Vol's dat you says, Shonny?" inquired Mr. Schmidt, as he was correcting his offspring with a strap, "I says nodinga, fader." "Yah, but I knows vot you dinks you dinks ilam."

Child—"Does the Lord takedho papers?" Mother—"N», uiy child why do vou ask?" Child—"oil, thought He didn't, it takes our minister no long to tell Him about things 1"—[Now Haven Register.

A Dubuque youngster, learning that tannin coiud be used t» make tho skin so hard and tough in exposed places that chafing and blistering would not occur, acted accordingly and now any amount of the paternal hand and shingle lias no terrors for him.

A lady, thinking it time Tor her little girl to put away ^hildish things, informed hor that Santa Claus was a "madeup" person—that there was no such person at all. Upon which tho child, with becoming solemnity, asked, "Mamma, havo you been tailing me lies about Jesus Christ, too?" if/*

Charles Dickens had a little son who fell into tho company of bad boys, and they taught him to swear. Ills father cured him—tvery time he used wicked words, bis mama was infbrmed that tho poor little dear waaaick, and she thereupon gavo him ateaspoonfulof rhubarb aud magnesia, This ia a good hint to parents.

A little boy's composition on 'Tongues' —Tongues la very good to eat with, and helps a feller to whisslo like sixty. I likes tongues when tbey belong to a pig what's been picked. I guess pa don't like tongues of any kind, for ho says ma's got the 'deviPs own tongue.' He savs ner« ia a wagon tongne, but I alwava thott wag.n tongues was them poles what they tie bowa to with leather ropes when they want* them to pull a lode. I'vo just read this over to pa, and he aanba will give mo a good spaffkln' unless I keep my tongue between my teeth. Thunder I how dews lie expect a ffellerfe goin' to oat his vit-

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Wiir, IchalxSfe, I thought you got married more'tf a year #go.M "Well, Aunt Jertwha, It wan talked of, but I found the girl and all bar folks were opposed to it, aud so I just gave 'em all the mitten knd let the thing drop."

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