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NO. 14.
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BABWlEEK(DWlPlES
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Aicii)Birv?ss
Are takenby
PETER -BRI.TT,
On Its ths Hill, near the old Parsonage,
JACKSONVILLE, 0. T.
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Bit
PoottcHl Patchwork,
I only know ho ennio ond went, Lowell
Like trouble In a pool, i Hood.
one was npnan torn ot iteiigtit, Wordsworth
And I whs Ilka n Tool I ICustman.
"One klsi, dear maid," I sighed. Coleridge.
"Outof thoso Jlpi unhorn!" Longfellow.
one shook uer ringlets around tier nemi.
rKlnllml
And laughed tn merry scorn, Tennyson.
Ittntr nut wild bells, to tlio wild skv. fTcu'
You hear them, oh my heart . Alice Carey.
tis iweiro a. nigni uy ma castio ctocK,
Coleridge.
Alice Carey,
llcloved, vre must part I
"Comeibitck, como bnek," sho cried In crier,
r.N'ed Camnbcll.
".My eye nro dim with tears ibid
How shall I lire through nil the dnyi,
Mrs. Osgood.
All through a hundred years I S.T.Perry.
'Twas In the prime ol summer time, Hood.
She blest me nlth her hand. Iloyt.
Wu strayed together, deeply blest,
Mrs. Kdward.
Into the dreamy land Cornwall.
The laughing bridal roses blow, Patmorc.
To urcis uer dark brown nalr;
llayard Taylor.
No maiden may with her comparu,
Brallsford.
Most beautiful, most rare. ttcad.
I clasped It on her sweet cold hsnd,
Drowning:
The precious golden link, Stnltb,
I calmed htr tears and iho was cnlm,
Coleridge.
"Drink, pretty crealuro drlnkl"
Wordsworth".
And so I won my Genevieve, Urnwnlng.
And walked In Paradise, fllancv.
Iho fairest thing that over grow,
worilswortli
Atwccn mo and the skies. Tennyson
Imitriwiuu.
ii r niciunt) cob.
Said Drown to Jones the other day,
"I lost my ship at sea, sir,
Wlillu standing ou my homeward way,
Well laden with green ten, air."
"Your fit to Is sad," said Jones, "Indeed,
And hard to be endured, sir."
"Not so,'' said Urnwn, "for I took heed
To have her well Insured, sir I"
"Hut stddcr still," continued Drown,
'Tlio fate my wife Ix-fcl, sir ;
For with my ship my dear went down,
Oh sorry tale to tell, sir I"
"Ah I that, Indeed," said Jones, "it bad,
And iiAvvr-oau Iw cuml, sir."
"Not so." said Drown, for know my lad,
I had her, leo, Insured, sir I
"The thing which troubles me the most,"
bam nrowu, wild wnrui puis, "sir,
Is. that since the ship was lost,
The prlco of tea has rlz. sir;
Ilut at to her I otlled my wife,
I feel full well content, sir,
For I must own, upon my life,
She train' werli a tent, sir I
Tlio Two llridcs.
I saw two maid at the kirk,
And both were f.tlr and swetW
One was in her bridal robes,
One In her winding sheet.
The choristers sung the hymns ;
Tho sacred rites were read ;
And one for Life to life,
Aud one tp Death wu wed I
Thoy went to their bridal beds
In loveliness and bloom;
One In n merry castlo,
One in & solemn tomb.
One to the world of sleep,
Lock'd In the arms of Love ;
And one. in the arms of Death,
Passed to the heavens above.
One to tho morrow woke,
In tho world of sin and pain ;
Ilut the other was happier far,
And never woke again.
ar"Why don't you limit yourself!"
said iv physician to an Intemperate perion;
"set down a stake that you will go so far
and no farther," "So I do," said tho toper,
"but I set It so far off that I always get
drunk before! get to it."
r Landlady, (to male boarder,) Mr.
Snooks, what did I understand you to say
about tho liver? Doarder I was remarking
to MIssFunnyface that I waa decidedly fund
of liver for flHy. sixty, or maybo seventy
daya iu succession, but that I did not like it
as a couttant meal.
,s"Ob, Mr. Grubbsl" exclaimed a
young mother, "shouldn't you like to have
afumiiyof rosy children about yourkneol"
"No, ma'am,'" wld the crusty old bachelor,
I'd rathtr have, a lot of 'yellow boys' In
my pocket.
IIhesi.in'8 SowwquT. "A little stealing
Is a dangerous part, but stealing largely is
a noble art ; 'Us mean to rob a hen-roost of
a hen, but stealing millions makes us geu
tlcmen I"
$$. A recruit going through the exer
else of sword cut, asked how be should par
ry ? "Never mind that," said tho old hussar,
"only you cut let he enemy parry"."
TssV'Thls is a grate prospect," as the
prisoner tald when looking out of his cell
window
&iu Whatever may bo the reputation of
a man while olive, when dead he is general
ly allowed to be nfmiihtd gentleman.
yar Tbo man who minds hi own business
was In towc last week, but left Immediately
ho felt so lonesome. lf
ftoft. '.(Friends at s. plncb" pair of tight
loots, ,
The Duty ef Cougi'G.
Tho bill for the admission or Kansn. un
der the Leeompton constitution Is now fn.tr
ly before tho Sennte, In connection with tho
new State of .Minnesota; and It must now
Iw manifest Jo every dispassionate mind that
It Is tho first duly of tho Senate and of the
House to pats this measure ns speedily as
possible Tho conservative masses of tho
people of all sections arc anxious for poaco
and our commercial and business classes of
all kinds desire nbovo things that this em
barrassing sectional agitation about Kansas
aett niggers shall be brought to an emb
lidtnlsslon of Kansas 'under tho.!.
compton constitution, coujointly with the
admission of Minnesota, will settle tho ques
tion. Senator Put-h, of Ohio, has given no-,
tlco of mi nmemlment to the effect that tho
peopto of Kannas may niter or abolish their
form of government In such way as they deem
proper, so that It be republican and In ae-.
cordanca with tlio Constitution of tho United,
States. The object of (his proviso Is to re
novo whatever objections may exist to that
provision of the Leeompton constitution
schedule which precludes any amendment of
raid constitution until the yenr 1861. Hut,
although the President Iu his Kansas mes-
sago has suggested some such proviso, (hero
is In reality no necessity for It. It can give
no power tu the people of Kansas which
thoy do not already possess, and tho simple
act of admission under the I.icompton pro
gramme can take no right of "popular sove
reignty" away. Upon Its faco tho 1BGI
clause In the Leeompton schedule Is a dead
letter ; for If tho convention could Interdict
any amendment of their constitution till the
year 1H0I, what waa to prevent them from
extending their Interdict to the year 1671,
etl, or '14? I
a.i.Ii tr.n... .. ...!.. s n.i Jl
,. . , ,i. ii i i .i I for no olhcr reason thnn that Queen Vlcto
tho Leeompton constitution, ami nil these . H. , ,..,.
alleged election frauds, lorgerles and swlt,."
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diet! and all this trouble nmongthossct on-.,
al ultras regarding Calhoun's organisation
of the Kansas Stato Legislature will Ira1
speedily and quietly settled by the people of
Kansas themselves ; and before thocxplrii-i
lion of six months Kansas, with tho content i
of all scctlonri, will Iw In full blast as a free;
State, If a majority of tho people o will,
It J On tho other baud, let this Leeompton
constitution bo defeated and this
slavery agitation may do rc-openca In a
shape which will derange and seriously dam
ago the practical business interests of the
whole country for many year to como. -A"!
l . iitrani.
JUixoox Uaui:. Last evening, there waa
a billuon race from Place d'Armes, which,
for tin tlmo being, created no little excite
meiit. One balloon was that beneath which
Mr. Moran t has made to many ascensions,
and the other a new factory cotton concern,
Inflated with vaporized alcohol. Moral's
balloon was filled, a utunl, with gas. and
was the favorite in betting circles, as It pre
sented the most approved appearanco In tho
ribbed rotundity of Its silky sides. Tho
other was under, or rather above, tho man
agement of an Engllthmau named Wells.
At the start, alcohol took the lead, as If to
"get high" wa natural to It; but when any
body, human or otherwise, gets high under
the Influence of alcohol, ho, she, or It, Is
likely to havo a speedy fall. Such was tho
case with the balloon which took up Mr.
I Wells. After ascending k 00 or 1,000 feet.
It stopped short, and the gau-fllled globe
passed It, and sailed off majestically In the
blue ether.
The turning point In the fate of alcohol
was soon reached ; cool air condensed the
vspor, and It escaped through the lower
opening of tbo balloon, which then began
fait and faster to descend. Thousands of
people, animated by an amiable deslro of
being "In at tho death" for It was almost
certain that Wells would be killed by tho
detcent ran frantically towards the spot
which promised to be tho scene of the ca
tastrophe, Ilut the full was faster than the
rush. The balloon landed on a housojust
in the rear ot the bank of Louisiana; and
Mr. Wells thinking, doubtless, that It
would be wH to do so jumped from hi
basket and saved his bacon by clinging to
the roof, leaving his intoxicated balloon to
take cars of itself. Down tumbled tho shape-i
less mass into a yard, and Wells looked
about to enjoy tho excitement which he bad
created. Beneath, every available ipot was
crowded by a dense mass of humanity, em
bracing all sorts of crinolinlty wedged in by
all sort of masculinity.
One man who, fn bla excitement, hod gone
up to A bouse-top td seo tho fall of the tero
uaut, fell himself, and got pretty badly hurt.
no was carried off to a drug-store, and the
rumor ran that Wells wsskllled. This made
tbq outsldo excitement still more Intense,
and WelU), from his vru on the roof, fol
lowed with his eye the follower of. what
they supposed his own mutilated corpse,
which was not a corpse after all, aad not
Wells at all. Eventually, Mr. Wells got
down from hi refuge, picked up bla bal
loon aud walked, blessing his star that he
was able to do so.
The other balloon crossed the river, and
made a tuccessful descent in Hit &gi
hood of the IielivUie iron worts,
minated tb first balloon-race ef the
A". 0. 'fcflyunfi Feb, 1, M
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From tho National Argus.
Fellewlttf tho Fnaltlett.
It has been truly' said, that tbcro Is not
a greater tyrant upon earth than the tyrant
fathton. At one time It pinches our fent,
nt another It cramp ths watst, compressing
the lungs Into nn inability of performing
their functions beautifully. It erects Its
shrlno, and demands that Its deluded vota
ries shall how down before tho Idol It has
set up, with a homage more bao and Idola
trous than was ever paid td a Pagan image
A diseased publhnplnlon reign overcrowds
of sople -who sjto more afrstl of violating
somrrldlculout- rule of fashionable etlquotto
than they are of transgressing the commands
of tho Almighty,
Alt arbitrary changes of fashion arc pa
cullarly oppressive to tbo poor. Dr. Frank
lin once said: "It Is other people's eyes
that ruin us. If all wcro blind but myself,
I should neither want fine houses, line fur
niture, nor line clothes," The desire to ap
pear well In the eyes of others, Is rarely
graduated by the depth of the purse. Tho
servant-girl not unfrcqitciilly expends two
months' wages fora bonnet or dress, because
her old one Is out of fashion J not because
Iti! worn, or untidy, or uncomfortable, but
simply because It Is unfashionable. This Is
' one of tho worst species of slavery and op-
predion that can well bo Imagined. It Is
not to be expected that her nature Is so su
perior to thoso who rnoro In higher circles
than her own, that sho can content herself
with being singled out as an oddity, and
called old-fashioned.
Snmo of the edicts of fashion are a com
pound of ridiculous fully and cowardly
weakness. What can bo moropulnftilly hu
miliating to a man nf good sense than to
see an American lady sweeping our dirty
-. -. "-K M of a costly dress,
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aihsmid to have them scon! So, because
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I dresses, that do the work of street cleaners,
to hide positive deformity, American ladles
must Imltato the fashion, uven though It
may conceal perfection Itself. We know of
nothing mure ridiculous than this, unless It
bo tho prevailing custom of turning tho fe
malo faco entirely out of doors, whether
pretty or ugly, simply because 'some one
across the Atlantic had more beauty of
countenance than modesty aud propriety of
deportment.
This love of extravagant display, tn fol
lowing the fashion In dress, produces the
most unhappy effect upon the morals of
society. The Superintendent of thu Boston
House of Ilcfiigo declared, some years ago
that this was the most efficient cause of tho
degradation Of the young uud Inexperienced
females of that city. Ou thin fact, tho cele
brated Miss Sedgwick remarks, with great
justice and truth : "If this be to, should
not the reformation begin among the educa
ted and reflecting I How oan a lady whoio
dresses aro teeming with French laces enjoin
simplicity and economy upon her domes
tics t"
New fashions, and their frequent changes,
not only nperalo with great hardship and
oppression upon tho poorer classes, but they
arc also
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Iso oppressive to those n tho mldd o
of life. InAhrgefamlly, thlsisfblt
walks
to an alarming and ruinous degrfo. The
rich con ludulga Iu these expensive follies
without apprehension of consequent beg
gary ami ilcstiiuilou. ilut tuey seem to
forget that tbo almost omnipotent forco and
Influence of their cxamplo Is felt through
all tho ramifications of society I that what
Is to them a matter of no consideration, as
It Is merely the expenditure of a small por
tion of their surplus income, Is to those of
limited means a matter of life and death
as to follow the fashion, to them, will be to
deprive) their children of a portion of their
dally bread. For a lady to wear a shawl
which costs some hundreds of dollar, Is
wleked, even though her husband aud father
may possess unbounded wealth,
That we, as a nation, are rapidly losing
the principles of virtue and ecouomy which
were so eminently Characteristic of our re
publican fathers, Is a melaiicholly fact, which
no ono will attempt to deny. A lovo of
show, extravagance, and display, is an Infat
uation that Is leading our land to ruin. It
Is the whirlpool that will sooner or later
engulf our national glory and prosperity in
its foaming vortex. It is a subject upon
which we have not time to dwell At greater
length to-day, vitally Important though It
be. It Is not merely the extravagance
which wastes and consumes, that we so deep
ly deplore, as it la the depravity and cor
ruption that such habits always bring In
their train. It Is this which makes them
such destructive eaemle of liberty, virtue,
and public happiness. It was the wise say-
ing of the most reimukable
who ever
filled the Presidential cl
ortat
hero of New Otltanvr;
rtue
cannot exist wh
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Ttslcntliics.
There were sold In tbo United Slates last
year, aaya Harper Weekly, over three
millions of valentines, ranging in price
from three cents to thirty dollars. Of (his,
ono would think that tho great bulk should
bocomio. Hut the manufacturers assert that
tho race is equally divided between comics
aud sentimental' tho actual solo being
about ono nntt a half millions of each kind,
and tho sentimental valentines out-ratulng
the others very largely. Tho rwifiuTactur-
era lead tho taste of tbo lubUo lojlhe wnj-ffrorae more distinguished men who had borne
of novelties; but it .la curlottJjtetr thatljbe'rvimi ttf Henry, ihaa- ariy''s;eflrtsB
certain parts of tho country demand their
wares at certain prices. In tho Northern
and New England States, It is slated, the
doinand Is chiefly for valentines ranging
In price from three cents to three dollars.
In the South and West, tho favorites sell at
from 25 cents to $20. In the large oUlrs, a
few nro sold each year at price ranging
from 820 to $30 each, Tho valentines which
sell from $2 upwards, nro mostly Inclosed
Infancy boxes, which nro Imported from
Paris for the purpose. Besides these boxes,
tho lace paper, gold and silver lace paper,
satin and crape arc likewise Imported. The
finest lac and embossed paper, curiously
enough, comes from England j the French
being Inferior to their neighbors across the
Channel In this branch cT mcchaule'art.
Paper flowers, gold and silver embossed or
namcnls, mottoes, and medallions of dilTuSf
cnt kinds, are nl'o Imported. The embossed
envelopes, and much of tho plnlncr emboss
ed papers, aro also manufactured In New
York, and the verses, views, heads, Ac,
lithographed iu colors, with which valentines
of nil prices arc decorated, arc also prerar
ed here. Altogether, about cue hundred
hands And employment, tho year round, I
nrernrlntr. assorting, and arranging the ma
tcrinls. and In cmbossincr. coloring, nalnt-
Itig, and other labors which arc ueccisary to
complete this thrco millions of valentines
sold yearly. Of these 75 aro women, nnd
25 boy and men. The women receive wa
ge according to their taste, skill, and speed
in workmanship, varying from three to eight
.dollars per week.
Milliners aro countud
tho best hands, as Ihcr havo somo practice
In tho arrangement of artificial flowers and: I Kingston had, as tbo last eccentric act or
the pleasing combination of flowers, upon ll1'11 Mi kon chisel and mallet to bed
which depends, In a great measure, the sua- lwiln llmi nuJ nowwith adespcrato rcsolvs.
ce of a pattern, as well as greater ulcety1 he seized the extraordinary tools of death,
I In handling tho minute specimens of deco
rative art, which, properly arranged, mako
up the hlg-prlced "sentimental Vol." Men
arc employed to niovo tho embossing press
cs, and boys to daub the "cheap comics,"
which arc to Inflame some Irritable bache
lor, or ipNome haughty maiden. Import
cd valentines do not succeed. Many of these,
containing figures, are brought from Kug
laud; but even these ingenious contrivan
ces do not obtain tho approval of Brother
Jonathan, whoso Idea of a joko Is evidently
something entirely different from that of
his cousin John Bull."
AxnoN Bi'im'a Fiiwt Dcwu It was in
the Summer of 1770 that Aaron fought his
first duel. There wus a piece of scandal set
afloat In the Stato of New York to the eflect
that, for legiilatlvo services rendered, the
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bgml ,,clj U(,8ln,. I!urr fur lwenly lll0U9nUl,
;(i0l!arij. A gentleman named JobuD Church
Holland Land Uommvoy bad cancelled a
had spoken with so much freedom respect
ing tho rumor, as to elicit from the slander
ed legislator a challengo to mortul combat.
At Hoboken, on the 2d September, tho par
ties met, attended by their seconds aud a
surgeon. A ridiculous Incident varied tho
well-known routine of the proceedings, and
furnished tho town-gossip with a joke aud a
by-word for many n day. Before leaving
home, Col. Burr had been particular to ex
plain to his second, Judge Burke, of South
Carolina, that tho balls were cast too email
for his pistols, and that chamois leather, cut
to tbo proper size, must bo greased and put
round them to make them At. Leather and
grease ncro placed in tho caso with the pis
tols. After tho prlsolpals had been placed,
Burr notl:cd Judge Burke vainly endeavor
ing to drive iu the ramrod with a stone, and
at once suspected that the grcaso had been
forgotten. A moment after the pistol was
handed to him, With that singular coolness
which he was wont to exhibit nt critical
moments, bo drew the .ramrod, ifelt the ball,
and told the judge It was not home,
"I know it," replied tho second, wiping
tho perspiration from hi face, "I forgot to
grease the leather; but you see your man
Is ready ; doii't keep him waiting. Just
take a crack a it is, nntt I'll greasy tho
next."
Shots were exchanged without efuct. Mr.
Church then made the reuUlte apology, and
the parties returned td' the city In the high
est good humor. .
fiSr Mary Jane Crlbbet brought suit In
Cincinnati against Win- Mathers for seduo-
tioa and breach of promise of marriage. The
jury, in twenty minutes, rendend a verdict
tor ten thousand dollars. That was Ave
hundred dollar fijr each tqlnute they were
t. Lucky fur Mathers that tbey came In
soon tbey did.
The world wasec us iftJkirs, bttt sol-
aVos us thinkers.
Ilew Jeo Won tho PchcII.
Joe B Is unquestionably thohaudsom-.
Hi married man In ninctunall,
Joe sports a wife, beside several other;
crcaturo comforts. "Well, he and his wife..
Harry , John , and George ,
and JArfr wives, all board at the sssne house;
A dsy or two ago, while they were at (able,
luxuriating on detached portions of a boiled
turkey which bad been stuffed with oysters,
the conversation turned on Christian names,
when Mrs, Harry contended that tbs oouVd
could of Afs own name; and concluded by
ofTcrmg a gold pencil as a wsger, ngalost a
suitable equivalent, should she win.
The trial commeucedi Mrs. Harry
started off with "Ilarry of the West," add
ing a dozen others.
George now gathered up on Ocorg:
Washington, tho four Georges of England,
Lord George of Franks, ix.
"Now, Mr. John , what have you to
say f" said the charming Mr. Harry,
"Oh 1 1 can give you a hundred tho two
Adams's ; Lord John Russcl ; John Tyler';
John, John, bring mo somo water, John."
"Slop, atop, you can't win. Mr. Joseph
, now your turn comes." continued ths
Juicy little gamester.
Now, If ever a bashful man lived It Is my
friend Joe. He dared not look up. He had
been racking his brain for an answer, but
to no purposo, and In despair he made ono
grand effort, and raising his head, replied :
"My dear madam, I havo lost. I cannot
now' think of any rtr.v distinguished men
who ever bore tho name of Joseph, except
tho gentleman we read about In the Sacred
Scriptures he who was such n favorite
In! ofMrs.Potlphar; but I will not offer him,
a-ijor lthinkhe trai Me cuttcJctt fool I ettr
i ifitf Aror of."
"Here' the pencil," said Mrs. Ilarry,
tossing It ocr to him, as she and the other
ladles scud out of the door.
Don't Die tiu. tou tell wiio ctnir.
BUI Kingston was an eccentrlo old fellow.
i One night he told hi room mate, named
I'Shryaek, that he was going to kill himself.
and In an Instant drove tho blade of ths
chisel Into his breast.
The hair rose upon Shryack' head, and
( fright spread like a sbsetofsnow over his
I face
"Kingston! Kingston I my dear fellow 1
you rascal, Kingston 1 do you went to have
mchuiigr Hold on 1 don't die till I call
somebody I1'
Shryack rau to the door and called like a
madman tp some peoplo across the street.
"Hallo! beret eayl jou, mister! all you
stupid people I make haste .over hero, or
Ihero will bo a murder I"
The peoplo crowded into Kingston's
house.
"Don't die, Kingston I Don't chisel that
way! Don't die till you tell who did It I"
"I did It myself," said Kingston, faintly.
"There, that'll do; now, my dear fellow,
nyoumay uie," replica buryacK, .siting a
f . ftnJ ; Qn
"fronl b, forehead.
you may die," replied Shryack, taking
And Kingston did dlo In that extraordi
nary manner, leaving bis fate' to be recorded
as a suicide, that was almost a murder.
A Sciur roii Modern PiiiLoeoriicns. An
Antlantlc exchange say : Paulo and hard
times havo forced men to many singular
contrivance for the purpose of raising tbo
"tpondutW but, of all tbo schemes wo have
heard of, the following teem to us tho most
remarkable or It ingenuity aud wlcked
uecs; we shall, however, let the victimized
lady toll her own story i
"This reminds me, dear Itose, our duck of a
preacher,
Ho cousin, you know, to the famous Ward
Beccher,
Brought to me last week such aduokofa
nigger,
Such eyes, teeth and hair such a nobis-
man' figure
Poor fellow he was yes. a fugitive slave.'
And wanted a trifle fifty dollarsto save
This Noble of Nnturo from that horrid Turk
Called a Planter wko really would make
nigger work I
My feelings were touched I paid blm tho
casn,
While a tear trickled down from the dark
ey' eyelash :
So I gave him my cambric, embroidered with
lace,
To wipe it away from his beautiful face ;
Aud in the dear Tribune next morning I
full ud
My name and donation were amply re
nowned.
Now what do you think the vile people say,
That ourparton had hired him at to much
a day,
Ald that he's a chte-tcashtr pot far from
lboailicay.
And that Greeley and Beecher.Neal Dowo
nnd to' rest.
With these fugitive niggers will feather
thtir not. '
Euii.L ProrLE in MicaiOAN. Two coup
les were married in New Baltimore last
week, under peculiar circumstances. Twin
slaters married twin brothers, and the par
tic were etch ,14 years-old, and tblrwrd-
dlpg day was tb anniversary uf the blrlj
uey of us brldos.
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