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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04
owls Kill Hamming birds.
GUS nr rAsSr rERS.


- We are not to suppose that the oak
wants stability because its light and
changeable leaves dance in the music Of
the breeze-nor are we TO conclude
that man wants solidity and strength OF
mind because he may exhibit an occnsion.
nj playfulness and levity. 1
No indeed. So IL You have the bump
of mirthfnlness developed. don't marry n
tombstone. you come skipping into the
house with your heart as light as a feaihL
er. and your brain full Of merry fancies.
There he sits--stupid. solemn and forbid
ding. ss-aa1e ssst
You 60 up and lay your hands upon
his arm; he is magnetized about as much
as il an omnibus driver had punched him
in the ribs for his fare. and looks in your
face with the same expression he'd wear
il contemplating hisledger. +
You turn away and take upa newspa-
per. There's witty paragraphs your
first impulse is 10 read il aloud 10 l,img-4
No use ! he wouldn', see through Il till
the middle of next week. We'll, rs n
sort of escape valve 10 your ennh,i you sit
down at the piano and dash off a waltz
he interrupts you with a request for a
dirge. m @ ~
Your little child comes in--heaven
bless her, and ntters some Of those inno-
cent prettinesses that arealways dropping
like pearls from children's mouths. You
look TO see him catch her up and give her
a smothering kiss. Not he | He's too
digni6ed. ea
Altogether. he's about 'as genial. as
the north side of meeting house. And
see you go plodding through life with
him TO the dead march of his own leaden
thoughts. You revel in the sunbeams.
he likes the shadows. You are on the
hill tops, he is in the plaius, Had the
world been made 10 his order. earth and
sky would have been one universal pail
not a green thing in it except-himselfi
No vine would cling no breeze daily
woo Flowers and childron-woman
and squirrels would never have existed.
The sun would have been quenched out
for being too mercurial, and we should
have crept through life by the pale. cold
moon e r ..i-ria
No-no-make no such shipwrecks Of
yourself. Marry a man that is not TO aso-
etc to enjoy good merry laugh. 0ipls
Kill hauuming birds.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04
From the Lady,s Magazine.
THE DANGERS OF FILTRATION.
BY ]. T. TowHRIDeE.


The world would hardly be worth IL
wing in if it were not for firtaLion,'' ex-
claimed the gay and thoughtless Isabel
Lee, as she laughingly entered her Aunt's
room.
II hope you are not serious" she said /.
There's nothing like flirtation." cried
the merry Isabel, g But you look re-
proachful-angry,-
"Oh, am not angry" replied Mrs.
Bcrford. with melancholy smile.
''But you are displeased."
"Your words recall recollections which
cause me to feel sad, Isabel, that's all. -
Sit down here by my side. and you shall
hear story of one of my f1irtations.
which may change your mind"
Isabel sat down, looking thoughtful.
and her aunt continued.
When l was young like you, dear
child, was quite as gay and thoughtless
rs yourself | was called coquette, and
l shame to confess that gloried in the
name-until the occurrence ofthe painful
event l am about to relate"
Half dozen times a year, used to
visit c., and spend week in the
pleasant society OF our friends in that
place. There 1 frequently met pale.
handsome, sensitive young man named
Gilborne, who paid me very f1attering at
tentions, making me the theme of several
poetic etfusions, and with whose partiality
l was very well pleased.
ttI was warned by many we'll meaning
friends against encouraging the address
ses of so impulsive person as Gilborne,
who they said was more serious than l,
and who might end by falling more deeply
in love with me than 1 had expected or
desired. laughed at the idea, and find
ing the attentions of the young poet still
agreeable. continued to encourage him
until it was too late"
"Too late how so, Aunt?''
"Why, to my astonishment, he one
day made passionate declaration of love
and offered me his hand"
'And you did not love him 90
"No. child. l was merely pleased
with him. But even then did not sup
pose that it was more than the result of
sudden impulse which would pass away
with my visit to c.. So respectful
ly declined his offer. laughed at the idea
of marrying at that age. and begged him
to dismiss the subject from his mind. On
the following daysI left c., and re-
turned home. ssIilL .asa,-A -s4l.r4
Letters and poetry followed me. breath
ing the most passionate devotion, and
burning with the eloquence of love-
They bore no name. but L knew they
were from Henry ,Gilborne. But Iswas
beginning to beiyeryr much annoyedaTI
took counsellwith my friends, and deter
mined to send all future epistles back to
him unopened. returned two letters in
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04
FLORIDA.

Florida has white population of less
than $4,000. smaller than any other oi
the thirty-one States, and yet st. Angus
tine is the oldest town i'll the United
States. having been founded in 1865. and
the City of Key West is the most popu-
lous town in the State, and is the south
ermost settlement in the United States.-
The city contains about 5000 inhabitants,
Of which 800 are slaves-well cared for,
cheerful and happy-17oO are Conchs,
and the remaining thousand may be de-
signated as the crest of mankind" A
correspondent of the Louisville Courier
gives the following description of the
'Conchmen
"The Conchs, or a large portion of the
inhabitants. are peculiar specimens of hu-
man kind-they immigrated to this Key
from the Bahama Islands, some 260 miles
east of this upon the other side of the
Gulf Stream. When first or wherefore
they were called Conchs, authentic his
tory has not informed us; we know, how
ever, that they are the descendants OF
English emigrants and the royalists ot
Georgia and Carolina, who settled upon
and fled to the the sandy and barren
Bahamas. Living there in comparative
Incidence, and disregarding the laws OF
Nature and OF Natures God, by marrying
and intermarrying within the prohibited
degrees of consanguinity, they have be-
come distinct class or race. whom the
Almighty has apparently marked with
degeneracy. Among their children-and
they are legiou-you can occasionally
recognize an expression or feature OF
the human face divine d..
They are proverbially peaceful, honest,
temperate and religious, but have none OF
the pugnatious energy. scheming procli-
ty. andperpetual mobility of the Yankee
genius. Their chief business is fishing,
sponiug. trlrtling and wrecking-and ge
nerally on their own account. and not as
the hireling of others. The labor which
a Northern or Western man performs at
a dollar a day and one hundred and fifty
dollars a year, the Conch regards as SER
vile, and three dollars per day would not
hire him torperform the same labor. rsb
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

rye wandered to the village, Tom, I've sat be-
a. meath the tree, -s'--
Upon the school house play ground, which shell
tered you and me; 49, ssh
But none were there to greet meTom, and few
were left to know, l4z-51lt1
That played with us upon the grass, some twen-
ty years ago. s.f- ~ safss-'i-. stt at
The grass is just as green, Tom bare-footed
boys at play, l, sf.,.. ..ts -s .t e.,
Were sporting just as we did then, with spirits
just as gay; f,....,, moi
But the s'Master" sleeps upon the hill, which
coated DER with snow,
Afforded us sliding-place, just twenty years
ago. EE ra .iaaa-
The old school house is altered some; the benches
are replaced id1
By new ones, very like the same our penknives
had defaced. r-- .1
But the same old brick are in the wall the bell
swings to and fro,
Its music's just the same dear Tom, TWAS twenty
years ago. 4.E IG . ersa
The boys are playing some old game, beneath
that same old treee;
do forget the name just now-you've played the
same with me,
Onthat same spot: twas played with knives, by
throwing and so;
The leader had task to do-there, twenty years
ago.
The rivers running just as still the willows on
its side
Are larger than they were, Tom; the stream ap-
pears less wide
But the grapevine swing is ruined now, where
rr once we played the beau,
And swung our sweet-hearts-'' pretty girls
just twenty years ago.
The spring that bubbled meath the hill, close by
the spreading beech,
It's very high-'twas so low that we could
almost reach;
And kneeled down to get a drink, dear Tom,
started so,
To see how much that am changed, since
twenty years ago.
Near by the spring, II pom an elm, you know, ]
cut your name,
Your sweethe"rt's just below it, Tom, and you
did mine the same,
Some heartless wretch had pealcd the bark
twas dying sure but slow.
JusS as that one whose name was cut, died TWEEN
tyyears ago. F .
My lids have long been dry, Tom, but tears came
in myeyes.;
1 thought of her loved so well-those early bro
ken ties,
visited the old clurch-yard, and took some
flowers to strew
Upon the graves of those we loved some twenty
years ago. ...
Some are in the churchyard laid-some sleep be-
meath the sea;
But few are left of our old class, excepting you
and me;
And when our time shall come, and when we'el
called to go,
hope they'll lay us where we played, just TWEEN
tyyears ago.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04

ES-A newsboy rushed into retail
shirt store in Chatham street recently. and
accosted the proprietor: aa
"Say. mister. do you retail shirts
here % 80
"Yes, my son, we give them 70 you az
FIVE shillings pieee-yery nice ones"
"Oh. blazes, but don't want n whole
one; but seed your sign, ,'shirts rctailed,
and 1 thought you might retail mine, for
it wants il bad /; a dog got hold Of il. and
he wouldn't let go until l had killed
him"
Well. sonny. you had better 60 over
the way. We cant retail your old one
here" ~,
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04


IMPORTANT MEDICAL DIscovERr-A
Cuban correspondent of the Raleigh Stan
dard says
DR.. Finley an English practitioner oi
long experience Cuba,in and graduate oi
Paris. has discovered in the course of his
practice in cases of smallpox. that vaccine
virus, after once having passed through
the negro's system becomes unless as a
prophylatic to the white race. This fact
may in some degree explain the rapid cx-
tension and fatality of that disease when
ever it visits that Island. DIR. Cartwright,
an eminent physician of New Orleans,
who has published an elaborate essay, in
which he argues the origin of the differ
ent races of mankind; has seized hold on
the fact developed in the practice in Cuba,
as strong proof in favor of the doctrine
maintained by him.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04

LrAnrLITT OF RAILROAD CoMPAEJEs
We learn from the ROmney IVA. Intelli-
gencer that. on The 18th instant. in the
Circuit Court for that county. Angus w.
Mcdonald obtained n judgment for $40
against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
as penalty for failing TO take the plain
tiff up at Paddytown and allow him 20
travelin the passenger cars. II is stated
that several other suits of the same cha
racter are pending in that court.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04

FRANKLIN the half OF franklin s
merits have been told. He was the true
father of the American Union. 1t was he
who went forth to lay the foundation Of
the great design at Albany; and in New
York he lifted up his voice. Here among
us he appeared as the apostle of the Un-
ion. 1twas Franklin who suggested the
Congress of 1874, and but for his wisdom.
and the confidence that wisdom inspired, !,
It is matter Of doubt whether that Con-
gress would have taken effect. It was
Franklin who suggested the bond Of
Union which binds these States from Flo
rida TO Maine.--Bdnereff. 80 70 a
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04

CUmoUs CoEUEDRUM OR REDUs.--'A
WAGNER passing store, was asked what
he had in his wagon. He replied. Am
TbrOe-fourths of a cross, and circle complete,
An upright where two semi-CirclOs do meet
A rectaugle triangle standing on feet; -
Two scmi-circlOs, and circle COmPlete.
Quere-What was in the wagon2'
That is very ingenious 'puzzle'--but
after some study, we can cry eureka. Thus
three -fourths OF cross is 7. A circle
complete is an o. An upright where two
semi-circles meet is B. A triangle stand
ing on feet is an A. Two semi-circles are
&C and a circle is o. TOBACCO is what
was in the wagon. I'll
That WAGNER may nagon.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04
Reserying the Right of Passage.

.Once upon time there came to Bos-
ton young Kentuekian. for the purpose
of learning the science of medicine and
surgery. He was tall and athletic.
shrewd, apt and intelligent. with little
sprinkling of waggishness. He was in
Quoted into the Charity Hospital, and a
room in the third story given him as a
study.
On entering into his new quarters, lie
was introduced to a young French gen.
tleman occupying the room also as stu
dent. The young Frenchman, it seems,
was very frank in his manners. courteous,
yet cold, and he thus addressed his COM
panion: 70 ii. @
Sir. I am indeed pleased 10 see you.
and hope that we may prove mutually
agreeable; but. in-order that this may be
the case, will inform you that / have
had several former room. mates, with
none of whom L could ever agree--we
could never pursue our studies together.
This room contains two beds as the old
est occupant, claim the one nearest the
window -
The Kentuekian assented. g.al
Now, said the Frenchman, tI'll draw
boundary line through our territories.
and we shall each agree not to encroach
upon the rights of the other and taking
piece of chalk from his pocket he made
the mark of division. midway. from one
side of the room to the other. Sir he
added. 4 hope you have no objection to
the treaty.
None in the world, SIR answered the
stranger 50 1 am perfectly satisfied with
it, He then sent down for his baggage,
and both students sat down with their
books. .s....l-a-Gea .-fls .u95s
The Frenchman was soon deeply en-
gagged, while Old Kentuck' was watch
ing him and thinking what queergenius
he must be, and how he might six him.
Thus things went on until dinner time
came. The bell was rung; the Frenchman
popped up, adjusted his cravat, brushed
up his whiskers and 'mustaches, and cs-
sayed to depart.
Stand, sir!, said the stranger. sudden
ly placing himself with a toe to the mark.
directly in front of the French student; IF
you cross that line you are dead man.
The Frenchman stood pale with aston
ishment. The Kentuckian moved not a
muscle of his face. Both remained in 81.
lence forsome moments, when the French
man exclaimed:
is it possible that did not reserve the
right of passage
No. sir. indeed you did not; and you
pass this line at your PERIL
But how shall get out Of the room?'
There is the window. which you reser-
"ea to yourseIf-you may use that; but
you pass not that door-my door, which
you generously left me-
The poor Frenchman was fairly caught.
He was in a9uandary, and made all sorts
ofexplanations and entreaties. The Ken
tuckian took compassion on him, and
thinking that going out of third story
win dow was not what it was cracked up
to be, said to his new friend,
Sir, in order that we may be mutually
agreeable, III rub out that hateful chalk
line, and let you pass
The Frenchman politely thanked him.
and since the settlement OF that boundary
question. they have been the very best
friends. american Union.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04

w The once powerful empire of Tur-
key seems destined to be blotted from the
map of Europe, and ultimately viii exist
only by liberation in Asia. OF its large
possessions, Egypt has been virtually lost;
Greece has regained Its independence. and
the Crimea is occupied by European
race; Russia has established a protectc-
rate in Moldavia and Wallacia, and, Mon
tenegro is now under the protection OF
Austria. which country, it is more than
probable, will soon extend It's dominion
over the Turkish provinces on the Adris-
tic, If it has not done so already. The
crescent is paiing before the cross.-BOs-
Ton Journal. .ssihip
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04

satisfed-we kneu that we were reading
lie all the time. 1t is a bad book-it can
do no good but may do much harm. We
would advise no one to read is,-Ashville
IN. C.) Spectator.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04
.Barney. where have You becng'

Barney. where have you becny'
TO widow Mnllony's ball, and an IL
legant limo we had Of it-fiye fights in
fifty minutes, and knock down with The
watchman that left but one whole nose IN
fIle house, and that belonged 10 the tea
kettle. Be dad The Ike were never seen
since We walked Donneliy.'
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04

AxorHKR a BAxk'' CrosED. concern
called the Bank Of America. . located on
Al street. in Washipgton, has closed its
doors, and given notice that its notes win
be redeemed BY Bessrs. Chubb 4 BrofIi-
ers, and Messrs. Selden. wifbers Il CO..
Of that city, and Mcssrs. straehan nnd
Scott, brokers in New York
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04

TnE woRLp's FAlR X NEw Yonx.-It
is said that more than fourteen hundred
packages OF articles for exhibition IN the
Crystal Palace in Reservoir Square have
already arrived from foreign pous. and
fears are entertained that there win be in.
sufficient room In the building 70 accom-
modate al the applicants.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04

N Do you ike noyelsg' asked Miss
Fitzgerald Of her country lover.
can't say be replied, never are
any, but ] tel you, I'm some on pos
0-----7- -i. u
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04

EF The New York Times calls ABillv
Bowiegs NJ. William Cruikshanks.' 2
This Is carrying poliieness 70 aconsiderr-
bic distance.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04

~ He who makes an idol Of bis into
rest, will make martyr OF his integrity.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04

g Tho inimitabIe Dodge Of the Bos-
Auseum is responsible for the follow
af1-z - "a 20 aa
Mr. Museuns-If dogs tale is Izut awf
if,tireIy would Il interfere with his loBco-
notiong l9fs sza
4nsusT-Not exactly--it mite not az
feet his carriage, but it would intirely stop
his sroggin.' e.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-05-04

R Charity should begin at home.
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CRYSTAL PALACE

CRYSTAL PALACE-TO rae ExHIBIT0RS.-WH
" prepared all orders in thog Apply for
Inventors, machinsts, manufacturers 90 Fancy show
ssrds printed In nts In the European styles plans
drawings made In the mot psrfeot with desp,th
and Oh the most reasonable terme MEHELiN SHAT.
TUX, 22S Fulton street, corner Of Greenwich.
CRYSTAL PALACE.-ADMIsSIoN FREE TO SEE ALL
~ tho various articles contained in the glass
g. wines liquors eordsls pickles preserves ketohpps
finest quality and equal 70 those the eryss palace Of
CLIO. RAPHAEL, 3lf Broadway.
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INSURANCE..

STUYvESAEr FIRE INSURANCE. CO.--OFFIOFs is1
~ Bowery Broens street. under tbs Bash
60 20 ssrcet-Capita, 500 0O0-Thh 90 ny in
against damage BY ire dwelling houses aud fnrn;
ture <Arshouses stores and factories shps =
por &C. on tho most favorable te,ms Az lcsses vflt
tp,saelistely adjusted and promptly paid.
FREDERICK X. LEE Presto ana
SAMUEL wfLLEyS, v,oe P<s~idaas
kGNr PsNSL Secretary
JOhs Cos, surveyor
publications. fer Insurance. 10 ttG Oo,,pse, r.,
" Ian ~ith AAss nsAastssS. - ~ s<sa2 sauss 4
ia 5te,SA-
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CORPORATION NOTICE.-PUBLIC NOTICE IS HERE.
~ by given, to the occupant pants
of sill houses and lots unimproved lands affect
ed thereby that the following have boen
pleted by the Assessors and lodged In the office OF
che Bureau Of Assessments for examins by all
interested viz.:For regulating and macadamiziug
Broadway between Fifty frst and Fifty ninth streets The
limits embraced by such include oil the several
houses and lots Of ground lots pieces and Of
la1d situated on both sides Of Breadway Fifty first to
from Broadway to half to Eighth beth sides
Of and Fifty third streets rom Bro dway to
half to Eighth both sdos OF Fty-f0urth
Fifty fifth Fifty sixth and Fifty streets from
both sides Of Fifty street from Broadway half
Z, Seventh syenue and the south side Of Fifty ninth
street. from Broadway to half to Seventh All
persons whose interests by the shove named
easements and who opposed to the either of
them requested to present their objections in writing
70 the undersgned st their once No Hall Of Records with
in thirty days from the date of this notice,
WILLIAM GAGE,
CHARLES j. DODGE, Assessors.
CHARLES McNIELL, y
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RIO EMPRESS COMPANIEs.-THE PRIvILEGE OF
running express between this city, Norfolk, Peters
burg and Kchmond by the steamships 9oaneke and James
town, will be let to the Highest bidder from the LIST June
next for Proposals will be RECEIVED At
tie chce Of the Company q Brostway until 2th MY
freight between this city and Virginia North Carolna
&C. and such aatons no required VIII be
cited up. LUDL AN & PLEASANTS, - Broadway.
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NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA STEAMSHIP ooM-
~ pasy.Thro.eh 70 Sc. Fs.nosos, u. Aspa YAH .sa
isS%::ns s:s and a.: das .S:: douSi. :.sia: steam
& :n
;:: .ss 7:
eroppsr commands, which steamer viii DO in readiness At
a.ssy San Frsass.o q! end " 1ss
and while the Pssiae eosstJ is unsurpassed "A''
".
a p.
DAVIS, BROOKS 4 CO., General Agents.
mail bag is made M at tho above ofos. under the new
United States postage law for the convenience Of the
commander viii sAe Havrs touching a. southampton
% rs
SIansss win b rsSsvsd on board after Thursday june
II Agent So Broadway.
DOR CHARLESTON AND ELoRIDA.-sEMl WEEKLY
United States Mail LinsThe and fast going
sa saasSay May IT. % iasS
precisely For freight .ppy board wher all bills Off
ding v sFB1is .4a e co. As &c s.
SSH fl'fid. f'll'"'To Jacksonville
FOR SAVANNAH AND ,FLoRIDA-uNITED STATES
mail new and splendid Steamship ATGUsTA
'''% Nifsa fEit sA1ps
May a. For speed strength, accommodation, and fare
these ships have no superior on the ocean.
E,oR NORFOLK. PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND
viii Mf Ssr
fare * to SSroi
passage hs price, re ony and
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TAX COMMISSIONERS OFFICE, NO. NEW CITY
Hail. April 1S53-Notios to tar pAyers.-The
nent rolls Of the wards in the city Of New York will
lay of May till Saturday the 18th day Of juno, both days
Inclusive All tax payers DESTROYS of examining correct
ing assessment rolls requested make application
the undersigned at their Office, between A. 4. and
GEORGEH. PURSER,
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Tor freight or pAssAge Dpply to
EDWARDK. COLLINS 4 CO., No IS wall st., N. 7.
BROWN, SIMPLIFY CO.. Liverpool
z. G. ROBERTS CO., Is Kings Arms Yard, London.
JOHN AUNROE 4 CO.. No. Is Rue Notrs Dame dss
Victories, Paris; or
GEO. II. DRAPER, HAvro.
Of these ships will not be accountable for gold
silver bullion Specie ewery precious stones metals
unless lading signed hsrsfor the
Of I'm Ann eaaed