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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16
Union COUNTY.

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Superior CourtefLaac-.Spring Term, lE
VIM H. Simpson, Executor of John Bwui
decd VS.. >amuel l.. Burnett and othen
Petition for Settlement.
1t appearing to the satisfac ton of thee
tt al Samuel l.. Burnett. Joun Conder and
Margaret Gender, James 4. oard and
Eliza Foard and John Long, four Of lh
PENDANTS reside without the Limits Of I
State. II is therefore ordered by the tT
that publication be made for six weeksH
Western Democrat, paper pubishedhi
town OF Charlotte, for the said defeudsm
be and appear b fore tie Judge of lbsK
Superior Court, held for said ounty, ai
Court House in y, onroe, on the 10th NHs
after the 4th Monday in August n KITE
to answer the several allegations SET 6n
said Petition, or judgment pro confes"r
be taken against them. and the case sell
hearing.
Witness Vim. II. Simpson, clerk OfOuH
Court. at office, in Monroe on the 10Th H.
day after the 4th Monday III februaVa
il the sIst year of American lndrPendGJ
A. D., 1856, this thu 80 h of Nav A. h,EE
VIM. ii. SIMPSON, Glen
June 9, 1s57.-6w PRS fee SCI
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

On FRIDAY last. 9Th instant, somewhere between
Sugar Creek Church and Morrow,s Turnout, a
larse Leather PORTE-MONNAIE, containing
Sllo OF Si2o IN bills Oh the Charlotte, Chester and
Wadesboro Banks, together with notes and Other
valuable papers. One note on Samuel Younis ior
Silf, MADE payable to me-da'e MOI recoliected.
Also, one note on A KIIan for SIT 95. with a
credit OF ", put IN my ha IDS Tor collection
VIII give SIS reward Tor the recovery of the
Port-Monnaie with its contents.
E. G. YOUNTS
FineyHie' June 49~tf (Whig copy
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

L-;- 1t seems that Rheumatism, Deafness.
Neuralgia; Swollen and Stiff Joints and other
complaints to which we are all subjects have
lost their terrors. Prof. De Grath's Electric
Oil is war anFed to relieve any case in a short
space of time and with a trifing EXPENSE -
1t can be had of the agent here, DR.. II. M.
Pritchard. See advertisement in another
column. May 13.--2m
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16
TRUST SALE,

BY virtue of Deed of Trust to me eIrSii
by Robert Shaw, will proceed ON MODdg
9th of July next, to sell the following PPs
viz:
Two Negro Women, Lizzie and KaH
House and Lot on Tryon street, at prsrS j
cupied by MIR Shaw Household and hSI
Furniture; one Piano Forte; small lot O y
lencry Goods; and one Cow and Calf.
TERMs.-Six months credit, with iDteTeS !
date.
s. p. ALEXANDER, husH
June 2, 1857. asst
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16
Dissolution.

THE firm of JENKINS & TAYLOR is this
day dissolved by mutual consent ALI persons
indebted to said firm are requested TO make i'm
mediate payment to A. A. n. NJ. TAYLOR or
his Agent, who alone is authorized to settle the
same We acknowledge our thanks to our friends
and customers for the very liberal patronage they
have bestowed upon us.
j. Z. JENKINS,
A. A. n. NJ. TAYLOR.
May seth, 1857,
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16
FEMALE Captive RESCUED.

Mrs. Margaret Ann Marble. one OF the
eaptives taken at Spirit Lake by the Indians
has arrived at st. Paul. in charge of Mr..
Flandrais. agent for the Sioux OF the Mis-
sissippi. She was ransomed by two Lac
qui-parle Indians named Grey Foot and
Roaring Cloud. Efforts are made 20 recover
other captives. The excitement created by
the arrival of Mrs. Marble at St. Paul, and
the fact of her destitute situation. re-
suited in the raising of a subscription OF
several hundred dollars for her relief. A
correspondent of the St. Paufs Journal.
speaking of Mrs. Ms experience says:
ION the route the captives were subject
ed to the severest b lrdships and torture,
being compelled to carry heavy packs of
shot, to perform the most degrading service
by day, and submit to the most brutal out
RACES by night. For the first few days of
their captivity they resisted their tormentors
but were beaten with clubs and threatened
to be shot until they at last submitted, in
the hope sooner to be rescued.
Mrs. Thatcher, who was in feeble health,
was unable to carry the burdens imposed
upon her. and when endeavoring to cross
the Big Sioux river upon some trees which
the Indians cut down on both sides to form
bridge, she being very weak. lost her
balance and fell into the river. She drop
ped her burden and succeeded in swimming
almost to the shore, when an Indian DELHI
erately aimed his rife at her and shot her
through the head killing her instantly
The body was left to float down the cur
rent. which was Redeemed with her warm
life blood. This tragic scene was hailed
by the Indian women (who seemed jealous
of the presence of the white captives) with
wild shouts of exultatinn."
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16
State Of North CarOIiu,
Union COUNTY

Superior Court Of Law-Spring TernE,
Thomas Simpson, Executor of John Sr,.
uec'd VS.. Mary sim son and Othsu
Petition for Settlement.
1t appearing to the satisfaction ofth.r~
that " ashiDston Simpson and johnson m
and wife Katharine Trux, two Of tbe t,s,
ants reside without the limits of th, Sn
1t is therefore ordered by tn, Cou, h
publication be made Tor six weeks n NJ
Western democrat. a paper published i,
town Of Charlotte. notifying the said d,is
ants that they be and appear bpio,
Judge of our next Superior, curt held for n
County OF Union, at the Court House in No
roe, on e 10th Monday after the 4th 10
day 10 Angus. next, then and there to aMuI
the several allegations set forth in said ps
ton, or judgment pro confesso will be hs
against them, and the case SCI for hearinL
Witness, VIM. H Simpson, Gle OF u
said Court at office. in Monroe, on the a
Monday after 'he 4th Monday IN Febmr
and in the Slst year of our independence, q
the 30tn OF May 1857.
WIN. H. SIMPSON, leik
June 9, 1s57.-6w PRS fee $6l
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16
WANT ED,

A situation as Teacher of Classical m'
by a young man who wishes to take chaE
a permanent school, aid who has had cODsS
able experience in teaching. =.
For reference as 20 qualification, &C. v
to Rev. A. Wilson, d. D., Melville, ABE
county. &C. 81
Address j. J. WHITE, Raleigh D
care of Capt Allen.
June 2, 1857. 3t
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

TUE SCHOOL MASTER ABRoAp.-The
following ign on Western Row, Cincinnati.
is entirely original: "kaiks, Krackers.
Kandies, Konfeckshunnarys; Holesale and
Retale."
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

A HEALTHY PLACE.-The Clinton indie
pendent says it "verily believes that Gin
ton is one of the healthiest places in the
world. In a population Of near QUO we
scarcely average three deaths per year"
Truly healthy place must Clinton be,
if the average life of its inhabitants reaches
to two hundred years, which must be the
case if there are only three deaths in a year
in q population of six hundred. We have
been in the habit of boasting of the health
of our village; but we do not think tina: our
citizens can safely calculate upon life
much exceeding one hundred years indeed
it is very probable that half of two hundred
years will measure the life of all the busy
throng which now enlivens our streets.
HiLsboro' Recorder.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

THE undersigned having purchased the entire
interest of J. T. Jenkins in The firm of Jenkins q
Taylor, will continue the business at the old
stand, one door west of #. NJ. Farrow on! Trade
street. where he will be pleased to see his old
friends and customers.
A. A. N. NJ TAYLOR.
June 9, 1857. 4e-tf
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

THE LATE NATIONAL KNOWN oTHING
CouNc1L-WHERE is THE PARTY TO Co..
The delegates representing the remaining
fragments of the late great American party
have had their National Council at Louisville,
Kentucky, and have adjourned.
Considering the results of the last
November elections, and of the early spring
elections Of the present year. and the late
Virginia election, and considering, also, the
signal defeat of the Known othing Plug
UgIes at the Washington city municipal
election the other day, it must be confessed
that the circumstances and party remini>-
cences attending this national assemblage
at Louisville. were not of the most cheering
description. Hence, it is not surprising
that this Council exhibited scarcely greater
degree of warmth or enthusiasm than the
remains of some unfortunate SER, hing
expedition for Sir John Franklin holding a
consultation over the wreck Of their slip
amorg the icebergs Of the --rctic circle'-
". Y. Herald
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

INTERESTING TO Conn PtaNTERs.-A
writer in a Memphis paper recommends
the subjoined plan for killing crows:
Take horse hair two inches long, tie
knot at one end, run it through grain OF
corn; and throw the grains broad cast over
your farms. The crow will swallow the
grain-the hair sticks out the mouth, and
produces irritation and inflammation, which
causes the crow to commit suicide by
clawing his throat for relief
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16
MASONIC GRAND ROYAL ARCH G

MASONIC GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER
OF n. C.--The annual oonvocation was
held in Wilmington week before last. The
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year:
Peter Curtis, Of Newberne, G.. III. p; E.
F. Watson, of Graham. D. G. ii. P; Goold
Hoyt. of Greenville, G. X; D. ID. Philips,
of Hill<bOro', S. G.; T. w. Brown, of Will
mingt"n, G. T.; T. B. Carr, Wilmington.
q. S.; III. G. Barnhill, of Greenville, G.. NJ.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

TIE CgoPs.-The most cheering accounts
Of the wheat and oat crops come in from
every quarter of the country. In most of
the planting States much larger area is
under wheat than usual, and the crop is
now almost beyond c, n:ingency. This is
cheering revs, indeed, at this time Of
scarcity and high prices. The corn crop in
this vicinity, and as far as we have
intelligence from, is beginning to look well,
though it is very observation-disclosures Gaz
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

~ a main of cocks was fought at
Memphis, Tennessee, last week, for sl2,5OO
which was Won by Nick w. Arlington,
of Nash county, n. G.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16
LYNCH LAW IN V1RaIS1A.-Jcfferso

LYNCH LAW IN Observation-Disclosures
Randall, who with several others, was
driven from Rockingham county, not long
since by the people, returned there on
Friday. He was Immediately caught by
the Vigilance Committee, and hung on
in custody, and to-day was fixed upon for
hi execution,-Petersburg Express Of the
llh instant.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

FLoUR.--The Clinton Independent
(Sampson county, of the 10TH INST, says !:
I'VE are glad to see that some of the mel
chants of this place are receiving -four from
Charlotte and Salisbury by the way of the
n. c. and Wilmington and Weldon railroad,
and are thereby able to sell about rs cents
cheaper than if obtained from fayetteville"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

North CAROLINA SruCK.-We notice
sales in New York of small lot of North
Carolina six per cent. bonds at 81. We
have heard of sales in the same market of
8 per cent. bonds of the N. C. Railroad
endorsed by the State) at ll0.-Fayette-
vilLe Observer.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16
WESTERN DEMOCRAT.
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xQQCHARLOTTE. 90"

FOREIGN NEWS The steam"r Cana
An arri, ed at New York on the Ill tn inst,
with Liverpool dates to the Both. Cotton
is dull-prices generally unchanged Flour
a ID Corn had declined.
In Parliament. Lord Palmer@ton had an
npunced the rejection of the Dallas-Caren-
don treaty, but he says that new conditions
of the treaty. received from Washington
are now under consideration.
Some excitement in London has Heen
caused by an attack on a British merchant
vessel by French war brig in the Road
stead. at Belle Isle. The English yess'
came to anchor from contrary winds. and
neglected IT, hoist her color<, when the brig
fired two blank and then a ball cartridge,
killing an English seamen. Tie ~ e Is un-
der the consideration of the authorities.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

G N ELDRED proclaln,s TO the South that as
tor The generous patronage that has ever
crowned his efolls to please, he has this season
combined
THREE GREAT SHOWS.
al d engaged tue world-renowned FRANCONl
HlPPODkOME TROUPE 10 appear IN co. ju. C.
with the spleld AM M Al EXHIBI ION
and GREAT SOUTHERN CIKCLS
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

"AsAINGToN, June s.-A letter received
yesterday, from a source in Kansas entitled
to the most implicit confidence, states that
three fourths, at least Of the present settlers
are IN favor Of making Kansas free State,
'ncluding nearly one half of the emigrants
from slaye-holding States.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

THE ''PLUG UGLIEs."-The Washing
ton lntelligencer of the 4th inst, says:
''In evidence of the degree of humanity
and decency possessed by the thirty plug
uglies' who SO pracipi;ately decamped by
the 3 o'clock train on Mondyy afternoon,
it may be stated that on their passage in
the oars to Baltimore they expended the
contents of their revolvers, originally in
tended for the persons of Washington. upon
the bodies of the COWS and horses that were
grazing IN the fields along the road. There
must have been several hundred shots fired.
When the train arrived at the fork on the
suburbs of Baltimore, the thirty plug
uglies' got out, undoubtedly for the purpose
of avoiding the risk of an arrest at the de-
pot. The other passengers must have felt
themselves especially fortunate and agree
able in such company. The testimony on
which we make this statement is unim
peachable. Is not the railroad Company
responsible for any injury done to property
in this way -
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

FOURTH OF JULY-.Wm. c. Elan, ESQ
has been selected to- deliver the address
upon the occasion of the Anniversary of
the Declaration of Independence and III. c.
Lucas. Esq, has been chosen reader of the
declaretiun.- FayefferiHe CQro{inian.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16
NOTICE.
Machine and BlacksmitbIDs
q. j. PERRY at Work agap

The undersigned would respectful. -, 4
the public generally, that he has . GPTpTy
Shop formerly occupied by 5. J. PEnI nv
that he has also secured his services, iCl = ~
pose ofcanying on the Business in all ~
branches. :. ,DFl
All those wishing their work done ~ an
style can get it done here. SO sepu' w
hard Jobs and fine Horses. n,1IEg
june /, 1857. 4S-u
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

A MARRIAGE IN TExAs.-The Crockett
Printer does up Hymeneal notices with
an extra touch. The following is sample:
MARR1ED.-At the residence of Mr. VIM.
billiard, by Esq. Galloway, Miss Matte
billiard, to w. ID. Hicks, dancing master,
better known as Shanghai Hicks, by our
citizens; he is from Marshall we believe; the
bride is of our own county.
The Printer should have stated whether
Mr. billiard, at whose house the ceremony
took place, is any relation of Cousin Sally
billiard, who gave treat at Capt. Rice's.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

In White, the notorious
Kansas lecturer, who has been swindling
the people of Virginia, for some time past,
was coIared by the clerk of the steamer
"Quarrier," last week, on her downwar
trip from Kanawha q. H., Va, to Cincinnati
and made to give up gold chain which
he had fraudulently obtained. The clerk
did not know that the citizens of Atlanta, Ga,
had offered a reward of $4,000 for the arrest
of the swindler, or he would have secured
him.-Peters1urg Express.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

The CASE OF Mas. GEN. GAINEs.-Judgs
Morgan, of New Orleans rendered decision
few days ago, in viii, h he refused to
declare void the decision of the Supreme
Court OF that city, ordering the will Of
Daniel Clark to be probated. The Delta
says, this is an additional and all but final
step towards the attainment by Mrs. Gaines
of the rights for which she has been SO long
eontending.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

Pomp-Nh y you nab your hair parted
in de middle, You swell nigger?"
Cuff-"Kase its de fashun wild all what
fesPecks themselves, you. bald-headAd en-
bodipleut ob blackin' you. But what am
de differnee twix your hair and mine,
Pompf'
Pomp-'Gihs it up"
Cuff-"My hair is parted in &c middle,
&pd your'n is de parted"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

A SoLpIER's NoTIoF OF WHAT GIRLS
sHouLD LEARN.-.After the death of his
wife, Sir Charles Napier removed to Caen,
IN Normandy; and did his best to perform
the part Of mother to his girls. His aim
was to make them religious, as the founda-
ton of all excellence; to teach them accounts,
that they might learn the value of money;
work, that til ey might not waste their time
if they were rich, nor be helpless it they
were poor; cooking, that they might guard
AGAINST the waste of servants, and be able
to do for themselves in the event OF
Revolution"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

DESTRUCTIVE HAIL SToRM.-A portion
ofLancaster, Kershaw, and Sumter Districts,
was visited on Friday afternoon last, by
most destructive hail storm, commencing
above Russell Place, in Lancaster, and
extending in South-easterly direction a.
far as Bi>hopvil|e, in Sumter, its width
varying, as We hear, from two to six miles.
In many places it dr:fted to the depth Of
from one to three feet, some of the i.y
missiles measuring nine inches in circum-
ference, and many as large as hen eggs.
The destruction OF crops may be imagined;
many wheat fields have been totally
destroyed, and the corn and cotton very
badly injured, trees stripped of their foliage
and all vegetation lying in its track vastly
injured. Camden Journal.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-16

A Coop JoKE.-Friend Stubs conceals
under visage as long as the arms of Rob
Roy McGregor-who, we are informed by
that veracious historian, Sir Walter Scott,
could clasp his knee buckles without stoop-
ing-a very large stock of fun. Stubbs
met Belle Brown the other evening at "A
party, aud going up to her. asked her what
old sects among the Jews they two
resembled? Belle gave it up ssRonce, las she
always does everything except f1irtation,)
and Stubs, pointing first at her pretty face
and then At his own sombre visage, sand,
"Fair-I-see and Sad-you-see!"
An old maiden aunt counsels her giddy
young nieces on the subject of selecting "a
mate after this wise:
Never marry man until you have seen
him eat. Let the candidates for your hand
pass through the ordeal of soft boiled eggs.
Ii he can eat them and leave the table
spread, the napkin and his shirt un>potted-
take him. Try him next on spare rib. II
he accompIishes this without putting out
one of his own eyes, or pitching the bones
into your lap, name the wedding day at
ouce-he will do to tie to.
ATTRACTIONS AND WORCESTERSHIRE
are many natures which can never approach
within certain distance, and which, when
any irregular motive implies them towards
contact, seem to start hack from each other
by some invincible repulsion. There are
others which Immediately cohere whenever
they come into the reach of mutual attrae-
ton, and with very little formallty Of pre-
paration mingle intimately as soon as they
meet Every man, whom either business or
curiosity has thrown at large into the world,
will rreolecs many instances Of fondness
and dislike, which have forced themselves
upon him without the Intervention of his
judgment: Of dispositions to court some
and avoid Others, when he could assign no
reason for the preference. or none ADEQUATE
to the violence of his passions of influence
that acted instantaneously upon his mind
and which no arguments or persuasions
could ever overcome.
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-25

Nj, a.. Epitons 49, IN extraordinary
,inlric~~ ha- induced some IL Clare House
.,ar,ler Ia mak. an appeal to the citizens
/ lhl- .,t, ia behalf II our Nonns Mems
literary Association We arr mot awarr
bat th- s.e,et, las ever employed AN ad
a.af,. - engaged tl,e 80, ices II aa, one
- rl.ad IT. eansr, nor are vs. aware that II
eeI any vueh assistance. Hem, W. ~
al the kindne*s estraorti,nar, tie heIies
'rnrr wonderfully dl.,nirrcstcd which
,ranpt,gi tits, writer 60 ~tartlr the auditory
.srt, 1t ibi- community with sach an ap.
al. The generous stranger remark. that
te .oeietv ha. never iiouri-hed f'a any
ttasih 1T time never LAYING felt over two
tir-e,,ns lmpnl~e.. What would he have
4 H. ta"rc tlan hn, ALREADY hcen dom,
Lyerx season. sincr III organization. an
| ittr,s ba," le,n favored with an excellent
tui. a lecture interior g. noIe "a the
pibp. aud hate Lad IT.. privilege II listen
~ la tia meet cirin.nt i.rturers. anal m.~t
DISTINGUISHED ,tat's m,n IA ia. nai'"n. The
Tall in,l, sap.ic'i Nsli hehted AMI neat
fitted up Al au eNpcns. u >ioo "r sou.
d. open ever. Mnmla, evening for the eA-
ciiange Il back AMI litcrar, exercises. The
library naW contains some la.p NJ 100
volume "i well selected and standard
~. ,f the most eminent literary men II
isu-tnn- Epes Sargent, Esq What else
would the philanthropic tranger haze tie
-s,fiets H. " lat mote can II do IL ,n-
,4tse Aaul; men 60 comfortable hall and
to a reed library; II eannat compel them e.
ct,ne, ~ cannot make metz Ii there are
Zip II tlIc ss4s'icis. and assist ~ Il support.
II j. IL misfortune not IL fault But
whether il meet with further assistance ar
not. her mcmherS are determined that str
must and >hall not parish They have the
disposition and the ability to sustain AZ III
.tltntian a ths kind. ami thel viii d. At
II ! true Il i somewhat IA iebt, but there
nothing u fear fruin that quarter - long
/. Ebcuexer IeaA. t.ea. B Sargent. Hir am
i'rec AMI Jane Grant are IL CREDITOR
Wh.n i i shlc IL a,li l.as IA. debt, wh.sL
time y not distant, There J. new eansti
tuition now beinrc the s,.icts fnf adoption.
Which will rlaor u upon tirner ba-is aud
az. 4 suinr a>>l.ians., the promise III v hnh
sc has, hal fran one af the most liberal
la m.al.tlest citizens. There j. every IN
,natas .hient {" expect great things for the
.eietr m no cause ftr alarm there is No
| douht ~ s.,eees> iiui whether il receives
tbs assistance aud favor II this community
- not, u has All all. and talented member
ship who can and will sustain il. The l,c
claire House iuarder need give h,m~elr no
unea,ines- ia regard To- the society II is
>o,ind and sen worthy, and retain, the pr,n-
clple 81 life within itself In the hour IL
storm il will bc disccrned through the dark
mes by il, lightning flashes of vitality, and
like Lxcalibar, with g-mlncd and flashing
iilt, will hc seen riding safely upon the
waves. BIZ