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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-30

THE DARk DAT OF lIs0-The phenomenon
Of the dark day which occurred in the greater
part of New England and Canada, in Nav,
1850, We would Inform q correspondent has
never been fully explained 1t occurred on
the 18th Of this month. For several davs
previously the atmosphere appeared TO be
charged with dry smoky yapor, 80 that the
Sun could scarcely De viewed with the naked
eye. Al 10 O'Clock in the morning the dark
ness had Increased TO such degree as to I'M
pede regular transactions of business. Between
half-past twelve aud one, it approached its
height. Ordinary business vas wholly suspen-
ded, and many superstitious people began to
think that the last day had really come, aa4i
TO fall upon their knees and pray Justify 70,
forgiveness The darkness continued 30 in-
crease and the excitement wacei higher.
Whatever Was done was done by casIie-l light
though IT noondav. Fowls sought their rooS,S
cattle retired as at night, and lnany cCu and
Intelligent people began To think things were
getting 10 be rather gloomy, About one
o'clock the wind. which had bcen al South
east. changed 10 the Southwest. the darkness
0eSaH gradually 10 dIIaIRiSh, aEzt ct tao O'clock
mau, beast, and foRi TeEe about again /
very lttle rain haG faiieu in me moTuing.
During the whole time the air had q sOoiY
smoky smell, which VAS also communicated tn
the rain water that was saved. The supposed
cause Of ihia strange phenomenon was sup
PoS-d 80 be va,t fire.. which we're ka0xn 10
be raging il ,ne forests. in so@e parts Of tie
couHlTy.
There had been DO MIilers ab5at before tie
dark DAY came GI0a the people .! the Eastern
>isieS, al d TO Propheees had been made hesce
si;A reference 10 TIE coming OF the Judgmeflt
hour HC~eTer. there was Is We have hinted
the creates; possible tFcPidatjon; sR osi gen
iieEa48 toll ~ oace when taking abeGl il,
that he every Elollen' expected TO hear the
SQUAD Of the dreadful trump, 1t came not. the
world stiH rolls uPcn its axis. when - stop, .
ollT Known by the great Creator himself
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-30
HE'D EVERY THURSDAY
But the most curious and skillful mart of its

but the most curious and skillfu part of its
performance is yet to be told. When it was
IN the act OF running down the thread to the
loop, the reader sill perceive it was possible
for the snake, by turning his head vertically
upward, to snap at and seize the spider in its
mouth. This had no doubt been repeatedly
attempted in the earlier part of the conflict :;
ont instead Of catching the spider, his snake
ship thereby had only caught himself in an ad-
dltional trap. The spider probably by watch
ing each additional opportunity when the mouth
OF the snake had thus been turned toward her
hind legs, was then throwing thread around
fy, had thrown one thread after another
over the mouth of the snake, so that he was
now perfectly muZzled by series of threads
placed over 1t vertically, and these were held
from being pushed asunder by another series
OF threads placed horizontally, as my informant
states he particularly observed No muzzle of
wire or wicker for the mouth of an animal
could be woven with more artistic regularity
and perfection and the occasionally making
desperate attempt to open his mouth, would
merely put these threads upon a stretch.
The snake continued his gyrations, his gait
becoming more slow, however from weakness
and fatigue and the spider continued to move
oo"u 1Au u' @He Coiut STauudliy shortening IL,
until at last, when drawn up so far that only
two or three inches of the end of his tail touch
ed the floor, the snake expired about six DAYS
after he was first discovered
A more heroic feat than that which this littl.
spider performed, is probably nowhere upon
reeord-a snake foot in length hung by
common house-spider ! Truly, the race is not
TO the swift, nor as the battle to the strong
And this phenomonen may serve to ndicate to
US that the Intelligence with which the Creator
has endowed the humbleSt, feeblest, of his
creatures, IS ample for enabling them to tri-
umph in any emergency in which He places
them, if they but exercise the faculties he has
given them. 1t is only the slothful eowardIy,
umerouS, that fail and they fail Lot so much
before their enemies as before their own su-
pineueSs.-Harper's Magazine.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-30

DoN'r MIND WHAr he SAYs.-A certain
Judge while attending Court in a shire town,
was passing along the road where boz was lust
letting down the bars to drive in some cattle
in. His father stood in the door of his home,
on the opposite Of the road, and seeing what
bis hopeful boy was doing, bswled cut John
don't YOU drive them cattle in there. told YOU
TO put them in the pasture behind the house. =
The boy took 10 notice whatever of the re-
monStTance, and his father repeated the order
in & louder tone, without the least effect
and q third time gave positive orders not to
drive the cattle in there. The son didn't even
deign to look up, and disobeyed the parental
injunction with coolness which positively
shocked the Judge, who, looking at the eul-
prit, said. in tone of official dignity.
Boy, don't you hear your father speaking
to youn
"Oh, ya-a-s," replied the youth, casting a
glance at the Judge, and then at the parent.
but dou't mind what he saws. Mother don't
neither, and 'twixt she and |, we've got the
dog so he don't"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-30

No Use FOR TRowsERs.-On the morning of
the meteoric shower in 1888, Old Peyton Rob
erts, who intended making an early start to
his work, got up in the midst of the display
On going 10 his door, be saw with amazement.
the SKY lighted up with the falling meteors,
and he concluded at once at the world was on
fire, and that the day of Judgment had
come.
He stood for a moment gazing in speechless
terror at the scene, and then with q yell of
horror Sprang out OF the door into the yard,
right into the midst Of the falling stars aud
here in his effort 10 dodge them he commenced
a series Of ground tumbling that would have
done honor TO rope dancer. His wife been
awakened il meantime, and seeing old Peyton
jumping aud skipping about in the yard, called
out - know what in the name o sense he Was
doin' out thar dancing round without his
clothes. But Pevton heard not-the judg-
uent and long back account he would have to
settle. maize him needless of all terrestrial
things, ana his wife by this time becoming
alarmed at his behavior sprang out of bed
and running to the door, shriekins TO the top
Of her llngS-
"Peytou, l say Peyton, what do You mean,
jumping about ont thar? Come in aad put
your trowSerS on"
Old Peyton, whose fears had near overpow-
cred him, faiutly answered as he fell spFawIing
on the earth
"Trowsers, Peggy what the HIS the
use o trowSerS when the worlds fire.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-30

An Or Mans NEEE-In the eighty fourth
year of his age, Or Calvin Chaplin wrote 10 his
sife Ny domestic enjoymeHts have been
perhaps, a. near perfection a. the human Goa
dition permits She made nv home the pleas
antest spot to me on earth. And nov ih4;
she is gone, my worldly loss Is perfect
How many poor fellow w0uIG be saved
from suicide, from the peniteBtiary. ana sBe
sailows every year, had he been blessed With
such a wife
" She made home the pleasan,est SPOT 10
NE on earth Wlst grand tribute 10 that
womau's love aud piety. aai ouunou sense !,
Rather different xas the testimony Of an old
man some three years ago. Just before he was
hing in the Totnbs yard OF this city - dli
not inteld to xiii Ely Eiie, b1t she vas & yery
sgxraEating woman Les each wife iEqzire.
"a which an :'-ErsEr&aR's Hr eEz.zt
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her at her examination. Hearing of her arrest
and Tearing that his connection with her might
affect the welfare of his family, be resolved to
offer his evidence, in hopes that it might
mitigate, if it did not avert his own punish
ment
Her examination presented q scene worthy
the pencil of the most accomplished artist ;
and affording, as it does, the subject of stri-
hing and exceeding graphic picture, it is earn
estly to be desired that it may one day live
upon canvas, to depict for future generation
an interesting episode in the Domestic His
tory of the Revolution" Although her guilt
was sef-evident, yet the question of her pun
ishment was one difficult of solution A gibbet
and rope would have been the fate Of one of
the opposite sex but to punish in this man
ner delicate and highly accomplished female
aud one, too possessed of the attainments
and accomplishments of Miss Moncreffe. was
too revolving to humanity to be entertained
for moment. The solution was made easy
by the earnest appeal in her behalf of her rel
atiYes and highly influential friends in New
York. She was carefully conducted under
flag to the British lines, where she was deiy-
cred into the bands of her fathers friends
She subsequently went to England, where she
spent the rest of her life, and although for
time she moved in the first society, yet the
qualities of her heart were not calculated to
make her path in life happy or pleasant one
and we naturally anticipate the fact that her
end was amid all the surroundings of poverty
and disgrace. The treacherous messenger who
had aided in her crime, and in the hour of her
trial had turned upon her in hopes to secure
his own escape, was imprisoned for long pc
riod but whether he suffered severer pun
iShment is not recorded.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-30

Mas. PAKrISGToS on WEDDINGS" Ike
70 tend weddings" said Mrs Partinston, q:
she came back from one in church, aud hung ur
her shaw. and replaced the bonnet in the long
preserved bandbo1. Ike TO see Young peo-
pie come tog:ther with the promise to lore,
cherish and nourish eaeh ether But it is a
solemn thing, is natrimony-a very solemn
thinc-where the minister comes into the
chancery with the surplus on AMI goes through
the ceremony Of making them man and wife.
Il ought to be husband and wife, for il isu I
every husband that turns out 10 be a uan.-
| declare | never shall forget when Paul put
on the nuptisl ring on nv finger and said, with
nv goods thee endew7 He used to keep a
dry goods store then, and | thought he vas
gong to give the whole there Was iu it,
was youHg aud simple. and didn't know till
afterwards that it meant oaIy calico dress
a year"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-30

Shy 1oUrH--"Everything is arranged for
your marriage with Susan Tompkins," said a
father to his only son; Il hope you will behave
yourself like man, Thomas"
The individual addressed vas young man
seated in chair, despatching q piece of bread
and molasses. His only answer was a sigh
accompanied by food of tears.
The parent started, aud in an angry voice
demanded:
What objections can you have2 Susan is
handsome and wealthy, and married you must
be, sometimes or other Your mother and |
were married, and it is my comand that You
prepare yourself for your nuptials
Yes" finally sobbed Thomas, that's q
different thing. You married mother, but I'm
sent away TO marry strange ga! -
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-30

How HE Losr HIS HMR-A Norfolk pa
per tells the following srory:
Uri Osgood aud Jonathan Aiken we're on.
opposite sides of politics last fall, Grundy
county, and the fight between them-they
were running for Congress grew warm AMI
desperate. One day, when they met on the
stump. Uri, whose head was bald, and should
therefore have been cooler. in the midst Of bis
Indignation, turned upon Jonathan, and said ::
think, sir you have but one idea in your
head and that is very small one if it should
swell, it would burst it,
Whereat Jonathan grew red in the face, and
looking for moment at the bare and vener
able head Of his opponent, asked if he should
say what he thought of him
Say on said Uri.'
Well, | think you hayn't one in your head
aud never had. There's been one scratching
around on the outside, trying to get in, till it
has scratched all the haT Of but it's never
got in, and never willn
Cri vas silent.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-30

4 G ERHAS CELEBRATES TIE FoCRrH.-At
Buffalo German, intending to celebrate the
morning Of the fourth in becoming manner.
placed . hogShead in front OF his house the
the night before, and at daylight lit half a
dozen packs Of fre-crackerS and threw them
in the hogshead. while half dozen Young
Dundersplafs stood around TO watch the effect.
\ scattering explosion was heard, yell. and
the next moment q ragged loafer, who had
been sleeping in the hogShead all night, sprans
forth al in flames, and before the little Dun-
derSplafs could even raise yell, pitched into
the oil Duniersplaf, and gave him tremen-
dous licking DuuderSplaf kept in a dark
room the balance Of the day, with a piece OF
raw beefsteak over both ewes, aud q piece Of
brown paper, wet with vhiskey over lis nose
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-30

SThe officer Of the deck on board man
of.war asked the man ST the wheel one day.
How does she be head :" Ii was blowing q
gale of wind.
SoaIhavst," replied Pat, touching his hal,
but forgetting 10 add sir. 10 his answer,
You'd better pu, few more SIS in your
answers when oou speak to me, : said the huffy
lieutenant,
Aye, aye, Sr-rE-r,7 returned the witty
ICiShl2n.
\ day Or two after. tie oficsr called out
again. How does she head now 81
SoGEhay>G and be south, half south and q
= lille sOuIheEly, sIr-ree, your honor, sir,
screamed Pat
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n% Brilliaa, thoughts are otten slow in
their formation, Ike the diauoud Thomas
Moore was freqQently occupied three weeks in
writing q song Theodore Hook often to1k
about the same time TO perDeirs&e sn im-
pcoupta, and Sheridan vas frequently q whole
de! IN getting Up joke, which was supposed
By some 20 be sa inspiration 0: the nousnt
Neither Of these great men would have been
worth n On daily paper. where the editor
writes IS he runs, and eale5es tho2gnr oa
lie S!ns, aud tFsBSExes 10 With uoneCts7Y
aoCr-zA Of bis gray goose quill TIE daiiv
editor Gas 10 tine 10 cu6gsl rs b-a:c :o- ttc'rs
. 20 ro'.sd then w1s7 ttsy co-e. 20 tiCs 70
-3Z- c-s ssEss sa-;ce :, rl51s xix
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Terrific Accidents on the Fourth.

Dennis BulgrGddery, in consequence Of fr-
ing of Chinese crackers in bis teeth, had the
corner of his nose blown TO finters, and four
teeth transferred from his lower jaw to the roof
| of his mouth
Jenkins, being absent-minded, put his light
ed punk" into his coat pocket, instead of his
knife, said pocket containing one-quarter pound
| of powder Result-the entire basement
blown out Of his pants, aud al indisposition to
sit down, except upon his stomach, being prcv.
alent ever since.
Fandickerslop went to look into fire crack
er, to see if it had gone off, when it exploded,
putting one eye in darkness forever, and set
ting bis whisker On FIRE Taken to the hospi.
tai
Several young men carelessly played with
loaded bottles, towards evening The bottle
exploded with crash. Three of them were
injured in the throat, one in head, and the
other in the stomach. They were taken home
on shelters by four gentemen of Irish perSu-
aston, with short sticks.
Dundersplaff intended to celebrate in q brill
liant manner, in the Fifth ward So he placed
hogahead in front of his house the night De-
fore, and in morning at day-break lit half a
dozen packs of fire crackers aud threw them
in the hogshead while half dozen Young
DundersplaiFs stood around, to watch the ef-
feet. A scattering ex plOSon was heard then
yell, and the next moment ragged loafer,
who had been sleeping in the hogshead all
night sprang forth all in flames and before the
little Dunderspiaff-s could even raise veil,
pitched into old Dundersplaf, and gave him a
terrible licking. Dundersplaf kept in dark
room the rest part of the day, with piece of
raw beefsteak over both eyes, and piece of
brown paper, w& with whiskey, over his nose
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-30

INDUSTRIOUS HAgI-s--Teach your children
to De industrious. II is the best preventative
10 crime. the best guardian TO virtue Read
the histories OF the hundreds who fill our prisons
and learn that. idlenesS was the chief cause Of
their ruin Young men Of industrious habits
are seldom found in the sinks Of pollution
disgracing themselves or their parent The
increase OF CRIME among Is is chiefly caused
by the diStasse Of honest labor. II we Rould
preserve the generation from those sins and
vices which degrade the present times. learn
them good trades, aod bring them up 20 good
AID iudutrOas habits Idleness, late hours, g
disregard OF the Sabbath, drink and the perusal
OF obscene sheets are causing the ruin Of NIL
lions.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-30

How rs MARRIED THIN oFF-A thriving
trader in Wisconsin, claiming the paternity Of
eleven daughters, greatly TO the astonishment
of his neighbors, succeeded iu marrying them
ell of iu SIX months. \ ueighbor Of his, who
had likewise several single daughters, called
upon him
. should Ike TO know friend be said
Your secret Of ready husband making withauch
success"
Pooh :" said the other, mo secret a. all
| make il 8 rule after Young man has paid
attention TO one Of M girls fortnight, TO call
upon him with Z revolver, and civilly ask him
10 choose between death and matrimonv =
You may imagine" continued he, which # the
TWO they preferred :
Very civil question, indeed, and no uittens
at au in the case.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-30

S-ESE N"T Dow ~ yFE Brrs-In tie
Ci:y Of ProvIdeIiee. there was large 2gdieRee
collected within the v2is If the oil theatre
The performance had reached tie cEisis wherein
the dreadful Villain o. the ulsy vas 70 he sh1-
-tbe fatal PISTOL was evs0 p15B,sd st i,s
7ictiE3. The hsrlse ~zs ~rca-h, ~ 20 the r0>s
fUtsrse eXcste-eEr. sri sll was s:ill . death
Al this bsss'aleSs FeE.oi highly respectable
est'z@H n the stage h0x arose, and sf{ree2.rc
the S=ro q tae pistol. While as ~Jfe sat tv
bis sac. her caeeks ssbv pale sEd thu-b
thrust lCc0 eseh ear. said -
NJ. DEFT. Nr- D1ET. toz, shod, 'ks
T1'-s'E inst vs." Fer !c-s's sake 6asIs.1-
-Hsal.s5d-s sFreI5 r E.z-
The gEa dlGn'; explode. bet che sGdiea-s
did DEF ~4i,ed %, they cogldcr
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TOWANDA:
shursSan florniup. gnln SO. 1882.
seletttS 4ostru.
THE LAST FOOTBALL

Then is often sadness in the tone,
And moisture in the eye,
And trembling sorrow in the voice.
When we bid a last goodbye,
r., ssdder far than this, ween,
u sadder far than ALL
/, the heart,throb with which we strain
To catch the last football.
The press Of loving hand
VIII cause Il thrill of pain
When we think. - Oh should it prove that We
Shall never meet again"
And Is lingeringly the hands unclasp,
The hot, quick drops will fall;
Bat hitter are the tears we shed
When We hear the last football
We never trl; how dear TO us
Was the sound we loved full wcu,
We never knew hole musical,
Til Is ,ASt echo fell.
And till We heard it pass away
Far. far beyond recall,
We never tho&-ht what grief 'twould be
To hear that Ast football.
And wears and days that long are passed.
And the scenes. that seemed forgot,
Rush through the mind like meteor light
As We liager on the spot;
And ,itIit things that were as n0ught,
81. now viii be cur all,
Come 70 Us Ike ~ echo low
q: lie LAST the last football.
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PaErTE Gooa-An IEisd girl rho had re-
oe1tly Landed In New Yoga. aIG had beer
hifed il spleCSld ls0sioa OF tie Etta Ave
me, was obssrTsd by the LADY o: tie hocss 10
cone down the staircase - c-ss1s=sC,s Urea
bang asked The ressOc .; This r-cde q re,-o-
E-zsz.oa- S:itT az=Fe--i Lar b,ess -c-. -.zz-a
- a.~s-s cc-= G-"l -1z- "a s-c--5 .1ir7
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4 FITTING REsCzE-Having 10 nv voath
notions Of severe piety ssvs a celebrated Per.
sian writer. | used rise in 'hs night 70 watch,
pray snd read the Koran. Oae night as
was engaged in these exercises, nv father, q
m2a u practical virtue, awoke while / Eas
reading Behold. said 20 him, ''thy other
children are los: in irreliSio1s sluuher. while
alcas wake TO praise Gci' Sea Of nv scul,
be answered 1, IS better TO sleep than to wake
10 rs,na-k tie faults OF thy hrethsrn-7
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HAEr-iu o1e Of MS hFiilisn, ESSAYS. saTs
OF certain very testy do-ustists who are no,
less conusoa uoW than ia his dsy. that voQ
nav hear one OF these Quxotic de,lafoers
pieadinS the c4ase OF humanity N O voSce OF
thuDdeT o. eXpatst;nz OF the hezG-E Of :
GUiGe With features distorted with rszs a1d
scorr
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pa Shall we take $ bus % Broad-
wsY = said yoans New Yorker, Who was
showing his cOansry cousin the wonders OF
the civ 0h dear. 10 ~ ssii re fright
c-S1 -. cd vc--1-: 60 -; - -.s streets
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E%Sterae l<ed 20 s4y-" The loer acco--
p,-shed v4y Q: Using oooss Z 70 se-7s t1ea -
LEX peop.s = .1-d-.s1-a t-a-- tlt,es, acs
,1=- e.sg :: -1-.- -c1-sI1t2-7=7
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-02-14

A SAFE SAFE.-On the last trip of the
steamer James johnson to Nashville the out
side key was accidentally shut up in the safe,
the same containing all the money belonging
to the boat, besides large amount deposited
by the passengers. When theylreached that
port they borrowed every key to be had in
that city, but from the peculiar construction
of the lock they were unable to get it open.
Being shut up for about nine days, and not be-
ing able to effect an entrance, they yesterday
broke it open. A safe concern to say the least
Of it.-LOu CoNr.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-02-14

that / can safely say that not more than
one-fourth are for Mr. Ready Those who pre-
fer him are not'the working men of the party,
they are generally of that class who are worth
nothing to any party except their votes. The
American party must have candidate whose
high talents and nobene>s OF nature will con-
centrste on him the whole force of the party,
or suffer an ingorious defeat; such man is
Robert Hatton, Esq, of Lebanon. lie is the
man around whom the Sons of old Rutherford
will rally and give him such a vote as none
other has ever received. His great talents and
eloquence displayed in the late canvass have
so endeared him TO the Americans of Ruther-
ford that in their re for him they forges he
is citizen of Wilson and viii honor him as
they would none other possessing less noble
qualities. Let convention be called and the
claims of each gentleman be properly present
ed and you will find Rutherford standing no.
bly, TO Hatton. go far Hatton first, last and
all the time. Let Wilson strongly urge his
claims and we will be represented in the next
Congress by man who viii reflect honor up
on his constituents and win for himself name
that will rank with the names Of Tennessee's
illustriOus sons
YourS firmly
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-02-14
TO FURNITURE AND CED WARE MANUFC-
TURERS.

THE subscriber, having just arrived in this City with
commission from Of the largest Piano Forte and
Furniture Warerooms in the city OF Memphis is anxious
to maks genents, upon liberal terms with Manuac
tuFers Of Furniture Cedarware for asuppy Of every
cle in the fb)ve line He has, also, what is styled the
"Ns Plus JHrG" in the CT labor saving machines to
witt TYLER'S PATENT WASHING MACHINE
This enprslY article and cle the kitchen" Of
every thing heretofore introduced in this line H is
ready contract for The manufacture Of thou and Of
these machines which he is DESTROYS of having constructed
whoutdeIay. few County Rights in Middle Tennessee,
for sale.
The undersigned can BE- az Room Mo- City Hotel,
for the next ten days any time ,fore 10 O'Clock NJ.
or after 6 O'Clock ?. NJ. K. G. McDCUGALL,
frbl3 AGENT.