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Sheriff'S Sale.
George Dersh VS.. $. ID. Baker, s. VI. Ba-
ker and stephen Park.

George Dersh VS.. $. ID. Baker, s. NJ. Ba-
ker and stephen Park.
In the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District
in and fer the county Of Shasta.
"HEREAS, by a decree of foreclosure Of mort
w gage and order of sale, issued out of the
District Court aforesaid, the 10th day of Decem-
ber 1861, in favor of George Dersh and against S.
ID. Baker and S. N. Baker for the sum of Two Thou
sand Two Hundred and Seventy-nine J0-l00 Dol
lars debt. and interest to the 4th day of November,
1861, together with Sl0l 65 costs of suit and inter
est on said Judgment from the said ith day of No
vember A d. 1861, at the rate of per cent. per
month"; also for fees, disbursements and commits
sions that may accrue, it is ordered, adjudged and
decreed that | SELL in accordance with law in such
made and provided, tho following described
property, situate in the county of Shasta and State
of California, to wit The southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter, and the southwest quarter of
the northeast quarter, and the north quarter
of the southeast quarter, aud the northeast quarter
of the southwest quarter of section Nc. I, i'll town
ship No. 80, north of range No. west Also, the
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and
the Southwest quarter of the northeast quarter,
and the northwest quarter OF the Svut, quar-,
ter, and the northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter of section No. in township No. 81, north
Of range No. 2 east Mount Diablo base meridian,
in accordance with the United States survey, be
the same more or less together with all and every
of the appurtcnances and every part thereof
Notice is therefore hereby given that on
Saturday, the ith day Of January, A. ID.
1862,
between the hours of 9 A. NJ and ) T. M., at the
Court House door, in the town of Shasta, will sell
the above described property, much thereof as
may be sufficient to satisfy the plaintiffs demand,
interest and costs, at public auction to the highest
bidder, for cash.
JOHN S. F0LLANSBEE. Sheriff.
By WV. IL. ANGEL, Under Sheriff.
Dec. u, 1861. d1i:td
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what Government has Done.

No one who will review the acts OF tins
Government for the last few months, can iai
TO see that it has advanced enormously on Ii
way towards the crushing of the rebellion
The disaster at Manassas was certainly ap
palling. and to a nation uncertain OF its po'
sition, doubtful of its powers, and afraid tc
fight for law and justice, would have been
conclusiveof the war. If the" peace" party
could ever expect hearing, that was the
time. 1t is true that the rebels had every
advantage in point of numbers and position,
but the fact that they had won an important
field was certain. The blow only seemed to
have the effect of stimulating the national
heart to renewed energy and determination.
Following it, such efforts as the world had
never before seen. were put forth to redeem
the loss of that battle, and as it had these eff
fects, and went far towards learning the
people the fact that this was really war in
deed, il can be doubted if we in reality did
lose much at Manassas. Since that day, the
position of Kentucky, of Maryland, OF Mis-
souri,, before then doubtful, have become as
sured on the side of the Union. Whatever
may be said or thought in other quarters OF
AIr Lncoln's policy, itcannot be denied that
to it much of the cheering feeling IN these
States, now predominant on the side Of con-
servatism, is attributable.
When Forts Hatteras and Crook fell into
the hands of the Government, the initiative
step towards the conclusion of the war was
taken. From that date the cause and course
of the Union have been onwards and upwards.
Pontchartrain and Borgne, the keys of Ala
bama, Mississippi and Louisiana, are safely
in the possession of the Government. The
capture of Port Royal with Fort Hatteras and
rybee Island, hold the entire Atlantic sea-
board of the revolted States, while Fort Tor
tugas and the Notifications at Pensacola
command the Gulf of Mexico. The sea front
being thus held, things do not look whit
better for J. Davis on the other border of his
dominions. There is not one State now in
revolt on which he can rely, except South
Carolina and Mississippi, and the first ma
med, though safe enough for the cause of Sc
cession as far as the United States Govern
ment is concerned, is hardly reliable to the
cause of the @ Confederate Government.
The truth is that State is not a safe ally In
anything in which it does not lead. Taking
it altogether, the cause of the Union is in ten
thousand times better condition than it has
been at any time in the last three years.
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CHAs. ScHAFFER.-Wells, Fargo & Co.'s
and Greenhood & Newbauer's messenger.
Mr.. Charles schaffer, was drowned on the
9th inst, at Browns Creek, Trinity county
He was carrying an express from Weaver
vile to this place at the time. Mr.. Schafer
was widely ard fazorably known in this part
of the State as a trusty and reliable man,
and leaves many very devoted friends. He
was of German extraction, and was at the
time of his death about 81 years of age.
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RED BLUFF AND LAToNA-Our neighbors
of the Beacon and Independent arc apparent
" persuaded that the future prosperity of the
town of Red Bluff is of far greater Importance
than the convenience of North California
Hence any effort to advance the interests of
the thirty or forty thousand people who live
north of that aspiring village, is discounte-
nanced by them. We are continually in
formed that the people of Red Bluff don't care
a cents value, if boats should run TO Latona,
or Reading, las the place will probably be
called, but with something of inconsistency
they continue to blow about it. If the citi-
zens generally of Red Bluff are as much in
terested about this matter as the papers men
toned, they are in a bad way. These papers
have apparently exhausted the argument the
subject afforded-which, by the way, only
amounted to that brilliant suggestion of the
Independent, that teams could carry freight
cheaper than steamboats, any way-and are
now making very dispiriting efforts to be-
come funny about it. We humbly submit
that their arguments afforded infinitely more
genuine fun than anything we have seen on
this subject from them, and that if they re-
ally wish to amuse the community, all they
have to do is to "come'' their logic. The
prospect of having two such hilarious fellows
for next door neighbors makes us more de-
sirous than ever to see the river nayigated.
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pAs. Snow Bulletin has
dispatch from Los Angeles, of the 9th INST,
stating that Dan Showalter and seventeen
others were recently arrested at that place
by order of Major Riggs, of the caliiornia
Volunteers. They were en- route ior Texas
1t is expected that the very devil VIII DC
raised over these arrests, by the peace shriek'
ers in California We wonder, II they hao
the power, which bless God they have not II
they would arrest or otherwise "eoeree
any body?
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TKE CONSTITUTIONAL QUEsTIoN.-Certain
amendments were proposed last Winter to
the Constitution of this State. and are to be
acted on by the Legislature now near at hand.
This is of very great Importance to the peo-
pie, and the different counties should, if they
have not done so already. instruct their rep
resentatives to vote for the amendments. II
the Constitution is amended as proposed
there will be clear saving to the State Of
quite one hundred thous md dollars year.
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The FLooD IN MARYsvILLE.-We would
like to publish the entire news from other
parts of California, but we cannot. Marys.
vile and Sacramento suffered immensely
We have no particulars respecting the latter
place, but it is certain shat large portion OF
the city has been overhowcd. The Appeal
of the 10th inst. gives two columns of flood
items from that city. When at the highest
point the only portions not submerged were
as follows: On the Yuba water front, from
the corner of High street to the foot of A
street, on Z street to Sth, on Sth street from
C to A, and on A to 7th. All that part OF
the town east of C street was navigable for
boats The amount of loss is roughly esti-
mated by the Appeal at several hundred
thousand dollars. Several lives were lost.
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III. II. BANCROFT & Co.-These enterprising
publishers have the following new works for
sale: Hand Book Almanac, 1862, an Off
cial Register and Year Book of Facts for the
Pacific States. Maj. Gen. Halleck's Laws
of war. The Southern Rebellion, part 2.
National Hymns, by Richard Grant White.
Rebellion Record, vol. l, and part7. Army
Regulations, revised 1861. Men-of- War
Regulations. Lady Maud, by Pierce Egan.
Anderson's Okavango River. East
Lynne, or the Earl's Daughter. Cecil
Dreeme, by Theodore Winthrop. Ida Pleif-
fer's Last Travels. Eugenie Grandet. by
Balzac. Essays by George Brimley. The
Closster and the Hearth, by Chas. Reade.
Diaries, 1862 Gift Books. great variety.
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Two MORE TowNs.-In view OF the nayi-
ration of the Sacramento river at an early
day, the Messrs. Reid have laid of town.
or rather two towns, at their ferry, across
that stream, near this place. The one on
the West side of the river is called Union
CITY the one on the Eastern and opposite
side is called Lincoln. 1t is proposed to re-
move the distractions between these points
and Latona, thus making uninterrupted sav-
iqation from Sacramento City. Mr. Baggs
has the maps of the towns OF LAncoin ana
Union
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SALMON RIVER MINEs.-The Yreka pa
pers are very sensibly advocating the con-
struction of a road from that place to the
new mines on Salmon river, which are just
now creating such sensation in Oregon
That very important trade will grow up in
that direction is certain, and our neighbors
are showing a wise foresight in trying to Sc
cure portion of its advantages 1t is as
near TO these mines from Yreka as it is from
Yreka TO Portland, and nearer to them from
Yreka than it is from Portland. No reason
exists to prevent North California from con-
trolling the trade of this new field of enter
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Nrrrr,Ky.-The Butte Record complains
that General DeShields has fixed his head
quarters at Shasta, which is remote from the
body of the militia district which he COM
mands. and that he has appointed MS stan
ox.,us;vslv from the citizens of Shasta
Without passing any opinion on the oelee-
tions urged by the Record, it IS safe to say
that the whole militia system OF the State IN
regard to districts, &C., needs Immediate
and radical revision.
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Col. BAKER-The mortal remains of this
warrior statesman arrived in San Francisco
by the last steamer, and were inferred at
Lone Mountain Cemetery with appropriate
ceremony on the 1lth inst. His is the first
clay the soil of California has received since
the beginning of this wretehed contest, and
for this reason, an1 because he was so loved
and trusted. it was fitting that the obsequies
attendant on this final burial should be duly
solemnized. We have another name to pre-
serve in history, another example, teaching
in its mute eloquence through all the coming
wears. how dear and sacred a thing is Amer
lean liberty, seeing that it has cost so much.
There is tear for all who die,
A mourner DER the humbiest grare,
But for him. whole nations swell the cry,
And Triumph weeps above the brave
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CLEAN SwEEP-All the bridges between
this place and Yreka are swept away as fal
as heard from at the time of going to press,
except at Whiskytown. The roads are in tho
worst condition. Immense slides of rock
trees and earth at some points block it up
and in others the read itself has slid away
There will be no more staging 10 Yreka for /;
long time. The nail will be carried through
on mules
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DxsrRucrIoS.-Thee extent of the damage
in this quarter, by the recent flood, is appa-
rently not understood at Red Bluff. We
have to inform the Beacon and Independent
that there is not house now standing at
Union CITY. Lincoln or Latona.
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The SWORD OF THE LORD AND OF GIDEON
The San Francisco Herald has . dispatch
stating that Parson Brownlow at the head of
,. 600 Tennesseeans, attacked large force
rebels. and whipped them out completely
\ great number were slaughtered. Between
fighting and preaching. the parson manages
to keep himself employed.
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GREAT Loss.-We hear it said by good au-
thority that Maj. P. B. Reading has lost on
his farm, in this county, about $4,000 in
stock, &C., in the late freshet. We have not
learned all the facts in relation TO it.
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NOTICE TO PAY UP.

A LII those indebted to the firm Of ]. 4 D. Gala
n CHAN are respectfully requested to settle their
accounts. Havin entirely disposed Of their inter
est in the business in Shasta, the debts due the
firm must necessarily be settled Immediately.
Mr.. d. Lynch. our successor in the business is
fully authorized in absence to receive all mon
ines due 10 Us. ]. D. CALLAGHAN.
Shasta December 9th, 1861.
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II is stated in the Oregon papers that
Gen. George B. Mcclellan. now in command
of the Potomac army. received the three first
degrees of Masonry in Willamette Lodge,
No. 2. in Portland, Oregon.
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''IF caught one of the rebels. would
brand him as they do cattle" +" That would
not hurt them" said the Deacon, g they are
used to being baandy ed.
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AoouITTEp.-Patterson, who killed Cap
tain Staples. of the Oregon steamer Colum
bia. has been acquitted in Oregon.
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EMIGRATION TO MEXICO {!

4 FREE PASSAGE, and One Hundred and Six
n tv Acres of Land, for intending Emigrants,
with or without families For particulars, see
handbills or apply personally, byletter prepaid,
to the uudereigned. at the Brooklyn Hotel, San
Francisco. If application be made by letter. please
enclose stamped envelope for answer. The emf
grant vessels viii sail FIVE weeks from date.
f. F. MILLEN,
d1i:lm Brig. Gen Commissioner of Emigration.
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BIRTHS.

In Shasta, on the 9th inst, the wife of W, G.
West OF daughter.
At Quartz Hill, on the lst inst, the wife of
Thomas Harrison, of son.
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RENovAL.-The COURIER Office will be re-
moved to-day to the front rooms, up stairs.
over the Express Saloon, near Wells, Fargo
& Co.
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STAGES SrePPED-There was no mail COM
municatiop between this place and Sacra-
mento from the 5th to Wednesday the 11th
instant.
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FUN.-What is the difference between
picnic and the national debt of England?
One is fun alive, and the other is funded.
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summons.

SIAlE Ut tALlt OhNlA.
In the Justice Court Shasta township in and for
the county of Shasta.
The People of the State of California send
greeting to (a.harine Baker:
NOU are hereby summoned to appear before me
at my Office in the township of Shasta, in the
county of Shasta, the 2lst day of December, A.
d. 1861 at 10 o'clock. 4. NJ, to answer unto the
complaint of the People of the State of California,
by W. L. Knox District Attorey, who sue to reco-
yer the sum of One Hundred and Nine Dollars
($109), being the amount of State and County taxes
and costs delinquent for the fiscal year of 1859 and
1s60 alleged to be due and owing from you to
them together with 25 per cent additional thereto
as District Attorneys fees, per complaint now
file in my Office, when judgment will be taken
against you for thesaid amount, together with costs
and damages, ifyou fail to appear and answer.
To the Sheriff or any Constable of said county,
greeting
Make legal service and due return hereof
Given under my hand, this 18th day of Decem-
Der, A. u. 1861.
JAMES KEEN,
d14:2t Justice of the Peace of said township
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esw1x RELEASED. pr. Gwin. after too short
an incarceration at Fort Lafayette to do him
any good, or the other inmates any harm.
has been released through the iniiaenee OF
George n. Prentice.
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MARRIAGES,

In Sierra township, the Sd November, by
0. G. happleye, Esq, Henry Hall to Miss Mary
Mencel
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VraH.-Utah has prepared Constitution,
and asks to be admitted into the Union. 1t
seems that the people over there are for the
The Shasta courier., 1861-12-14

SHEEr.-L. Ward, we learn from the Bea-
con. lost several hundred head of sheep IN
T.hama county, by the late freShet.
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Gov. Downey's Military Appointments.

The Sacramento Bee-a most excellent pa
ner-takes Gov. Downey severely to task
about some of his late appointments to mill
,srv nosition in the militia of the State. As
long as majority of the people are right on
the question of the Union, it can make but
little practical difference who he elevates IN
to the position of paper Generals OF militia
bricades, but as indicative of desire OF the
:. ..neace,' men to get control of the military
organizations of the State, # not something
else. it is worth looking after. The Bee men
tions the appointment of ex-Mayor English,
lately appointed to the position of Major Gen
eral of the State Militia, as being an impro-
per one, and says that that gentleman 'nev-
er misses an opportunity to sneer at the
Government and defend rebellion" 1t
charges that Gen. Curtis IN. Greene Curtis,
of Sacramento consorted with secesslonlsts
in the last Legislature, and that Gen. Mar
tin. of Siskiyou, " hurras for Davis" !" There
may be not as much as the Bee supposes III
these appointments, and Gov. Downey may
not have known that he was appointing dis
loyal men when he made the appointments,
but it is matter that should be fully exam
ined by the coming Legislature. The Bee
thinks that the Senate should "retuse to
confirm these ar pointments, F" which it has the
right to do. We suggest that the whole mil
tia law in the State be remodeled, as the
better and more satisfactory manner of
reaching and removing the evil indicated.
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FLoop.-The amount of property lost by
the recent food in Trinity county, cannot be
less than 100000.
The Shasta courier., 1861-12-14

CARIBoo.-The Butte Record says the Car
boo gold fever is raging in Butte county.
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ExxcurEp.-Jesus Barzeza, a Mexican.
was hung at Red Bluff on the 18th of No
ycmber
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SWAMP LANp.-There is now in the State
Treasury S23S, ,057, to the credit of the
Swamp Land Fund.
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HAr-Hay sells in Washoe at ninety dol
lars ton, and Ere wood at S24 per cord.
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Summons.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
In the Justices Court Shasta township, in and for
the county of Shasta
The People of the state of California send
greeting to David ID. Henry:
NOU are hereby summoned to appear before me
at my Office in the township of Shasta, in the
comfy of Shasta, on the 2lst day Of December, A.
D. 1861, at 10 o'clock. A. NJ, to answer unto the
complaint of the People of the State of California
BY W. L. Knox, District Attorney, who sues to re
cover the sum of One Hundred and Eleven s7-l00
Dollars. (Slll So being the amount of State and
County taxes and costs delinquent fok the fiscal
year 1860, alleged to be due and owing from You
to them, together with 25 per cent Traditional
thereto as District Attorneys fees per complaint
now on file in my Office, when judgment will be ta-
ken against you for the said amount, together with
costs and damages, if you fail to appear and an
swer.
To the Sheriff or any Constable of said county,
greeting:
Make legal service and due return hereof.
Given under my hand, this 18th day of DeceIn-
ber, A. D. 1861.
JAMES KEEN,
dI4:2t Justice of the Peace of said township
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SIg,uER.-rhe steamer Victor leaves Red
Bluff every Sunday and ThurTisy evening".
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Notice..

YBHE undersigned, Dry Goods and Clothing
Merchants mutually agree to close theirrespec-
tive stores at O'Clock on each evening in the week,
SATURDAYS excepted, from this date until April 1st-
J. ISAACS.
H. GETLESON / CO.
r. ISAACS BRO.
P COHN.
NJ 6oLDsTONE,
Shasta, Dec. IA. ls6l. dl4
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III. GETLESON & co.

NNHE undersigned beg leave to inform their
friends and the public at large, that they have
bought the entire establishment of the well known
firm OF D. Il B. Getleson, in Shasta, and respect
fully solicit their further patronage.
H. GETLESoN co.
E. GErLEsoS
Z. LEVIN
Shasta, Nor. 9, 1861. n2s
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CHRISTI MAS BALL
AT WHISKYTOWN.

y THERE viii be Grand Bah given at the
~ Whiskytown Hotel, Whiskytown, on the
~ evening of
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In the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District
in and fer the county of Shasta.
, 1861-01-16

NEW YORK. Jan. 15--FLouH-Ls 6c lower, and
limited demand for export and home consumption.
Sales SGOO hs!s It e50t555 for super ktate; As
l5.61 for extra state; 6.NG53 33 for saper western
$3.50 for common to medium extra western:
$5.1uI5s5 for shipping hr:,nds cxtrn round hoop
ohio Market closIn: heavy with holders iiti,e
more disposed to realize. 1nc1udcd In sales were
e00n brls extra etate for export at $5dt Canadian
four du1i and dropping; saics 2G9 hrl. nt $3.50
7.a5 for commont to ehoice extra Rye -four selling
supcr1ae. cnrn mca1 Is dull at $50 for Jersey;
$1a00aG0 for Bsandywtnc.
WHISKY HEAVY and lower with sales Of $50 bzls
at 19c.
GaA1H-wheat dull and 1c hover with only mod
crate export demand ;Sale, .ooo hu good clleaso
springaI s. lee,s, l4,o0o bu Milwaukee, clubat @l:2s
6s1.m, 1850 hi winter rcd western at 81.
1o bn white Indiana ut 81 80, and $40 hu Fca Jcs.
teS as $t.3;. Rye dnl! mud dropping. Sales COO
Barley heary at e5lac. Sales 90 bu state nf &c,
and 1900 b. gos,d Cauada west in the netShhor-
hood Of 5sHc, go bu barley malt ut e5c Corn
heavy aud 1c lower. S11cs 5000 bu at sU6A11c Tor
9,1 1Ssa wssts y e. stose shiey a. .. TX
Hvercd. and Tlc for Jersey yellow. Oats only light
request at s5Gt$!c for western. Canad4n and state
Phov1s1oxs-PorE dull, Stock Of un1nspected
mess rather Light Sales asoht!s At 81 fot
Beef-sales sa5 bsls Ut $47515 for country pEime
$51s@G,e5 for do mess 5000 for repacked mess
3iogi0.5o 5or extra mess,, Prine mess beef du1l
1t $iaDls,lo. Sales 30 ticrces India mess at SO
catmests auil viii limited demand. Sales eoplgs
steady at 616TH for cnrn1cd drtlssctl, and 61sGbt
for live weight Bacon quiet and firm: Sales Z.
bxs short-r3bhed m1adlcs At .9Ac.. Lard dull ant
ecs1ccly 20 nxna.s -Ssles go bsls At 9slGe1oAc To-
oHlu; 149aoc for state; Cheese steady at 0@10Ht
for inferior to pffmc..t