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resumed. s.-r-.a,,- .s---,-.
Rosccranz was at little Santa Fe.
with his Infantry. on Tuesday night.
Six Union Colonels waylaid and
murdered by guerillae. near Fort
Scott.
Nothing from Sherman.
PARIS. Tenn, Oct, 30--1lajor Gen.
Forrest has the Tennessee river block
AIDED. He captured yesterday at
Fort Heineau, u transport which had
in tow q lurgu barge. The boilers
of the stransport we're cht in two at
the second FIRE. and the boats driftcd
down the river on the opposite side.
They were brought over by ropes
Sixty wagon loads of boots, shoes.
blankets and hard bread were got
of. Gunboats came up and shclled
the transport and barge, destroying
the latter Goods are all safe on
shore. ' ta7
Five transports and one gun-boat
are above Furest's batteries.
The enemy are moving every thing
from Paducah. across the .river.--
They have been Turning five trans
ports per tlay up to Johneonville,
heavily laden Eilh shppiis. = I
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Notice or Election.

Tho Voters OF the COti!c Police
Jury Ward are hereby Notified that
all Election is hereby ordered to be
holden OH Saturday the 10th day of
November 1864 for member to
represent Said Ward in the Police
Jury, of the Parish Of Rapides. Said
Election to take place Mt the usual
place of holding Elections and to he
conducted according to law. returns
thereof to be made to the President
of the Police Jury.
r. l. FOX, P: P. Jury.
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Col. Thomas Allen, Commissioner OF Taxes:
SIN: In reply to your communication
Of the Sd inst, returning the letter of MIR.
Lyon, with your opinion Of the question pre-
sented by it, 1 beg leave to say that i do
not thing that it was the purpose Of Congress
TO tax the necessary wearing apperel of the
people of the Confederate States, Such an
Interpretation Of the Jaw would be without
precedent, and It's execution would be an-
noyipg and offensive TO the last degree to the
public, whilst the tax derived from it would
be utterly insignificant. ;.-
: respectfully request, therefore. that you
will instruct, il it be necessary. your asses-
srs and collectors to forhear laying or de-
manding any tax upon necessary wearing
apparel.
- Very respectfully,
q. A TRsNfTerx.
Secretary of the Treasury.
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~ Tie present Asait ; New
Nes out of a population Of q
ness d With multitude Of SOL
Now field. producing only
Grantt >.
comm1 Of Supervisors furnish
m !fs Of the decay of the
t;n e the scarcity of men and
mcnltv az raising recruits
he oined lbv their. efIorts 7S3
bar,zcost ofs4AAnsQnAts,sr hey
Poas II The number 10 BE raised
Co9sllAsS1sD inconsideHable. they
ssIye had 10 pay ~ least $1,000
n: the WSoiG cost to thescouu.
II me dr4feA had 6cen .ireauirca
mont Abaycmcnt. would have been
lT{EVO0 f0f ssssl40 meu 1t fol.
- that tile draft will have to be
Dated in like manner every where.
or ifxwiN either DE impossible to meet
ifsS aemaDds, only by an enormous
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,.A-Gad be thanked,

-. God be thanked. says tho
Enquirer, we are wanting IN. no one
Of tho essential elements, of success.
We have men enough to meet the
enemy's hosts. We have all the
means Of money, material and. food
we may require. We have assartst-as
stout and minds as firm as ever! up.
held a nation on earth. WefTavc,
above all, q righteous cause and q
reasonable hope of tho blessing Of
the Almighty What, then. do We
want, und why are there yet core
misgivings aud sad forcbodings pa
ling many cheek ut home, aud caus.
ing q passing pang to the @bravest
heart in the field? We want wisdom
in our rulers and system in our ad
ministf stion Fortunately, Congress
wiltinlect in. q month. and once more
the country looks with almost painful
Intensity. Of expectation to our Rep.
resensativcs for wise laws, energetic
measures, and above all, for . stern,
unswerving enforcement Of their reg
9latians. -
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On the 18th inst, at the residence
Of his mother Mrs. w. r. Brown, in
Rapides Parish La of Typhoid Pneu-
mouia, ALLISON BRowN-agcd nine
teen years
In laying low one so young and so
gifted with all those bright charms
Of character which attached to him
those with whom he came in contact,
Death has indeed found its richest
and raressprey, aud left q vacuum in
the affections. of his family and
friends which time can never close.
Endowed with virtues rarely COM
bined in single individual, he was
the idol This family and the chosen
FREUD OF his associates, while with
equal warmth he lavished upon them
in return the pure affections Of his
own soul. Dsdaining alike the dan
gers of the battle isld, the diseases
of camps, and the multitude of hard
ships which our soldiery are constant
" called upon to endure unswerved
from the path of dnty by the the eghts
Of luxnrious nome where all things
tended 10 make him comfortable and
happy=xeger ardent, active, and
c.rfvalss,us in the canse of right and
with the fire of patriotism burning
brightly upon the altar Of his youth
s;,t heart, he sailed forth while yet
scarce seventeen years of age to as
sist in driving from his native land
an invading foe, He tore himself
from the arms of a mother who pour
cd ont upon him in all its richness
and fuilfes the widowed mothers love
for her eldest son, her hope and com
fort for her declining years, from
brothers and sisters who lavised up
on him the choicest ontporings of
their yong affections, and barred his
breast 70 the conflicts of bloody
| war.
| He ;oined Capt. Murdock's com
pany, (Cj LIST Battalion, of State
Troops, in the month Of Jan. 1868,
and as member Of this continued in
the military service of his county un-
til his death. Here his uprightness Of
conduct. his love Of candor and truth.
| his chivairy and magnauimity of soul
soon marked him as the object Of the
affections both of his officers and men.
And these he left after contracting
the disease of his last illncss-and on
~. few days before his death, left
| them to return to his home to breathe
his Hast breath upon the bosom OF
those who loved him above all the
wealth of earth. He fingered under
disease FIVE weeks, enduring all its
pains unmurmuringly and passed
through the dark valley of Death
with that calm fortitude and courage
which only the hopeful christian can
feel in this gloomy hour of trial. A
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AGOO REWARD.

ABOUT the LIST of Sept. left the
service of my SONS, encnmped near
Trinity, in Favspt,s Battalion, u n1r-
-ratto boy RICH, nineteen years sld.
about five feet ten, nearly straight
black hair. black eyes, upturned, Or
pug nose, large mouth and scar on
right cheek. He rode off a common
sized brown black horse, years old
and the mark Of ball having passed
through the right foot from the upper
part to the heel.
He is probably skulking in Rapides
parish, where I formerly lived, OF
about Shreveport. I will give Ave
hundred dollars for the boy confined
where l can get him, and one hun
bred for the horse.
F. r. WRITER,
near Mooringspor., La.
Nov. 16.
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.Ane 1kANHD&14 all Sprpsising that
Gem q oN41 5ss rasaked hsgG among
the fighting Generals. A correspon,
dent referring to the late dissraccful
stampede of portion Of our forces
near Winchester, Va, says Mrs
Geu. Gordon. who was in Winchcs-
ter, seized the division headquarters
flag, and rushed into the, streets.
called upon any of her husbands di-
vision toSally round her flag, and
That she woald lead them. She sue.
ceeded M railying party of near
two hundred and sent them to the
field.
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NOTICE,
HEADERS. /
ENGINEER

HEADERS; ENGINEER DEPr.,)
TTANs-MIssIssIrrI DEPARTMENT,
Shreveport, Oct. 2sth. 1864.
Persons having slaves employed on
the public Defences are urgently re.
qnested to forward Blankets, or some
substitute to them.
1t is at present impossible for tho
Government to do more than supply
the troops in the field.
Much sickness and many deaths
may be prevented if owners will for.
ward proper bedding to their negroes
promptly.
H;T. DOuGLks
-., Lt.-Col. Chief Eng.
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100 Negroes Waut1d

FOR Next year Or during tue war;
I would take the round lot Of mem
women aud children, on fair terms
must have a good man force aud =
good driver. For. treatment I refer
20 nay aaigibors and tbpse- whs hsyv
Mad Negroes In my employment. Az.
so, to I. J. Hickman or r. Colomb.'
Esqrs,, near Cloutieryille. Ia.
,,l go j. S. BROOKS,
Seven Leagues, Smith Go. Texssii.
nov l6,
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Side RAILROAD

side railroad. ="
Mobile, Oct. 29..St. Louis Rspub-
iican of the Gath. contains dispatches
to Gen. Craig, from Major Mcdonald,
stating he had just reached the rail
road f,ou, trip within four miles of
Richmond. Ray county. where he
learned that u battle had been fought
between the Kansas troops, under
Elonnt, and Price, which resulted ill
the defeat of Blount, and losing near
" all Of his artillery. The battle oc-
CURED on the evening Of the 10Th.
Biount, lit seems, entered Lexington
about nuon that day. and immediate.
ly moved south twelve miles, when
he encountered Price. After battle,
Price marched into Lexington at
last accounts was massing u portion
Of his forces on north side of river
No other particulars. -.,. ..,-
Curtis dispatches from Kansas city
Oct. 22d, 8 pm: ! have been press
ed all day. THIS afternoon enemy
passed around my right flank, when
l gave him heavy blows
For several hours have heard ar.
ing in the east.
) Have just received a messenger
from fieasaat0n who is fighting them
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Captain Valverde Battery
Strayed

from the undersigned. North side,
of Red River, large HORSE MULE.
seventeen hands high-dars brown
|coler, the Joint above the hoof on one
hind leg longer than the other--not,
branded. A liberal reward will be,
paid for his recovery. ~
ugvis-St YH0S. K. SMITH.
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For sale suitable for parlor OF OF.
fec. Apply here. -
STATE OF LOUISIANA-DISi
TRICT COURT, PARISH OF
RAPIDES. -
Succession of Patrick Henry

SUCCESSION OF Patrick Uenry-
No. IA.
Whereas Robert Durham has petii
toned this Court to be appointed
Curator of the Estate of the late Pat
rick Henry deceased, intestate. No.
ticc is hereby given to all whom it
may concern, to show cause within
ten days from the date hereof why
the prayer of said Petitioner should
should not be granted -.
Clerks Office, Alexandria, this
10th day Of November, 1864.
BY order of the Court.
j. w. HICK NAN, Clerk.
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RUNAWAY

NUNA Az "
ON the night Of the. 18th uIt., my
Negro Woman, Marie or Mary aged
about 40 years, black complexion,
and Of stout figure. She. may at
tempt to hire herself. here warn.
all persons from employing her. a
liberal reward will be paid for nee
recovery. E. L. PERSON.
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TRANS Mfss. DEpaRrxESr,
N River 0c3 9th 1861

MISS. River, tct. Vth, :.
d. G. RoBrSsos, Agt. Sub. Depart
ment.-Sir: You viii take charge of
my business during my temporary
absence from this Department.
You will report operations to Head
quarters Trans Miss. Department and
g Department Western La. ss4I
= Respectfully, Sc,
~ .. r. 4. HOWARD,
nov. .. Major C. S. 4
~ Addo Gazette and Houston
elcgrapb copy three times.
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Wearing Apparel Not Taxed.

: Our Readers will breathe more freely of
ter reading the following decision which
Ne hope will keep the tax collectors of from
our shirts:
Treasury DEpAa7MExr, C. S.A,}
~ Richmond, Oct, II, 1864.
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Notice to Confederate Tax Pay
ers!
(UNDER SEcTroN,16 OF ASSESSMENT ACT. J
DIsrRIcr OF RAPIDEs,
District Collectors Office,

Alexandria Ia, Nov. lG, 1864
NOTICE is here given, that the
Confederate Taxes, heretofore as
sesscd, are how due and payable, aud
that the same must be paid to the
Undersigned Collector. within thirty
days from the date of this notice, un.
der penalty Gas prescribed by law
OF ten per cent. additional thereon.
end the cost OF Judicial proceedings
for the recovery thereof.
H. IL LABAT,
District Collector.
~ N. B.--If any one fail to pay
in conformity TO the above, a bill of
mis- taxes, with the ten per cent addi-
tional thereon, must be presented to
and payment demanded of him, in
conformity to Section l6 of the AS,
scssmeut Act, as explained in Article
% of the DEPARTMENTS Instructions
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Grant has not pnt the rebel.
4 last legs by his brilliant
Y has put the best portion
lP,3n soldiers On their last
Pr.v,. ,sssiS4gT 81 - a94i a
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a. There e story told Of a man who
rugged coat; that he weuA TO o Qnal-
ting hnuse, "because,"5 as be said
-st is said it Is soonest nended.'
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For Sale.
A Sixteen Horse Power Engine
For Terms apply to
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d I Z D =:

On the 10Th inst, at the residence
of his mother Mrs. w. r. Brown, in
Rapides Parish La of Typhoid Pneu-
mouia. ALLISON BRowN-aged nine
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District Collector Tor Rapides
Alex. La, Nov. 18th, lSGl.
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why ChIldrcm pic.

Ono reason why children die is because
they are not takon caro- Of. From the day
OF birth they arc stuffed with food and
choked with physic, sloshed with water
suffocatcd in hot rooms, steamed in bed
0lOthea. So much for indoor. When por
mitted to breathe breath Of pure air once
q week in summer, and once or twice dur
ing tho cold months, only the noso is per
mittod to poor into day ight. \ little late
they nre sent cut with no clothing at al
on the parts OF the body which most NEE,
protection. Bare hgs, bare arms, bar,
neols. girted in tho middle, with an invert-
cd umbrella to collect the air aud chill tnC
other parts Of the body. A stout strong
man goes out in cold day with gloves and
Overcoat, wooden stockings, aud thick
double soled boots, with cork between and
rubbers over.
Tho sans day child of threo years old
An infant fiosh, blood, bone and oonsttu
tion, goes out with shoes as thin rs paper
cotton socks, logs uncovered to tlp knecs
neck bare; an exposure which would
disable the nurse, kill tho mothec outright
aud make the father an invalid for weeks
Aud whyi To harden them to n mode o.
dress which they are never expected tC
practice. To aocustoln them to exposure
which dozen years later, would bo con
sidered downright loolery, To rear chill
dfen NSis tor tho slaughter pen, and ther
lay it on tho, Eord ia too bad We dom
think the Almighty had any hand in il
Aud to draw comfort from the presumption
that He had an agency in tho death of tn,
child is proclamation,
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DOcterlng Sick Animals.

Collie and inflammation OF tho bowels are
two very common diseases, often confound-
ed together. With collie tho pulse is
natural--not fifty q minnte--tho animal
often rolls the disease intermits, and thore
Ia usually not much fever. With intlama.
sion, there is fever, tho pulse sometimes
pising to nearH hundred minute--the
attack 10 gradual, and the disease is grad
ual, and the disease does not intermit.
Tho romodies proposed, are OF tho aim.
plest character, and not thoso often used
by professional mon.
For collie, il from badly digested food
rive a pint or moro Of solution of sale
satas; or a mixture Of hall q pound or up,
wards Of fresh powdered charcoal with
thrice lie bulk Of water, is still safer. Spas
modio colo may bo treated with the char.
coal internally, and brisk friction externally
and quart Of peppermint teO with spoon
full OF pow 1ered cinnamon may bo given.
Ginger tea is also useful.
lnflamation Of of the bowels is o diflicn
diAease 10 cure, and horses generally al
killed by tho amount of irritating medi
cines administered, which only add to tn,
disease such as whiskey, gin and molasses
salts, castor oil, gumpowder, &c. Give u
drink Of slippery elm every hour, to ALA,
irritation--keep tho animal quiet lot hin
have but little food, and lot that DO weal
Cruel Avoid bleeding.
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Another Communication!

GiLEAD DRuG sToRR, January 81, 1864.
Ep. JOURNAL Since Il became known We were
exactly ISL miles from PerrYsburg CHE center of
tho wOrdl, there has not been SO much difficulty in
finding VS., though there are great many people
who know notthe locality of perFySb0rg. To those
With havS found out our location we would mention
the fact, that our friends down East keep us con-
stantly supplied with almost "everything you
want
II wo weFo 10 90 into special onn,Beraton Of
cur stock, Il would require PwO ooluians OF the
JOuRSALi and, as our space is hInted, we car only
mention few leading articles.
A splendid assortment OF Ladies Travelling and
Fancy Work Baskets.
Family Dye OolaTs, to make old garments look
as we'll as new.
Our stock of Pert0mery, Soaps, Brushes, Combs
and Toilet Articles, is full.
In the Stationery and School Book line, good
stock always on hsnd.we lhink the best assortment
0HtSide of peFTysblrg.
War Blanks of all ksda-also Deeds,
China Toys in abundance, and lots VI China aud
Rubber Doll-lIeads.
Pueket- Knives, Gold Pens, Pocket. Books,
Eiles, Flutes aud Instructors,
Nioll0, 0,Suings, bsidgos aad extra Rosn,
HazoEs, Strips and Shaving Cups.
We keep all kinds al Paints, Oils, Namishes and
Dye Stuils- genuine coiass.
All the leading Patent Medicines.
Pure Liquors and Wines, which will be sold oGly
on the ORDER OF Physicians, unless compounded
with other medicines and f0F aedieal use only.
Our stuck is purchased kE cash, and w viii Fe-
eeive cash, aRd all kiRds of produce, IN exchange
but Yet u be strictly understood that Il must be
gs.,dg paw as poor hpS IS dead, apd poor pay
killed hip.1 You're.
A. J. GARDNER x 90.
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Broom Corn ana Willow.

In the Mohawk valley of New York, vast
quantities OF broom corn are annually grown
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Connecticut are
tho next largest producers of it. Its or,
igin as cultivated plant in this country
IL attributed to DR., Franklin. II is ma
tive of India. Franklin saw an imported
whisk Of corn in the possession of lady
in Philadelphia, and whilo examining il as
q curiosity, found q seed, which ho plantet
and from this small beginning arose thi,
valuable product OF industry in the United
States, Ia the same manner England ant
America are indebted for tho weeping viii
lows to the poet Pope. who finding greer
stick in basket Of figs sent TO him iron
Turkey, stuck ii into the garden at rwick
enham, and thence propagated this beauti
ful tree.
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Dusts Dust. Dusti

MFR. Cecil, riding once with friend on a
very windy day, the dust being very trouble
some his companion wished that they could
ride in the fields, whore they could bo free
from dust aud this wish was repeated
moro than once while on the road. AT
length they reached the fields, when the
flies so teased his friends horse, that he
could scarcely keep his scat on the sad
die. On his bitterly complaining. "Ah
arr" said Mr.. Cecil, "when you are in the
ToAd, tho dust was your trouble, and all
your anxiety was TO get into the fields
you forgot that the flies were there. Now
this is true picture of human lifo, and
you viii find il so in all tho chsnges you
make in the future, We know tho trials
of our present situation, but the next will
have trials, and perhaps worse, though
they may be of different kind"
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A Bu or ADVICE To Boys'--"You are
made to be kind" says Horace Mann, "gen.
erous and magnanimous. Ii thero is a
boy in the shool who has club-foot, don't
let him know that you ever saw it. If thore
is poor boy with ragged clothes, don't
talk abuut rags in his hearing. Ii there is
a lame boy, assign him some part OF the
game which does not require running. II
there is q hungry one, give him part oI
your dinner, II there isa dull one, help
him to get his losson. II thoro is u bright
one, be not envious of him for il one boy
is proud of his talents, and another is ell
vious Of thom, there are two great wrongs
aud no more talents than before. Ii q
larger or stronger boy has injured you, and
is sorry for it, forgive him, and request
tho teacher not TO punish him, All the
school will show by their contenancs
how much better il is 10 than have greal
fist"
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Sabbath NtadiuN.


Good night a word 80 often said,
The Needless mind torgets its meanings t
'Tis ouly when soms heart Is dead,
On which our own was leaning,
We hear ia maddcning music foil
That last q good night" along the soul.
Good night IN tones that never die
u peals along the quickeuing car,
Aud tender gales uf memory
Forever wafi Il near,
When stllcd the voice--.oh, erash of pain--f
That nc'or shalt breathe "good night" again.
Good night Il u,ocks rs from the grave,
II ovcrleups that strange worlds bound,
From whence their flows no backward wave
II calls from out the ground,
On every side, beneath, above,
Good night, good night to life and love.
Good night Oh, wherefore fades away
Tho light that lived Va that dear wordH
Why follows that " Good night no day,
why are our souls so stirred +?
Or, rather say, duh brain once more
Good night thy time Of toll Is DER.
Good night | now comcth gontlo sioeP,
And tears that flt like welcome rain.
Good nighti Oh, holy, blcst and deep
The rest that follows painJ
How should We reach Gods upper light,
If flifes long day mad no Good night2"
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farru 1Hd NunsthUtd.
CnlflNntlon "a Iscnms.

White bears sre now commanding .
very high price In the market, and there
w every probability that they viii stu 60
higher The quantity consumed by the
army y immense, and IL is not likely that
the don,and will be leea FOR some tno to
come. they are easily raised, and are
not especially subject 70 bo destroyed by
worms or flies. They oro harvested and
cleaned withont diiIiculty, and when ready
for market nro In a compact form, and can
ha transported 30 rslarket with facility.
Fudge Buel makos tho following good sug-
gestions in relation TO oultivating this crop
sBeane are valuable crop, and with
good care are as profitable as wheat
crop They lcavo the soil Ia good CON
dition. I cultivated beans the last year IN
three different ways, viz, in hills in drills,
and sowod broadcast. need not describe
tho first. which is well known process.
] Ihad an acre in drills, which was the best
crop | ever saw. Ny management was
this, On tho acre Of light ground, where
the clover had been frozen out the pre-.
ecding winter, I spread eight loads of long
manure, and Immediately plo'Bhod and
narrowed tho ground; Drills of flTrows
were then made with light ploughi at n
distance OF two aud half feet, and the
beans thrown along the furrow about the
25th Of May, by tho hand, at the ratio OF OF
least half a bishel on the acre. then
gauged a double mould board plough,
which was passed once between tho rowe,
aud was followed by light one-horso
roller, which Aattened the ridges. The
crop was twice cleaned of weeds by tho
hoe but not earth. The product was more
than forty-eight bushels by actual meas
uremenkH