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TIE s1EW4RT COOKING STOVE.


TEShe undersigned offers this SFoY z to the
a public, the superior Qualities of which have
been satisfactorily tested for SO many years with
the full assurance that its peculiar merits render
1t the complete and perfect cooking apparatus
now in use
It's advantages which are all the requirements
of good Sto1e, ore enumerated below:
ITS DURABILITY.
1t is so constructed that the parts liable TO be
burned ouS can be replaced, and the Stove THIS
renovated IS rendered perfect III its operation
whcniirst used, at but comparatively trhlng
cost.
ITS EcoNoMY IN FUFL.
The Stove is alr-tiglt, and with other contri-
vances appertaining to it, great degree OF heat
is retained within the Stove; and thereby less
fuel is reqisite for its various culinary purposes.
THE DRAFT DAMPER
Is perfect regalatsr of the heat in the hre-box
and oven, so that heat may be increased or moder
ated, as the occasion may require
IT'S vENTILATIEG PROPERTIES,
BY which different kinds of meat may be cook
ed in the oven simultaneously. without impair il g
the peculiar flavor of one to the other; thus
ring the full benefits of the old style OF cooking
by an open Fireplace.
such as the HOT WATER RESERVOIR, fur
nishng tot water at all times, and the TIN
WARNING CLOSET, wherc articles ready for
the table may be kept warm, bread set TO rise,
EVERY STOVE FULLY GUARANTEED.
Always on hand large assortment of COOK
ING and HEATING STOVES.
SAMUEL LOCKE,
importer of Foreign and Domestic Hardwart,
81, SO, Al and 43 Peters St, Qate Front Levee)
between Customhouse and Bienville, New Orleans.
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-11-26
Gnrernor Gaary. of PennsIlyania.

Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, has
issued his proclamation declaring the
names of persons returned elected to Con
gress in the different districts In regard
to the Twenty-fr.t district, composed Of
the counties of Indiana, Westmoreland.
and Fayette, he says no such returns Of
elections have been received by the Sec.
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Two separate certificates, one certifying
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