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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-31
HelmbOId's Fall.

1t is evident that HeImbold's fail
ure was due to great vanity. 1t is
about four years since he was max
ing his greatest dash, and then his
career certainly was a remarkable
one. He had only been three years
in the trade in New York, and dur
ing that time had made his RENE
dies famous and he had become rich.
His income was $4,000 per year,
and all that was required was con-
tinual attention to the business he
had established. Instead of this he
became ambitious of political dis
tinction. When Grant was nomin-
ated for the Presidency A. L. Stew
art advanced $4,000 toward an
electioReering fund. Helmbold, who
had the folly to believe in Sey-
mour's chances, determined TO out
do Stewart, and consequently adj
vanced $4,000 to his party. Forty
thousand dollars is large sum of
money. 1t has been generally con-
sidered a capital sufficient fo- any
kind of business. That any man
can deliberately throw such a sum
away can only be explained by the
proud desire to outrival Stewart.
Helmbold, it is true, expected to
make money rapidly, but pride was
continually in the way of enduring
success. Having outbid Stewart in
the political fund, he determined to
distance the Belmonts aud Commo-
dore Vanderbilt in equestrian style,
and hence his equipage at Long
Branch was the grandest ever seen
there, with the single exception. of
| that displayed by Jim Fisk. An in
cessant rivalry existed between this
brace of fools but in the long run
Fisk came out ahead, which might
have been expected from his -un-
bridIed ambition and vast resources.
HelmboId changed his team every
day in the week, but still Fisk ex-
celled him. They have both reaped
the reward of their folly, the one
lying in a dishenored grave. while
the other is a Wanderer in a foreign
land.
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NARY CLEMMER AMES on GRANT
AND GREELEY.

Mary Clemmer Ames in her las
! week "Woman's Letter from Wash
ington" to the Independent thu
contrasts the claims of Presiden
Grant and Horace Greeley TO thu
Presidency. 1t deserves some at
tention as being free expression
from one of the heretofore mos
} caustic Liberal writers:
"Don't delude yourselves to be.
lieve that the possible election Of
Horace Greeley would insure any
increase OF purity to the admins
tration of government. The per-
versity which has married his own
fortune would mar no less his SER
vice to the State. Men as black
hearted as ever drew breath swung
their hats and shouted "bravoi" al
his nomination. These are the men
who will ''fiing" themselves most
"madly into his campaign, and, in
case of success, descend like flock
of cormorants to take their pay and
prey ont of national place and treas
ure. Gen. Grant may be n greedy
man-half life time of pinching
i'll luck made him this; but, besides
being honest, he is logged He
moves in immutable grooves, and is
not moved out of them without a
tremendous shock, even by his wife.
If this rigidity of will has brought
his administration into trouble, it
has made its prevailing quality a
safe one. That is one thing that
Horace Greeley's could never be.
His nature is much more manifold
than that of Gen. Grant, his range
of thought much wider and deeper.
But, if Grant, in his personal asso-
Citations, never rises SO high, neither
| does ne ever descend SO low. Be-
cause of their very badness, he
could not tolerate people whom Mr..
Greeley has allowed to come into
his life and to make themselves per-
fectly comfortable in his affections.
What offends in the average asso-
ciates of Grant is hard, meretri-
cious, worldly glitter and an unit
terable commonplaceness. In the
Grant atmosphere, masculine or
feminine, there is no hint of intel
culture, no tiltering of thought, no
fine aspirations. No less it gives
out other qualities that we are bound
to honor-integrity, sincerity, strong
and pure home affections. Nomor-
al shadow fingers about the White
House. AS household and home,
so far as it goes, it was meyer n bet
ter model to the nation than to day.
Horace Greeley has as keen pas
sion for pure English as General
Grant has for a perfect horse. lie
is man of varied culture. He is
master of English speech. He is
not boor, as many would make
him out TO be. When he is rude it |
is a shame to himself, and he sins
against fine spiritual perception. / |
would rather hear him read 1.-The |
Passing of Arthur" than TO see |
Booth play "Hamlet;" not because |
he reads so oratoricaI4y, but because
of exquisite perception of and sor-
row for the "blameless king"
At heart he is pure, kindly and |
true. He is a master in politics.
He deserves high reward from the
Republican party. Personally there
is but one other American whom l |
should prefer to see President. |
Yet no preference can blind my
that it will be a national
if Horace Greeley is cleo
ted President of the United States.
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READ THIS !

If you want to buy PURE
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUM-
cry, &C., go to McCANDLISS.
1 have on hand and. am in re-
ceipt of a FULL and COMPLETE
STOCK of Paints, Oils, Glass of
all sizes, Putty, Lard Oil, Meats
Foot Oil. Fish Oil, Lubricating and
Coal Oil, Lamps and Chimneys,
Paint Brushes, White Wash Brush
es, Scrubbing, Busting. Cloth, Hair
and Tooth Brushes, Notions, Per,
fumery, Patent Medicines, CHOICE
BRANDS OF CIGARS.
Pure Wines and Liquors foI
medical use only. And everything
generally kept in a FIRST.CLASs
DRUG STORE:
PARTICULAR ATTENTION
given to PHYSICIANS PRE-
SCRIPTIoNS AND FAMILY
RECIPES.
McCANDLISS' AGUE PILLS
warranted TO cure. Only SOC pei
box. Try them.
| HOLDEN and FASCOTT'E
ENAMEL PAINTS, ready mixes
for use. For sale by the gallon.
At I75 Commercial st.
r. r. McCANDLISS
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John Gull is the oldest convict IN
the Ohio penitentiary. He has been
prisoner since 1886, and has grown
old and childish in the service of the
State. His crime was murder. He
has ceased to. labor, and spends his
time in walking about through the
prison; he imagiRes that he owns
the institution and is aceumulatIng
q vast fortune Off convict labor.
Every night in his cell he dreams,
and imagines that he counts money
by the ton, and drinks whisky by
the barrel.
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A Brave Man.

a London paper says: 1T is
hardly an exaggeration to say that
the attitude" of Signor Palmicri-
like Teneriffe Or Atlas unrenov-
ed'-attracts European admiration.
1t is no joke to remain while every
body else is fiying-to watch the
lava advancing all round the little
crest on the side of the mountain on
which his observatory is placed, aud
there, as Wordsworth says, ''to feel
the pulse of the machine" the big
monster of natural mechanism and
force, that sends its tumultuous
throbs through the foundations OF
the building, and salutes its scientific
friend ever and anon with n shower
of burning ashes and fiery stones.
Indeed, the Professors courage has
done injustice to another of his rare
qualities, for it has thrown into the
shade his power of scientific pre-
vision. Fully month before the
agreeable showers of red hot ashes
saluted him in his observatory, he
had discerned that his Plutonic
friends meditated mischief. During
the previous full moon he had re-
the lava was boiling up. When the
moon again reached the full, the
stream, which acts as permanent
waste pipe, perceptibly enlarged its
volume. 1t overlooked anew the
fOotpath, which visitors, in ascend
ing and descending, had worn in
the old bed of lava. By these indi.
cations Professor Palmieri read be-
forehand the dangerous task which
Vulcan was preparing for him.
With his life in his hand, he estab-
lished himself in the midst of a cir
Gle of craters. Observing their &c.
centricities as calmly as he might
haYe watched the harmless move.
ments of planet, he has, no doubt
collected q mass of volcanic data
far exceeding N scientific value
any that have ever before been har.
vested on the sulphurous soil Of
Vesuvius. Men have got the LIE.
gion of Honor and the Victoria
Cross for less conspicuous valor
and if the Professor would only put
on a red or blue coat and kill some.
body off-hand, he would probably
be called a hero, and dubbed a
knight. ....-
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WHAT WAS HE?

a young fellow named Corcoran,
when he arrived in this country,
some years since, propounded n sh
puzzle TO gruff old clerk in New
York City Hall, which is believed
to have shortened that officials
days. Corcoran went up to the Of
ficer for his ''first papers," The d
deputy is q, serious old chap, who, 4
without CT er looking up, proceeded
to put the formal interrogatories. e
What is your name ?" saHs sii
"John Corcoran." .er
"Your age?"
"Twenty-one." - -
"What nativity 2" - s %ses
"Well that what bothers me. p
I'll tell you, and maybe You can !.
make il out; My father was Irish, :
and my mother was English, | was
born on board of Dutch brig, I'M e
der,a French flag in Flemish wasisg
tiers. Now, how is it 2" go sozr !.
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A touching incident is reported
from Chattoonaga- An utter straug-
er called upon a respectable farmer,
aud asked him if his house had not
been robbed during the war. The
farmer replied that it had. 81.
said the stranger, "was one of the
marauding party that did it. took
little silver Iocket." ''That Jock.
ct" said the farmer bursting into
tears, shad been worn by my dear
dead child" : .'Here it isl replied
the stranger visibly affected 81 am
rich. let me make restitution; here
are $40 for your little son." Hs
gave the farmer $50 bill and re
ceived $50 in change. He theT
wrung the farmers hand warmly
and leff. The farmer has siHcl
loaded hls shotgun. The $50 bill
was bad.
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"A terrible conflict took place last
Friday about two and half miles
Wesb of town on the Ninescah river,
between three men by the name OF
Dougherty and q furious Texas
steer. 1t seems that the beasts at
tention was first attracted toward
Mrs. Dougherty, wife of the young
est of the men, while out in the
yard near the house, but she saw the
danger she was in and fed to the
house, closing the door behind heI
as she entered /; the beast being
close behind her saw his progress
cut short and Immediately made fol
the window as if to break through
it, but at this moment he was at
tracted by one of the old gentle
men, and, catching him upon his
horns, tossed him into the air most
fearfully, and infiicting considera-
BILE injury by the fall. at this
juncture the brother of the unfor-
tunate man came to his assistance
but no sooner was he in sight OF
the steer than an encounter took
place between them, resulting in
Dougherty's falling to the ground
and the steer placing bis horns on
each side of the old mans body, at.
tempting to gore him, but was pre-
vented by the youngest of the three
men, the lady's husband, who APP.
peared on the scene of action with
an AK in his hand and boldly buried
the blade in the skull of the beast,
causing death Immediately, and
freeing his father from his perilous
position. This beast has caused
considerable alarm heretofore, and
was known to be very dangerous
[Sumner County Herald.
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TRApPING Cur NoRMs.-An ex-
change says: 1t is very annoying
after having set out a nice lot of
sweet potatoes or cabbage plants,
to see them cut down one by one
by cut worms. We have tried
ashes, lime, SCOT, and, in fact, every
thing we have heard of, but never
found anything effectual until by
accident, we found three or four of
the worms one morning gathering
under a small board which had been
left by some of the children on q
sweet potato hill. Acting upon this
hint, we placed some small pieces Of
boards, large chips, etc., all through
the patch, and we trapped them by
hundreds. The boards must be
lifted early in the morning, and on
very warm days about noon. A
little care for few days will clear
these pest out of the garden. One
trial will satisfy any person of the
merits of this plan.
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A yonng student who fled to .U4i-

A yonng stndent who fed to Til
ca, from Hamilton college, ON ac-
count of the prevalence OF small.
pox, soon became dead broke, and
was heard to matteE, as he. walked
down tennessee street, Eyes. that's
it; I'll go hack to. college, .tele-
graph home that I've got the small
pox, and want seventy-five dollars
to pay the doctors bill. That's my
game"
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= n. ROBINSON 4 SON, Proprietors.
IL Corner OF Merchants street and sixth
Avenue. This house has been reiltted and
furnished throughout, and Is now open to the
public. Stages leave daily and connect with
ALI Eastern Railroads janlT2tf
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A Danbury woman was SO fright
ened at the sight of spider that
she kicked her husband down
stairs, and now good many other
wives are. trying TO be frightened by
spiders.
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A gentleman who has tried il
says he succeeds in getting more
eggs from his hens than his neigh-4s
bors, and particularly in cold wealth
er, and this too without any very
good warm accommodations. lie
does it by giving his fowls an ample .
allowance of SKINNED milk. His.a
His fowls which were Matched the =
last of May, commenced laying in
October and have been at it ever,
since, to the establishment, if not
the envy, of his neighbors. aifsi
lie gives no scraps, no meat, but
plenty of grain, ground and I'M
ground, plenty of oyster shells
pounded, and a pailful of SKINNED
milk every day." Farmers can CASH.
ly try the milk feed, aud If they will
not forget to give them, in addition !,
all the grain they will eat, we doubt /.
not but that they viii havea large j
increase of eggs. = = 81
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SWEET PoTAToEs.-The first week
in June is quite early enough. TO set
out swect-potatocs IN northern To-
caiities. Where but few are grown,
it is much cheaper and easier to buy
the plants than it is to start them.
They carry readily by express. In
preparing the soil, put upon the
level surface n strip of fine manure
Il foot wide, and turn two burrows
over.it to form ridge. Dress up
the ridge with n spade, and set the
plants about 10 inches apart. Un-
less the soil is moist, water the
holes before setting the plants, which
should be we'll set down, so that the
stalk of the first leaf is covered.
Press the soil firmly around the
plants; much of the success will
depend upon this. Should the tops
wilt and dry up, new shoot will
spring up if the plant has been set
deep enough. The sides of the
ridges should be kept free from
weeds by the proper use of the rake.
The vines win soon get so large Jas
to smother most of the weeds.
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T. NJ. FRY.

T. NJ. fry,
DEAIER IN CLOCKS, WATCHES AND
JEM ELRI, corner room, Bancroft
block Commercial street. Repairing done on
short notice and an u satisfactory style.
janiT2tt
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~ ~ 4
To PRESERVE EGGs.-Ne Nearly I'LL q.
deep earthen vessel "a potchurn is =
the bcst) with fresh-IaId eggs, sii
closely and regularly packed in with 81
the small ends downward. In an
other vessel put as much qniekiirne
as you think viii turn enough wa 4'fs
ter 10 fill up the egg vessel fatd tho nj
consistency of thick eroam. Let thcssar
lime and water stand two, Or. three !,
days, stirring it frequently and 80
thenif thick enough pour Il fovef. q 70
the eggs, filling the vessel quite up! '5ih
Take caro- to place fhe vessel inas
some corner where it viii not be
likely TO be disturbed, and the eggs 90
will keep good any length of time. -
Inc experience of many a.years So
proves this to be the simplest but, :,
most effective mode of preserving
eggs for Poaching, and for all eulia.f
airy purposes. = fsis' gsaf f5fsss ffs1zs a.
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a Dutchman was going away on
the cars, and whilo waiting for the
train, set his carpet sack down and
entered into conversation with an
other Teutonic vender ofsour krout.
The consequence was, when he
wanted the sack, il was gone.
About that time the baggage mas
ter came along and Dutchie went
for him in this style: 1853 tf
You don't see some diBgs of a.
carpenter sack dare is it ?"
"No do not" was the reply.
"Vell, dots dam seldom we're ish
dot carpenter sack gone" 20
Cant tell YOU" r. q
"Some one. excuse dot carpenter
sack about five minutes"
"Well, am not accountable for
baggage unless it is leftln my care.p
"Vell, am sucstonished nit you.
Vas you der mon on der depot on
it? You no more fit to keep a de-
pot in spite of Yesus Christ. Dots
de kint of a son from dc gun vot I
afn, by dam" @ 'a,.a
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HOTELS.
MERCHANTS HOTEL.

TORNER 4th avenue and Merchants
street, Emporia5 Kansas. House and
fixtures ali new. Good accommodations
and charges moderate. j. FRIEND.
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Odd FEL.LOW

ODD y FELLOWS
"SION LODGE No Is. Meets at Odd Fell
] oWs' Hall, over Emporia Bank, every
4 ucstlAy evening At s O'Clock. Members In
good standing In vitcd to attend.
JAcoB STOTLhR, n. &. :
J. ErsrKIS Secretary. =. 4 s....I - 4.
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8. CLEVELANl

~ENTRAL LIVERY, FEED AND SALE
~ STA BILE, ON 9Th Avenue, between Com
ucrcial and Mechanics Street, Is now open TO
anL ready for business, and Will furnish teams
At any time during the DAY or night. Pas
on liberal terms Particular attention paid TO
boarding transient stock tanlI2tt
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NTEoSIIO VALLEY LODGE, No is, A. =.
~ 4 A. y. NJ. Meets nrst Tuesday evening
"a every month. nj Eskridge HALL. All Mas
ter MaSons in good standing are invited TO at
tend. W. h CARSON, w. N.
e. n. ALEXANDER. sce'ty. Jan25.Iy
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BARBER SHOP.
JEWELER.

VIM. HUESTIS,
TNIRSr-CLASS SHAVING, HAIR CUT
II TING, etc, in Williams building, cor
mcr Commercial street anu sixth ayerue. En-
trance on both streets. JanlSs-ly
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LIVERY STABLES.
e. NICHOLS,

Y livery, FEED AND SALE STABLE
II It'll avenue, corner Mechanics street.
Ample room for stock. Facilities good,
and prices reasonable. An excellent line
OF horses and carriages for hire. Call and
see nae. 1871
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j. II. DAVIS,

= livery, FEED AND SALE STABLE, on
i A Fourth avenue between commercial and
Mechanics street, is now prepared TO let
livery teams, carriages. sleighs and saddle
horses ut living prices. Good care taken in
boarding transient stock. Also good wagon
Xurl janlu
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oUNSMITH.

ALEX. SMITH, . F.
MANUFACTURES of and dealer In III,
WI ficS, shot Guns, Pistols. and Sportmon
IIOuSH. Jhnlt@ll
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Advertisements calculated by the inch, in
length of column. For cuts and double col
umn display, add - per cent. 10 above table
of rates An legal and transient advertising
to be paid for in advance, except when order
rey-v io,c in PROPORTION to our circulation, and
mttsL be strictly adhered to.
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EMpoRIA sooIErlEs.
MASONIC.

INMPORIA LODGE, No. II, \. r. n A. NJ
HI Meets at their hall, Ruggles 4 PluInb's
buli,iing, on the Thursday of or next proceed
ing the nil moon OF each month, and every
two weeks thereafter. Master Masons ia
s"o'l standing aro cordially invited TO attend.
II KHKSs. Secretary.
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Having found Or. livingston, Lhes. he
New York Herald Will next fifitI 3 81
the Nnrth Pole. Eo9 f;sss ns5i sea
sHis fslEs lssss
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KOHINsON HOUSE.

LNIFTH AVENUE, Emporia, Kansas, neaa
IL corner OF Commercial Street. Birlsall
r ranz, proprietors Janlt2u
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L. II. PHENIS, .... ~ -
A TTORNEI AT LAW and Notary Public
N Eureka, Greenwood county, Kansas.
janlTatf
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A RCHITECr and BUILDER, Is prepared
IA 20 furnish plans and specifications for all
Kinds of mechanical structures. Il prepared
"a do carpenter and Joiner work, either by
sixth avenue and Constitution street.
IanIT9tf
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EFT. KEKSs, secretary.

NMPORIA CHAPTER, n. A. NJ Meets Al
IL Masonic Hall, on the LIST ami 81 Friday
evenings OF each month, At ~ O'Clock. Com
panions in good landing are cordially invit-
cd To attend. J.. %. JACOBS, IL. 4.
NJ. II. BATES, Secretary. II
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TEMPERANCE

EMPORIA DIVISION No % Sons 4
Ia Daughters OF Tempetanoc. NEE u II
Eskrldge tiall every Monday evening at
O'Clock. Members In goOsl standing arc ihyit.
cd to attend ft.as
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SURVEYOR,
MIscELLANEous CARDS.

=. w. PRoTHEROR.
A TroRNEl Ar LAW, Reading, Lyol
IN county. Kansas Janlfah
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HARNESS. AND sADDLERY.

CHAS. r.. NYE, 500
"EALER IN SADDLES, HARNESS
whips, wagon covers and plastertng
hair, No. 100 Commercial street. Emporta
Kansas JanIT2tf
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MOUNTAIN LODGE, I. y. G. T, n I46.
IL Meets every Wedne day evening In Esk-
rIaigc Hall n ~ O'Clock. All membcfS OF
Ihe orsier In COOL standing are invited 70 At-
tSUd. U.s. f..IeLf
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nUCKEYE MOUSE.

MADISON HOUSE.
~ J. HANkLA, proprietor, Emroria
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n. A. CHAMPLIh. B.F. IIUSuE

C,roNE CUTTERS AND CONTRACTORS.
We are prepared 10 do all kinds OF stone
cutting, sucn a. window stills, circular caps
or any ucslgn, door stills, columns, moululnSs,
and all work In the stone cutting limo that
builders may desire. They also furnish bases
and soc kets Ior tombStones. or tcrs promptly
ulIct SHOP ON the corner OF Fourth a venue
aud nstifulion Street, E,nporias kanrSs.
Iauf1aII
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a suit OF some integestto life. in- :.
surancc companies will shortly come Ia
up at Louisville, Ky. q citizen Of ~
that burgh recently died of ifher dee ssao
lirium tremens--a very common go
circumstance-who held .a.pelicY In -
Ife-insurance company which re- -
fuses payments The courts are 20 =
DO called upon. to decidestt1e mattel .sissE
"a = = slseisIaa
A Kankakec Democrat, hearing the s1t,I
How are " Horse ihicY Greeigy 81
Thur know her m0ther.f hie3zonts,aly