davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-05-20

SURE REMEDY FOR BOTS -
The department of agricultural
publishes the following expert
ments which a gentleman from
Georgia found effective in dis
pelling that serious trouble in
horses. About thirty years
ago a friend lost by bots a very
fine horse. He took from the
stomach of the dead horse
about two gills Of bots, and
brought them to may office to
experiment upon. He made
preparations of every remedy
he had heard of, and put some
of them into each. Most had
no effect, a few affected them
slightly, but sage tea more
than anything else that killed
them in fifteen hours. He con-
cluded he would kill them by
putting them in nitric acid, but
lit had no more effect on them
than water !; the third day they
were as lively as when put in
A buch of tanzy was growing
by my Office. He took a hand
full of that, bruised it, added
a little water, squeezed out tn
juice, and put some in; they
were dead in one minute
Since then l have had it givel
IT. to every horse [ have seen al
fected with bots, and hav
never known it to fail in givin
entire relief. My friend ha
another horse affected wit
bots several years later. II
gave him the tanzy in tn
1morning, and a dose Of salt
in the evening the next morl
ing he took up from the excr'
tions three half fpints OF bots.
1t may be interesting !
know that the people of tn
country consumed last ye;
1885, ,335 pohhds Of arseni
100, ,7s8 pounds of campho
116,o53 pounds of jalap; q
a2O2 pohhds of ipecac, 297, 2
pounds of nox vomica, al
1899 ,399 worth Of vaccine virl
all of which was imported.
Oregon will be represent
at the Centennial by a fir pla1
one hundred feet long a
twelve feet wide. There
such a thing as going too
but perhaps not in this Ca
t, Rochester Democrat.
The next House Of Rep
sentatives, by its delegation
will stand as follows: Den
cratic States, twenty three, "a
Republican, fourteen.
A belle upon being ask
her fathers professions, 81
he" embalmed pork she
lieved. He was a bacon cul
lal. GEN. LESLIE COMBS, OF ri
TUCKY, ON GRANT, have
poor an opinion of Grant t
| let all political questions
because lie Is sure to be mi,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-05-20
Selected Poetry.

Selected Poetry.
The Ballad Of Betssy codington.
.hout two hundred years ago
when spring kissed off the winter snow,
Under the royal law,
Good william Coddington was made,
with all the olden time parade,
Rhode Island Governor.
handsome courtly man was he,
New England's aristocracy,
And rich in gold and lands,
With diamond buckles, powdered cue,
Knee breeches, broad cuffed coat of blue,
And ruffles round his hands.
He wore blood red signet ring,
with coat of arms and quartering
And old heraldic crest,
A sword with rubbed, silver hilt,
And curious gold embroidered quilt
Upon his satin vest.
His manners calm and disnified,
Were tempered with a proper pride
Of goodlie ancestry.
His pabled, quaint old house was known,
With massive chimney built of stone,
For hospitality:
A century gone lat early dark,
Tn summer time, the old town clerk,
His dull days labor done,
Shuts his small office creaking doori
He bears the honored name Of yore,
OF William Coddington.
Crooked and queer, with eyes that blink,
And hands enstained with truant ink,
With pleasant, dovelike look,
Albeit the day is cold or hot.
He travels ona little trot,
And lugs u ponderous book.
Now by his broad wood 'freside,
He chats with a befitting pride,
Of wills, and bonds and deeds;
While Betsey, handsome, tall and bright,
His child, his households warmth and light
His oft-told wisdom ieeds.
She looked and moved gypsy queen;
Rare contrast to the quiet scene,
And low -browed roorfI, was she,
Is'from silver teapot cid,
sGtaved With devices manifold
Ufscsa'e sa'entwined with gsTiiifins old,
yhae'pSoured tile fragrant tea.
Years Ehae 4hE 'h HE ghosts, the old town clerk
Sleeps meath y l5iate stone, grim and dark,
Aha in tie folks amazed;
On Sunday after meetings dSs|he,
Gather ih groups. and one By one
Say, "Betsey she is craaed."
Twas said red-cheeked EEglishmau
Stole her heart . love, and with it ran
Across the tossing sea.
Be that as t may, nor wind eicor escr sail
Filled with its salt perfume the gale
That proved his constancS.
So she went mad; and when the snow
Fell silently and soft and slow,
She stalked the narrow street,
A leafless branch in her brown hand,
Waving it like witch's wand
.l.cnnaI "A v,,aaf
Grotesque and wierd her motley guise,
Like Goals of fire her glowing eyes;
And even boys iJq tun
Paused as she passet-always alone
And whispered in an under tone,
"Poor Betsy Codington!"
And SO day in winter came,
When sunset lights its crimson flame,
On Narragansetts Hill;
On Coasters Harbor, cold and white,
The poor house shines with evening light
And Betsey, she is still.
Yes, stif and cold, and stark, and dead,
Upon pauper's narrow bed,
And on the white wall at her head,
Now lifes short dream is done,
There hangs painting, old and rare,
With COSTUME rich and powdered hair,
OF Governor Coddington.
And at the poor, worn weary feet,
That nevet more will tread the street
Safe ffoih all storms and harms.
THERE'S faded canvass spread,
Strange mockery to the pauper dead,
Her ancient coat Of arms
providence tddtn'
+" The First Blood"
40, not by Concord Bridge. we tt8x,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-05-20
The Boy on Labrosse Street.

uO ivy Vet 1sAhSu VSOV ~ SSesft
from the Detroit Free Press.l ''t
When a Lacrosse street boy
IS playing "hop-scotch" on the
walk and his mother comes to
the door and asks him to split
some wood, he replies that he
will be along in just one min
ute. At the end of ten minutes
she opens the door and says:
"Wilyum, | want that wood!"
"I'm coming right now" he
and then goes on hop
ping here and there on one leg.
Another ten minutes flies
away, and she opens the door
and says:
"Wilyum, if YOU don't get
that wood you know what your
father will do p
"Just ten seconds p he calls
back, and he enters upon a New
game.
The next time she call she
says ,ly n
"Young 1nau,it's almosthoon
and 1 can't cook dinner &ith>
oat that wood !" aaif
81 know tim coming
now," he replies, and he stands
On one foot and holds a long
discussion with the johnson
boy to whether the game Of
"hop-scotch" is as good a game
as base ball. He has just started
to hop when a boy whispers:
"Hi, Bill there's your olt
dad 20 }aa 8Aii4 'iio3
"Great snakes!" whisper.
Bill, and he goes over the fe;iiiic;'
like a flash, grabs the ak, ant
during the next two niifiute
he strikes two hundred BLOW
per iiinute. He gets into tn
house ahead of his father, an
J as he drops the wood he says
: "Mother, the boys were jus
, a sayih' that I had the hant
t soonest and best and goodies
mother on Lacrosse street, an
l want to kiss YOU !"
RI When a mans wife present
: him with a male child lie fasl
! ers out into the street wit
e frantic joy depicted upon b
' face, and shouts to every one
It meets, "I'ye got a boy! I've g
a boy 9" When she ushers in
e the world a little girl he sneal
S. down to his place Of buslne
1t at 10 A. NJ, quietly works aw;
/ until dark then says in the me
] abject Manner -"I-that is ,
u Il mean my wife has, ah, pr
1e sented me with-a-a-with
1T baby" And the coward
Of wretch withers before the SEQ
j. of an outraged community.
81 am afraid l might be bl;
~ ed by the evidence. was
d; objection a gentleman made
I'd serving on a jury.
uo A witness in a Phlladelpl
court sWore: "Lvhas so dru
at dat I conduit tell whether
ha vas sober or not"
ltS 4 The largest maple si,
lst manufacturer in Vermont
OK nually taps $3.50 trees. ...t
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-05-20

IA The largest maple sugar
manufacturer in Vermont ans
nually taps $3.50 trees. i.!.e,u
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-05-20

81 am afraid l might be bias
ed by the evidence" was the
objection a gentleman made to
serving on a jury. "A
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-05-20

as she is likely to be under the
remainder ofthe Grant regime,
and then go and vote the Re>
publican ticket, is IS to say the
least, an Object Of profound
pity.
Did not the Republican, sAd-
ministration put in the Cabi-
net the ex-rebel Akerman,, who
was Adjutant-General to Rob>
ert Toombs, founder Of the
Andersonville prison pena Did
they not put. into Office the
rebel Gen. Longstreet, who
almost. gained the battle Of
tGettysbnrg Did they not
appoint the ex-rebel Gov. Orr
Minister to Rissiaaf Is not the
rebel guerrilla Mosby, q confi>,
Dental agent of the Presidents
And yet do the Republican
party talk about the danger Of
- 4
putting rebels into officeG-
milwaukee News Dem.)
TREATMENT OF HElFERs.-
The longer the young COW,
with her first and second calf,
can lie made to hold out, the
more surely will this habit be
} hxed upon her. Stop milking
her four months before the
hext calf, and twill be difficult
. Ito make her hold out to within
four or six weeks of the time
OF calving afterwards. Induce
her, if possible, by moist and
| succulent food, and by careful
t milking, to hold ont even Vt
: to the tidie, Of calying,siflyor
$ desire to milk her SO long, ant
this habit win be likely to bt
fixed upon her for life, Bn
do not expect TO, obtain ath'
:, full yield of a cow efrstyea
! after calving. Some rot sth'
}, very best. COWS are sloWlro de
i velop their best Qualities; an
>. Ito COW reaches her prime II
t. the age Of FIVE or six yeats.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-05-20

A belle upon being asked
her fathers professions, said
he's embalmed pork" she be-
lieved. He was a bacon curer,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-05-20

The next House of Repre-
sentatives, by its delegations,
will stand as follows: Demo
cratic States, twenty three, and
Republican, fourteen.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-05-20

Oregon will be represented
at the Centennial by a fir plank
one hundred feet long and
twelve feet wide. There is
such a thing as going too fir,
but perhaps not in this case.
Rochester Democrat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-01-16
STATE NEWS.

J. G. Fuller of Buckfeld, has bought of the
farmers in the vicinity of Chases Mills over TWEEN
ty tons Of poultry this fall and winter.
Hon. j. II. Drummoad of Portland, P. G. G. H.
p. of the General Grand Chapter Of the U. S.
will install the officers of Somerset Royal Arch
Chapter of Skowhegan, January. He will also
deliver an address upon the occasion in Coburn
Hall. t
VIM. Moulton of Concord, lost valuable colt
recently by the breaking of blood vessel while
capering.
An adjourned meeting of the Bowdoin College
Boards will be held ON the 10Th inst. What mat
tiers are to come up for consideration are not now
known. s-. A
The Fairfield Chronicle says that at New Years
at East Vassalboro' a young man named Hopkins
was so badly injured in a=;aakea srsvi, that it is
feared he will die.
P. o. Quimby. Jr., of Bates College Class of II
a law Office of Hale, ESQ.,, has been elected
Principal Of the Deering High School.
Lung diseases, fatal in many cases, prevails
among the horses in Lewiston.
A little child of Capt. G. d. Pendleton of Isles
bcro, died while riding with his parents-supposed
in fit. 1t was five months old.
DR.. Gushing, a well known citizen of Skowhe-
gan is now recovering frcm short but severe ILL.,
ness.
For ten days or more parties have been taking
ic e from the river perfectly clear, and when we
saw the first lots they were from IL to IA inches
thick-probably now Is inches Thick Brunswick
Telegraph.
About all the fishermen Of IIarpswelI are in IA
vor of the repeal of the present law in regard to
catching Holsters. The summer fishermen Of
Squirrel Island are precisely of the same opinion.
They want dob, more lob!'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-01-16
Church Directory,

ORTHODOX ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Oh.
state St., between Bridge and Oak streets. Rev.
A. NJ. Evening service at Z O'Clock. Preaching
tomorrow by the pastor.
Evening I Z. NJ. Preaching to morrow by Prof.
5. X. Smith Of Colby University.
FREE BAPTIST State street. north of Bridge.
&. f. Penney, PASTOR residence Summer street.
Morning service 1890 A. NJ. Evening +. Nj.
G y the east
state. Roscoe Sanderson, pastor; residence at
the parsonage, next door to the church: Morn
ing service 1880 A. NJ. Evening, L. Nj.
Preaching tomorrow by the pastor.
PROTESTANT EPIsCOPAL,-state ST., between
Oak and Winthrop; Rev, Mr.. Upjohn, rector
7P.M Preaching to morrow by the rector.
UNIvERsA LIsT,-Cor. Winthrop and summer sts
Rev. W. Hiads pastor Preashins at 10 3 20
Preaching tomorrow forenoon and evening by
the pastor
SITS. No pastor. Morning service at 30 A. Nj.
No preaching to -morTow.
CATHOLIC State ST., north of Bridge. Rev. f:
n O'Callaghan, priest residence near the church
Morning service, l045 IN. Evening, 100 Z. NJ.
Preaching tomorrow by the priest.
Y NJ {. A.-Rooms in Darby Block, Water Street
Regular weekly prayer meeting every Monday
and Thursday evening at IA O'Clock. Mission
Sunday School every Sabbath morning at 8
O'Clock. Religious exercises every Sunday at
ternoon at o'clock Rooms open to ali.
The Congregational, First Baptist, Free viii
baptist ana MetnOu1st Cnuftnts HOiu SOCIAL con.
ference meetings in their vestries every Wednes.
day evening, at ia O'Clock.
NORTH AUGUoTA,-M. Z. CHURCH.-Rev. X. +.
French, pastor; residence at the parsonage, next
door north of the church. Preaching every Sab
bath at 1890 A. NJ. sabbath school at IL NJ.
Prayer meeting at +. NJ. Preaching tomorrow
by the pastor.
Christian UNION MEETING, Cushnoc Heights,
Rev. Hiram A. Stratton, pastor. Morning SER
vice at 1880 A. NJ. sabbath School at II NJ.
Afternoon service at 30 7. NJ. Prayer meeting
ing at 700P NJ. Prayer meetings every Thursday
evening at 100 O'Clock.
SOUTH PARISH CONGREGATIONAL HALO
WELL.-Rey. c. G. McCully, pastor; morning
service 1890; Sunday School 230 T.. NJ.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL, HALLOWELL.-Rev
=. Jaques, pastor: residence onno&i.a- 444siEe!t.
morning service, 1890; Afternoon service. 230;
Sabbath School at quarter past one +. vi. Preach
ing tomorrow by the pastor.
BAPTIST CHURCH, HALI-ON ELL.-No pastor.
Morning service 1890. Preaching tomorrow by
NJ. j.. Stevens of Portland.
FREE BAPTIST CHURCH, HALI.OWELL.-Rey
Mr.. Peckham, pastor. Services at usual hours.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH, HALLOWELL.-Re Rev.
Geo. VI Stanley, rector. Morning service at
1890 Evening service at $50. Sunday School
at2 NJ.
USIvERsALIST, HALLOWELL.-Mss Hancs
pastor Sabbath School 1890 a. NJ. Service
every sunday afternoon at $50. Social confer
ence meeting in vestry at CSC =. NJ. Preaching
tomorrow morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-01-16

clusion was arrived at. I told Beecher that Til.
ton was angry with me for disclosing the truth to
Tracy, he did not want the story Of Elizabeth's
shame made known. l told Beecher that Tracy
had told Tton that the interest of all concerned
demanded denial of that story.
In July, 1874, Mr.. Beecher in the presence Of
P. Robinson, put his hand on my shoulder and said
to him "Mr Robinson, this is the best friend that
God ever raised up to me-" I told Mr.. Robinson
the facts of the relations between Mr. Beecher
and Mrs. Tilton; | also told the same story to
Mr.. Woodruff. identified letter produced in Mr..
Beechers hand writing)
Up to the receipt Of this letter Mr. Beecher
never said had acted unfairly by him.
Counsel read the letter asking Mr.. Moulton to
come upto Peekskill for consultation. He referred
in the letter to the card in the Brooklyn Eagle in
July, 1873.
The card was produced by Theodore Tilton. 1t
came into my possession and | showed it to Mr..
Beecher. He said it would kill him if published.
About this time another card was published, relat-
ing TO Mr.. Bowen's visit to Victoria Woodruff. I
received another letter on July 9th, 1873, from
Mr.. Beecher. produced and ilentfedD
Counsel read letter asking Moulton to come up
and spend Sunday at Peepskill.
Another letter of July l4th in Mr.. Beechers
hand writing, and addressed to Mr.. Moulton, re-
proving him for not coming up the week before.
These letters referred to the troubled mind Mr..
Beecher was in and wanting consultation with
Mr.. Moulton.
AhotueT lettcF lIom DeeCner TO MOultOn was
read, in which he says, he has sent Cleveland to
New York to hunt up Carpenter, who had been
telling stories, and that Moulon ought to put Car
penter on his guard against telling them as coming
from headquarters.
The State Senate at Albany to day, adopted res
outions condemning the tone of Sheridan's des-
patch, and that his resolutions were despotc and
their tendency was to destroy constitutional liber-
ty.
Hudson, January Is. The ice gatherers strike is
ended. The men men are getting Sl.15 per day.
Albany, January Is. The democratic legisla-
tive caucus to-n night nominated Francis herman
for senator to succeed r. f. Fenton. The vote
stood u for Herman and for Murphy.
Minola, l.. L., January Is. The preparations
for the execution Of Jackson and Jarvis were
completed at 1910 a. In. to-day. A detachment of
Brooklyn police were hand Sheriff Sammis
read the death warrant Both men were com pos
ed and cool At twelve minutes to twelve the
ropes were cut. Jackson sprang five feet and
came down with heavy thud Jarvis was raised
but few inches when the rope broke and he fell
to his feet uninjured. 1t took ten minutes to pre-
pare another rope, and he was slowly drawn up
five feet, where he rem ained until dead Both
died from strangulation. The bodies were taken
down after h&Hgl IN, 80 minutes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-01-16
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE.
Daily Kennebee auarnal.
PORTLAN ND.
Of the Loss of the Ship
Georgia.
Safety Of the Entire Crew and Passcn.
gers.

| Portland, January To- The first officer, purser,
chief engineer and three passengers of the Geor-
gia arrived by the afternoon train, to-day. They
confirm Iari:ngton's statement, saving that the
weathc was very thick.
The first officer and purser say the Georgia left
| Halifax at o'clock in the afternoon, Tuesday ;
wind north, and clear during the night and still
clear at $40, next morning, off Seal Island; but
one p. m. it began to snow. Grew thicker and
| thicker until eight p. m when she stopped to
| sound; got 70 tathoms. Calculated to see Matn-
lcus light at 1870. AT tla. hour we saw light
| which was supposed to be Matinicus, but proved
to be at White Head. The weather was too thick
to see that there nst two lights, as at Matn-
Gus.
Between II and II o'clock red flash light was
sighted, the ship then running a westerly course.
1t was instantly known that the ship was Off her
course. She was stopped and took soundings, get
ting % fathoms. The steamer va, then turned
southeast, with the intention of keeping off shore
until morning.
About midnight the ship struck, while running
at half speed. Breakers could not be seen fifteen
feet from the bow. AT first it was thought she
would stay on the rocks till morning but at about
two o'clock, began to go down, filling forward
The boats were then lowered, and no one allowed
in them except those in charge, until ready. The
sea at this time came abaft the engine room and
the vessel was breaking up fast The second STAR
board boat was stove. Chief officer Lessardes'
boat landed at White Head at 6 a. H. the occu-
pants III c1iied. Information was given at the
life station, and life-boat went at once to the
wreck and saved the remaining six. Lessardes'
boat remained at White Head until II o'clock
and then started for Rockand, but failing to reach
there, went to Spruce Head, thence to Seal IIar-
Dor, whence they sent word to Rsckla nd oc their
safety.
All the baggage on the steamer was lost. No
mails were aboard. No casualties occurred. The
list of freight shows 270 bundles, crates, casks,
&C., of general merchandise.
At 4.55 Revenue Steamer Dallas arrived here,
bringing Capt. Angrove and the remainder of the
crew and passengers.
Protection from Friends.
A meeting Of hotel proprietors was held to-day,
to make measures to protect themselves from the
prohibitoiy law, which classes them with rum
shops"
Fatal Accident.
John Fitzgerald, laborer was iun over in the
Grand Trunk freight yard, this afternoon, ard
killed
Flight of the Blddies.
The poultry show closes tonight, after a very
successful exhibition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-01-16
Professor Belcher

Will give his illustrated lectures, with dissolg.
ing views. IL to - feet square, 1nterspersed with
gorgeous transformation scenes ana wonderful
optical effects. The views are brilliantly lilumi.
mated by means of the new cylindrical pressure
light under the skillful management OF Mr.. y.
l.. smith, the well known Boston stereopuclan.
This arrangement requires no dangerous gases to
be made; no chemicals or gas bags are needed, az
operations that picture OF gigantic proportions
is produced: startling i'll its apparent reality, and
so wonderfully stereoscopic, that 1t seems to the
audience as though the emf OF the hall had been
taken away and that they were looking directly out
of doors upon the scene itself THIS Illusion has
never before been SO perfectly produced by any
apparatus heretofore invented. The views 10 not
slide on and off the screen, but are dissolved from
one to another, in a manner pleasing TO the eye
and with an effect mysterious and enchanting to
the beholder, by means of mechanism peculiar to
to this instrument and patented by Mr.. Belcher,
April 7th 1874 Many of the views very are,
and have been obtained at great expense. The
Arctic scenes alone cost over $50 90. The city OF
New York appropriated 81 600 to have them brought
before her public schools, as an efectual means of
education, and we can assure the public that no
such views have ever before been exhibited through
the country.
Entertainments will be as follows:
Matinee, Saturday Afernoon-"Trip Across
The American Continent.
Saturday Evening--"Trip Through Europe
and Greenland"
Sunday Evening-"Egypt and the Holy
Land 4,-janl3'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-01-16

Prof Belcher's lecture upon the Holy Land,
to be given in Meonian Hall, Sunday evening,
has been universally acknowledged to be the most
graphic, truthful, lifelike and interesting of any
description of the Holy Land ever brought before
the American public. At the city of Jerusalem,
are given vivid descriptions of the locations views
of excavations and of the wonderful and intensely
intere sting discoveries recently made by Lieut..
Warren, r. E., under the modern city. Among
these is shown the massive stone masonry Of a
portion of Solomon's Temple and even showing
the Phocnican characters and marks put upon the
stones by the builders, nearly three thousand
years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-01-16
NEW HAM PSIiIK T..

Manchester, January ID. \. Bailey, known in
Iowa as c. w. Clark and whose right name is
Alex. Barnard, arrested in Montpelier, Yer
mont, sometime since by City Marshall Simms of
this city for forging a draft on Duncan, Sherman
& Co. of New York, was sentenced in circuit
court to-day to four years in State Prison. The
prisoner is twenty nine years old. He made
brief speech to the court stating that his life for
the past few years had been one of crime. That
he had committed various crimes in Iowa, ore of
the gravest being that of arson, for which he was
paid two hundred dollars. He expected to pass
the remainder of his life in prison. His operations
have covered wide field embracing California
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, New Hamp shire, Yer
mont, Massachusetts, and other States. He is the
patty who purchased large quantities of machinery
at Lowell, Montpelier and this city paying in
forged orders ON Duncan, Sherman & Co.