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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-10-22
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like hungry shissiug mice
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IT'S su0h.s. ha, III nice
Tm tlesss tee. I, rpn,rs Ahoai,
Armed with their law and er~e,ls,
uh'tratn the pulpit rrrarh and spout
More than they aci hs deeds
Aud II to ,hem |, should occur
That -atans dread device
Had ma,lc 'hrm err. thrs would infer
Twas nat nsh,s, ha, twas nice
And solver m.n, and wsmen. leo.
must In truth proclaim,
Are elad IL hide snnm .hnsa they 10
n, substituting names,
Bu, sober folks we mns, excuse,
lfnoi 10 deer In vice,
Although NJ times the. 10 confuse
Tie naughty with the nlcc,
And ~ twill b. for agcs hence,
Mankind viii seek their level,
Some viii 70 up. senc IN the fence,
And others IN the devil.
Hut every eae, I'm bound 70 think.
Regardless ofihe price.
or worldly things Will cat aud drink
"TLc naughty nnlthc nicu.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-10-22
Little W WAss1Ursrs

Tho really wise are always astonish.
I'd u how litslo shey know.
When ! man hss lost I'll his property
hs generally loses all bis frisnds.
There ara few things that pay =
we'll On the lnvessa,sas - poli,onsas.
Those who have roal merit are ssl.
dom proud VI II. and oitsn even ~.
conscious of Il.
The poorest kisd u religion that .
man cAn have - tho kind that 10 y sll
the time Dragging about II.
NEE. but few natural people, this
don't assonish Ms. for II rsquitss !
good deal of brains 70 bs natural.
There ars Just - many Joys In shis
world ~ sorrows. and " can and
shsm jus. - sasy II " will only hunt
fof thsm.
The msn who has nc,ef Lcsn tempt.
ID cant toll any where nsar bow
'nuoh virtue hs he's rot IN him--nvf
how little.
Most people love 70 b. prsissd, snA
sons ars 10 tonL of Il that they viii
taks il from those whose praise ID ds-
grace 70 anybody.
Man must have bvsu spceislly urea
tel 10 paddle his own cAuoo. ior " -
nobody suubbcd v often ~ ths person
who ID anxious 70 help somebody slss.
! have always nssirsd that thess
who we're the bust ~ psrsclt were 0fs-
~ The poorsst ~ practice, and thoss
wlo we're best " practice WIRE poorest
~ rrccspi.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-10-22
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-10-22

ths city fathers u corr,. p. have
placed TN following card u srsmrs on
sahihi.,oa IN ths prominea. plaess VI
the iowo. "No.i.s 70 trsa,ls. Notice
u hereby given that Ill vsgrsnts ssl
traArs cough. within the limits " lhs
city u cotry. ars liable 70 ! 6ns u
not lcss than i've Of ,uors thss 1llS
dollara and imprisonment for thirty
day., snd ~ default " payment o. no
Ans Aforesaid, they will bc required 10
labor % the airests for any period sss
exceeding thirty da,s thereafter ~
ordinance will b. strictly snlofss6.
Cory, H., September 18th, 1878"
Il b worthy u being copied 10 svssy
tswn tn The country.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-10-22

The othsr day - unfortunate man,
! plsatsrsr by trade, was found on Top
u ladder sticking 70 bio business
liz VA moistsnsi with ! little bess.
and then with difficulty ssmevsd 10
ILs nsAssss hospital.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-10-22
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A French gentleman. Who sspDsseA
he bad mastered The English Language,
was sadly pusslsd oss dsy wken .
friend looked u bin snd cetd, "Hew
10 you DO DO vt - II peaa
how DO you Apd yoursslfi" "petee.
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-10-22
HO.ZA'zS.

.XUIE'LS.
Wf''srE" HOUSE.
ny ]. T., WEBSTER.
t'RaAsn Iowa,
On ihr wes Alle ~ Elm street, ,l4r,e
hl,Ahs ilu,ll frnln The railroad
tfs'nud sluhlng fur Teams.
[sS. tIOln HOTEL,
II. H. GREENE, pnor.
Corner Nlnn.l,aso and Main ~. Opposite
lus, Dtlire.
aou DECORATE, IOWA.
aood Sample lsanlns.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-10-22


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4 s'fem~s'l ~ess hssa sna Henss thar
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enlarged slsaa. NJ ,hs rafr~ n
seahinsA Aslnx seAl,, n nea therefore
b srseike Fot ,he ess Il lerses,
Snms n the cla Asshaln,A carried
this doctrine ~ fsf - ~ ss.~tl that
The appearance ~ The separate ras,s n
she plant Indicated i,s medirinal VII.
tues. lleae@ |. was said II the garlic.
Tho seed II garlic II black II aarh.
ems the syes with hlacknesa and ob.
scuri.y. Tbm |. 10 he understood ii
healthy eyes lla. from .hcss ~hieh
are duh through vicious humidity.
these garlic seeds drive that vieioas.
mesa away, The tunic n garlic II rua.
dy, |. exrels blood |. ha. ! hollow
stalk. aud i. helps affections of the
winipips. We nigh. cell this Ilomr.
pa.hy run mad.
We have not space 10 enumcrate tho
many plants u which popular names
wsrs applied under this doctrine, In
the old hcrbals. Hut w have suum-
Grated enough % show that, were |.
possible (Which !, il not) 10 coin Eng.
lish names for all the plan.s introduced
Or cultivated in our gardens, |. would
bs far more difficult to learn them than
Il Ii 20 learn tho bota anical names.
Aud whom We had learned thcm ~
should find that the plant had many
different local nsme. iu different parts
of tho samo country. There Is. In
many places, . plan. popularity known
~ tho Wandering jew" What Il Il,
or which II Ii, We do not know, for ws
have Ind specimens of 6ya Or sIx din.
crent plants scnt 10 Us BY that name.
Thcro arc, therefore, hya Or six Wand.
sring .'cws, tu. which II the Origin.
81 Jacobs" We DO MT know. and never
found any person WIN could toll 10.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-10-22
e. =. MITCHELL
AUCTlONEEn,

New OSeG0o, Iowa.
VIII cry auction salss In sny par. of tAs
renntrt, and guarantee easislac,isM 81 10
psy Terms sssvonabls lNl
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-10-22


Tho Two words "si. and set" are
Too often mistaken fnr vaoh other,
When = grammar class h asked. for tho
arst tlne Il |, IL right 10 say hens
aet. : tho court sets. ono.h half uf
them perhaps will yu.e one way Tho
other halt the other Tho court nnesna
u. judso " judges, tho judge si,s,
tho court ats, tho Jury si.s. hons Ill
bird. sis. Setting hons IL wrong;
hons srt not ''satte,A or poiutsrs. Svl
requiresan objective oasc, ws ~.
chair bu. w nit In il. There il 1 sinl.
lar difficulty IN the uss Of ''ls" and
LAY In families whose hens nset"
every thing "lAys.' and oil LAY
Abcd, : The quoted words arc wrong.
Lay means to place, and requires m
objective, ~ "ths hen lays sgu. =
Nov lay ma. " We should nay tho
book lies on the table; hc Hos Abcl;
los low; every body l'es, " you please.
but nobody lays unless no has some.
thing 70 lay.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-10-22

From ths Mower snd 1ltuers casasy aspseltss1
Ws mus. net unit mention VI : hisd.
Or attached - = yicCoraiok harvester
wo have forgotten the name VI the
pstsntss. We saw II bind both large
and small bundles u grain. using wIrs
for the band, doing The work 70 per-
fsotion. The time 10 close d hand
whom farmers will buy their biadsss
Instead IL hiring thosn.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-10-22

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sasA
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ssss II ~sAsk. ssi u ~ lvss as& msas
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n sassps arl s..sssA ~nA~sA AastMs
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lsskt &tsft, And II - siesls eelAmsi
iNsa there IA ~ stsrks " w A~s~.
ssels sns ahsmlss.ls ~ 80 6ssN
rhs gAsm@s ~sll SURELY a~A y ~
,saeAsse. Ill W. rnala ssa ~ svysis,.
ana ~ ~ha desires tn asremblioh We
~esk ss,l. rsemrsl, ssa ~eeeoMissl'y
.,ll provide Ai~ssH ~ssA eve = sas~
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-10-22
tie M.termlsA 4 Perfect Setts ees~tr
n Las,. tkv lmpssssa Nrtsfmh 1
eeApvs n ~ stAs~ calt

Para machinery has ae~ feaelsa
.aeh = ssa,e Il re,f.esisn, tha. The
~ugk pf tire lsin.f n nes diMiHieh,i
- that All that IL required II Min u
thai Ne slsll pspmr,Is mAks - "
,bs msam ~hieA se,snes Aas rlassd u
hts hands.
There are man, sati,ies VI labor
sssinr machines ter ,arm wosk - ~.
hiLi,,un III tho s,str Fair this ,sal.
and the sp,ieuIMlists viii have savssh
T. do ~ examine th,m MI. Among
thsm all, there II hu maritime ~hi,'',
has - eemple,el, Won .he conadsms
II the eemmn III, ~ the MeCostalsE
reaper. ii, The good !, has done, A.i
this year II cvmrs ~ i.s wrk great,
improved .\mony the greatest Ia.
pruysnieuts Ii tbs Self. binder, MLirh
II = mosl pstfee. consri.ancs, AHA
which Ii oi iucAlsuNOls value both vi
The score VI ECONOMY. ~ Il sAves ~
Immense amount u scattering and b..
cause cf chs rapid aud tn'sLud mann.f
In which Il performs work which can
only be i,nprrfsu.ly done BY even skill
I'd .ncn. The Lin,lcr has he~n tssssi
In fields where the whcn) vas over ripe.
orinklod down aud lodged; and the
straw vet Aom heavy rains. and with
the most perfect success, surprising
thoss who had before sssn The MA
chine. There is 40 complicated ma
chinsry about che Binder. but Il ID
wonderfully simple and not easy 70
get out VI order.
But there arc " many advantage
20 tbs Reaper sha. SPACE forbids 70.
hsarsal Of tLsm 1t this time, and farm.
srs must examine for themselves ths
ono which 10 exhibited on the greuads.
Nv Mcsava Nhotlea
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-10-22
LAnAN MAssET. COUNTY SURVEY.

NNWNN UNNI1UIs VVVNIN ~ VWVANV
Ule
SOTlGE THOSE WHO WISH
N far my services NJ Surveyor, may
iilnl me IA III, residence Two nhd half
iailra nuftl,wr., from Howard Center un
tie line springs rnad or In my absence,
my leave Murl With my son, Thu. can
nisr correspond with me III Howard enter
~ ',len kay Always give the Section.
TnWnshinand sunae. 1hr Surveyors To
.,,tsls will be kept 1T the Court House.
l.ss.n
I.AnAN HAsSETr.
IL
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

GIRL BABIES AND MATRI>
MoNT.--An nnsophisticated
magazine writer says: "When
a young girl reaches the age
Of fifteen or sixteen years, she
begins to think of the myste~
rious subject of matrimony, a
state the delights of which her
youthful imagination shadows
forth in the most captivating
forms" = IF this writer were to
sit down on the curbstone and
listen, just after school is dis
missed. he would not only hear
girls less than nine years Of
age talking about marriage,
but would actually hear them
discussing he day Of the week
most aupicious for putting
their absurd little heads into
tho yoke. There never was a
time in the history Of the world
when well-conducted converts
were so necessary as now, and
= very large proportion Of all
the female babies should be
put into them three weeks
after birth. indianapolis Her
aid.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29
BOSSIER BANNER
". 3. scanland, Editor and Prop'r
-rERMs--

-TERMs-
The BossIER BANNER is published every
saturday morning. Subscription, 50 per
annum, 81 50 for six months, and IS cents
for three months.
For advertisements inserted in news col
umns 70 cents per line for each insertion
will be charged
Announcing candidates for office-invari
ably in advance-4lO
Advertisements inserted for specified
time and discontinued by the advertiser be-
fore that time expires, will be charged at
the regular rates for the time and space
occupied, and not pro rata rates Of the time
for which the advertisement was originally
inserted.
All advertisements and subscriptions are
due on presentation, unless otherwise con-
.rarted for.
All circulars, communications and cards
of candidates or official aspirants, and other
matter intended for personal benefit, will be
charged for at the rate OF 10 cents per line
cash in advance Of first insertion.
Simple announcements of marriages and
deaths made gratis Obituary notices, trih
utes of respect, resolutions of public meet
ings, &C., will be charged the same as ad
vertisements
No improper, Extensively personal, o.
otherwise Objectional matter inserted OIL
any terms.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29
Mack's Bayou.

Mr.. EDITOR: / wish merely
to publish some facts, that
will show the great benefit of
closing Mack's bayou.
The land maps in the Re-
corder's Office show one hun
bred and sixty-four square
miles of Red River swamp in
Bossier that would be benefit
ed by the work.
But of this amount, forty
one square miles are high
swamp, and can do very well
as matters now stand. So, one
hundred and twenty-three
square miles remain which the
work would reclaim. This land
has not been saleable hereto
fore at fifty cents per acre. In
deed it is valueless now, and
only sells to those hoping a
future reclamation of it. It
| is the best cotton land. in the
world, and were it not subject
to overflow, would be worth in
plantations, at our present low
price Of lands, fifty dollars per
acre. But, comparing its pro
duct per acre with the product
Of the high priced land of the
Northern States, it ought to be
/
worth at least two hundred
dollars per acre. Taking the
value at fifty dollars per acre,
and we find it worth three mil.
lions nine hundred thousand
dollars in round numbers, oil
! four times the tax valuation oil
all the Bossier property.
To properly cultivate and
] gather the crops of this land
at ten acres to the laborer
would require seven Thousand
eight hundred laborers. These
with their families and non-la
borers, would make a popula
ton of twenty thousand to b,
added to Bossier's population
! in five years after the lant
. should be thoroughly reclaim
, ed.
There are many other argu
ments for the work, but th,
foregoing facts prove its valu,
and necessity, and that i
! should be done, even if the Bis
teneau navigation were de
stroyed by it; which would
; not however be the case.
OLD RESIDENT.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

The Republic, . magazine issu-
ed in Washington by the Federal
oficeholders, and which the in
cumbents of local FEDERAL Offices
throughout the country are expec-
ted to sustain, published q labored
article to prove that the Demo
cratic howl about the burdens Of
Federal taxation, as it mildly
puts it, is entirely without justifl
cation. It publishes tables to
show that the expenses of the
Government are not so grea: now
as when all the armies engaged in
the civil war were ia the fields;
assumes that the enormous taxes
levied on imports are not to be re-
garded as taxes; and finally arri-
yes triumphantly at the concln-
sion that-if Republican feel the
burden Of taxation, they have on
" to dispense with the use of ar.
ticles which are taxed and their
taxes will become less. The guam,
tity Of wisdom that can be concen
trated into a few magazine pages
by department clerk whose
bread and butter depend upon his
fidelity to the Administration, il
wonderful. And the official mag
azine seems to be the intellectual
product Of this class Of patriots
I'm. Y. Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

Secretary Hardy, of Minden
Grange, gives notice that there
will be a mass meeting of the
Changers of the parishes Of
Webster, Claiborne and Bien-
vile, in Minden, on the second
Friday Of August next, to take
into consideration matters Of
vital interest to the order.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

To understand the worlds is
wiser than to condemn. To study
the world is better than to shun
it. To use the world is nobler than
to abuse it. To make the world
better, lovelier and happier is the
noblest work of man or woman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

Do you want to know the real
Judgment of the people upon Hen
~ Ward Beecher ? It is in the
fact that books bearing his name
have utterly ceased to sell. Nc
man and no woman will now buy
q book Of which he is the author
IN. Y. Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

There is proposition we'll put
by the Avalanche when it revers-
es that Of the expahsionists, who
pirate largely about athe want Of
q volume Of currency equal to the
demands Of industry when they
should rather produce "a volume
Of industry equal to the demands
Of tho currency.s
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

Look to Ohio, indeed, for faults;
but look to Washington for
crimes. Let US demand honesty
in the first place, and then we can
deliberate questions of polity with
hope of sincere conclusions. He
who thinks wrongly is not 80 harm.
full as be who acts wrongly.-Troy
Press (Dem.)
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

q. The farmers education costs
/ most. It is obtained mainly BY
sadexperienee, and therefore doc
tors and lawyers need not attempt
to shove of enormous bills as just
upon the poor farmer BY stating
that tiny professional learning
cost me 90, OOO.n The joke is old
but very thin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

A Cap May, belle says the sea
baths there are as eexhilaratiqg
as the clasp Of a lover" One Of
these days that girl will be get
ting into trouble, and then she
will lay it to the ocean, Of course.
-[Chicago Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

Advertising pays. a Toledo
man advertised for q servan: girl,
and one of his three wives knock
ed at the door in less than five
hours after the paper was ont
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

A California coroners jury re-
ported on the case Of q bandit:
ave find that he was shot six
times according to law, and buried
in 3 hole two feet Deep
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

Opelonsas Journal: It is the
universal opinion that we hear
expressed By farmers, that SO far
this is the best crop year since the
war, and not surpassed by any
before. All crops, cotton, corn,
&C., are excellent; and we hear no
talk of caterpillars. One large
planter predicts that corn will be
down to fifteen cents q bushel,
Nothing now hut the most disas.
trous weather, or the ravages Of
insects, will prevent a large yield
of corn and cotton.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

The Democracy Of Iowa have
decided make an active canvass
Of the State.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

The London Lancet says that
no percon should sit for more than
half an hour. S'posen a fellow is
sitting on the sofa with bis girl,
is he going to be particular to a
minutef
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29

Gen. G. w. Fields, Of Virginia
(of the late Confederate army),
has just received and accepted an
appointment of Colonel Of Engi.
neers in the Egyptian army, and
except to sail on the 18th Of july,
with his family, for Egypt. Be
fore the war General Fields was
an officer 10 the United States
army, but resigned in 1861.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-29
Headquarters Of the Nation
al Grange has been establish
ed at Louisville, KY.

The 9th annual session of
the National Grange is to be
held at Louisville, KY, on the
third Wednesday in November
next.
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The Canada Farmer suggests
that societies offer premiums for
the best walking horses. 1t states
that walking is the gait that il
of most use to farmers, and it il
this pace that ought to be encour-
aged.
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The crops in Kansas and Mis-
souri, are reported to be "splnedid;"
even in the grasshopper districts
there will he two-thirds corn
crop. A new kind Of buffalo grass
is springing up in the fields rava.
ged by the grasshoppers, and the
farmers are greatly excited there
at. The crop prospects in Arkan.
sas are described as shelter than
ever before known, in that state.
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the blessings Of honest and ca
pable government.
Galveston, July 26.-Rich>
ard Richardson, founder and
editor of the Galveston News,
died this morning.
Baltimore, July 22.-In the
convention Governor Groome
withdrew, and John Lee Car
roll and VIM. T. Hamilton
were nominated. Nominations
were then declared closed
Resalt-Carroll 60; Hamilton
so. The financial plank of the
platform is firmly opposed to
any imitation Of currency, and
in favor Of the resumption of
specie payment at the earliest
possible moment.
Memphis, July 25.-There
is still considerable alarm in
regard to the apprehended
overflow, and prayers were offs
fered up in various churches
to-day for its abatement.
Washington, July 22.-The
July returns to the Department
of Agriculture show that the
acreage Of tobacco is greater
than that of last year, the in-
crease being in the great to-
bacco producing States.
Washington, July 25.-The
Postofice Department has sent
to the Department Of Justice
the names Of 80 mail contracts
ors to be prosecuted for failing
to perform service after their
bids we're accepted. They will
be sued for the difference be-
tween their bids and the
amount paid by the governs
ment, after reletting them,
which on the 80 routes for one
year, amounts $47S,S75. The
Department will also bring
civil suits against contractors
for damages sustained by the
government in providing tenn
porary service after their fail
ure to fulfill the contracts.
Washington, July 26.-The
following was received at the
Navy Department to-day:
| Navy Yard, Pensacola,
July 26.
To the Honorable Secretary Of
the Navy, Washington, d. 9.
Keep strangers away from
here. Fever raging at Baran-
cas-; IS cases and seven deaths.
Strict quarantine upon Fort
Barra1Icas. No communities
ton therefrom except through
our quarantine. Post COM
manding officers wife sick,
land his duties providing for