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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-04-27
Telling Tales.

We hate tattlers, and we don't care
who knows it.
If the scheme of creation had not in.
cluded them we should never had shed
q tear on account of it.
Tattlers grow fat ON the failings oi
other people, when they might easily
get to tip the scales at three hundred
on their own failings.
Communities abound in tattlers, and
they make more trouble in the world
than smallpox, and measles, and mos.
quitoes thrown in, to say nothing Oi
heas or cockr9aches.
Just as soon as Mrs. A. says some
thing little against Mrs. B., your mis-.
cradle tattler starte out and tells it to
Mrs. B., with ~ riatlons. 'She feels il
her duty to do sGi- She feels as if Mrs.
B., ought to know about it, for her own
good ~
Then Mrs. B. flares pand says some
thing severe about Mrs. A, and the de-
lighted tattler runs back to Mrs. A.,
and tells her about it, for her good
And the thing goes on, and a lifelong
feud is the result, involving half-doz-
en- other parties who are foolish enough
to take sides.
: It is q good rule for every one to
make on starting out in life-never to
listen to anyone who comes to tell you
the evil some one has said about you.
People will talk-there is no help for
it; but no person can be sincerely your
friend who comes to you with the idle
tales of popular gossip. 1t does not
matter if Mrs. c., says you are stingy,
or Mrs. D., thinks your cheek bones are
too prominent. If anybody does not
like you, it will do you no good to
know it. You will live just as long,
probably, as you would if they worship
ed you.
The time spent in listening to such
things is worse than losti You had
better be reading last years almanac,
and finding out where the ''sign" was
q year 90 at this time.
When you make up your mind to
have nothing to do with tattlers they
will let you alone; but if you listen to
them they will make your life unhap-
py, and who is benefited? Nobody
Kate Thorn, In n. Y. Weekly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-04-27
Flesh, Bone and Muscle AiIment.
The Yellow Centaur Liniment

Is for the tough skin, flesh and muscles Of
Horses, Mules and Animals.
We have never yet seen a case of SPAWN,
Sweeny, Ring bone, Wind-gall, Scratches or
Poll-Evil, which this Liniment would not
speeGilT benefit, ana we never saw but a few
cases which 1t would not cure. 1t will cure
when anything can. 1t is folly to spend s2O
for Farrier, when one dollars worth OF Gen.
taur Liniment will do better. The following
Is n sample of The testimony produced.
W. P. Hopkins, Postmaster. Piqua, o., says
"Centaur Liniment can't be beat. 1t cures
every time.
YELvERToN, o., Marcl 1874
THE Centaur Liniment are the best selling
medicins we hav. ever had. The demsnd is
every great Tor it, and we cannot afford to De
without 1t .'P. q. HISEY d Som
JEFFERSON Mo- Nov 10 1873
"Some time ago l was shipping horses 10 st.
Louis. L got one badly crippled in the car.
With great difficulty got him to the stable.
The stable keeper gave me a bottle OF Centaur
Liniment, which used with such success that
in two days the horse was active and nearly
well. have been a veterinary surgeon for 30
years, but your Liniment beats any thing 1
ever used
"a. j. MCCARTHY. Veterinary Surgeon"
For postage stamp we will mail Centaur
Almanac, containing hundreds of certitieats
from ever Stale in the Union. These Lini>
ments are now sold by all dealers in the
country.
Laboratory Of j. B. ROSE & &C,
46 DEY ST., NEW YORK.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-04-27
Republican Platform.

The Republicans of Ohio renew their allie
glance to the Republican party of the Unitet
States, and re-afiirm its principles of fret
government, as declared and defended by tn,
grand men of 1776, and endeared to the peo
pie of our time by the sacrifice of war anC
the blessings of an assured Union of the States
based upon universal liberty.
Second-The citizens of the several States
of the Union are also citizens of the Nation,
and are equal under the Constitution anC
laws, in all rights of citizenship, and are enti
tied to full and equal protection in their ex
ercise.
Third-We favor an honest and economi.
cal administration of the Government, and ia
vor retrenchment and reform in the public
service. Personal integrity and fidelity should
be required of all officials, and when found to
be dishonest and corrupt, they should be pros
ecuted and punished, and cordially commend
the vigorous prosecution of public offenders
by the present National Administration.
Fourth-The National credit and honor
must be sacredly maintained.
Fifth-We recognize gold as the true stan
dard of values, and the only steady and safe
basis for circulating medium, and declare
that that policy of finance should be steadily
pursued which, without unnecessary injury
to business or trade, will ultimately equalize
the value of the coin and paper dollar.
Sixth-We favor tariff for revenue, with
incidental protection to American industry.
Seventh-We stand by our system of free
common schools, supported by general taxa
tion. There must be DO division of the school
fund, and no sectarian interference with the
schools.
Eighth-The soldiers and sailors who fought
for the Union, the Nation owes debt of
gratitude, and they and the widows and or
phans of those who have fallen are justly en-
titled to liberal bounties and pensions.
Ninth-The thanks of the people Of Ohio
are due to President Grant for his faithful
adherence to Republican principles, and we
assure him of the gratitude of the country for
The distinguished service he has rendered as a
soldier and civilian.
Tenth-The Republican party of Ohio, hav
ng full confidence in the honesty, ability, and
patriotism of Rutherford b. Hayes, cordially
presents him to the National Republican Con
Tention for the nomination for President of
he United States, and our State delegates to !
hat Convention are instructed, and the dis |
rict delegates are requested to use their earn |
st efforts to secure his nomination.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-04-27
.MESCELL.f.V.EOUS.

AN ungallant fellow says in the New
York World: Lady writers from the
capital are sick of investigation and
retrenchment. Poor dears! What
will become of them when moving
day comes around, next 4th of March,
and there's no balm in Gilead? Spin
ner won't be there; Christiancy is mar
ried; specie will be the ruin of the
small-note counters and the deft lady
finger experts of whom we have heard
so much. We sadly fear Amelia and
Susan Jane and Araminta will have to
hunt up their discarded needlecases
once more, and forsake hope of Cover
nor Shepherds parties and Senator
Sargent's soft sawder. Where is the
Centennial poet, to write the elegies of
these butterflies passing away-passing
away? Go west, young ladies! Go
west!
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-04-27
washington as q Baby.DandIer.

Springfield Republican
A few months since letter was published
in the Republican giving an account of an in
vitation from Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth
to General Washington, then in Hartford, to
dine with him at his residence in Windsor,
and which was sent and delivered by Judge
Ellsworths son, Martin, then q lad, with much
fear and trembling. Interest is also renewed
in this visit by the exhibition at your late
Washington tea-party of several of the articles
used on that occasion. During that visit Gen.
Washington appeared in a novel and interest
ing scene. Entering the nursery, where were
two twin boys, two years old (afterward the
late Governor Ellsworth and the Hon. Henry
Ellsworth, he took one on each knee and
sang to them this song, often repeated in after
years by the governor with much zest:
THE DERBY (DARBY) RAM.
As was going to Derby,
Upon a market day,
spied the biggest ram, sir,
That ever was fed upon hay.
Tow de row de dow,
Tow de row de da.
He had four feet to walk, sir,
He had four feet to stand,
And every foot he had, sir,
Covered an acre of land.
Tow, etc.
The wool upon his back, sir,
1t reached to the sky,
And eagles built their nests there,
For heard their young ones cry.
Tow, etc.
The wool upon his tail, sir,
| heard the weavers say,
Made three thousand yards of cloth,
For he wove it all in day.
Tow, etc.
The butcher that cut his throat, sir,
Was drowned in the blood,
And the little boy who held the bowl
Was carried away in the flood.
Tow, etc.
Although this differs somewhat from his
farewell address" it had an appreciative
audience in the nursery.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-04-27

A call has been Issued for confer
ence, to be held in New York, May Is,
to consider what may be done to secure
the election of men, in the National
election, to the highest offices of the
Republic whose character and ability
will satisfy the exigencies of the pres
ent situation, protect the honor of the
American name, prevent the National
election of the Centennial year from
becoming mere choice of evils, and
satisfy the popular desire for genuine
reform. The call is signed by William
Cullen Bryant, Theodore d. Woolsey,
Alex. II. Bullock, Horace White and
Carl Schurz.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-04-27
From the Fireside Companion.
Izze-CENTENNIAL---1S76.
BY B. C. LKECH.

Swing back We hundred gates that close
The cycles of the past,
Reveal the record of the years
The first unto the last.
Old '76-when Washington
Our starry flag unfurled,
Proclaiming ''Free America
Unto the wide, wide world.
Blest Natal wear. Thank God for men
Those fathers tried and true;
All honor to our patriot sires-
Who wore the Union blue.
And what record opens up,
As in review they pass.
What volumes found in every year
Through retrospective glass.
Our ssStar of Empire" upward tends,
Majestic on its way;
Behold us in our infancy.
Behold our Land to-day.
Our railroads cross the Continent;
Ger rivers, lakes, and seas,
Our myriad snowy sails are seen
Borne on by every breeze!
Our steamers plough the mighty deeps,
Touch every foreign shore,
And greeted is our starry flag
Throughout the wide world DER!
Through every section of our Land
The electric fluids play,
Commingling thoughts beyond the seas
Three thousand miles away
Through cloud, and storm, and battles heat
Our God has been our Guide;
And sheds His blessings manifold,
Ger all our country wide!
The poor, oppressed, from every land,
Unto our shores have come
Here, in this Land of Liberty,
Have found happy home!
Prom broad Atlantic's surging swell,
To calm Paciic's strand,
Our Glorious Flag waves on the breeze
Ger one United Landl
And forty million join the strains
That swell our jubilee
Proclaim the wondrous changes wrought
Within q century!
As in the past, oh, Lord of All,
Still our Ruler be-
God bless the Land of Washington
Home of the brave and free.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-04-27
C,entaur
The Quickest, Surest & Cheapest
RemidieS.

Physicians rec Dmmend and Farriers declare
that no such remedies ever before been in use.
Words are cheap. but the proprietors of these
article will present trial bottles to medical
men, gratis. as a guarantee of what they say.
The CENTAUR JINIMENT, Width Wrap
per, will cure rheumatism, Neuralgia. Lum-
oago, Sciatica. Caked Breasts, Sore Nil Piles,
Frosted Feet, Chillblains, SweIlinss, Sprains,
and any ordinary
Flesh, Bone and Muscle AiIment.
We make no pretense that this article will
cure Cancer, restore lost bones, or give health
toa whisky soaked carcus. But ii will always
reduce Inflammation and aIlay pain.
1t will extract the poison or bites and stings
and heal burns or scolds without a scar, Palsy,
Weak Back, Caked Breasts. Earache, Tooth
ache, Itch and Cutaneous Eruptions readily
yield 10 its treatment.
Henry Black, of Ada. Hardin county, Chic,
says-"My vile has had rheumatism for five
ears no rest, no sleep-could scarcely walk
across the floor. She is now completely cured
by use of Centaur Liniment. We all feel
thankful tC you. and recommend your won-
derful medicine TO all our frinds-'
James Hurd, of GAINESVILLE. Ohio, says-"rhe
Centaur Liniment cured my Neuralgia"
Alfred Tush, OF Newark, writes-"Send me
one dezen bottles be express. The Ointment
has saved my leg. want TO distribute il, &C."
The sale OF this Liniment is increasing
RAPIDLY.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-04-27

DR.. Samuel Pitcher, OF Hyannis, Mass, ex-
perlmented in his private practice for twenty
years to produce a combination that would
have the properties of CASTOR OIL without
Its unpleasant taste and gripping effect.
His p epara tion was seat for, near and far
till finally he gave ii the name Of CASTORIA
and put it up for sale. II is very wonderful in
Its effects, particularly with the disordered
stomachs and bowels of children. 1t assimi-
lates the food. cures sour stomach and wind
collie, regulates the bowels, expels worms, and
may be relied upon in Group.
As pleasant, effective and perfectly safe
cathartic remedy IL Is superior TO Castor Oil
COrdials and Syrups. 1t does not contain
alchol, and is adapted to any age.
By regulating the stomach and bowels of
cross and slckly children they become good
natured and healthy. They can enjoy sleep
and mothers have rest The CASTORIA is PUG
up at the Laboratory of ]. B. ROSE & CO..
Dey Street. New York, Mar. Q, '75-l3w
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-04-27

Philadelphia proposes putting on 500
extra policemen for Centennial pur-
poses.
Andrew Jackson, according to the
Abbeville Is. c. Medium, derived the
soubriquet of "Old Hickory" from his
use of walking sticks of that wood, cut
by DR.. Eli s. Davis from the vicinity
of the old Block House in Abbeville,
and presented to him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-04-27

intrinsic virtues, and sustained by its re-
markable cures. So mild as to be safe and
beneficial to children, and yet so searching
as to effectually purge out the great cor
ruptions of the blood, such as the sorofulous
and syphilitic contamination. Impurities,
or diseases that have lurked in the system
for years, soon yield to this powerful anti
dote, and disappear. Hence its wonderful
cures, many of which are publicly known,
of ScrOfula, and all scrofulous diseases,
Ulcers, Eruptions, and eruptive dis
orders of the skin, TumOrs, Blotches,
BOils, Pimples, Pustules, Sores, st.
AnthOny'S Fire, Rose or Erysipe-
las, letter, Salt Rheum, Scald
Head, RingWorm, and internal Ul-
ceratiOns of the Uterus, Stomach,
and Liver. 1t also cures other COM
plants, to which it would not seem especi-
ally adapted, such as Dropsy, Dyspep-
sia, Fits. Neuralgia, Heart Disease,
Female Weakness, Debility, and
LeucOrrhoea, when they are manifesto
tions of the scrofulous poisons.
1t is an excellent restorer of health and
strength in the Spring. By renewing the
appetite and vigor of the digestive organs,
it dissipates the depression, and listless Ian
guor of the season. Even where no disorder
appears, people feel better, and i've longer,
for cleansing the blood. The system moves
On with renewed vigor and new lease Of
Life.
PREPARED By
Or. ]. C. AVER & co., Lowell, Mass,
Pra>tieal and analytical Chemists.
SOLD By ALI. DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
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NOBLE CARTER.
co UNITY SURV YOR.

T g now prepared to attend to his oflcial du.
i ties, and wishes all persons addressing him
10 furnish Township and Section where sur
vey Is to be made. Fees IS 90 per day.
Address 81. Clairsvilis. Belmont county, O.
apr l07Sts
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Short Notice.
BRIDGEPORT, OHIO.

Every year increases the popularity
of this valuable Hair Preparation; |;
which is due to merit alone. We can
assure our old patrons that it is kept
fully up to its high standard; and it
is the only reliable and perfected prep
aration for restoring GRAY Or FADED
HAIR to its youthful color, making it
soft, lustrous, and silken. The scalp,
by its use, becomes white and clean.
1t removes all eruptions and dandruE
and, by its tonic properties, prevents
the hair from falling out, as it stimu-
lates aud nourishes the hair-glands.
BY its use, the hair grows thicker and
stronger. In badness, it restores the
capillary glands to their normal vigor,
and will create a new growth, except
in extreme old age. 1t is the most
economical HAIR DRESSING ever used,
as it requires fewer applications, and
gives the hair a splendid, glossy ap-
Pearance. A. A. Hayes, MD, State
Assayer of Massachusetts,, says, q The
constituents are pure, and carefully
selected for excellent quality; and l
consider it the BEST PREPARATION
for its intended purposes"
Sold By all Druggists, and Dealers in 1sdisissss
Price One Dollar.
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Ayers


Is widely known
as one of the most
efectual remedies
ever discovered for
cleansing the sys-
tenn and purifying
the blood. 1t has
stood the test Of
years, with q con-
stantly lygrowing rep
utation, based on its
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his WIFE
And SO he had gone, leaving upon her lips
his first and only kiss, which seemed now as
the memory of some blissful dream to her.
Soon after his departure their misfortunes
had come, and Geltie had nothing but the
thought of his love and constancy to bear her
up through all the bitter trials which had come
upon her; for what was the loss of money and
butterfly friends compared with the blessing
of such a love?
But days had heightened into weeks and
months after their removal and her fathers
death, and Gertie heard nothing from her
absent lover. Six months before the present
time he had returned to his native city, for she
had seen his arrival in the daily papers among
the list of returned travellers; and if there had
been one ray of hope in her heart it had died
a violent death since then, for he had never
sought her presence or made one effort to find
the girl who had been literally his promised
wife. SO Gertie told herself.
She tried to tell herself she had smothered
the love she had borne him and wheE-through
her fashionable patrons-she heard the report
of his engagement to Cora Percival, a wealthy
Southern lady, tried to think herself indiffer-
ent. But the pain in her heart this November
day-the utter sense of loneliness and misery
convinced her she had made a great mis-
take.
The next day drawned bright and beautiful,
but Gertie was unable to raise her head from
the pillow, and it kept Mrs. Marchmont busy
between household duties and attendance upon
her, for the fever ragged SO iercely as to require
the constant application of wet cloths to her
head to afford even temporary relief.
During the day, little Jimmie Mason, who
vas in the habit of doing errands for Gertie
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-05

track At 3ta Rye dun: sales 600 bushels hlw,uhss q
7 Barley elected alt dull Pork duh ~ -lo - LOT
heavy meas. Lard dull at ii5se. iighwines nominal
ToLxDo August T. 1876
Flour ouet Wheat dull. No 3 ~hlts Wabash. 81 10;
No ! white Michigan. ssi 20 NO do new u; amer aie
Michigan III l41s: september II IL do. new. 81 10y
No. do ole rejected red 67e new. re Corn ds'i ::
high mixed. 5oiic spot; August s9c scpeuber held
4osac. No 2 white lyc grade, i6se damaged 5Dze
dull No =. a2c. white. 49,. Michigan. 33c
dn. new 32c. Recepts-NoIe Shipmenis-SOO bills hour.
5000 bushels wheat. a. 900 DO corn. 1000 do oats.
CHICAGO. August !. 1876.
Flour in fair demand and Arm Wheat In fair demand but
lower: No Chicago spring. s97c spot or August 9sc.
September: 9sc. October: No 8 Chicago spring. sc.
rejected ooe 67c dull and shade lower; No ~
45,c spot; 461ac. August doe September; rejected.
42sc 43c Oats unsettled. but generally lower No 1T
3ic spot; 3O7c u 3ic. September rejected 2319c. Rye
dull and unchanged. Barley dull aud unchanged Pork
fairly active and shade higher; SIS CO. spot Sls 10 sep
TENDER. Lard moderately active and higher: gu 10
spot: Sii 20 September Bulk meats quiet out steady
Whskev steady unchanged FreghtsCorn 20 Bnnalo,
ll,c Railroad ireight- unchanged Receipts-Fiour W
bbls wheat 10000 bushels; l59O)D do oats 2loO
do. rye $50 barley, 800 do Shpments-Fiour 0O
bills wheat 5000 bushels; corn. $4,000 do OATS 40 200
do rye 7s5 do barley 100 Al the afternoon call Of
the Board Wheat unchanged Corn easy; 40c 46e.
August: 4oc. September. Oats unchanged Pork Lower;
SIZE 55 August; SIS 6s,, September Lard easier; oil 10
y SIi TO- cash I'll IL a I'll 20. September.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-05
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

Heinrich Imhorst importer Of wines ut No. ~ Broad
street. has filed voluntary petition In bankruptcy.
His Liabilities amount to $sl, 600 The principal cred
i,ors are $. Mccullough sis7s2 S.; J. Boineau, dis,
1851 %; John Osborn, So 7os So; Jules Cammads
& Co.. &C. 295 II; Charles Graaf SASS. All his
are the hands OF Oliver 5. ocScy To whom he mad>
an assignment.
George ~ Stoddard. Albert ". Low, e. ". Bishop
Benjamin c. Decker. Thomas Hamilton and George
styles have ncd petition In bankruptcy against JON
l.. Lashor.
william Splitter and Charles Lang, propretors Of tn
PbGnix Mllwright and Machine Works, at No. ~
West Forty dith street. have died voluntary pctitios
IN bankruptcy. They have thirty i've creditors, u
whom they owe $1,000 Their assets amount " about
$4,000
petition IN voluntary bankruptcy has been flied By
William H. MctcaIi. broker, Of No Ito Front street,
The principal creditors arv W. 5. Webb $4,1l0 "a j.
4. Mctca, So 800, W. J. Davis, 81, 400 His secured
Liabilities are $1,000; unsecured liabilities, 81, 100
There are no assets
Mapcs ". smith, gentfcmcn's furnishing goods. a
No lis Third avenue has been thrown Dan ruptcy
ON the petitions of George K. Chase and William &
Gregory.
The following assignments yesterday filed in the
County Clerks oliicc Wv iIlam Jones Joseph al.
Iingen Aaron Drummer 10 jacob COIN. john Otnaausl
W frsdorick Michel
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON. August e. 1870.
Cotton steady @dd ". s 81 %ss" .o
Sales stock l76O Weekly net receipts 1UU: gross.
~ Exports coastwise IS. sales. SOL
NEW ORLEANS. August 4. 1876.
good ordinary. Ole Net receipts. 80 bales 50
Expcrts eoastwise Sales 1oO1 Stock, +405G Weekly
net receipts SO7 gross $40 E2ortsTo France. 81
August exports coaiwise should have been 47s nse
Of 5s4; August exports eosstwise should have
1895 instead Of i.333
Cotton firm middng. lie: low miidling. y7sc good
ordinary. SIC Net receipts. ii3 bales Exports coastSise
J76 Sales 80 Stock. ASS Weekly net receipts. 29A
SAVANNAH, August 4. 1915.
Cotton firm: middng, lie. low mddng IOiSc. good
ordinary $50 Net receipts. 332 baes gross $40 Sales
10. stock 3s Weekly receipts, lOlI gross l2O
Oswxco August 4. 1876.
Flour teady; No spring. SO 70 50 50; amber winter
g. IS 81: white do, 81 81 %; double 81 50
Wheat dull: No. Milwaukee club. Sis; extra white
Michigan 81 Il white state, ~ 3D. choice white Canals
u ., Corn quiet sales Of grade at Soc Corn meal
changed. Lake recepts-whcat l4OO bushels; lumber,
l.i5ioOD feet Canal shipments-Lumber. 7o.Ooo feet
Railroad shipments flour LOO bbIs
BUFFALO Angus. 4, 1876
Lake reccipts--Four 600 bbs wheat 1900 y bushels.
Railroad rcccipts--four so bb,s wheat ltUD bushels
corn i2,oo do oats, 1900 90 ba,sy i.2uo DO.
Interior points. wheat 400 bushels; corn, 900
do. Railroad shipments-fionr. 500 boil, wheat.
25OOv bushels; corn loo)o do mats l3Ov do barley
LOO Co. Canal reishts unebaged fiour quiet ana IN
changed sales 800 bnis. Wheat In good milling demand
hrn; spring upward tendency sales Of oj busio Is
old and new rod winter on prya'e terms no 90. sp,ns
FL ~; 500 do hard Mii~sukee At IL
Ovde. MOL Milwaukee, At rs Corn good demand aud
size 300 do Kansas arrive, private terins <.s
dried osts dull sales VI one ser western ~