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The .sWhy' in Vegetable Cookery.

Why should beans never be put into
cold water to soak, as is often RECON-
mended? Because all the nutri5:oas
portion Of the bean Is extracted !y tie
process. They should be washed in
warm water, then IN cold, ba He'd
loosely in cloth, lie put intc b0i-iA%
water, with a spoonful OF dripping aal
little salt in it, and be kept Doll :
for four % ~. They are then excel
lent If served with gravy, and not with
melted butter. They serve as gan 81
around roast mutton or beef, aud are
excellent eating served whole OF as q
5puree. To make the latter, when the
beans are done throw them Instantly
into cold water, when the skins viii
slip of. Rub the beans through q col
ander, and mix lump Of butter with
them. A little stock, or milk, or cream
is excellent mixed in.
Why should plenty Of fast boiling
water be used in boiling vegetables, po-
tatoes excepted? Because the greater
the body of boiling water the greater
the heat. If only a little water be
used, the whole affair soon cools, and
the vegetables become tough, so much
so that no length of time in boiling
them will render them otherwise. Bloc
coli sprouts in April, if properly cooked
by boiling them for eight minutes in
boiling water, viii be tender as mar
row; but, if not properly done, hours
will not cook them.
Why should onions be always cut in
round and very thin rings? Because
the fiber is thus cat across, and in>so
cutting them, whether for frying or for
making sauce, they are rendered very
tender when cooked. With turnips
and carrots it is just the same; neither
of the three should be split or cut in
any other way.
Why should parsley never be boiled
with soda-only boiling water and salt :
Because parsley, having no oil in it,
would be spoiled with soda and all
| favor would be extracted. I'll parsley
! should be picked free from the stem, b
put into plenty Of boiling water wifi
salt and in summer be boiled onlv ons
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The Ace of American Novels.

There have been sixty years of amer-
ican novels-for it is about that, time
since Cooper dashed into prominence
with his Spy" and his sea-stories, and
his character of Misunderstanding. He
was our forlorn hope for some years
since Irving could not properly be called
a novelist; but now our authors, Ike
misfortunes, come not single spies, but
in battalions," and there is ruck OF
novels, good, bad and worse, which
originate here. Of these it is every
where admitted now that Hawthorne's
romances stand first, and three of these
the Scarlet Letter" "Blithedale Ro
nance" and MARBLE Faun," are just is
sued by Houghton, making two vol
umes of the new Riverside" edition in
twelve volumes, six of which have
now appeared. These three books
the first of which made Hawthorne's
worldly fame, and the other two Goa
firmed it in different tdirections-may be
taken, then, as indicating quite fully
the authors peculiar genius by which
he became famous, and will be remem-
bered long after our realists Of to-day
are forgotten. Tt was because Haw-
thorne idealized character, not be-
cause he set it forth in the hard photo
graph of reality, that he ranks among
great writer's, for he was singularly
wanting in realism. Hardly one Of his
personages could have had an actual
existence in the world where he places
them-neither Hester Prynne. nor her
old deformity Of q husband, nor her
clerical lover, nor Zenobia, Hollings-
worth, Priscilla, Hilda, nor any of these
characters, except, perhaps, Miles Gov
erdale himself, who is Hawthorne I'M
der transformation. Yet, unreal as they
are, they mask and unmask the. most
real aspects Of human experience-now
one and now another, and especially the
shifting phases Of love and sorrow-the
two universals of human life, not to
mention sin, which in Hawthorne's
scheme, as in the theologic system ot
New England, is deeper universal
than either. Contrasted with these
ideal figures of passion, how superficial
appear the amusing embroideries Of
Mr.. Howells and Henry James
heavy and repulsive castings and cary
ings of Tourgueneff, Zola, and hun
dred able novelists, It is with philo
sophie realists like George Eliot, not
with mere writer's for entertainment like
Henry James, that Hawthorne must be
compared. And these last must cease
to write merely for entertainment and
for purely didactic uses, tco, if they
would escape the common los Of th<
novelist-to be forgotten in twenty
years, OF at most fifty years. Who
reads now the popular novels Of 1898
! Who knows even their namcSf
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HUMOR.

eyes" said the landlord, pointing to
his block of new houses, they're all
full, except the one at the end. That's
last, but not leased"
"To ADD one mile an hour to The speed
OF an ocean steamship, you must almost
double your consumption of coal, says
an old Cunard commander.
a WESTERN corporteur was once con.
versing with an Illinois man on his re-
igious duties. Said he: "Do YOU at
tend church regularity" "Oh, no,
never go to church, but I alters make it
a pint to tend all the funerals. They
be just as solemn, and thar hisn't no
Reflections
A HOUSEHOLD journal says "soapsuds
is not the best wash for silverware. "
This is important if true; but what the
society" young man wants to know is
how to polish up dollar store diamond
pin so that it will look like a gem of
the first water.-NorriStooc1o Herald.
"WELL," remarked young NJ. D.,
just from college, Il suppose the next
thing will be to hunt for a good loca-
tion and wait for something to do, like
Patience on a monument" "Yes, "
said bystander, "and it won't be long
after you do begin before the monu-
ment will be on the patients"
ALIrTLE Austin boy visited his uncle
on his birthday, and congratulated him.
He then asked his uncle ff he had
washed himself. "Why so?" asked the
uncle, patting the innocent prattler on
the head. Because papa said if you
did the clean thing you would give me
at least dollar.-Teras Siitti71gs.
ONE of our exchanges heads an item
"a Bad Runaway" Has any one ever
seen a good runaway?-Ec. Well,
when the rich old folks object, and the
young man runs away with their daugh-
ter, and the knot is tied before they are
overtaken, it is considered a good run
away-by the young couple, at least
NoTTiSt0aU71 Herald.
HAVE you anything extraordinary on
your person by which you could be
identiied?" asked an Austin doctor,
who was examining Bill Colbert for a
life-insurance policy. Colbert thought
for a good while before he answered.
q1ired popularity. what mark is it 2"
Fearful cramps when I eat green
corn"
ALL the passengers in the street car
on Austin avenue were very much an
noyed by crying child, and one old
gentleman appeared to be particularly
exasperated. "I do wonder what little
wootsy tootsy is crying about, said the
mother, dancing the infant up and
down. Il know what he is crying
about. He has been crying about six
blocks; ever since you got into the
car. ."-Teaas SiJtj1agS.
TO A CIGARETTE.
Burn, burn, burn,
And tell of thy charm to me;
For cannot utter Alright
The affection feel for thee.
o mourn for the college student,
Who never has felt thy sway;
o hail to the cigarette,
That banisheS care away.
Let them tell of the baneful poison,
That turks in the d inty fold;
But for package of good Sweet Cap"
And a touch Of the spell that is old.
Burn, burn, burn,
In clouds of eddying rings,
And carry to heaven as incense
The words thy poet sings.
--AnslteTSt Studeaat
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I am in way, and I write and write till
nature either stops me Or I finish.
When L came near the end Of Man and
Wife wrote away for dear life some
twelve or fourteen hours, without fur
ther rest than the exercise I took when
1 got on the floor to act my situations
and represent my characters, and no
further refreshments than little dry
champagne and few frissoles."
DO you always act your characters ?"
"Yes, invariably. I have to consider
what they would do, and how, before
L try to tell for a certainty how, under
given circumstances, they would be-
have. Finishing book like that al
ways exhausts me very much. Lon
don correspondence.
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lust NOM TheY Al FeeI.

"Limping jim" is the pet name Of an
old character who has no roof to his
mouth-"Limpy' for short. Some
months ago Limpy was taken out OF
the ditch-for al additional iniirmity of
.Limpy's is tendency in the direction
Of drunkenness-and after being cleaned
and made presentable was presented as
candidate at revival meeting. "Now,
James," said Deacon Thompson to
Limpy, after several persons had re-
lated their experiences, "say few
words, if you please. Tell the brethren
and sister how you feel"
"Mr. Thompson, said jim, rising
promptly and placing one foot easily on
the bench before him, "I feel-I f-e-e-l
like haal; how you feel, Mr.. Thomp-
son? ?"-Ne1C York Graphic.
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minute, and In winter two minutes, and
be strained and chopped on the back of
a plate. If only little water is used
in boiling it, the water becomes brown,
and the parsley tough and Ill favored.
Why should vinegar for picking
with never be boiled? Because boiling
takes all the strength from it. What
ever vegetables are to bepickled should
first be made soft with boiling water
strong with salt and then be well
drained and the vinegar poured over.
Why should two ounces OF salt and a
bit of washing soda always be put in the
water to boil greens in? Because the
salt crisps the greens and favors them,
and the soda extracts the oil, which is
greatly injurious to the digestion.
Germantown Telegraph.
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New Cure for BaIking Horses.

It is thought that a new cure has
been discovered for baking and crib
bing horses by the application of cleo
tricity. A gentleman of Baltimore,
who has a horse subject to baking,
placed an electric battery, with an in
duction coil, in his buggy, and ran the
wires to the horses bit and crupper,
and as soon as the horse came to q
standstll the current Was turned on,
and, after the horse was relieved of his
shock, it is said, he proceeded without
showing any disposition to balk. The
same application was successfully
made to horse who indulged in crib
bing, whereof he was soon cured
through the unpleasantness of the
electric shock. Those who have balk-
ing or cribbing horses may give the
foregoing a trial.
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How I5iIkie Collins Works.

"How do you work, MIR. Collins, rap
idly?"
10, not very. Let me see. write
about nine or ten pages Of book day
when 1 work regularly. It usually
takes ne six months to turn out a book
after I get fairly started upon it. [
worl, chiefly at night, and use very
larga-sized sheets of paper, on which [
write very slowly, and cut a great deal.
Here, now, is the manuscript of my last
story, The Black Robe You see it is
scratched and worked over until it be-
co1nes scarcely decipherable. The
printer can read it, however, even If you
can't, at a glance"
L couldn't read it at glance, and l
am not sure that 1 could read it at all.
And vet have read letters written by
John W. Forney, and made out what
Horace Greeley was trying to write. 1t
was cut, interlined, the interlineations
inte:linedsagain, sentences written on
the side and hauled into place by line
around them, and erasures which looked
as though the writer, In trying to scratch
out something, tried also to push it out
through the paper on the other side.
There were blots everywhere.
I IS a pretty good days work for
me to get through three of these pages
in a day"
Three Of his pages would make about
1,210 words; or, say, two-t thirds of the
space Of tbs column.
"Whea Z come to the last I get the
T--,=-. .-.. 80. ; e:;4iCa t!e .aa ~aG fv. Then
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Ignorance of Mexicans as to Common
Matters.

There are some peculiar qualities of
the Mexican mind which will, for a
while, stand in the way of quick prog
ress. Thus, very few of them will buy
their railroad tickets until the train is
in full view of the station; and, until
short time ago, preferred paying their
cash to the conductor. They have an
incomprehensible itching to defer any
enterprise, or even trivial work, until
the morrow. When these defects of
their disposition and training are un-
derstood, and patience and manage
ment are exercised, fair service can
be got out of them. AS exemplifying
how little Mexicans know of the rights
of common carriers, the other day,
when Gen. Diaz stopped here, the
company, as courtesy, rendered the
municipality the use of their cars for the
Generals party. Thereupon the city
authorities undertook to let everybody
have free ride, and, until the matter
was legally explained to them, threat
ened trouble to the railway people.
These mistakes of the Mexicans, in
their dealing with our people, spring
not so much from desire to annoy as
from ignorance.-Monterey Cor. Neeo
York Sim.
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Confirmation Of Assessment for Sewer
on Eleventh Street,
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY or ct. PAUL. Mimi, Aug. 2, 1893.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC Works.
CITY or ct. PAGL, Mimi, Aug. 2, 1893.
The assessment of benefits, costs and ex
penses arising from the construction of sewer
on Eleventh llth) street, from Robert street to
Minnesota street, in the City of ST. Paul, Mime
sofa, having been completed by the Board of
Public Works in and for said city, said Board
will meet at their Office in said city at 2 p m
on the 18th day of August, A. D. 1883, to hear
objections (if any, to said assessment, at which
time and place unless sufficient cause is shown
to the contrary, said assessment will be con-
frmed by said Board.
The following is list of the supposed owrer's
names, description of the property benefited,
ard the amounts assessed against the same,
to-wit:
Roberts G. Randall's Addition to s.. Paul,
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Seeing the Superintendent.

In the Office of certain Western
railroad Superintendent it was under
stood that when communicating
stranger entered the outer Office and
asked for the Great EIogul, one Of tie
several young men therein employed
should claim to be the official wanted,
and thus turn the bore away. One day
a web-footed stranger with a business
squint to his eyes, asked to see the Su-
perinteudent, and the chief clerk
promptly replied:
eyes, sir; what can [ do for you?"
"Are you the man?"
II am"
mo mistaken"
"None at ALL"
''Then it's all right. Six months ago
one of your trains killed COW for me,
and you have been just mean enough
not to answer any OF my letters. Old
boss, I'm going to lick $50 out of you!'
s'I see nothing but you! Prepare to
be licked!"
And the proxy-Superintendent was
not only mopped around the room and
flung into the wood-box as limp as q
clothes-line, but the cow-owner kicked
the others outdoors and upset the
desks and tables with the remark:
''The next time I do business with
this corporation, I want you to not only
reply to my letters, but to put III
haste on your envelopes !"-WaU Streel
Nelcs.
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A Clever Bit of Satire.

The following Characteristic satirical
verses can be found unsigned in
FTGzer'S Magazine, No. "a, Vol. ",
January, 1882. Thackery was fre-
quent contributor to FTdSer'S at that
time, and this bit of biting satire is 10
doubt from his pen, although it has
never been acknowledged OF identified
by any Of the collectors of his works:
Z. A. AND E. B.
a CHRISTMAS CAROL, TO TIE TUNE OF GOD SAVE
YOU, MERRY GENTLEMEN.
In2pjHs ante ArGn', atQUe Gurj c0cuS dmore.
Z. Aram was & peGacoCGa
So Sullen and so sad:
q. Bulwer was a gentleman
Wot piled IS COlDurn'S Cad:
And the deeds OF both, [ grieve to say,
Were very, weZry LSi.
E: Aram he whipped litsle boys
With malice and with ire;
z. Bulwer wrote Wbig articles
As BeelZebub did inspire:
And both of them they did these thin.s
All for the sake OF hire.
E. Aram killed a man one day,
Out OF q devilish xhim;
e. BuiWer did almost the same
deed Well-nigh as grim:
For Aram he murdered Daniel Clarke,
And Bulwer murder'd him.
E. Aran's crime it was impelied
That cash he might purlonS
q. Bulwer did his WickednesS
For love Of Colburn's coin:
Alas, that money should debauch
Two geniuses so fine!
E. Aram he was sent to jail,
And hanged upon tree;
E. Bplwer is in Parliament,
A shabby -genteel N. P.
But II he writes such numbering books
What must his ending be?
Why, that in FrGSeY'S Ad0Qzine
His gibbet we shall see.
..IIG, ,,t-, IS A,rnO%i9lo
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Confirmation Of Assessment for Grading
Martin Street,
OFFICE OF TIE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CIDS OF ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 2, 1883.

The assessment Of benefits, costs and expenses
arising from the grading OF Martin street,
from kice street to Dale street, in the city of st.
Paul, Minnesota, having bee completed by the
Board of Public Works in and for said city, said
Board will meet at their office in said city, at
p, m. on the 18th day of August, A. D. 1883, to
hear objections (if any, to said assessment, at
which time and place unless sufficient cause is
shown TO the contrary, said assessment will be
confirmed by said Board.
The following is list of the supposed owners
names, description of the property benefited,
and the amounts assessed against the same,
to-wit:
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Confirmation Of Assessment for GRADING
NGill Street.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
Crrv OF Sr PArI MINI 5rn 1929

UT Tue O1 IlI1 A1OAIN41 OF O4'i-tO FfOIAIN,
CITY OF ST.. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 2, 1888. J
1.-The assessment of benefits, costs and expenses
arising from the grading of Neill street
from Seventh (7th) street to Grove street, in the
city of st. Paul, Minnesota, having been com
pleted by the Board of Public Works in and fol
said city, said Beard will meet at their office, II
said city at p. m. on the 18th day of August
A. D. 1888, to hear objections (if any) to said
assessment, at which time and place, unles;
sufficient cause is shown to the contrary said
assessment will be confirmed by said Board.
The following is list of the supposed owners
names, description of the property benefited
and the amounts assessed against the same
to-Wit:
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The Value of Farm Life.

Stick to the farm, boys, if you want
to make money, live happy and die at
respectable old age. But if you care
not for happiness, and are willing to
struggle through short and unsatis-
factory life, so to the towns and live
from hand to mouth, never accumulat-
ing and never enjoying a moment free
from care and vexation. The desire to
shirk the labors of the farm is the bane
OF American life, and has filled all
other branches of industry full to over
fowing.-Clay County (I1ad.) Enter
prise.
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A. G. Fuller's Addition to St. Paul.
Supposed owner and
Supposed owner and

supposed owner and
description. Benefits
Monks & Chic. Miscellaneous piece of
land described as follows: Commenc-
ing at s. E. corner of lot 19, block 5,
u Fuller's addition to st. Paul;
thence E. 25 fit; thence s. to Martin
street; thence W along Martin street
209.22 feet; thenceN.to an intersection
with the s. line of said lot 19, if
produced WHY; thence Ely to begin
ming, being in St. Paul, Minnesota. Sl2O 90
Same and same. Miscellaneous piece of
land described as follows, to-wit:
Commencing at N. E. corner of block
4, A G Fuller's addition to St. Paul;
thence E, to the N. W. corner of
block 2, said addition; thence S. to
theS. w. corner of block 8, said addi
ton; thence W. to the s. g. corner of
said block 4; thence N. to beginning
being in st. Paul, Minnesota ....... S157 30
Dewey, Drake s. Pence's Addition to st. Paul.
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Go Fishing.

Amasa Stone, the Cleveland million
aire who committed suicide, did SO be
cause he could not sleep. How. many
millionaires are there who would give
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Kittson's Addition to St. Peul.

All objections TO said assessment must be
made III writing, and filed with the Clerk of said
Board at least one day prior to said meeting.
JOHN F. HCYT, President pro tenn.
Official: r. l.. GoEMAN,
Clerk Board OF Public Works. 2le-s p
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Supposed owner and

All objections to said assessment must be
made in writing and filed with the Clerk of said
Board at least one day prior to said meeting.
JOHN F. HOYT, President pro tenn.
Official: r. l. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works. 2lS-22O
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All objections to saj1 assessment must be
made in writing and fled with the Clerk of said
Board at least ore day prior to said meeting.
JOHN T. HOYP, President pro TEN.
Official: q. L. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works. 2l8-220
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Mr.. Lincoln used to tell story about
a big Hoosier who came to Washington,
during the war, and called upon a
street Arab for a shine. Looking at
the tremendous boots before him, he
called out to brother sinner across the
street: Come over and help, Jimmy,
I've got an army contract. -
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Winston's Subdivision of VIZ OF SW14 of Lot
4, Leech's Out Lots to st. Paul.

AJ Objections to said assessment must be
made in writing and filed with the Clerk of said
Board at least one day prior to said meeting.
JOHN +. HOYT, President pro tenn
Official: Il. L.. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works. 2iS-22o
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Wars Between England and France.

The following calculation was made
in 1915, and shows the dates and the
duration of the wars between England
and France. Within a period of 700
years there were 266 years of desolat-
ing war:
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Supposed owner and
6asnrintioo

All objentious to said assessment 1pust ne
MADE IN writing AID filei with the Clerk OF said
Hoard at least Que dav prior TO said meeting.
JOHN f HOYT, President pro tenn.
Official: r. l.. GoRMAN.
Clerk Board of Public Works. 2l820
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Confirmation Of Assessment for Sewer on
COLLEGE Avenue.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug 2, 1883.
The assessment of beoefits, costs and expenses
arising from the construction of a sewer on
College avenue, from Third (3d) street to Rice
street, in the City of st. Paul, Minnesota,
having been comp eted by the Board of Public
Works i'll and for said city, said Board will
meet at their Office in said city at p. m.
on the 18th day of August, A. ID. 1883, to hear
objections (if any) to said assessment, at which
time and place, unless sufficient cause is shown
to the contrary, said assessment will be con-
6rmed by said Board.
The following is list of the supposed owners
names, description of the property benefited,
and the amounts assessed against the same to-
wit:
Supposed owner and description. Benefits.
Geo Benz. Commencing at NE corner of
Third street and College avenue; thence
My on Third street to Mulberry street;
thence Ely on Mulberry street I67 feet;
thence SLY 10 point on N line of Col
lege avenue l40 feet E of Z line of
Third street; thence WHY to beginning,
being in St. Paul, Minnesota. sl57 50
G II Bigelow. Commencing on My lire
of College avenue 40 feet ELY from
Third street; thence My to Mulberry
street at point 167 feet Ely from
Third street; thence Ely alorg Mulber-
~ street 1T feet; thence Sly to Col
lege avenue at point 241 feet Ely of
NE corner of Third street aud College
avenue; thence Willy l0l feet to begin
Irvine's Enlargement to Rice aud Irvine's Addi-
70
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Confirmation If Assessment for Grading
Garfield Street.
OFFICE OF TIE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 2, 1883. !

arising from the grading of Garfield street, from
Goodrich street to Ramsey street in
the city of St., Paul. Minnesota, having
been completed by the Board of Public works in
and for said city, said Board will meet at their
office in said city at p. m. on the 18th day of
August, A. D. 1883, to hear objections (if any)
to said assessment, at which time and place un-
less sufficient cause is shown to the contrary,
SAID assessment will be confirmed by said Board
The followingis list of the supposed owners
names, description of the property benefited,
and the amounts assessed against the same, to-
wit:
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Leech's Out Lots to st. Paul.

Supposed owner and
description. Lot. Benefits.
Geo Parker, E15 of SEH Of s75S W
Marshall's Subdivision of NEH of Lots, Leech's
Out Lots to st. Paul.