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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-22

What is a dram-shop? Let us have a
just Interpretation of it. 1t is a manufac-
tory not only of paupers but of incendia-
ries, madmen and %murderers. Is such an
institution, i'll may dignity the abominable
thing by that respectable NAME. compati-
BILE with the public safety? No. deny
that civil government is faithful to its
great province while it suffers the dram
shop to be in existence, so long as it estab-
fishes and permits it. The civil govern
ment that allows this enemy to the safety
of person and property is unworthy of the
name of civil government.-G Garrett Smith.
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w. C. T. u.
The Death OF clear Thongnt.

II ~ VI SleaE MOu HI
'Some of the old poets thought the
drinking-cup was a cup of poetry and elo-
quence, but that delusion has died under
the accumulating witnesses of all times.
Each glass of spirituous drink is the death
of clear and beautiful thought. The
tongue thickens, the words lose their sharp
outline, the eye its flash under even the
best of wines. When God made man He
declared a partnership between temperance
and inspiration and made a cup of water
the emblem of all clear thought. 1t is a
singular incident that while Anacreon and
Horace drank wine heavily they made
Helicon send forth only streams of pure
water for their nine muses. to drink. There
were many of these fountains; Helicon,
Pindus, Parnassus. which could lend in
SEPARATION to the god or mortal who should
taste their crystal drops. These tabled
springs were located by men who knew
that the wine cup was an eclipse of the in
~tellect, a stupor not to be endured by a
god. What a wonderful logic was that
which planned Pierian Springs for all high
born beings, and which gave Anacreon a
fagon of wine! What a wisdom still is
that by which our scholars send the nine
muses. to a spring of pure water for secur-
ing a u new a~ffiatus, and then seek their own
inspiration in a barrel of whisky. What
is SO good FOR the muses. ought to be good
for man. All intoxicating drinks take
away that soul which relates man to the
Creator. Wine is the paralysis of thought"
-Prot. Dauid SEEING.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-22

At our old stand at the corner you
may expect to find as good an as
sortment as at any other store in
South Jersey. We don't particu-
larly need to take profits into con-
sideration--if we don't want to-
therefore we can sell on close mar
gins, and we work cheap on all
u goods. You're always sure of
fair treatment, truthful representa-
ton and just and equitable returns
for your money. Come and c US.
Seventy-fve pieces of Floor Oil
Cloths, from to ~ yards wide,
bou hit last June and been stored
away to get the paint seasoned and
hardened. All qualities, all prices.
No such variety at any store in
South Jersey, go where you will.
Fifty pairs of colored blankets,
sI.5S per pair. They weigh Obs
and are well secured. Made forthe
government service and cost S2.Io
to make. They are the biggest
bargain in bed blankets we have
ever had the good fortune to show.
1874 all wool, oHlb, white blank
cts, $3.50. Sold last year at S..
Red twilled, blue twilled, and
plain red hanncls, medicated and
non-medicated. Everything for
skirting underwear, for Ladies,
Gents, Misses, Children and Boys.
Quilting Cotton, by weight, It
II to IS &c ats per pound. We have
all needed articles for making quilts
and comfOrtables.
The best assortment Of dress
goods we ever had yet. Excellent
dress plaids at 10 cents. Double
faced, illuminated wool t%ricots, yard
wide, 25cts, former price 37Hcts.
Everything in this way new and
cheap. Additions and new goods
coming in on every train. You
can't get wrong.
Large purchase of ladies wooden
skirts and skirting by the yard. Is
long wooden shawls just opened;
good warm mes as low as $500
each. Ladies', Misses and child
ren's coats, New markets and jack
cts. Additions made to stock every
day.
We buy our Black Cashmeres di-
rect of the importers, and can give
you lower than city prices-bring
samples. 4oin., all-wool, soc, bet
ter, So, 90, o5c. 4o in. Black Hen
rietta Cloth, 75c.
Yard wide all wool suitings,
brown, cardinal, navy blue & green,
25c. Al wool Tricots, 40 cts, sold
last year at 50. Fall stock Of Dry
Goods in every needful variety.
E. B. HUMPHREYS & Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-22

DIR. Hiram Corson, of Conshohocken,
Pa, widely known as one of the Oldest and
most respected physicians of that State,
makes the following remark upon an al
most n~nrecognized source of disease in
young children, in the Medical and Surgical
Reporter:
During my many years of practice, there
have been many occasions on which | found
it necessary to warn person who used tobac-
co against using it in the sick-room, espec-
cially in the lying in room. | have often
known poor men, after coming from work,
and also in the early morning, to fill the
room, where there was an infant only a
few days old, with tobacco-smoke; and
that these children sickened and died from
the effects of it | have no doubt. Three
years ago, | was passing along Green Lane,
a street running from Roxbury to Mana
yunk, when l met a young man proudly
carrying a child of but a few months OH
his shoulder, with the child's face close to
his own head. He was smoking, and. as
he faced the wind, the smoke was carried
back into the child's face. 1t was Sunday,
and himself and wife had apparently just
started to visit friends in Manayunk-a
very short distance. After l had gotten
away from them 1 reproached myself for
not having accosted them and warned them
of the child's danger. 1t is quite probable
that, before they reached their friends, the
child was sick; then, if a doctor was sent
for, he was doubtless told: sit was quite
we'll when we left home, and we can't
tell whatever has made it so sick" Be-
ing SO sick, and malaria being SO plentiful
in that region, the doctor could readily see
that it ought to have medicine-some an
tiseptic or some germicide-and then
well, we may fancy the rest.
| have often, when called to young chill
dren, believed that the cause of the sick
ness was due to the fumes of tobacco; re-
moving them from the cause often soon
placed them in safety. And yet that many
suffered from that cause, and that it was
not recognized as such by me, | have no
doubt.
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Warrington Letter.


(from cur regular corr~espondent.1
WAsHINGToN, ID. c., Feb. 18, 1899.
The Speakers eye is as hard to catch
nov as a lottery prize. AS the session
nears it's final end every available means is
taken to secure the passage of private bills
and other pet measures, TO the disregard
Of legislation Of supreme Importance. 1t
is now certain that no tariff bill will pass
the present Congress, and that President
Harrison will have to call an extra session
of the next Congress. 1t il even believed
that the deficiency bill, which contains
lar appropriation for pension deficiencies,
will fail of passage this session. Every
thing would indicate that it would be to
the interest of the Republican party to hold
an extra session, and most of the leaders
advise it.
The preparations for the Inauguration
are stupendous. Along Pennsylvania Ave
nue. the sound OF hundreds of hammers are
heard, as the mammoth viewing stands
rise high in the air. The Pension build
ing is temporarily surrounded with extcn-
sive sheds for the cooking and other nee
essary arrangements for the inaugural
ball. Everywhere boarding house keepers
and thrifty private families are fcyerishly
awaiting a chance TO take the stranger in.
Still prices are not so high as has been pub
lished. Good accommodations will be
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-22

There are now 973 convicts in the State
prison. The number will probably reach
1000 before the winter is over.
The bill making Labor Day a legal holt
day has been passed by the Pennsylvania
Legislature. 1t now goes to the Governor.
MiLdlesex and Monmouth counties will
vote on the Local Option question on May
21st. and Sussex will hold an election
May 2Stli.
A petition signed by nearly 30 voters IN
Morristown, has been forwarded to the
Legislature in favor of the Australian vot-
ing system.
Norman J. ColmaD, Of Missouri, nomi-
mated by President Cleveland to be Score
tary of Agriculture, has been confirmed by
the Senate.
A convention of all the organizations
that p to work for the Prohibition
amendment in Pennsylvania met at Harris
burg on Tuesday.
Petitions are in circulation in Essex
county fo- a Local Option election, and
there is no doubt about the requisite num-
Der of names being obtained.
Governor Green has informed General
Sewell that the entire division of the New
Jersey National Guard will attend the
Washington Inauguration centennial in
New York in the latter part of April.
The Nebraska Legislature has passed a
resolution providing that at the next gen
eral election the people OF that State shat
decide whether Prohibition or High LII
cense shall be made a part of the Constlta-
ton.
There is a bill pending in the Legislature
providing for the appointment OF two adj
ditional Vice Chaneellors. 1t has already
passed the Senate, and will probably go
through the House. 1t is said that this
will add fifteen thousand dollars per an
nun to the expenses Of that court.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-22
Daily Life.

The round of a woman's daily life may
be characterized as one part work, three
parts worry. Her husbands day-by-day
labor is usually one part worry and three
parts work. The weight, strain and rub
Of her duties fall upon the heart and
nerves. The heavy pull of his is upon
muscle and mind. There are many rea-
sons why this should be SO, and why the
disposition Of life's work will ,lways be
thus apportioned. Men nave strength,
women endurance. Men are courageous,
women patient.-Once q Week.
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New Store under the Opera House

AT our new store under the Opera
House we have this week opened
$4,000 worth of suits and overcoats.
You can getyour boys a good warm
overcoat for $3.50. Mems Raritan
Chinchilla Beaver %overcoats, warm
but not burthensome, $500. Black
Corkscrew overcoats, all-wool face.
$500. Skating jackets made of
heavy beaver cloth, cut double
breasted and lined with flannel, just
the thing for knock-about, S5.75.
Knit jackets from 75c to $3.50.
Everything needed for men and
boys, and at prices lower than else
where in this county.
Never in our history as merchants
have we been SO well prepared to
take care of ourselves and III Gus
toners on BOOTS and SHOES as
we are at this present time. We
placed our orders early in the c
son when the work-people were not
hurried, and the consequence is that
we have a BETTER, LARGER and
CHEAPER stock than ever before.
We own now and have in posses
sion over Fifty Cases of Mems and
Boys Boots-all kinds. all prices.
The celebrated f. S. Reeve boots
as low as s2.25. You all know this
make Of goods. Mr.. Reeve is a
conscientious man and don't put his
name on anything that is not worthy
oft. We are the only agents for
the Lester Boot. We sold these
largely last year and have not had
a single complaint, though we have
taken great pains to make inquiry
of those we sold them to. The uni
versal verdict is that there are none
better. We can give you good bar
gains in boots and you do yourself
injustice if you fail to take a look at
our stock. We don't care SO much
for profits as We do to sell the
goods.
In Ladies' and Children's wear
and goods adapted to their wants
we are quite as fortunate as on
Mems and Boys goods. While we
have all desirable makes and grades
in Children's and Women's wear.
we would especially call attention to
our French Kid, hand-wclt, extern
sion sole, common-sense heel, but
ton boots for Ladies at So. It's the
neatest made, neatest fitting, easiest
wearing and most dressy shoe for
the money that we have ever been
able to offer.
All kinds Mems and Boys Hats.
Five cases lately received. Every
thing in Mems wear and Boys wear.
Also the largest stock of Clothing
in this county at our we'll known,
popular low prices.
New purchase children's two
piece suits, S2.25 upwards.
IS doz. Mems Medicated Scarlet
Shirts, with Drawers to match. The
best by far that we have ever offered
for the money.
Fifteen doz. new purchase Mems
Knit Jackets, from the lowest at 90
cents to the finest seamless all wool
at $3.50. No stock in these parts
to equal it in variety.
E. b. HUMPHREYS,
Woodstown, N. !.
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Adopted by the Right Worthy Grand Lodge
in 1859:
/. Total abstinence from all Intoxicating
liquors as Il beverage.
2. No License in any form or under any cir
c~urnstances, for the sale of liquors to be used
as 81 beverage.
3. The ABsoLuTE PROHIBITION of the manufac
ture, importation and sale Of intoxicating
liquors for such puTposes-prohibition by the
Will OF the people, expressed in due form of
law, with the penalties deserved for Il crime of
such enormity.
4. The creation of a healthy public opinion
upon the subject, by the active dissemination
of truth in all the modes known to an eniight-
encd philanthropy.
3. The election 1good, honest men to adj
minister the law.
q. Persistence in efforts to save individuals
ana communities from so direful Il scourge
against any forms of opposition and difficulty
until our success is complete and universal.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-22

One of the most prominent lessons taught
by universal history from the days of
Moses down TO the present hour, is that a
th~orough-going policy in the removal of
any national evil has ever been crowned
with success, while a policy of compromise
which left the roots or fountain heads I'M
touched, has invariably failed. How un-
the world before lis, there should be those
in the ranks of temperance reform who fail
to sec this.-Eg. Batlie Lewis IF Edin5urgh.
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FOR RENT!

The following properties in W oodstown and
vicinity:
now occupied by Smith Hewitt.
The dwelling and tract of land on Main St,
owned by Sarah and Mary IL. Dickson,
occupied by Thomas X. Coles.
House and lot of land on YORKTOWN road,
occupied by Charles Hewitt.
Inquire of FOGG & HICKMAN,
Real Estate Agents. WoOdstown.
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Friday. March L, 1889,

All the following farming stock and imple-
ments:
Bay mare Flora, brown horse, 4 good mich
cows, 4 shoats, 3 sows Will pig; carriage, near
rows, 3 plows, cultivator, corn pillow, corn
shelter, corn marker, fanmill, feed bins,
grindstone, shovels. forks, rakes, hoes, barrel
of vinegar, sleigh, sled, I set double harness,
collars, lines, brides, fynets, bells, one-half
of 10 acres Of wheat in the ground. Also
household goods in variety; beds, bedding,
bedsteads, tables, chairs, bureaus, stands, pots,
pans, kettles, pals, &c.
Sale to commence at O'Clock =. NJ. Condi-
lions at sale.
VIM. a. CASPER, Guardian.
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LODGE DIRECTORY, WITH NAMES OF LODGE DEPu-
TIES AND NIGHT OF MEETING.
District Deputy, Il. 5. Fogg, Woodstown.
s.. Nazarene, Rev. W. n. Ogborn, Bridge
port, Friday.
II. Harrisonville, J. W. +. Wilkinson, Har-
risonyille, Saturday.
100. Sincerity, DR.. 4. E. Detroit, Mullica
Hill, Monday.
1l0. Jefferson II. II. Tomlin, jefferson, Wed
nesday.
town, Tuesday.
l27. food Intent, c. c. Barber, Pedricktown,
Monday.
II. Eureka, c. W. Taylor, Newfeid, Nor
day
1873. Paulsboro, e. c. IL, Friday.
Lodge Deputies and others are respectfully
requested TO notify us OF any inaceuracy in
the foregoing directory. "
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Independent Order Of Good TGmplarS.
With District of New Jersey,
Comprising the Counties OF Salem and Gloucester
Faith, Hope and Charity.
OUR PLEDGE.

No member shall make, buy, sell, use, fur
nish, or cause to be furnished to others as n
beverage, any spirituous or malt liquors, wine
or cider; and every member shall discounte-
nance the manufacture, sale and use thereof
in all proper ways
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-22

Chief Templar, samuel II. Gill, Bridgeport.
Counsellor, NJ. A. Reece, Mullica Hill.
Vice Templar, Lizzie Taylor, Woodstown.
Supt. Juvenile Temples, M~aySparks, Bridge
port.
Secretary, Lizzie Borton, Jacksonville.
Asst Sec'y, Theo. Brown, Bridgeport.
Treasurer, WIN. II. ID. Geiger, Mullica Hill.
Chaplain, Mrs. Emily W. Helms. bridgeport.
Marshal, Frank krouse, Bridgeport.
Dep. Marshal, Lizzie Pedrick, Bridgeport.
Guard, Lille Borton, Harrisonville.
Sentinel, samuel q. BortOn, Harrisonville.
Past Templar, f.. 5. Fogg, Woodstown.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-22

We can supply you with reliable Feath-
ers, all kinds, either in ticks, pillows or
holsters or in bulk, from 80 cents to rs
cents a pound, ready steamed and process
ed. We obtain the supply from st. Louis,
the head feather market of the country.
You'll find our prices from 5 to Is cents
lower han others in town or country, and
you're sure to get what you pay for. E.
b. Humphreys & Co.
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VENDUE!

YNHE subscriber, guardian of David Sparks,
i Jr., will sell at public yendue, on the
farm lately occupie by said David Sparks,
Jr., on the Salem and Sharptown road, about
2 miles from SharptOWn. on
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-22

Persons wishing to improve their memo
ries or strengthen their power OF attention
should send to Prof. Loisette, 237Fifth Ave,
N. Y, for his prospectus post free. as adj
vertised in another column. ieb22-4t
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VENDUE!
WILL be sold at public sale, on
Saturday, March I'd, 80,

At the residence of the subscriber, I'm Woods
town, all the following described personal
property: l tull-blood Attorney COW, with
calf by her side: / two-year-old Attorney and
HoIstein heifer. l 'one-year-old calf, ! new
market wagon, ltwo-horse pillow, never been
used; 20 hens, full-blood Plymouth Rock; .
full-blood ROSTERS, 50 boxes, suitable for hens
nests or chicken coOps; % lard firkins, 2O-foot
ladder, and lot other articles not mentioned.
Sale to commence at 2 O'Clock, Z. NJ. Condi-
tions made known at sale.
222lt j. 7. CRISpIN.
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Statesmen Wanted.

r OCAL or travelling men OF good character
who want permanent employment, write
me before engaging for the season.. My sys-
tenn assures success and you can make money
handling my specialties. Don't delay, terms
very liberal. Apply to FRED. f. YouNG, New
England Nurseries, Rochester, n. y. 2-8-4m.
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OFFICERS W. C. T. T., wooDsTowN:
President, Mrs. ANNE f. SoUDER.
Cor. Secretary, Mrs. j.. W. HUMPHREYS
Recording Secretary, MRS. IL. A. CAwLEY.
Treasurer, MRS. DAN WARE,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE W. C. T. o.,
OF WOODSTOWN, N. j.

oFFrCERS OF THE SALEM COUNTY woMAN's CHRIST
IAN TEMPERANCE UNION:
Pres, MRS. REBgocA T. PATTERSON, Salem.
Cor. Sec, Mas. IL. A. CAwLEY, Woodstown.
Rec. Sec, Mis-. G. j. CROFT, PennsgroTe.
Treas, Mrs. MAGGIE CRIsPIN, Sharptown.
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OFFICERS Y. W. c. T. u, wooDsToWS:
President, Miss JOSEPHINE MAcALTIoNER.
Cor. Secretary, Miss LULU WRIGHT.
Rec. Secretary, Miss MARY ANNA COLES.
Treasurer Mrs. W. HARRY SMITH.
Time of meeting W.. c. T.. L. Thursday aftel
at 3 O'Clock.
Time of meeting i. w. c. T. u. Monda
evening at $50 O'Clock
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Also viii be sold at the same time and place:
l sorrel mare, 10 years old, n good farm ami
mai; l black horse, . years old, good work
horse: ! roam horse, 4 years old, good for work
or driving; 3 yearling colts; / good young Hol-
stein COW; ] good Attorney COW, fresh. Con-
ditions nj sale. Ill. Ii HICKMAN.
Febl52t.
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House to, Rent.

TIME six-room dwseNfng house on Main
street, now occurred by subscriber. APP
ply to MARi WALLASE,
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TO RENT

TIME House and Store-room formerly occu-
i pied by Benz. Abbott, next door to the
MONITOR office. A finely located stand for
business. Il. b. HUMPHREYS,
WOOdSiOwn. y. j.
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town, viz, SO hives of Italian and Hybrid Bees.
These bees are in Simplicity hives, with NOV
able frames, and all the improvements that
render them easily handled. To farmers and
others desiring to keep bees this Will be an ex-
cellent opportunity 10 obtain a gentle and
good stock. II +. ID. HUMPHREYS.
John d. Coles, Auctioneer.
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LODGE DIRECTORY, WITH NAMES OF LODGE DEPu-
TIES AND MOTT OF MEETING.

Next session of District Lodge will be held
at paulsboro, on May 2ist, 1883.
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i'D+h - INV
The Democrats, aften seven weeks of
caucusing and wrangling, at last, in to-
days caucus, agreed upon a bill for the
regulation of the liquor traffic. 1t will be
introduced tomorrow by Senator Edwards,
and be pushed to a third reading on Mon
day night. It provides for the repeal of
the present Local Option law, but
leaves the High License provisions
as they are now-sl50, 5000 and
$3.50, according to population. Wholesale
liquor stores, groceries, iugshops and all
other places where liquor is SOLD by the
quart, but not to be drunk on the premi-
SEES, are to pay the same license as that i'm
posed on hotels and saloons.
The power of revoking Licenses for VIC
lation of the law is taken away from the
Courts and lodged with the authority
which grants the license. That is, in
Newark the Board of Excise is vested with
such authority; in Jersey City and other
cities the Board of Aldermen, and in towns
and townships the Courts and Common
Pleas. The bill does not interfere with
the present laws against Sunday selling,
selling to minors, etc.
Senator Baker fought hard to have a
clause incorporated which would permit
municipalities and townships to fix the
license fee as high or low as they pleased
by the popular vote at special elections
called for the purpose, but he wasdefeated.
The bill as amended was then adopted,
with only five votes in the negative. these
being cast by Senator'S Smith, Baker and
Wyckoff and Assemblymen Deronde and
Naughright.
Three members (Potts, Patterson and
Davis) positively refused to attend the
caucus, and it is reported that they will
poor prospect of its passage.
The House to-day, with the consent OF
the Democrats, killed the Wiedenmayer
bill, which provided for the repeal of the
Local Option High License law. This was
done to make way for the new bill.
Governor Green nominated Edwin O..
Chapman as State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, to take the place from which
Colonel Fuller was deposed by the Legis-
lature. Chapman was displaced by Fuller
last year through an alleged deal with
some Democratic members of the Board of
Education.
The Senate passed a bill giving to towns
governed by Boards of Commission the
fees for liquor licenses.
On the meeting of the Assembly the roll
call showed twelve absentees, and the
Speaker directed warrants to be issued for
their arrest.
In the Senate Mr.. Edwards offered a bill
authorizing the appointment of IA board of
three tax assessors in cities, with an annual
salary of $2500, not more than two To be Of
one political party.
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ITO RENT-The lower end of double dwell
ing on Main street, South Woodstown,
two doors below NJ. f. church. enquire al
this office.
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Bees for Sale.


"AVING a larger stock that / can properly
III care for, l Will sell a portion of the same
At public sale, on