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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-11-01

Whatever may bethcir views about
the future government of the Philip
pine island, there is uu question hut
the boys Of Company | are with the
president To the extent that the re-
bellion should lac put down. They
stuud hy the flag.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-11-01

Gen. Miles was in Billings on We'd
npsIny of last week. lie Is the guest
OF w. +. Cody Buffalo Bib and will
accompany the latter to his Wyom-
Ing ranch and engage in II hunt for
large game in the Big Horn noun
tnius.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-11-01

senator Masunof Illinois threatens
To- resign II the Republican cunven-
tion In 1900 did not declare against
"criminal aggression" in the Philip
pines. OF course, that Is simply Billy
Ilason's way of looking at things.
Probably the easiest way of letting
himself out is by rc,igning. He may
be- invited to resign.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-11-01

will come when those who now Qp-
pose President Mckinley will besing-
Ing his praises, as they are the acts
of Abraham Lincoln.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-11-01

The Shamrock il making fast tine
now in tow vi n steam yacht Tor
home.
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Irrp,ta County Arp,ta.

LGwISTOwN. MONT. Nov. l,'99.
The times., 1899-03-19

ing during the season of grand opera to be
given next month in this city has resulted
in the projectors receiving nearly 1000
suggestions. From these the pieces decid-
ed upon are "Lohengrin." La Traviata," ="
Faust" and Die Walkure." All four were
offered during the recent booking at the
Metropolitan Opera House and drew great
audiences. In the hands of the marvellous
company to be brought here their populari-
ty should be renewed and the largest sort
of houses result. The subscription sale OF
seats for the season begins on March q
at Sanders G. Stayman's and the regular
sale is to follow on April 8.
The times., 1899-03-19
COMING EVENTS.

The managers of the Columbia Theatre
are promising a heavy underline in the
shape OF series of revivals of celebrated
plays, these to be accomplished by the
Frawley Stock Company, which has for
four seasons past done record breaking
business in San Francisco and along the
Pacific Coast. the organization has been
completely changed for its local appear
ances. and is now composed of such people
as have probably seldom before been ia-
cluded in a single combination of its sort.
T. Daniel Frawley, himself an actor of
no small reputation, will be assisted in
presenting the pieces chosen by Fred Will
liams, stage manager of the New York Ly-
ceum.
The first of the dramas will be produced
on Easter Monday. ..Trilby" is announc-
ed as the Offering, and in the cast will be
included many members of the original
company. Burr Mcintosh will be the Taffy;
Alfred Hickman is to be seen as Little
Biliee; John Kellerd has been engaged
for the role of Syengali, and Mary Van
Buren,. who was last here with E. S. VIII
lard, is TO have the titular part "Trlby"
will be beautifully staged and costumed.
THE Charity Bali" has been reserved
for the following week, and In this the
complete organization will be seen. The
roster given out for publication bears the
names OF Harry Corson Clark, John E.
Kellerd, Burr Mcintosh, Alfred Hickman,
Charles Wyngate, Geoffrey Stein, Frank
Matthew. Enrol Dunbar. Harry Gwynette,
Fred Williams, T. Daniel Frawley, Selene
Johnson Mary Van Buren, Mrs. F. NJ
Bates. Georgia Welles. Corinne Parker,
and AGa Leyick.
Prof. John T. Crossley late physical in
structor at the Columbia Athletic Club
.trin hn ra1 hon off hky hi Fr..
next Sunday night at the Columbia Thea
tire. A great number OF local celebrities
are announced 10 appear and the entertain
ment given will doubtless be a most en-
joyable one. Prof. Crossley is an extreme
ly popular man here and the number of re-
quests for seats that have been made al
ready leaves no room for speculation re-
garding the size OF the audience that will
attend the testimonial.
Sousa'5 comic opera, THE Bride Elect"
will be sung next week at the National
Theatre by company in which are Hilda
Clark, Albert Hart. Christie Macdonald,
Alice Campbell, Mabella Baker, George Ly-
ding and q number OF other people equally
well known. A chorus OF sixty. ballet
and a largely increased orchestra are TO
figure in the production which Is prom
ised to be elaborate and costly. The sale of
seats opens Thursday.
Something rather out of the ordinary IN
scenic way is promised for the coming
week at the Academy OF Music where
Charles Frohman Will then present his ad-
mirable company in The White Heather"
When done last season in New York the eff
fects produced in this piece created n min
iature sensation and there seems reason to
anticipate that this will be repeated here.
Among the settings shown is one which ex-
hibits realistically a section OF the ocean
at great depth and in this act is fought
a submarine duel that is said to be more
than ordinarily thrilling.
The voting scheme advertised by Mana
gers Strakosch and Horne and which was
to aid them in selecting works for render
The times., 1899-03-19

Entire Chorus, Ballet. and Orchestra from the
Metropolitan Opera House Subscription sale
opens at Sanders & Stayman's, 1927 Street
northwest, a. m, March 81 Single sale April
3. Subscription prices, $40, SIG, Sl2, and s.,
according to location.
1t STRAKoSCH 4 HORNE. Mgrs.
The times., 1899-03-19

The voting scheme advertised by Mana
gers Strakosch and Horne and which was
to aid them in selecting works for render
The times., 1899-03-19
Halls of the Ancients.

Nos. 1872, 1914, 1916. and 1918 NEW YORK AVE.
Constructed to Promote
NATIONAL GALLERIES OF HISTORY AND ART.
They illustrate the art, architecture. religion.
and life OF the Egyptian. Assyrian. Graeco-R -Ro-
man and Saracenic natiopalities-
EGYPTIAN HALL OF COLUMNS.
EGYPTIAN HALL OF ARTS and CRAFTS
EGYPTIAN INTERIOR
ASSYRIAN HALI.-Sennachcrib on Throne.
ROMAN HOUSE. 1900 So. 1t. Decorated
LECTURE HALL Painting of Rome 50xl1 It.
SARACENIC HALL Of House OF Beniaquin.
ART GALLERY. ROMAN HISTORY
Visitors will be attended by cxpositors gratis
Mr.. franklin W. Smith, curator. will speak in
explanation at intervals
Admission, Soc; Children Halt Price.
Open from 4 m. to 10 p. m
fe26- we. .fri-tf
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Every Man his own weather Prophet
From the Baltimore sun. February 5.

From the Baltimore sun. February s.
The Bditimore Trade ventures upon the
role Of a weather prophet, having found on
a careful study of the tables of temperature
printed in Sun Almanaes for years past
that the coldest day in winter occurs six
months after the warmest day in summer.
The general rule dedueed is that from the
data Of temperature of any given locality in
summer an inference may be made as to
the temperature six months thereafter in
that lcality Therefore, says Trade,
IF a packer or grower in Maryland wishes
to test the reliability of this information he
should begin on the 22d Of March to make
his special records for the benefit of his
business. Thus we viii suppose he is
packer Of tomatoes interested in knowing
when frost win first strike the vines in his
locality He can calculate that if the clos
Ing week of March is wintry, the closing
week of September viii be summery to a
like degree, but should there come even
one comparatively warm spring day in that
last week of March there win almost GER
AIliiN Ht u uhA bA tttNA Aii itit last NNIh VI
September The same rule applies to
April and October, to May and November,
to June and December, to July and ,Janu-
airy, to August and February, to Septem-
ber and March up to the 22d.
The Sun Almanac for 1S99 gives on page
los the temperature record for 1898.
From this, says Trade, we learn that
the highest temperature last summer oe-
Cured the first four days of July, when
the maximum ranged from 81 to l04 de
grees Fahrenheit The first four days of
this January should prove to be the coldest
of the winter in this locality, and they were
certainly very cold. The next spell in
point Of warmth last summer occurred on
the 9th to the 3lst OF July. This is writ
ten ON the 9th, whilst severe thunder
storm is rolling overhead and heavy rain,
with no sign of frost; yet we should have
severe winter weather before this month
closes There should be another cold spell
of four or FIVE days in the first week of
March, but nothing with severe frost for
the rest of the winter, except a quite sharp
frost between the 10Th and goth of March.
Taking this as a basis of reasoning, We
should say there will be no injury to the
fruit crop this year, as the temperature will
not at any time rise high enough to start
the buds. There will be cold weather late
enough to keep the sap down till after
March 22d, so if any injury is done the
fruit in this section it will be from frosts
after that date, concerning which we do
not pretend to be able to forecast; only it
is extremely improbable, The winter is
thus the complement of the summer, but
Trade does not find that the rule works the
other way. The summer is not the com
plement of the winter
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Curiosities of the Calendar.
From the Westminster Gazette.

The following little curiosities of the
Gregorian calendar are recalled by the fact
that we have entered upon new year:
Since the calendar was reformed by
Pope Gregory no century has ever begun
on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday,
and the same order of days is repeated
every 20 years.
January and October of each year al
ways begin with the same day; 50 with
April and July; SO with September and
December; so with February, March and
November.
Strangely enough, there is no single day
of the week which is not accepted by some
portion of the human race as the day of
rest For example
Christians, Sunday; Greeks, Monday;
Persians, Tuesday; Assyrians, Wednes-
day; Egyptians, Thursday; Turks, Fri
day; Jews, Saturday
As measured by the unerring sun, the
errors in the Gregorian calendar amount
to one day in every 4, 600 years.
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Centreville (Md.) Observer.

1t would be difficult to find section of
the Eastern Shore which has not its inter
esting tradition, its thrilling ghost story
One of the best from this section is that of
the "Jim Pippin Oak, near the old Dix
on's tavern was not always the quiet or
derly section it is today.
Some thirty years ago the great woods
in which the "Jim Pippin Oak stood,
was the rendezvous for band of men who
for miles around gave an unenviable repu-
tation for lawlessness and deeds of vio-
lence, running into burglary, arson and
even murder The community was ter
rorized and lawlessness ran riot. When
the sun went down every door and window
for miles around was barred and bolted
After the brutal murder and robbery of
Benjamin Roberts, Church Hill mer-
chant, Jim Pippin and man named Me
ginnis were arrested. The men We're tried,
and spite of the efforts of ex-senator
Charles H. Gibson, Meginnis was convict
ed Of murder in the second degree, and
he was sent to the penitentiary for eighteen
years. Pippin was acquitted and returned
to his father home in the big woods
near "Dixon's Tavern
A body of masked men found the man
in sweet potato hole under old man Me
ginnis' home The doomed man refused
to surrender or come out, and the house
was fired He then surrendered, the fire
was extinguished and Pippin was taken to
handsome young white oak which stood
within Il few feet of the public road, and was
strung up. The body was left dangling
until late the next day.
But here is the interesting part the his
tory of this period of lawlessness and disord-
er. The white oak is long lived tree The
oak ON which Pippin was hung was young
and vigorous, but it at once began to decay.
The strange part of the story is the fatal
limb upon which the man was hanged, first
withered and died. The blight then
spread up that side of the tree to the top
most bough, and then the entire tree began
falling to pieces, until today only rugged
trunk and rotten limbs are left. The
place ever since has been ''hoodooed so
far as the negro population is concerned,
and they give the Jim Pippin Tree a
wide berth after sundown
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How He Got Even.

4 few days since, relates a solicitor
as was sitting with my friend D
in his Office a man came in and said
:" Mr. W, the livery stable keep
er tricked me shamefully yesterday, and
| want to be even with him
= State yous ease, said D
- | asked him how much he d charge
me for horse to 20 TO Richmond. He
said half sovereign took the horse,
and when | came back he said he wanted
another half sovereign for coming back,
and he made me pay it.
''D- gave his client some legal ad-
vice which he Immediately acted upon as
follows lie went to the livery stable
keeper and said. ''How much will you
charge for a horse to Windsor ?
The man replied; a sovereign.
Client accordingly went to Windsor
come back by rail, and went to the livery
stable keeper, saying:
. Here is your money, paying him a
sovereign
=. Where is my horse? said W.
" He's at Windsor, answered the
client. | hired him only to go to Wind
sor
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The All Prevalent.


Zip
Aud the Grip
Has rot its nip.
Dn your neck,
And yo re wreck.
You Cough
Your head and your heels off,
And your arms and your legs off,
And your hands and your feet of.
And you still cough;
And your remains
Are full of aches and pains.
You take no pleasure in your friends,
And all that ends
Thou aim ST at are the Grip $.
From Maine to California,
From the mountains to the sea,
The old sweet song
Has all gone wrong
And the chorus is misery
Oh. for ray of sunshine,
Oh, for the spot of blue
In the leaden sky
To tickle the eye
And pull our liyers through.
Say, Grip,
Won yon get onto our trip
And ship?
Or must we say
In a vigorous way,
'.-r' and ''--! again,
And the whole land
Join in a grand amen"
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Centenarians Wed.

FRANKLIN, Pa, February John
D. Clews, aged l02 years, and Mrs. Sarah
Jennings, aged 100, were married in this
city Monday by Alderman Henderson.
The bridegroom is wealthy oil producer
and a veteran of the civil and Mexican
wars, while the bride is a cousin of Abra-
ham Lincoln 5, and resides in Foxburg
She was married in 1924 to JAS Jennings
and has four daughters and seven sons and
twenty five grandchildren, all living.
Notwithstanding the advanced age of
Mr. and Mrs. Clews, they are as vivacious
es persons of 40.
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The Great strength of Bears.

The strength Of grizzly bears Is almost
beyond belief, says a hunter, in Public
Opinion. | have read about the powerful
muscles in the arms of African Sorillas, but
none compared with those in the arms and
shoulders Of biz grizzly bears. have
seen grizzly bear with one forepaw shot
into uselessness pull its own |, 100 pounds
of meat and bone up Precipices, aud per-
form feats of muscle that trained athletes
could not do. | have seen grizzly bears
CARRYING the carcasses of pigs that must
have weighed seventy pounds several miles
across a mountain side to their lairs, and |
have heard hunters tell of having seen cows
Knocked down as if by thunderbolt with
one blow from the forepaw of a bear
Three summers age | spent the season in
the coast mountains, near Hudson ; Bay,
and one moonlight night saw big grizzly
bear in the act of carrying a dead COW home
to her cub. had position on the noun
tain side where | could see every move
ment of the bear in the sparsely timbered
valley below me. The creature carried
the dead COW in her forepaws for at least
three miles. across jagged, sharp rocks ten
feet high, over fallen logs, around the
rocky mountain sides, where even a jack
ass could not even get foothold, to a
narrow trail up the steep mountain. She
never stopped to rest moment, but went
right along. | followed, and just about
half mile from the beasts lair laid her
low. The heifer weighed at least 200
pounds and the bear about 450
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A Grandmother at 81.

READING, Pa, Feb. 5.-For some
time an item has appeared in the news
papers Of the country that Mrs. James
Burke, of Knox county, Indiana, less than
33 years old, was the youngest grand
mother in the United States. This honor
is now disputed by Mrs. Kate Texter, wife
of Peter Texter, of Millcreek township,
Lebanon county, who is grandmother at
27
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WANTED. YOUR ADDRESS

We WILL FORWARD SAM
PLE cory OF CTR Illus.
TRATED MONTHLY. II con
TAlNS INTERESTING READ
ING AND ATTRACTIyE An
VERTISEMENrS. PERSONS
PATEONlEING ONE OR MORE
OF OUR ADVERTISEMENTS
WILL BE ENTITLED TO SIX
MONTHS SUBS CEIPTiuS
FREE. OUR ADVERTISE
MENTS WILL CERTAINLY IN
TEREST YOU. WRITE NOW
AS THIS OFFER NAY BE
WITHpRAWN.
THE PATENT RECORR.
jauI3Gr BALTIMORE. MD.
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HERING BROS,
IL MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS ~
FLOUR, MILL FEED, GRAIN,
Ect., Etc.

We take pleasure in informing the people
at large that by strict attention to business,
aud satisfactory way of dealing We have been
gradually increasing both in merchant and
exchange trade. We are better prepared to
do merchant and exchange work than ever
before, and we wish to call attention particu-
larly to the fact that we have just remodeled
our ehopping mill and now are ready to do
chopping promptly.
We pay highest cash price for grain aud
have constantly on hand Flour, Hominy.
Corn Meal, Buckwheat Meal aud Feed of all
kinds.
Thanking our customers for past favors aud
soliciting their trade in the future.
Respectfully, Herring BROS,
Manufacturers of the Celebrated Bonnie
Doom Flour. Western Md Telephone. Call G,
Springfield Roller Mills. Lock Box Is,
Sykesvlle, Md, decI7 lay
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| BY virtue of decree Of the Circuit Court
| for Carroll county, sitting as a Court OF Eqm-
! ty, passed in cause No 3GS5 ON the docket of
said court. the undersigned. trustees, will sell
at Public Sale, on the premises, on
TUESDAY. I4th of FEBRUARY. A. D.
1899, at l O'Clock p. m., all the following
/ property:
| Isl. All tha; parcel Of land containing
5 ACRES. / ROOD AND - PERCHES,
more or less. The improvements thereon are
| a large two-story Log Weather
| boarded Dwelling aud Store =
/ House combined. large Bank q ,ssssA
| Barn, Carriage House, Hog sszs2-s5skz szs2.skz
/ House. Hen House aud other outbuiidmgs;
| never failing well Of water with pump con
/ yenient 20 the buildings; orchard ot apple aud
/ other choice fruit trees. in thriving condition.
! This property is well located for residence
/ or a public business. 4 store has been for "a
/ large number of years conducted thereon.
! The store room Is large and conveniently ar
ranged tor conducting business. Il Is known
! as "Brummel'> Store
! 2ni. A lot ot land containing ACRE and
/ > ROODS. more or less, and called the 'ESslg
/ Lott adjoiHs the property now occupied by
! William Mages.
/ Bird. parcel of land containing l ACRE
/ and ROODS, more or less, aud known as
/ the Reese Lot. This lot also adioius the
/ property occupied hy Mr. Maece.
/ 9Th \ parcel of land containing
: ACRES. / ROOD AND p PERCHES,
more or less. This lot adjoius the property
+ now occupied by jncoh Matthias
( All the above described iots nf hand are cu-
closed hy good fences. The land !, ia an
z g
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IIORSES AND MULES.

r. received on December
UN1 2lst, lot Of FINE HORSES WN
NcAAND MULES, all ages, sAA~Il.
broken aud unbroken Have also a fine i'm
ported, full bred Percheon Stud Horse, weigh.
ing about 1900 pounds. He is one OF the finest
horses that was ever in this section of the
country He is sure payer. He can be
bought or dealt for. Pedigree of horse can
be seen at my stables.
II. A. SPAADING.
dec24 lf Litttestown, Pa.
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Suit. ovorooat and
ants Department

We have s1me sg,eusiii ihiors ta shas sou.
and eli .sli them a. half pr5gr, sHi. Il i-slr
81, aiii make uf i1 arsleF in trsg class style.
6i guaranteed as na sa#r- 4 ds.ar sasssl IS
s dollar naIr. Can sa3 examine DER staek
Ans! ~ sre oeH5srHt Sc can s2se ynu u1sn-y
aad please sou. 10 lh- s.8 -sauA NJ. q We,s
Main street, Westminster Nd
ianSau A. n. ANpERS.
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Hiccoughed Six Days and Died.

MAscoUTAH, Ill, Feb. 1.-Caspar
Schoeller is dead here, AFTER spell of
hiccoughing lasting six days. He literally
hiocoughed himself to death He was 50
years of age, and native of Germany.
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dec24 If
r Asst NOTICE TO THE TAX
IL PAYERS of WooIery's District.

Having been sued by the County Commits
sionors for back taxes, | will sue all taxpay
ers that are in arrear ia Woolery's district If
the same are net paid by February Is, 1899.
j. G. HOFFMAN,
feb 4 2t Collector.
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Died at 10.

LANCASTER, KY, Feb. 1,-''Aunt
Charlotte Dunn died yesterday, aged 10
years. She remembered when this section
was wilderness
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LUMBER. COAL,
SLATE.

DOORS all Mill Diamond Wall CEMENT
for paseng AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS Vulcan Chilled PLOWS
These Pw sold their merits and every one guar
field The tW made
ground Sole Can county Tor the e
~ and SCHUTTLER WAGONS, the best farm Wagon in the
BINDERS, MOWERS RAkES BINDER
TWINE OIL DEERING IDEAL BINDER the Ehest running and
market today The only machine equipped with bali
shalt
shaft Derng ioned platform Deerng Dng Binder attachment
and the Ding double aue all which make the perfect
in and before buying Superior
and WAGONS One horse WAGONS
CORN PLANTERS HAY FORKS
TEDDERS Field ROLLERS Riding aud Walking Cu
TIy AToRS Single PIOWS for Fnk Co
ENGINES THRASHERS STACKERS, SAW MILLS &c Satisfaction
r,araoaa an every article 5S.1
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IN A CHINESE HE'LL.

Startling Models Showing Future Punish
menls -Agonized Spectators-lmmunitie
Believed to BE Secured by Payment of
Money-Curious Ceremonies Performed by
Relatives of Deceased Victims.
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Great bargains ir l'u3erssAr. al prices ,has
uili caup7 yua g. hgy. les ihaa haifvr,r-
Alsr ial 1f 6av Wool uyrrshi-rs firtu-r
uylrr s. 40 t3 s. t-l no~ 50 81 Also n iarss.
hnc 70 Gloves 40 81 rFfces rrjgrcd T. i-ss
tl4aa haif pssoe- g. Nveka,-sg ne ysa aiaea
yuur eyvs tu gr5rr. t5tF crus raats fram
l0c aFf- Es.gsi gslsssis aaI Epasl styles Thrs
asgsi BE- -1ii. Tee iassay- OF aur .gss=t 20
sBieR Oar rrrat,.g oder Is i1 asr
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THE OAK BLASTED.

The Tree Upon Which Pippen Was Hung is
Dead-lt Began TO Die Immediately After
That Memorable Lynching and Nothing
Now Remains But the Withered Trunks
and Limbs
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Balance oi ouf entire zlaVk a. prrs, rps can
sal afford ra ayrrlHos
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BY virtue of decree Of the Circuit Court
for Carroll county, sitting as a Court OF Equl-
ty, passed in cause No. 3Gs5 ON the docket Of
said court, the undersigned. trustees, will sell
at Public Sale on the premises, on