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.Thursdays and Sundays, connect-
ing at Lampasas with Austin stage.
ttJL*a es . Lampasas Wedncsays,
• Fridays^ and Mondays.
¿ves San Saba for Brown wood
Thursday.
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lmyer Honse, ouly first-class
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COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Judge—W. P. Beall.
County Attorney — W. II.
Browning.
Justices of the Peace—J. S.
Brown, precinct 1; S. T. Bright,
precinct 2^F.vJ. Barrett precinct 3;
J. R. Townsén, precinct 4; Mat-
thew lioach, precinct 5.
Sheriff—Albertus Sweev Dis-
trict Clerk — M. V. B. Sparks.
County Clerk, D. C. ThOnjaa,( Cor-
oner—Tillman Weaver, 'Purveyor
.i— Harrison Miller. School
Commissioner — W. P. Beall.
Treasnrer—J. H. Landrum.
Assessor—A. G. Rice.
Hide and cattle inspector—
J. M. Brown.
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY
• Meet at the College'Biiiídfeig on1
tlie second and fourth, Saturdays in
each month at. 9 o'<¿!ok a. m.
school creek grange
Meets on the 'third Satur-
days in each month, at 9, A ?t.
I. O. O. F.
Lampasas Lodge, No. lí)3, I. O. 0. F.,
will meet regularly every Tuesday even-
ing at 8 o'clock, P. M , t their Lodge
room in the city of Lampasas. Visiting
brothers are cordially invited to attend.
Br order of
F. M. TATUM, N. G.
TllEO. BEAXntyF.TND, roc's.
TEMPERANCE.
The United Friends ot' Temper-
ance meet every Friday night at
oclock.
ENCAMPMENT.
Lampasas Encampment No. 81,
mrcts the first, and third Thurs-
days in each, month. . Visiting
patriarchs are cordially ' invited to
at t end. ,
Louis Borho, C. P.
. R. E Owen, Scribe.
MASONIC. #
Lftrapawui l-odgf*, meets Si4
Saturday lTi eac!i uumtli.
THOMAS HARDY, \V. M.
THEO. BAUEHFEIND, Secretary.
church directory.
Rev. W. W. Mannd, Baptist, will
preach at the Baptist Church on
the first Sunday, in each month, at
11 o'clock, A. 34.
—Rev. John S. White, Primitive
Baptist, will preach at the Baptist
Church ,on the second Sunday, in
each month, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
—Rev. H. M. Burroughs, Baptist
will preach at the Baptist. Church
on the third Sunday,in each month,
at 11 o'clock, a. >r., and on the
Saturday before, at the same hour.
—Thos. S. Denny, Episcopal,
will conduct gervicc at Capt. Pratt's
office every Sunday 10:o0 A. M.
arrival ani) DEPARTURE OF MAILS
Anstin mail departs every day except
Sunday at 7 a. m., and arrives name day
at 10 p. ra.
San Saba mail arrives Tuesday,
Thursday and Sunday, at 6 p. ni., and
departs Wednesday, Friday and Monday,
at 7 a. m.
Belton mail arrives Saturday at 9
p. m., and departs Friday at 7 a. m.
Hamilton mail arrives Wednesday, at
5 p. m., and.depnrts Monday, at 7 a. in.
Gatesville mail arrives Friday at C
p. m., and departs Saturday, at 7 a. m.
Burnet mail arrives Wednesday, at
4 p. m., and departs Tuesday, at 7 a. in.
1 N. HAMON,
Postmaster.
THE SUN.
1878.
\ew York.
1878.
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Address,
I'' liLibiiKit > K Tub Si'N,
New York C.'y.
MtlEO i)ttc\k,
" Hark ! Hew the merciless cold winds
blow ;
Mamma, come look at the ' beautiful
snow.'
See how the streets are all mantled in
white,
I'm looking for papa—he'll come home
all right. ;
0 ! Why p.re you looking so lonely
and sad?
1 .know papa drinks, but can't I make
you glad ?
Come, kiss me mamma, and don't weep
any more."
" Hush ! Come, to my arms, there's a
wolf at the door."
"Mamma, don't cry, let me kneel at
your feet,
We are hungry and cold, and we've
j>otbÍDg to eat.
Look up, and be cheerful, .in i-iod put
your trust,
If papa's a drunkard, God* Will" sot
L? ' j ¿-v.*
blame us.
Why do you tremble so ; wipe off tSat
tear, • '
The' fire is out,* but we've nothing to
fear.
Let's lip down together,, and sleep on
the floor "—
" No ! no! there's no sletep while the
wolf's at tho,.door."
"Oh! Mamma, ;God blese you! chcer
1141 all you can,
Some day I may be a good son and a
man,
To bring to your sorrowful heart hope
and joy,
If Papa's a drunkard, just think, I'm
your boy.
Though he may (iesvrt us, there's Oné
left ns still, - - ■'
Who'll never forsakfer us,—"no! God
never w^J."
" Hush! child, there's your father; don't
'say a word more;
Great (tod! Can'tsee "there's a wolf
at tlie door,"
Aye ! staggering drunk at that hour so
late,
The father stood reeling in snow at the
gate. ...
His barefooted boy,' dressed so poorly
and thin,
Went ou, in the | snow, and*ho led
"Papa" in;
But just as he entered, Ue.^11.to .¿lije
( % floor, . . f; •. .
And there went forth Ü howl 'jftSm tub
wt)lf at the door.
The emblem of death to the door-knob
was tied,
A husband—a father—a drunkard
had a tród.
— Will. S. - Majf^.in .Qmriqr-tyurnql. •
Thé' Créw House "mi Malvern
Hill, fourteen miles from Richo
mond—an object that played a
part in the celebrated battle, and
which will bf femc'mbeíéd hyj^crtiu.
f<_d<-ra'icr-jkmtierB"Wlio participated
in the fights-was' destroyed by fire
recently. The Richmond Dispatch
n-calls this incident of the action:
" Bcfore<the<enemy left'-tbeir. posi"
t-ion near the Crew House,! Und
after one or two unsii&cessi'ul ef-*
forts had been made to take the
position, General Magrnder went
to Geueral Lee and said to him,
With excitement and enthusiasm :
' I have come, General, to ask
permission to charge those heights
at daybreak to«uiorrow. It" you
will give me permission, I'll carry
them at the point of the bayonet
at daylight in the morning." The
old general listened, as was h¡3
wont, with grave:and respectful at°
tention to all that General Magru1*
der had said, and, looking up with
a smile, said to him: 'I have but
one objection, General.' ' What is
it? ' asked Magruder, with the air
ot a man who felt sure he could
overcome all obstacles aud objec-
tions in accomplishing an end so
heartily desired. 4 I am afraid,'
said General Lee, 'you'll hurt my
little, iriend, Kidder Meade. The
euemy left about an hour ago, and
Mr. Meade is there reconnoitering.'
General Magruders friends stands
iug around had, as may be imag->
ined, a hearty laugh at his ex"
pense."
Only Two Red Heads In Congress,
Hartford Times.
There are many who think that
the last two Congresses are im-
provements on those who drew pay
for the ten years prior to that tirne.
There are fewer gray heads in the
present House than in any previous
one; Young men, or at least mid-
dle aged men, predominate, though
there are enough gray heads 10
make the whole body look respect-
able and give it that look of dig-
nity that is* so necessary. The^e
are but two red heads, the Far WÜS|
sending one and Connecticut tfre
other. I counted sixtv-iour black
heads on the floor several days ago,
on the Democratic side alo:>e.
Black and dark brown hair pre-
dominate on the Republican
also. There are six pure blondes
and only six. As usual, all wear
black cloihcs, There are two fcr
three exceptions, however, Fer-
nando Wood and Clarkson
Potter, of New York, having ap-
peared several times on.the floor in
gray plaid suits.
Ton t'an't Stand It.
How often do we sigh for oppors
tunities of doing i(ood, whilst we
neglect, the openings of Providence
¡11 little things, which would fre-
quently lead to the accomplish.-
ment of most important useful^-
Doctor Johnson used to say,
" He who wills to do a great deal
of good at once, will never doun}'."
Good is done by degrees. However
small in proportion thé benefit
which follows individual attempts
to do good, a great deal mav thus
Ik- accomplished by perseverance,
even i 11 the midst of discourageo
ment and disappointment.—
U rabio.
AURMIfG ;facjtn.
Carefully prepared statistics
show that over six hundred thou-
sand persons die annually, who go
to the grave drunkards. Every
year one hundred thousand men
and women are 3ent to prison un-
der the influence of intoxication,
while three hundred murders and
four hundred suicides occur from
the same cause. Two hundred
thousand orphans arc annually
thrown upon the charity "of the
world by the cune of lutemp.T--
ance. Nine-tenths of our crime
and not less than seven-eights of
the pauperism is the immediate re-
sult •!' whisky ; aud that at a cost
to the govornmeni, beside individ-1
nal w.-inr, <>f not less than ^I'OjOOO,- j
^ :>0 every veur.
Physicians are well agreed that
the use of tobacco-by growing boys
is full of danger. Recent investi-
gations, especially in France, have
demonstrated that a whole traiu^of
n.ervous diseases are to be traced>o
ithis practice. If you want to stop
growing, if you want to have a set
of nerves like those of an invalid
olu.lady, if you wish to grow feeble
and* thin, if you wish to look sallow
and puny—there is no better way
than to smoke tobacco. It will
make a drain ou your nervous sys-
tem which will be sure to tell after
a while.
Conspicuous among the United
States Senators from the South is
John B. Gordon, of Atlanta. He-
was wounded eight times in Con-
federate battles, and bears the mark
of a scar upon his cheek, líe Í3
tall, of commanding presence, with
straight black hair, and a not
wholly patrician nose. His col-
league, Ben Hill, looks less like' a
soldier and more like a schokr.
Ho is tall and bent in the shouW
der?, and wanders Hbout with his
Hands behind him m a dreamy
abstracted way. His hair is slickly
tinged, jvith gray, his eyes are Sfrc.
and he is much given to meditatmn1
at dinner and at other inopportune
times. His speeehes are good, his
eyes clear in their outlook, and
the prevailing expression of the
man, both in person and counte-
nance, is one of sadness. Lamar,
of Mississippi, is a wrinkled, pallid
looking man, with long, smooth,
thin black locks, and a worried
expression of countenance. He is
remarkable for several things.
First, for being a prince of rebels,
and afterwards one of the most
niarked of reconstructionists. He
carried a message from Jeff Davis
to the Czar of Russia, in 1801, that
amounted to nothing whatever,
and he pronounced a eulogy upon
Charles Sumner at the time of his
death which was among the most
memorable and eloquent tributes
ever paid by a man ot the South to
the antagonistic qualities of a
Northern statesman.
Pittsburg prospers and so does
Jefferson. The narrow gauge con-
nects the two places and a train
starts from each town to the other
each morning. Freight and pas-
Benger rates are low and everybody
travelc. Wouldn't Round Rock
aud Lampasas and Georgetown be
happy and Belton and Fredericks.*
burg be perfectly blest if Austin
began a narrow gauge towards the
northwest. Each of these places
would have a branch to connect,
with it and the loc.nl and retail
trade of the capital would be
doubled again and again. Persons
interested directly and indirectly in
the broad gauge roads present all
sorts of absurd objections, but the
narrow gauge must be built or
Austin - dies,—Austin Statesman.
Daniel Webster, in a discussion
on the influence of the p: ess, spoke
as follows: "Every parent whose
son is awav from home, at school,
should supply him with a news-
paper. I well remember what a
marked difference there was be-
tween t bo.«e of my schoolmates who
had and those who had not news-
papers. The first were, always su-
perior to the last in debate, compo-
sition and general intelligence.'
Two men met on the piazza of
the Railroad IfoK.l, :it Liucoln,
Nebraska; une claimed that Nea
braska whs all a good country*, or
should be; 'all it lacks,' said he.
' is good society and water.' ' My
good Lord !' says the other, ' that
i¿ all bell lacks.'
National opinion ia not made at
Washington, but rather from the
great popular centres of New York,
Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati.
There is where you iind die best,
the most influential, and the most
widely circulated journals. And
¡0 is on them that Congress waits
before it makes up its mir.d to do
or undo anything.— VUt-<bnft;
AGES OK SESA rUtSS-
Thé"correspondent of the Cleve-
land Herald, in Washington, writes
that the Senate of the Forty-fifth
Congress contains, 011 the whole, a
fairer average of talented men and
wholesome physique than has any
of its predecessors in American
history.
The deceptive appearance, how-
ever, of advanced age worn by some
of the youngest Senators, such as
Edmunds, for. instance, has caused
your correspondent to look up the
matter, and the following chart
will doubtless be scanned with in-
terest.
BOitsr.
1809—Hamlin.
1SL0—Morrill.
1S13—Armstrong, Christianey.
1813—Thurman, Kirkwood.
1815—Anthony.
1816—Dawes, Eaton, Howe,
Kern an.
1817—Saulsbury,;Sau ndors.
1818—Harris, Johnston, Bar-
nil m.
1810—McDonald. •
1821—Sharon, Withers.
1822—Beck, Dennis.
1823—Davis, of West Virginia;
Hill, Grover.
1824—Matthews, Morgans, Rol-
lins, Oglesby, Whyte, Burn side.
1825—Lamar, Maxey, Hereford,
Booth, Chaffee.
1826—McMillan, Ransom, Ran-
dolph, Cameron, of Wisconsin.
1827—-Windom, Ferry, Kellogg.
1828—Edmunds, Bayard.
1S29—Conkliug, Coke, Allison.
1830—Blaine, Jones, of Nevada;
Merriman, Paddock, Teller, Patter-
sou.-
1831—Wadleigh.
1533—Gordon, Garland, Jones,
of Florida.
1833—Ingalis, Mitchell, Mc-
Pherson, Cameron, ef Pennsylva-
nia.
1534—Cockrell.
1836—Spencer, Butler.
1837—-Plumb.
1840——C011 over.
1841—-Bruce.
1842—Dorsey.
THE PRESS PAKAGKAPHIST.
Tho Press Paragraph is t is a very
modern invention. He ean never
be happy, for he kuows no rest, he
nevew&milec, and his energy is-fiery
aud|everlasting. The hod-carrier,
when he gets through carrying
bricks all day, returns to the bosom
of his family and is permitted to
enjoy a peaceful clay pipe and revel
in the delights of a home. Not so
with the Press Paragraph is t. His
work has only begun after it is
over. When he leaves the ofiice of
his newspaper, he groans in the
car going up-tovvn, until he has
evolved an item for to-morrow's
paper. He condenses every notion
that fills the circumbient air into a
couple of lines, and sticks it into
hia column of paragraphs. When
he gets homo aud the wife of his
affections serves out the corned
beef, pent-up misery still sits en-
throned upon his brow, and he
evolves telling lines even while he
is struggling with his food ; every
mouthful of dessert is the parent of
an idea. The Press Paragraphist
has only recently obtained his dis-
tinction. He has driven out of the
field the voluminous humorist and
the ;massive editorial writer. He
is personified economy, in so far as
he eaves ink, paper and words; but
he is a glutton on ideas. He
snatches them on the fly from
every known source. He reads
the news of the day, and there is
not a divorce case, nor a falliug
building, nor a scientific treatise)
nor a cure for corns, that doesn't
undergo a process of development
in his brain and twist itself into a
pungent paragraph before the day
is over, llis labor is an unceasing
one. líe would be thankless, but
for the boon erf fellow feeling ex-
isting among his companions in
misery. The Press Paragraphist
has brothers in every city, and
what he writes is copied—not so
much because society at large
clamora for the thoughts, but be-
cause, being short, they take up
little epacc and are easily reprinted.
The P. P. is never baffled. The
passing hour may be ripe, with dis-
tressing news and mournful facts,
but the P. iVs column will bristle
with vigor and mirth in spite of
all. The P. P.'s brain is of won-
derful construction; and so are his
tii oughts. Language.
OEPIMTIÜJÜÍ; IS Y AN OliD maid.
Man—A conglomerated mass of
hair, tobacco smoke, confusion,
conceit and boot3.
Woman—The waiter, per force,
011 the aforesaid animal.
Husband—An instrument con-
structed to; growl over shirt^but-
tons that " aren't therti."
Wife—A machine made for
darning stockings, making pud-
dings and sewing on shirt buttons.
Father—A being who thrashes
the boys, and won't "fork over"
as his fair olive branches desire.
Mother—A pleasant song—a
sweet vision¡of childhood.
Child—1-A compound of delight-
ful and distressing elements.
Baby—An invention for keeping
people awake at night, and for the
aggrandizement of washerwomen.
ft.;j4 to it** K-'.I
Auftin Nev., liereille. .
She was from the country, «nd
she went into a Main street store
and asked to look at some stock-
ings. "What number ma'am ?"
inquired the polite clerk. "What
number? Young man, ain't yon
ashamed of yourself to ask such a
question ? Do you suppose jest
•cause I live in the country that I
go scootin' around with one stock-
ing ?" Then the clerk managed to
make her understand that he want-
ed to know the size of the stocking
she required, and she said she
guessed about eleven inches would
do for the foot, and as to the rest it
didn't matter much.
The Democratic party, when it
entered the last Presidential cam-
paign, boarted of only iij'teen
States, four of which, Alabama,
Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas,
were recent acquisitions." New
York and Indiana were regarded as
uncertain.States, debatable ground,
on which'the campaign was to be
fought. As for the States of the
Pacific slope, no confidence could
be placed in them: they wore not
to be-counted for either -side. In
the Presidential campaign, the
Democrats came out with five new
States added to their list, Indiana
and New York in the North, and
Louisiana; South Carolina and
Florida in the South. The vietory
in these States was not merely a
temporary one, but they were all
added permanently to the Demo>*
craticlist, andaré now to becountf
ed on a8 -"sure" in any emer<*
gency. This made the list stand:
Democratic States, 20; Republican
States, 18.
In the elections in November
three more States were added to
the Democratic column, California
Pennsylvania and Ohio, making
the standing to-day 2-3 to 15.
Taking the electoral votes of the
States. according to their present
attitude they stand 254 Democrats
to 45 Republicans, a Democratic
majority of 139. The Demócrata
have gained and the Republicans
lost 90 electoral votes in one year.
At this rate the Republican candie
dstte for President would not have
many votes to back him in 18S0.
The Right Kind of i?uccess.
It may be questioned whether
there is any one of the principles
or passions of our nature more
deeply rooted than the love of
fame; the desire to occupy a place
in the tablet of human remem-
brance. Through life it 3eems un-
subdued and even in death the
ruling passion is in the ascend-
ancy. There is scarcely a' man on
the globe insensible to the awaken-
ing stimulus of distinction. Hu-
man nature has an abhorrence, in -
stinctive and powerful, of the idea
of being forgotten. This is so
strong that any notoriety, however
disgaaceful, is ofttimes preferred to
unobtrusive and, therefore, oblivi-
ous merit. Even among the crim-
inals of the present day, men are
found who gloiv with an inhuman
satisfaction in anticipating the
moment of appearing before a
crowded court room, or being re-
ferred to in the newspapers.
the: mo docs.
The Russian Goverrment treats
temperance and teetotal-league.-? as
illegal secret societies. This is be-
cause the revenue is ¿o largely in-
creased by liquor duties, whereby
IOO,üOO.OOO are annually added to
the imperial exchequer. Police-
met! and soldiers are instructed to
flog teetotalers into drinking. The
clergy are ordered to preach against
the new sedition. Publications on
the immorality of the liquor trafile
are vetoed. A Polish school master
was recently put. to sweeping the
streets in a convict gang for de-
nouncing liquor Selling.
Bren ham has received 16,705 i
laie^ ol cotton Vear.
San Antonio Express.
The Modoc Indians now on their
reservation in the Indian Territory
are reported as progressing finely,
and rapidly acquiring habits of
civilization. Thoy have 4,000 acres
of land, 17 good iog houses, sta-
bles, cribs, pens, etc., 237 head of
cattle, horses, swine, etc. Among
the members of the tribe are men-
tioned Bogus Charley, Steamboat
Frank, Kehack Nasty Jim. Sc;ir-
facetl Charley, Long Jiui, Hooker
and other historical characters in
the memorable Modoc war.
Andy Johnson's Son.
Cincinnati Commercial.
As for young Johnson, he has
settled down to a quiet Greenville
lite, and manifest? little disposition
to follow in iiis father's footsteps,
lie was never put out for ofiice but
once, and that was two years ago,
when he was a candidate for the
Legislature, and his fellow citizens
of Greene county concluded to re-
tain him at home.
Itiii'd an tlie Iloy.
It was a little hard 011 the boy,
fov he meant well aud had a sin-
cere admiration for tho girl. They
wvre sitting at the tea-table with a
company of others, and as h--
passed her the augur he murmured
in an undertones " here it is,
sweet, just like you." The compli-
ment was a little awkward, to be
sure, but he meant it, and it seemed
more, than cruel, when a moment
later she had occasion to pas- the
¡.titter to him. she drawled, "here
it is. soft, just like you "'
It is stated that ten members of
the United States Senate are print-
ers by trade.—Exchange. N. B.
We should like to see "proof'1 of
this.—New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser. Yes, their course in Con-
gress hardly "justifies" the state-
ment.— Norristown Herald. A
good many of them behave as if
they had been brought up at the
" galleys."—Philadelphia Bulletin.
Yes, but the} have got the
"quoins" down in their pockets.
—Detroit Free Press. And it is by
no means sure that they will not
again reach the "lock-up."—Waco
Telephone. We are under the
" impression " that some " planer"
talk on this "matter" is neces-
sary. Don't "copy" this.—
Nalches Telephone.
If they would leave Congress
aud "stick" to correct "rules,"
an " imposing stone" might be
raised to their memory.—Yicks-
burg Commercial.
:—-«tax-- — .- ■
A GEKTLE HINT.
Lockliart News Echo.
One of our handsomest and
most popular youug men went to
see his girl the other night, and
prolonged his visit until a voice in
the next room was heard singing:
I;am tired, and sleepy, too,
Oh, put me in my little bed.
He took the hint, picked up his
little hat, and started down the
street, mentally resolved to set hia
watch ahead of time in the future.
Advertising Stray Stock.
The estray law provides that
when "any stray horse, mare or
colt, mule, jack, jennet or work
ox, shall be found on the planta-
tion or land of any citizen of this
State, said citizen may forthwith
advertise the same." And further:
"If any estray or estraya of any
kind shall be found running at
large and not estrayed and the
owner of the same be unknown, it
is hereby made the duty of the
county commissioners, or any of
them, to return the same with a
full dftscription thereof to the
county clerk of their respective
counties, who shall advertise the
same."
Man may labor all his life to
achieve some dream of ambition,
aud may tread legislative halls, or
occupy executive chambers, but
when he is notified that his friends
are coming with a brass-band to
serenade him, he realizes that he
made a mistake in not choosing the
humble lot of a tin pedler.—Rome
Sentinel.
There is a man in Illinois who
is thinking of publishing a na-
tional directory with every man,
woman and child's name inserted
therein, with their ages, height,
color of eye3 and hair, complexion
and occupation. What an array of
tramps there would be. By the.
way, is the lunatic asylumMn {Illi-
nois full, or is there room for just
oue more ?
Mr. A. H. Stephens has written
this pretty little inscription in a
copy of his American History
which he has given to a child friend:
"You are now of years to tender to
read, but ere long you will be able
not ouly to understand this in-
scription, but also understand what
is written iu this book. vVben you
grow up study it, for in itjvou will
find a true history of jour exnmtry
anel become acquainted with the
virtues and heroic deeds of your
ancestors. Then you will, I trust,
treasure it as a. momento of one
now passing of!' the stage of life
upuu^whieh you are just entering."
The Triit* Sccrtt*
How many take a wrong view of
life, and waste their energies and
destroy their nervous system in en-
deavoring to accumulate wealth,
without thinking of the present
happiness they are throw iug away.
It is liot wealth or high station
which makes a man happy. Many
of the most wretched beings 011
earth have both; but it is a radi-
ant, sunny spirit, which knows
how to bear little trials and enjoy
comforts, and thus extract happi-
ness from every incident iu life.
Allen Marksberry and W. H.
S wafford have escaped from the
Meridian jail. These men are un-
der sentence of death for the mur-
der of James Dickson, a young
mail'¡¡whom they murdered aud
mutilated something over a year
ago.
There is a great eleal of grown
up theology as defective at; that of
rite boy who, when asked if he
knew where people went who told
lied, replied, "It's aplace where
there is a lire, but 1 don't just re-
mcaibvf the name of the town."
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