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THE ILLmOIS FAEMER. 



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PRINCE cSo CO.'S 



Improyed Paleot Melodeon, 



GEORGE A. FRINGE A GO., MANUFACTURERS, 

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Wholesale Pepot, 87 Fulton St., N. Y., 



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COMBINING ALL OF THEIR RECENT IMPROYE- 



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 the same free of charge, provided the injury is not caused 

 ky accident or design. 



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