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[Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker ] 
THE COMING OF SPRING. 
Hark to the sound of the swelling breeze 
Ab It spreads it* airy wing; 
Tis a joyous soond—a welcome sonod— 
For it speaks the coming spring. 
List, list to the song of the trembiing leaves 
Jo the old ancestral pine; 
They have heard the wind's prophetic tale, 
And they join the welcome chime. 
The merry lay of the gliding stream 
Just broke from th’ Frost-King's spoil, 
Proclaims the reign of the winter o’er 
In the woodland and the dell. 
The stars look down from the ether blue 
With a gentler, sweeter light; 
And the moon, with milder radiance, beams 
On the brow of the dewy night. . 
The wood* arc bare, and the night wind still 
Moan* cold and fitfully by* 
Yet the herald* announce tht-ir patron queen 
From air, and earth, and sky. 
Her smile is in the sunny South, 
Her voice in the lowly vale, 
Her step within the echoing wood, 
And her breath upon the gale. 
Milwaukee Co., Wilt* 1861. 
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[Written for Moore'B Rural New-Yorker.] 
ROMANCE AND REALITY. 
. BY BR1.I.K V. HOWARD. 
“What nonsense!” said Wilijs Raymond, care¬ 
lessly flinging the magazine lie had been rending, to 
the table, and taking up his cousin’s work-box, he 
commenced an investigation of its contents that 
threatened infinite peril to their accustomed good 
order. 
“What is nonsense, may I ask?” Baid Mtnnib, 
looking up from her knitting with a gleam of mis¬ 
chief in her blue eyes, as they rested on her cousin’s 
face. 
“ This everlasting talk about love and matrimony,” 
replied be. “One cannot take tip a book, or go a 
step in any direction, without runuing against some 
of the detestable trash. It's disgusting to a sensible 
mind.” 
“ It ought not to afl’ect yours very seriously, then,” 
retorted Minnik. “Rut, Wild, don't you believe 
there is such a thing as love?” 
“Love! no,— at least not in this age of the world. 
It was very well to talk of it when our respected ever- 
Bo-great-grand parents walked in the garden of Eden, 
and Adam had no tailor’s nor milliner’s hills to foot, 
but in these latter degenerate days, matrimony, as a 
wiser man than 1 has said, has become a mere ‘matter 
o’ money,’ and love is ‘all in your mind’s eye,’ 
Minnie.” 
“You would rob life of all its poetry and beauty, 
cousin,” said Minnik. 
“ Small loss that would be. What is poetry but 
the stuff that dreams are made of ? Strip it of its 
illusions! and you will find the coldest, most common 
prose at the bottom.” 
“I don’t believe you are in earnest, Will,” said 
Minnik. “ Do you see no poetry in Nature,—no beauty 
in yonder bine sky with fleets of snowy clouds sailing 
on its clear bosom? Is there nothing grand in such 
a glorious sunset as we saw last night, when the 
golden west blazed in crimson and purple,—or in 
our starry midnight skies, or dewy mornings, flower- 
crowned, and diamond-gemmed? Do you glance 
only with the eye of speculation at the grand old 
woods, with their dim forest paths, where pale, sweet 
wild flowers wave in the summer wind, and the air is 
ringing with the music of the birds —” 
“ And of the mosquitoes,” suggested Will. 
“ You are incorrigible!” exclaimed Minnie. “I ll 
not waste any more words on you.” 
“Excuse me, coz.,” said Willis, “but you are 
altogether too enthusiastic, A few more years will 
give you experience, and you will see things in their 
true light,” and he patronizingly stroked his ihoub- 
tauhe, looking as profound us if the wisdom of a 
Solomon were his. Minnie laughed in spite of her 
vexation. 
“As many as have passed over your ancient head, 
Sir Oracle? Never mind! I shall see you the hound 
slave of the little blind god yet, 
‘ Sighing like a furnace, with a woful ballad 
Made to your mistress’ eye brow,’ 
and talking poetry and romantic nonsense enough to 
fill a three volume novel.” 
“ Never!” exclaimed Will, indignantly. 
“ Ah! just wait till your time comes, and you are 
captivated by a pair of sparkling eyes, or a cheek 
with the hue of—” 
“ Prepared chalk and French rouge.” 
“Precisely,— and see you die of a broken heart 
when your lady-love finds out what an impertinent 
fellow yen arc, and, to use a classical figure, gives 
you the mitten.” 
“That’s another popular fiction, Minnie. Hearts 
are made of tougher materials than most people 
imagine.” 
“I know it. Masculine ones, especially, are as 
elastic as a politician’s principles. Well, then, if 
you won’t die for love, you’ll probably * leave your 
country for your country’s good,’ and emigrate to 
some more congenial clime, where hearts are to be 
had for the asking.” 
“Probably. Rut, seriously, Minnie, yon never 
need fear that I shall put my neck into the noose 
matrimonial. I never saw the pair of feminine lips 
yet that had the attractions for my own that a good 
Havana cigar has, nor shall I.” 
“ Well, if you are in earnest, all I have to Bay is 
that I hope you’ll die an old bachelor; that is the 
worst wish I can make for you.” 
Jnst then the supper bell rang, and the disputants 
were obliged to give a truce to discussion for that 
time. 
Willis Raymond had just left eoilege, where he 
had graduated with some honor, and with all the 
wisdom and experience, real or fancied, which 
twenty-two years had given him, was preparing to 
commence life, lie was the child of rich, but re 
spectable parents, ami not being necessitated to exert 
the talents which he really possessed, the chances 
that he would become an energetic, manly man, were 
not much in his favor. Like most of the “lords of 
creation,” he was sufficiently egotistical, and really 
imagined that none of the daughters of Eve possessed 
charms powerful enough to withdraw his allegiance 
from the one whose manifold perfections were the 
objects of his admiration, i. e., himself. Still, he was 
endowed with many good qualities, which would 
have made themselves more conspicuous had his 
position in life been one better fitted for their 
cultivation. 
A short time after the conversation above reported’ 
he entered the office of a distinguished lawyer in his 
native city, purposing to make law hie study, but hie 
cousin Minnie declared her suspicions to be, that 
Coke and Rlackstone did not Buffer much in his 
hands, inasmuch as whenever she went to the city 
she was sure to see him either trying the speed of his 
black pony, “Telegraph,” at the rate of “2.40” or 
less, to the manifest terror of all the old women and 
children who happened to be on the crossings at the 
time of his passage; or sauntering along the streets 
with some of hiw companions who were equally in¬ 
dustrious with himself; or, if he happened to he in 
the office,—she always saw him with hie chair tipped 
comfortably back at an angle of forty-five degrees, 
bis feet on the window sill, and himself busily perus¬ 
ing the columns of a newspaper. He never denied 
her charges, but always laughed, and said that he saw 
no particular necessity of his fatiguing himself with 
study. 
Meantime, Hummer waned, and Autumn, crowned 
with golden wheat-ears and clusters of purple grapes, 
followed her queenly sister with her burden of fruits 
and garlands of many hned forest leaves, while Win¬ 
ter came, bearing a snowy winding sheet for the dead 
year's burial. One bright afternoon, when the sky 
seemed as blue as in June, and the snow gleamed 
with tenfold whiteness in the golden sunshine, 
Willis concluded that it would be a waste of time 
for him to Bpcnd xurh hours in a dingy office, and left 
tbe city for bis uncle’s, who lived a few milcB away. 
As lie left tbe well worn streets of the city, and was 
spc< ling along through the pure country air, his 
attention was attracted to an object which lay in the 
road just ahead of him. As he drew near, he 
checked liis horse, and alighting, picked up a small 
hook, neatly bound, which, as he glanced into it* he 
found to be filled with writing in a delicate, feminine 
hand. He placed it in the pocket of his overcoat, 
and went on his way. Homcthing, ho could not have 
told what, prevented him from showing his new 
acquisition to his cousin Minnik, on arriving at the 
place of his deslination, as his lirst impulse prompted 
him to do, but that night, when he was alone, liedrew 
his'chair up beside the fire, and prepared to ex¬ 
amine it. 
He found the book to be a journal, with “Jessie 
Stanton,” inscribed on the first blank leaf. He 
glanced carelessly over the first few pages, hut he 
soon became interested, and the “wee small hours” 
found him still deeply engaged in the perusal. 
When he finally arose, it wuh with a more thoughtful 
brow than he usually wore. He had been granted a 
privilege which is seldom bestowed upon any one,— 
a sight into the inmost recesses of a young girl's 
pure heart, and chords hud been touched in his own 
soul that had seldom been struck since his angel 
mother, long years before, had placed her thin hand 
upon his boyish brow, and in broken words breathed 
a blessing upon her child, ere she followed the silent 
footsteps of the white-robed Angel of Death over the 
dark river which all must cross. 
He had read in that little book a story of trials 
patiently borne, and of obstacles overcome, and each 
page bore the impress of an energetic, aspiring wind, 
but still pure and womanly, and of a cultivated intel¬ 
lect which had strown gems of poetic thought over 
every leaf. “ 1 must know her!” was his involuntary 
exclamation; “such a mind is worth a score of the 
fashionnlde husband-hunters whom one meets in 
society,” and with this resolution, he departed to the 
land of dreams. 
The next morning Minnie rallied him unmerci¬ 
fully for his abstractedness, but ho repelled her 
assaults with some light answer, and soon put in a 
plea of important business in the city which hastened 
his departure. JTe had an object before him now, 
neither moron or less than the discovery of the fair 
unknown, and though at the first glance the search 
might bid fair to prove a hopeless one, yet he felt 
confident of success. All that he had for Ills guide 
was her name, and the knowledge that she resided in 
the same city where was his own home, and with this 
he sat himself to work. Why he wished to know 
who “Jessie” was, he probably could not have told, 
himself. If any one had asked him, he would have 
called liis motive simple curiosity,— and perhaps 
it was. 
Meanwhile his success did not seem likely to prove 
a brilliant one, after all. Several limes bethought 
himself on the verge of discovery, but his expecta¬ 
tions were always shattered before they became cer¬ 
tainty. One Mr. Stanton whom he found, was a 
second class merchant, with but one unmarried 
daughter, who was a maiden lady of a decidedly 
uncertain age, with brilliant red hair and a freckled 
face, while on investigation her name proved to he 
Mkiiitablb. Another gentleman bearing the same 
cognomen was a cross-eyed tailor, with an interest¬ 
ing family of six small, white-headed children,—free 
soilers, evidently, judging from the appearance of 
their faces and clothes. 
At length, after two or three months had passed, 
he almost began to despair of succeeding in his 
object, although, with the true masculine spirit, his 
determination had grown the stronger from the 
obstacles with which lie had met, till one day, being 
with Minnie, he made a full confession to her, for 
although ho dreaded her satirical remarks as much 
as he feared anything, yet he felt the necessity of 
confiding his troubles to some one. Minnie’s merri¬ 
ment was unbounded when she heard Will's story, 
and if he had expected to be well-laughed at, he was 
in no wise disappointed; but when her mirth had 
somewhat subsided, she promised him that if she 
should ever be so fortunate as to become acquainted 
with tlie whereabouts of the young lady in question, 
she would lose no time in informing him of the fact. 
Weeks passed, and one day, when Will was 
inakiug bis accustomed weekly visit to his uncle’s, 
Minnie met him with rather more mischief than 
usual sparkling in her eyes, and said, 
“ I have something to tell you, Will.” 
“ What is it?” said he, eagerly. 
“ Ob, concerning the subject nearest your heart; 
you know what that is, of course, as well as I.” 
“Have you heard of ‘Jessie’?” queried he, 
earnestly. 
“Ah, you ‘own up,’ do you? Well, who would 
have thought that such a professed woman-hater as 
yourself would have been conquered so easily?” 
“Nonsense, Minnie, don’t he such a simpleton; 
what were you going to tell me?” 
“Well, really, 1 don’t know that I had. better tell 
you at all. 1 have my doubts about it being sight to 
encourage such detestable trash as love, etc.” 
“ Oh, cousin, don’t keep a fellow in suspense in 
that style. I’ll never tell you anything again in the 
world, if you act so.” 
“Just as if you could help it!” said Minnie, 
laughing. “But I’ve only something for you to read, 
after all,” and she banded him a newspaper, pointing 
out a poem on the first page, lie looked at the 
author’s name, “Jessie Stanton,” and then read 
every line, carefully. The style was identical with 
tbe one that he had become so familiar with, and 
hope arose once more in his heart, as he perused it, 
though Minnie told him that he would probably find 
the authoress to be either the ancient Mehitable or 
the tailor’s wife. 
The editor of the paper happened to be an acquaint¬ 
ance of his, and the next morning he made him a 
very disinterested call, and in the course of conversa¬ 
tion, inquired concerning the whereabouts of some 
of the contributors of tho paper, Miss Stanton’s 
among the rest. Armed with her address, he started 
once more on an exploring expedition. 
His directions led him to the outskirts of the city, 
and to a little brown cottage which he found nestled 
down under the protecting branches of grand old 
trees, and in a perfect wilderness of vines and shrub¬ 
bery- just beginning to show the hues of spring. 
His ring at the bell was answered by a little rosy- 
cheeked lassie, and he was ushered 5nto a small, 
low parlor, plainly furnished, but filled with books 
and pictures, which bad evidently been selected by 
some one of good taste in such matters. The white 
curtains were gracefully looped back from the win¬ 
dows, and on the table stood a vase filled with deli¬ 
cate spring flowers, which filled the room with their 
faint, sweet perfume. 
All these things Will had time to note before the 
door was gently unclosed, and the young lady whose 
presence he sought, stood before him. He made as 
good a use of hi« eyes as politeness would allow, and 
this was what he saw : —A Blender, youthful figure, 
a wealth of brown hair lying smoothly over a white, 
Intellectual brow, cheeks where the lily dwelt, rather 
than the rose, and clear, calm, dark eyes, from 
whence looked out a pure and truthful soul. Her 
dress was a morning robe of plain, dark material, but 
a duchess could not have wnrn velvet aud diamonds 
more gracefully than did she her simple garb. She 
listened with surprise as Will unfolded his errand, 
and a faint flush crept over her face as he produced 
the carefully kept journal, which she recognized as 
her own, and explained that she had lost it while 
returning from a visit of a few week’s duration, to a 
friend. Will manufactured some harmless fib con¬ 
cerning bis having accidentally heard her name 
mentioned. &c., for which it is to be hoped that be 
was forgiven. A general conversation ensued on 
literary and other topics, and Will found her per¬ 
fectly at home on every Bubjcct upon which he 
touched, and he prolonged his call to amostunetti- 
quctical length, but he finally tore himself away. He 
made further inquiries about Jessie and her sur¬ 
roundings, and ascertained the following facts:— Her 
father had been an artist, not blessed with an over¬ 
abundance of this world’s goods, lint happy in the 
possession of that paradise upon earth,— a pleasant 
home. Rut life’s battle bad proven too hard an one 
for him to light, and he passed away, leaving his 
gentle, loving wife and daughter to face the cold, 
stern world as best they might. Jessie’s mother was 
a true-hearted woman, quiet and graceful, but not 
possessing much force of character, and that weak¬ 
ened by the ill health that characterizes American 
women, so that on Jessie herself had devolved most 
of the duties which their necessities required to be 
performed. The little home where they lived was 
theirs, and that was nil. Ho Jessie betook herself to 
the school room, as most Yankee girls do under like 
circumstances; and there, by hard toil, such as is 
every teacher’s lot, earned her daily bread. Of late 
her pen had added to her resources, and this brings 
us back to the pr , v- time, and to Mr. Will Ray¬ 
mond. There was hi. inexpressible charm to Lint in 
Jessie’s quiet, graceful manner, and her sensible 
conversation contrasted favorably with the fashiona¬ 
ble nonsense which he was accustomed to hear from 
the Dps of fashionable young ladles who sought the 
light of his smiles, and he determined to pursue the 
acquaintance thus commenced. This was not diffi¬ 
cult; an excuse was easily found for another call, 
and after that, the p'easant evenings of spring and 
Bummer often found him at the little brown cottage, 
with a new book or magazine, or the latest piece of 
iuusie, for Jessie. 
As for Jessie, she kept her own counsel concern¬ 
ing the state of her mind on the subject, and we shall 
not betray her. Will certainly could make himself 
very agreeable when lie chose; and eighteen and 
twenty-two arc very dangerous ages for two young 
pehple who are much in each other's society, if there 
is the slightest degree of congeniality between them. 
It was not long before Will could not disguise the 
fact from himself that it was more than friendship 
which he felt for Jessie, and that life’s path would 
be a dark one to him without her presence. It was 
one of those delicious summer evenings, when the 
air was heavy with the rich perfume of a thousand 
flowers, and all the wandering breezes seemed to lie 
asleep while the stars looked down from out the far- 
off heaven with calm and holy glances,— a night 
which made one think of what Paradise must have 
been in those fair days when the world was young. 
Will and Jessie had sat in tho vine - wreathed 
piazza, watching the sun as it sank to its rest in a 
blaze of glory, and then the purple twilight as it 
came over the earth and deepened into night, while 
the bright stars caine out one by one. They had 
been discussing various topics, but now sat in silence 
in the gathering gloom,— a silence that was more 
expressive than words, and Jessie’s cheek bore a 
deeper flush, if one could have seen it, as Will 
changed his seat for one nearer to her, and in a few 
low. earnest words, such as those always are that f 
come from the heart, he told her of his love, and 
awaited her reply. 
She sat for a few moments in silence, and then 
spoke in the same firm, clear tones that always 
characterized her. 
“ I will not deny that what you have just said finds 
a response in my own heart, and yet, Will, 1 can¬ 
not return your love now,” 
“And why?” said he, earnestly. 
“This is why," was her answer:—“You are a man, 
and have a man’s work to do iu this world, where 
there is so much to he done, hut have you accom¬ 
plished that which yon might with the talents (loo 
has given you? Have you improved as you should 
that glorious birthright which is yours, — every 
man’s?’ 
There was a flush,—it might have been of anger,— 
on Will’s brow, as be interrupted her. 
“Yon are unjust to me, Jessie.” 
“No, not unjust,—I should he no friend of yours 
did I not speak so to you. No man can win my 
heart wholly who is not a true, earnest worker, doing 
that which he may to further the cause of human 
rights, aud taking an active part in the great battle 
of life. Do this, Will, and you have the power to 
do it nobly, and then, if your heart has not changed, 
come to me again as you came to-night, and 1 will 
not say you ‘no.’ ” 
Will made no answer, and she arose and placing 
her small, white hand on his shoulder, said, “You 
are angry with me now, perhaps, but think of what I 
have said, and remember that it was true friendship 
that dictated it. 
Will’s only reply was a low, “Good night, Jessie,” 
and he was gone. Jessi k stood listening to the sound 
of hiB retreating footsteps till she could distinguish 
them no longer, and there was something very much 
like a tear in her eye, as she entered the house, though 
she was conscious that she had done no more than 
her duty. Meanwhile Will’s thoughts were not of 
a very pleasant character. At first he was angry, but 
anger soon gave way to other feelings. He saw, as 
he had never done before, bow he had wasted the 
yearB of his youth thus far, and with the thought 
came earnest resolutions for the future. 
A few days after, Jessie received a note from him, 
which ran thus: 
O 
A 
PVTHK AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY, nf Waltham. 
Mass., beg to calL the attention of the public to the following 
emphatic recommendation of Waltham Watches, by the leading 
practical Watchmakers and Jewelers throughout the United 
State*. The entire lint of signature* to It is quite too long for 
publication iu one advertisement; but the names presented 
will be Yocoguized by tho.*' acquainted with the Trade as being 
In the highest degree respectable and nflnential. At their 
establishments may always be found tho genuine Watches of 
the Company's manufacture, In great variety. 
Signatures front many cities and towns not fully represented 
in this list will appear in a future advertisement. 
“Yon were right, Jessie, and I was wrong. My 
life, has been worse than wasted, but it shall not be so 
In the future. I shall leave here in a few days for the 
' far west,’ and when I have made myself more worthy 
of you, you shall see me again, and not till then. 
Will.” 
And so she saw him no more. Hig was a changed 
life, and those who had know the idle Willis Ray¬ 
mond, of former days, would bardly have recognized 
him in tbe energetic, hard working lawyer of the 
present. It is true, his path was not an easy one to 
follow, and he had many a temptation to fall back, 
but he persevered. 
Three years from that? time saw him the Prosecu¬ 
ting Attorney of the flourishing little western city 
which he called hia home, and none had brighter 
prospects for the future than he. It was not long 
from this time before be returned to his former 
residence and paid a visit to tbe little brown cottage, 
and this time Jessie did not say “no.” 
There was a happy party gathered together on a 
pleasant autumn evening in Jessie’s home, when 
she made her appearance in white satin, lace, and 
other bridal paraphernalia, while Will figured as a 
most contented looking bridegroom. Cousin Minnie 
was there, too, with her old saucy smile on her lips, 
attended by her own “bigger half,” a grave and 
sedate M. D. 
Once during the evening, as she came upon Will 
seated in a corner quietly talking with Jessie, she 
gave him a quizzical look, and said, 
“Well, Will, you do look a6 if there was such a 
thing as love in these degenerate days, after all.” 
“ Yes, Minnie, put me down as a convert to your 
creed. There is some romance left in the world yet, 
und love has a power in the affairs of men,— for it has 
changed the current of my life.” 
“ There was need enough of a reformation, wasn’t 
there? ” replied she. “ But who would have thought 
to have seen your neck in the noose matrimonial?” 
“ Well, cousin, 1 can only say as did Benedick of 
old, ‘When I said 1 would die a bachelor, 1 did not 
think 1 should live till I were married.’” 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA 
I am composed of 19 letters. 
My 11, 3, 8, 19 was an eminent English judge. 
My 12, 3, 7, 7, 14 was an Italian poet. 
My 3, 8, 17, 18, 4 was a gallant. United States officer. 
My I, 3, 2, 19, 4, 11, 18, 6, 16 was the inventor of the Ther¬ 
mometer. 
My 10, IS, 7, 7, 4. 19, 2 was an eminent Herman philologist. 
My 16, 7, 7, 9, 3, 4 was an ancient OiOlfc poet. 
My H. 19, 18 was a distinguished American general. 
My 6, 3, 4, 4, 9, 4, 10 was an eminent English statesman. 
My 10, 3, 7, 6, 15, 6, 10, 4, 19 was an eminent English lawyer 
and Judge. 
My whole was the name of a distinguished American patriot. 
Glendale, Ohio, 1861. Jkb. M. Cochran. 
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A 
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QUEER CHARADE. 
Mr best is a kind of garden fruit 
My second is a part of the human body. 
My third is a large body of water. 
My fourth is principally raised in China. 
My fifth is an interjection 
My sixth is the plural of 1*- 
My seventh is myself. 
My eighth means forever. 
My ninth is a meiasure of cloth. 
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Rockford, Ill., 1861. 
Answer in two weeks. 
E. W. Hicks. 
A 
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RIDDLE. 
What force or strength cannot get through, 
I with a gentle touch can do; 
And many in the street would stand. 
Were I not as a friend at hand. 
Palermo, N. Y., 180L Willie Bartlbtt. 
jyjf” Answer in two weeks. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
ARITHMETICAL PROBLEM. 
TO THE PUBLIC. 
Tin: undersigned, practical Watchmakers and dealers in 
Watche*, having bought and sold American Watches for a 
number of yea™ part, and having dealt in all kinds of foreign 
Watches for a much longer period of time, bog to state that 
they have never dealt In Watche* which, as a class, or in indi¬ 
vidual instances, have been mure satisfactory to themselves or 
customers, whether in respect of durability, beauty of finish, 
mathematically correct proportions, accurate compensation 
and adjustment, or of fine lime-keeping rcmtUt, than those 
manufactured by tbe Waltham Company 
Required, the greatest number of trees that can be placed 
on a piece of land eleven rods square, the trees being in di» 
tance one rod apart each way, allowing no space for the size 
of the trees. 
Panama, N. Y., 1861. Francis. 
JtJF"’ Answer in two weeks. 
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Answer to the Diamond Cross Puzzle:—He moved the 
transverse piece one diamond further up, then removed one 
diamond from each end of the transverse section. 
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Good-tempered friends, here nine stars see, 
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willard to hawley, 
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J. A. CLARK, 
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JENNINGS PRO'S, 
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W. II. WILLIAMS. 
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L. 0. DUNNING. 
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S. N. STORY. 
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ANDREW WARREN, 
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AMOS SA \ HORN, 
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PKLKG ARNOLD, 
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JONATHAN" HOSMER, 
N. W GODDARD. 
CIIAS. E, BACON. 
F. M. HARDISON 
twomruy a Smith, 
MOSES M. SWAN, 
J A. MERRILL. 
JAMES EMERY* 
SIMEON BLOOD, 
HENRY H HAM. 
ROBERT N. DOtXlE, 
HENRY McKKNNEY, 
J. T. HOWLAND, 
TOMPKINS A MORRIS, 
C. 0. WILLIAMS, 
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LEA.NT'ER AMADON, 
O. S. JENNINGS, 
GREGOR A Co. 
ROBERT WILKES, 
CAUTION.-As our watch is now extensively counterlaited 
by foreign manufacturers, we have to inform the public that n° 
watch is of our production which is unaccompanied by a ce, 
tificate of genuineness, bearing the number of the watch, an 
signed by our Treasurer, R. E. Robbins, or by our predecessors, 
Aui’LKTOX, Tracy A Co 
Ae these watenee are fur sale by jewelers geueral'y tbroug - 
outihe Unmn. the American A atch Company da not soUw 
orders for single watche* 
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Wholesale Agents, IVe. 182 Broadway, B r ew York. 
Newbery, S. C. 
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