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THE WATERMELON 
In vernal massiveness you’re seen, 
In produce stall and window niche, 
And tempt the palates of the green, 
Likewise the purses of the rich; 
Who has not felt your mighty thrall? 
Alas! you double up us all. 
—Boston Budget. 
Ancient Greece; Old butter.— Farm & 
Fireside. 
Light headed; The locomotive.— Washing¬ 
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wax.— Agricultural Epitomist. 
It is absurd to speak of the “ footprints of 
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Michigan Farmer. 
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