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VOL. XIV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AUG. 2, 1879.
NO. 31.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALK—Pure Essex Pigs.     Address, H. T.
HOCKENSMITH, New Augusta, Ind.	
FOR SALE—Farms ln Marion, Rnsh and other
counties ln Indiana.   O. W. ALEXAHDEH, 36
__. Market St., (side door Central Bank).
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OR aALE—J.  Ia. Brown, Manilla, Rush county.
-   -    -       ier of Light Brahmas of Felch and
and White Leghorns.   Send orders
Fur.  t3.__L.L__c.—j.   u. diuwu, _u.__-i._-_-, ikusu ivuiJi/,
Ind., breederof Light Brahmas of Felch and
Danley's stock.        ""   "     " *
tor eggs.	
FOR SALE—160 acres of excellent land one mile
from Kokomo. Will require $1,500 to #2.000 cash,
balance on time at 6 per cent.
dlapolis.	
T. A. GOODWIN, In-
FOR SALE—The   Farm Register and  Account
Book.   Con   " 	
counts. Price II
COMPANY, Indianapolis.
Complete method of keeping farm ae-
*■ each. Address INDIANA FARMER
FOR SALE-A thorough-bred Ayrshire bull for
Bale.    Pedigree given; can be led behind a bng-
- *.•     ..       .-,.    -,-^.ON
fy or wagon.    A rare chance.
PRADLiNO, Lagro. Ind.
Address. SIMO.
FOR SALE-Full Blooded Jersey Red bogs, five
months old, ready for service; as good as the
best, for flOon cars. Satisfaction guaranteed. J. &
L. DEMOSS Noblesvllle. Ind.
FOR SALE—A new forty-horse power stationary
engine, fly-wheel and uovernor. for much less
than same can be had of any maaufacturer. For particulars address, "HALE." Indiana Farmkr
FOR  SALE-
acres in
-A  flne  well-improved farm of 200
Washington township,  in Hamilton
countv.   Price. «30 per acre.   This Is a rare bargain.
Inquire of VINSON CARTER, No. 21 Vance Block,
Indian
uapolis.
FOR SALE—Ayrshire Cattle.deep milking strains,
yellow skins, and large fore-bags, bred and for
sale at low prices. Send for special list. Calves
ready   to. ship.   WM. PAIRWEATHER, McLane,
Krie^ounty, Pa.	
ITV'jR S_VLE— FARMS— Of 80 to 400 acres, among
\ "the best grain lands in Southern Illinois.   Offered how at $10 to |20 peracre, ou 5 years time at
low interest.   Possession at once     For particulars
address G. W. CONE, Nashville, 111.
BSS'Sa.y you saw this In the Indiana Farmer.	
FOR SALE—Public sale of Jerseys—I will sell, on
Fridav. tbe 29th day of August, at my residence.
A mo Hendricks Co.. ten head of Jersey cattle, eight
of i-i'em are now giving milk; four are registered.
Cf^'lsall voung; four are high grades-from three-
foi.u*>H'to seven-eighths. Will pell two or three
ca'.v. (! (also, one or two males. For further Informa-
u V \e or call ou me at Amo.   M. G. PARKER.
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l^VF^ALE—The Astiland Adjustable Bag Holder,
Jijf>f~'ii_ * most complete device for the purpose ever
yt'ffered vo the public. Every farmer, miller, thresh-
,/German, (,-rocer, grain dealer, and all others who use
sacks, should not be without It. It Is adjustable,
made of iron, will not get out of order, and will last
a lifetime. It will fit any sack, long orshort, wide
or narrow.   Price, ?150.   Address Indiana Farmer.
FOR s#_LE—A highly Improved farm of 27 acres,
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five miles north of Indianapolis, on gravel road:,
three and one-half or four acres ol timber, three in
orchard, frame-house of two stories, eleven rooms,
cellar, two-story wood-house. No. 1 milk-house, large
barn, stable; under ground, second story for grain,
hay. etc., two good wells, one cistern, and all kinds
of trult. Price and terms reasonable. Address, WM.
T. COIL, Broad Riffle, Marion Co., Ind.
hay, *K^_
MIS C E__I__._fF.OI.-*..
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"PKIZE-WEVJVOfG MERIXO SHEEP," the proper!:    Hrr. G. W. Hunt, of Greenwood, Illinois.
jver oo -Noi-ii Penns;
C.
C. BURGESS, Dentist.   Office In room 4 Va-
Jen's Exchange Block. N. Pennsylvania St.
WALTER SHORTRIDGE. Indianapolis, breeder
Rose-combed Black    Bantams   exclusively.
First Premium birds.
-Bates and Booth kinds fojr sale,
e solictec
Lock Box 1"   Edlnburg. Ind.
SHORTHORNS     
Correspondence sulicted.   E.  C. THOMPSON,
STRAA'ED- _
CliMird. Ind., on Saturday, Julv 6. '
DARK  IRON-GRAY MULE—From
\ '"9.   Descrip-
/:/rp»:*'Mare mnie, dark iron-gray, aboiit loi_ bands
i '/-f/p lfi>'-opny in the left shoulder and bare-footed.
'f . 'fift^Or)-/ /fiber will pav a liberal reward for the de-
OSi**^** "^jnule, or Information that will lead to
^•>'^S_"  4   iJlFRED. MILLER, Columbus, Ind.
'IA Monej
-Mdhev  to loan  at low rate of interest.
Money  furnished at once.   M. E. VINTON,
VVinton Block, Indianapolis, Ind.
^Moneyto loan on improved farms In In-
■!& and Ohio.   The terms are very   favorable.    Address   THOS.   C.  DAY,  87  East  Market
street. Indianapolis. ^	
LOAN£
dia__& and Ohio.
TO LOAN— Monev in sums of $500 to $10.000 on
three to ten years time, at reasonable rates, on
V city and farm property, 37 West Washington street,
;i room l. G. G. HOLMAN.
'J' T OAN-MONEY-In sums of $300 to JIO.OOO, on
■■) _1 J improved farms In Indiana, at eight per cent,
c| - interest, payable an nually (no commissions charged).
The principal, or any part of it can be paid at any
time. H. B PALMER A CO.. No. 78 East Market
St. Jndianapolis, Ind.
WANTED.
-To exchange
„ b for a g<    ' '
174 East Market street.
WANTED
carriage for a good horse.
large second hand
G.  H. SHOVER.
-To exchange new North Indianapolis
. _.-_-_ for Milch Cows.   C " "' —---■"'
Washington street, Indianapolis.
WANTED  _______
__        Wagon for Milch Cows.   Call at 92 and 94 W.
WANTED—A gents, local and general for Indiana
History, Familv Bibles, and the Voters Text-
Book.   S. I*. MARROW. Indianapolis.	
Responsible farmer nenr city to take
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WAN___ .
my Brown  Leghorn chicks on sh»r*>s.   Ad*
dress, or call on Saturdays.   D. H. JENKINS,
South New Jersey street, Indianapolis
WANTKD—An energetic fanuer in *ev«»y township In the State to act as agent for the
"HorsEHOLD Cyclopedia" Write for cliculars
and terms to agents. CLINE A CARAWAY. 36
East Market street, Indianapolis, Ind.	
~\\TANTED— Make your Chicks and Pigs grow by
\V     feeding  Ground Beef Scraps,4c per pound,
$3 per 100 pounds.    Ground Oyster Shells 2c per
pound, at
K. G. BAGLKY'S. IndlanapoUs. Indiana.
WANTED-Every      _..._._
thankfhl for the good crop ot wheat they have
ralced. Call and buy one ofthe Sbover farm wagons,
the Bos« band-made wagon to haul your grain to
market with.   Gf  H. SHOVER, 174 East Market St.
-Y\TANTED-
-Agents everywhere to sell trees and
plants    A profitable and permanent emplc
ment.   I have agreed to give IS per cent, of sales
the education  of ministers at Asbury  Unlvcrslt;
A profitable and permanent employ-
.      . .--A. _-        . .__,  £Q
.          .    -       -   Uy.
For this purpose I ask your patronage.   Let us do
away with dishonest tree agents and know what we
are doing. We expect the people to show their
colors Please correspond with us In reeardtoyour
probable wants; also, for terms to agents. Address
T. C. BARNUM, at Barnum House, 190 East Market street, Indianapolis.
Ipttt. j|>.aclt.
A Plea for the Pig.—Concluded.
BT Ia N. BONHAM, of OXFORD, OHIO.
Delivered before the Indiana Swine Breeders' Association at Its meeting, January, 1879. Published
at the request of the Association.
It now remains for shippers and packers
to systematize their methods, to retain and
extend a most profitable trade. The effects
of this trade can not be grasped at this
time. Its benefits will not be limited to the
enterprising merchants who have ventured capital intelligently, and have
grasped an immense business. They will
be the first to realize handsomely, and it is
right they should. The increased demand
tells us of an increased price in the future,
and calls for a larger production and an
improved staple. This brings to us a stimulus for increased effort, and holds out to
us a well grounded hope of reward for our
labors.
But   every business has its drawbacks
and every man thinks his branch of it has
 *.—   thp^pnRt.    "Wa.h?ttt. imiir. so mu^h of- tr*f*
Vn5**rv-_i~4's*'l xt-'t^..-.t-t-^ '-.et. __\ --*
- disease "that has*swept through our herds
like the pestilence that wasteth at noon
day, the smitten breeder is filled with dismay. He has watched his herds from
infancy to old age, from youth to full development has daily set before them his
corn crop and relieved it by courses from
his garden, orchard, field and dairy, and in
hourly ministerings has rejoiced at their
prosperity. Alas, the evil day comes; disease and death strike down the choicest
and leave the ghostly remnant of the
herd to tell of departed hopes. Truly no
man has such luck. Job cursed the day he
was born, and the breeders curse the day
of piggy's death, and in their despair sigh:
"I never loved a sacking pig
To glad me with his soft, brown eye,
Bat when it came to know me well, and love me,
It was sure to die.'*
But, brethren, if there be any truth in
the adage, " misery loves company ", there
is comfort for us. We have seen that our
porker can defy the jeers and taunts of Mohammedan or Jew; that he is a mighty
factor for increasing the wealth of the land
and for putting money into the pockets of
the people, and in feeding the hungry millions of earth; and we may see too, it we
will, that he is a more certain quantity
than the wheat crop, or the apple or peach
crop, or the grape crop of America or
France, or the cotton crop of the South.
Horace Greeley long since estimated our
country's annual loss from noxious insects
at 5100,000,000 annually..   Dr. Packard, of
Massachusetts, estimates the annual loss of
our country from noxious insects and from
fungus growth,   at  |500,000,000  per  year.
The lamented Walsh, of Illinois, estimated
our loss from insects alone at $300,000,000,
and Riley, then of Missouri, fully agreed
with him and added that Missouri alone
lost in one year $15,000,000.   In the cotton
growing states it only took two weeks for
the  cotton  worm  to  destroy   $20,000,000
worth of cotton.   Dr. Fitch, of New York,
says that in 1855 New York suffered a loss
of $15,000,000 by Hessian fly alone.   Reliable authority estimates the loss   in 1864,
from chinch bug alone,  at $73,000,000.    In
1871 the rape butterfly destroyed $500,000
worth of cabbages on Long Island alone.
Thus in every department  of agriculture
adversity treads on the heels of prosperity.
He who would stop raising hogs because of
the desease swine's flesh is heir to had better look well before he leaps.   He had bet-
.ter bear the ills we have than fly to those
we know not o.'.   These checks on production may be well.   In this land of plenty
over production would more surely ruin
us than the  checks that meet  us  in our
prosperity.    We have this illustrated  in
in the following statement:   The corn crop
of 1875 increased fitty-six percent, but the
aggregate  value  increased  but  one   per
cent., and deducting the increased cost of
putting on the   market  the   profits  were
less.   The wheat crop of 1875 was 16,000,000
bushels less, and tbe  aggregate value $3,-
500,000 more thau in 1874.   The same showing is made from the hog crops of 1874 and
1876, the  greater  crop   bringing   lar less
money.   Fifty years ago, from 1825 to 1830,
our agricultural exports were only $50,000-
000; iu 1874 they were $550,000,000, thus we
see with all the drawbacks of insects and
fungus in our fields, orchards and forests,
and of disease among our stock, our income from crops and herds have steadily
and wonderfully increased.
The breeder who is discouraged with the
out-look should take heart. The loss
nmong owine has iu no years out. down
tho hog crop below our home demand; we
have had some to spare. Our losses last
year were 15,000,000 against a crop of 75,-
000,000, or in other words our losses were
eight and four-sevenths per cent., of our
crop. In articles of rapid increase nature
has wisely placed checks on their production. The timid rabit, with its ability to
breed every few weeks, would soon overrun the country if it were* not preyed upon
by bird, beast and reptile. The hog is the
most prolificof our domestic animals, and
in this fertile land with abundance on every farm, the pigs, with no drawbacks,
would become so numerous as to be like
the quails to the children of Israel—aloath-
some surfeit. We should soon have too many
of them. They would soon become a drug
and have no money value.
This check to swine production has kept
up the price, so it pays to give the care
requisite to produce pork. Increased intelligence and care are needed to raise pork
under such difficulties. We must understand the enemy we have to fight. If it be
the Hessian fly in our wheat fields; the
phyloxera in our vineyards; the codling
moth in our orchards; anthrax or typhus
among our herds, we must treat them as
our deadly enemies, and acquaint ourselves
with their habits, and learn their weak
places and our time and place for attack.
The study of these difficulties that meet the
husbandman, at every turn, will develop
his powers of observation and conception,
and increase his intelligence and enable
him to take a higher position among men.
If, then, the effect of desease among our
herds, shall lead to improved methods and
better care, or to increased intelli ence
among farmers, or shall give an incentive
for study and research, it will not be an unmitigated evil.
When men are reducing their margins
by losses, they are apt to look sharply
through their business, to see if at some
point a leak may not be stopped,
or other saviru**-'*' ne made. How
much our losses. may be reduced
by intelligence and humane treatment of our swine, no man can estimate
But it is safe to say that if we ever stamp
out the disease on our farms, it will be
rather by prevention than by specifics and
commissions. Our hope is that the commission of scientific men may help us to a
better understanding of the nature and
causes of the deseases, and may lead to
increased intelligence and better care, and
secure a more general acquaintance with
w_e common laws of health and hygienic
treatment.
If poor Richard spoke truly when he
said, "a penny saved is good as two earned,"
the farmers of this country are losing pennies by the million in permitting a curse
among their stock, which is worse thau
that pronounced by the Jew. It is that unabated nuisance, the boar ofthe woods and
the commons, and his partner in evils, the
penny royal bull. I know ot communities
and I wish there were more of them, where
if such animals are found on the highway,
their power of begetting scrubbs like to
themselves will not last much longer than
it will take an active boy to get them into
the nt
for thc
castra'
the pi;>
We'
ofstf'
islatc
!aw
*.___, _r
irrepn
more
than
gene
the r
there
agai;
let it
theii
own
one 1
does
prehft^
us apj»
commanded him to follow; and instantly
the horse obeyed, perfectly subdued and
as gentle and obedient a9 a dog, suffering hia feet to bo lifted with entire impunity, and acting in all respects like au
old stager. The gentleman who thus
furnished this exceedingly simple means
of subduing a very dangerous propensity
intimated that it is practiced in Mexico
and South America in the management
of wild horses.—Live Stock Journal.
 A   ^   »	
Mr. Dillon, of E. Dillon A Co., of
Bloomington, 111., has just arrived home
from Europe with eight fine Norman stallions. He sailed from London with nine
but lost one on the voyage. The eight are
all dark grey, one four and the others five
years old.
Messrs. S. C;SnoRTRiDQK A Co., of Gem,
Hancock Co., this state, are breeding tlie
pure English Berkshire swine, and fine
fowls. Their stock are in the finest condition, all young stock very healthy and
promising.
'/able. They are good subjects
j.c'f the neighborhood to practice
IVji, and it is well to encourage
'r"i
teat deal about the protection
"be ravages of dogs, and leg-
cked their wits to frame a
'fe the sheep and not Jiajm
,,„ui this roaming, 'a/Hi as yo.
ible woods hog is doing tenfold
i'n to stock breeders and farmers
the dogs in America.   I do not, on
"rinciples, advocate an appeal to
"Ved   force  of legislation,   but  if
r"be any action by our law makers
V^se procine and bovine tramps,
•ioroughgoing.   Place a royalty on
*.*, and a penalty not only on their
t also on the farmer who meets
As a rule, the fact that a pedigree is
"fash ionable,'' especially if like pedigrees
have been in good demand for a series
of years, is a good presumptive evidence
tbat animals possessing this general pedigree are also good individually.   Usual-
QUERY  AND  ANSWER.     ~~
Kye Straw.
Editors Indiana Parmer:
What is rye straw worth in your market? The straw is flailed and is about 7
feet long. Henry O. Steec*.
Limedale, Ind., July 28.
—We cannot find any dealers in above
mentioned kind of straw in our city.
We understand such straw is used in
horse collar manufactories. None here.
—Eds.
H. K. is informed that bone duat is tlio
best of the two fertilizers he names for
wheat. Both kind however can he used
to great advantages together. The Cayuga land-plaster absorbs ammonia from
the air and applies it to the roots of  the
1.. .,_  -   .   , _ _. 1 *-xlt: t**11  txiiix »|.|.__..-_  11. iu    (.11. 1U1    H Ul     tne
ly there are fairly gopd reasoii.s, for long    ,_, .     -.     \ . ,    , . *.;
..        ,       .   i.       .;     '■-   - -** ,  .   °--piant.   The champion jixn} _!--■■- t-.-;v,
continued „t'.'.i.ucl,Cftsinif«.v( "'"      !. .      ,.-    ...   ..       J*   ■ ., J
r_r*__n_.t* _.. _»>.v.nlr. .... 4_.»_:i-— ;— +.... -——..- ■ °        — .-
■jse brutes on the highway and
Vill him on the spot. Do we com-
jie magnitude of this evil? Let
Vhe test of figures. There were
packed in the west in 1875, 5,556,226 hogs.
Suppose 556,226 were well bred swine, and
the rest .'were the offspring of accidental
breeding, and kept until they were over
one year old. It is not claiming much, that
well bred hogs, well fed and well cared for
to the same age, would have made one
hundred pounds greater average per head
which would give a clear gain of 500,000,-
000 pound of improved,pork, and this sold
at the average price oi'pork for the last ten
years, would give the farmers of the west
$31,250,000 addition to their pork crop of
1875, as pennies saved. The nuisance once
abated, all the brood sows of the future
would be improved, and the profit of
breeding enhanced from year to year. 2n
ten years the savings would exceed $500,-
000,000, and that is one of the leaks in pork
raising that all farmers should combine to
stop.
breeds of Animals or families in the same
breed. It is clearly safe and wise to attach some importance to popular estimate. Of two animals of equal individual merit, it would certainly be a better
plan to purchase, atthe same price, the
one with the most popular pedigree, or
bred by the best known breeder. If the
price be widely different, or if one animal had been reared under conditions
utterly unlike those in which it would
be placed in the new ownerahip, it
would be often the better policy to select
the less fashionably bred animal; but,
other things being equal, it is always
better to be in the fashion than out of it.
—National Live Stock Journal, Chicago.
with the seed.
Bules in Selecting Breeding Animals
Extreme positions have been taken by
breeders: some have openly expresseit
their contempt for all pedigrees, insisting that the merit of the individual animal is,a sufficient basis for determining
value; others have made the pedigree
the only measure of value, aud have
given ground for the assertion that sel*
ling pieces of paper containing the pedigrees, without having the animals pres
ent, or even delivered, would answer all
purposes so far. as this class of purchasers is concerned:
As is is usually the case, the truth lies
in the middle ground. The individual
merit, of the animal and the pedigree
are both important in any animal to be
used for breeding purposes. We should
place the animal first, the pedigree afterwards. There is much more probability or the reproduction ofthe charact-
istics possessed by the animal, than of
those not manifested by it, but which
characterized ita parents. But, as has
so often been stated, if these characters
are not only possessed by the individual
but have come down to it through a
long line of ancestry, there is also absolute certainty that it will reproduce
them in its ott.-prings. Length of pedigree is not so important as its character;
the names of noted breeders of noted animals are of value only in so far as- they
give evidence that the ancestry of the
animal in question possessesed superior
merit.
Health of Horses
Thehealth and comfort of horses have
of late years been greatly improved by the
better construction of stables. They are
made more roomy and lofty and provided
with means of thorough ventilation. In
many new stables lofts are done away
with, or the floor of the lofts is kept well
above the horses' heads and ample shafts
are introduced to convey away foul air.
By perforated bricks and gratings under
tbe mangers and elsewhere round the
walls, and also by windows and veutilat-
ors, abundance of pure air is secured for
the horses; while, being introduced in
moderate amount and from various hi-
rections it comes in without draught. Too
much draught is almost an unknown
luxury. To secure a constant supply of
pure air horses require more cubic space
than they generally enjoy. Even
when animals are stabled only
at night, a minimum of 1,200
cubic feet should be allowed. In
England the newer cavalry barracks give
a minimum of 1,509 feet, with a ground
area of fully 90-square feet per horse, and
the best hunting and carriage horse stables have more room.—Journal of Chemistry.
Tho  Fairs.
Tho following premium lists havo been
received:
New Boss, Montgomery County, first
annual fair August 18 to 22. T. A. Ad-
kins, Sec'y.
North Eastern Indiana Agricultural
Association, 8th annual fair at Waterloo, October 6 to 9. Jas. A. Barns, Sec'y.
Posey County Agricultural Society 21st
annual fair at New Harmony, September
9 to 12.   F. D. Boulton, Sec'y.
 A    --■    »	
The Fastest Pacing Time Yot Mado.
Sleepy Tom won the deciding heat in
the pacing race at Chicago last week.
The time was 2:12i—the fastest time on
record, and the horse is stone blind at
that Mattie Hunter, who started'a
length and a half behind him, came
under the wire in 2:13. Alley won the
2:24 race in 2:19, and Darby the 2:22 race
in 2:22*.
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Average Period of Gestation.
The following table, showing the average
period of gestation of tho various kinds of
farm stock, will be found very convenient
for reference. Mares vary considerably from
the average period, and the same is true, but
in a less degree, with cows; but as wo approach the smaller animals and shorter periods, the variations constantly grow less:
Gestation. Incubatio-T.
Days.
Mare 3M
Cow 280
Ewe - 154
Goat 153
Sow 112
Bitch  60
Rabbit  30
Days.
Goose so
Turkey 28
Peafowl -_.
Duck 28
Chicken 21
Pigeon 18
Canary 18
How to Manage a Fractious Horse.
A beautiful and high-spirited horse
would never allow a shoe to be put on
his feet or any person to handle his/jeet.
In an attempt to shoe such a horsi- recently  he  resisted   all  efforts,   kicked
aside everything but an anvil, and came I head of thoroughbreds, all in good health
near killing himself against that, and and of sound constitution. Mr. II. is
finally was brought back to his stable also a prominent breeder of Poland China
unshod. This defect was just on the eve | swine,
of consigning him to the plow, where he
might walk barefoot, when an officer in
our service, lately returned from Mexico,
took a cord about the size of a common
bedcord, put it in the mouth of the horse
like a bit, and tied it tightly on tlie animal's head, passing the left ear under the
triug, not painfully tight, but tight
enough to keep the ear down and the
cord in place. This done, he patted the
horse gently on the side of the head, aud
J
Our Illustration.
The group of Merino sheep, the property of G. W. Hunt, Esq., Greenwood,
Ills., is a spirited and life-like picture,
sketched from life by Mr. Dewey. The
ram, Crook Leg, took first prize at tlie
Illinois State Fair, 1878. Mr. Hunt
writes us that Lady Hi hoard one ofthe
ewes, clipped 16J lbs: of beautiful white
wool last spring, and the other, Snow
Ball, 15£ lbs.—both of one year's growth
only. He has been a breeder of Merinos
for 15 years, and now has on   hand 300
Bodily enjoyment depend.* upon good
health and health depends upon temperance.
_ ■»__._	
The dross will be purged away. Tiie
pure gold will abide fi>r<*VHr!"
Patience <s a virtue which some people
think everyone net-ds hut thctiiHc-lvet..
ff
A song will outlive
memory.
all sermons in the
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