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[Illustration: _The Grouser_. "JUST OUR ROTTEN LUCK TO ARRIVE 'ERE ON
EARLY-CLOSING DAY."]

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COMMERCIAL CANDOUR.

"ANTIQUES.--All Lovers of the Genuine Antiques should not fail to
see one of the best-selected Stocks of Genuine Antique Furniture,
&c., including Stuart, Charles II., Tudor, Jacobean, Queen Anne,
Chippendale, Sheraton, Hepplewhite, Adams, and Georgian periods.

FRESH GOODS EVERY DAY."

_Provincial Paper_.

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A new German Opera that we look forward to seeing: _Die
Gothädummerung_.

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"A man just under military age, with seven children, is ordered to
join up."--_Weekly Dispatch_.

Such precocious parentage must be discouraged.