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Old Washington curious tale of a boxed dance party
A fragment from an 1829 Norwalk column recounts a Worcester Society gathering with a piano mistress directing a playful mock dance. The scene morphs into a humorous, controlled lesson in order as the piano man enforces discipline, and a second piece notes a frontier fence dispute and a political speech on abolition in Congress.
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Elork
Piano
Lere
Halace
Clnir
Tate
Brother Tate
Sola
Chair
Miss Racker
Cricket
Fats
Mar
Gach
Norway
Cocul Hors
Coursace
Patriov
Canada
Ethan Alan
Trenstay
Pep
Clay
Kentucky
Senate
United States
Somme
Distret
Columbia
Washington
District of Columbia
Congress
Beliave
Mennie
Wiel
Ander
Comet Lee
Confederacy
Hitea
Wea
Africa
Asia
Cuehaubis
Lyrida
Useliss
Court of States
Commons
Uiail
Lam
Society of Friends
Abolition Societien
Missouri
Great Britain
Congress of the United Statics
American Congress
West India
Wales
Ireland
Adoes Cunyone
United Kingdom
Opr
Ust
Atlice
the United States
Orinifes Square
Maryland
Virginia
Ten Niles Square
Ulan
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Territory of
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