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From our Regular Correspondent. To-morrow,the several churches ’of this place will have appropiate and fitting eulogies on the death of General A. 8. Grant. Our local poet Willshire, retains his usual style as he cleverly and clearly ‘shows up the early days of Connecticut 'in a lengthy poem of yesterday’s PREss. Are any of our people intending to take it in the Sunday excursion tomorrow? I can answer that that there is certain ly as sure as the sun rises not any that we so disrespectfully observe the Lab- The boys had a good time in disturbing a quiet neighbor, Joe Keiser. After searehing at the passing of Mr. Dennis Murphy’s new barn, Thursday evening, they, the boys, inflamed with the hearty thanks(?) given by Dennis, such as, is sometimes freely wed to those at a “raising,” they excited Joe and being somewhat excited themselves, a regular rumpus was indulged in, as evidence of which some of them bear testimony.
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Middletown, Connecticut, US

Sat, Jul 25, 1885

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