CHICAGO:
D. B. Cooke & Co., un LAKE STREET.

1860.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by

D. B. COOKE AND CO.,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Northern District of

Illinois.

TO

JOHN B. RICE, ESQ.,
The True Man, and Firm Friend, this little volume is

respectfully inscribed.

G 4352

Contents.

First Part.

PAGE

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15

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30

34

37

Life..

A Mystery...

Pumpkins and Enterprise.....

Death....

Our Folks'.

Jewelry ..

Finished......

'Bugs' and Beauties...

Ploughshares and Sorrows...

Our Defences...

Digging for a 'Subject'.

Railway Magic.....

Fourth of July..

It Rains.

Movements

Hendom....

Chicken Pie...

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50

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