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Chairmans Board of Supervisors .- Zenas Aphington, of Buffalo, 1850; C. G. Holbrook, of Buffalo, 1851; Dauphin, of Marion, 1852-'53; Joshua White, of Marion, 1854-'58; Anson Barnum, of Dement, 1859-'60; Solon Cumins, of Grand de Tour, 1861; Anson Barnum, of Dement, 1862; Joshua White, of Marion, 1863-'70; Chas. Newcomer, of Mt. Morris, 1871; Joshua White, of Marion, 1872; C. B. Boyce, of Flagg, 1873; D. G. Shotteukirk, of Lafayette, 1874; F. N. Tice, of Forreston, 1875-'76 (in 1876 F. N. Tice was elected Representative and F. B. Rolph, of Taylor, was appointed); Jno. W. Hitt, of Mt. Morris, 1877.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF OGLE COUNTY-NOVEMBER 7, 1876.
462
TOWNS.
Hayes. *
Tilden. +
Cooper. +
Cullom. *
Steward. +
Shuman. *
Glenn.t
Pickrell. #
Harlow. *
Thornton. +
Hooton. #
Needles. *
Hise. +
Rutz. *
Gundlach. +
Aspern. #
Edsall. *
Lynch. +
Coy. #
Byron -
224
88
1
222 460
92 279
224 458
87 278
1
224
1
224 457
88 284
224 457
88 279
1
224 459
88 277
5
Buffalo
455
279
6
88
58
88
55
3
88
56
2
89
57
89
55
2
88
50
2
Brookville
88
56
2
45
9
149
57
149
45
12
149
45
12
148
58
148
45
12
148
45
12
Dement.
92
42
92
43
92
42
1
92
42
1
92
43
92
42
1
92
42
1
Eagle Point.
326
162
12
330
163
330
169
12
323
174
12
324
174
325
162 126
12
325
162
12
Flagg
232
128
234
124
233
127
233
127
233
126
233
64
38
64
38
Graud de Tour
64 55
14
14
59
23
56
18
14
55
14
14
55
28
55
14
14
55
14
14
Lincoln.
133
84
4
133
88
133
84
4
133
84
4
133
87
133
84
4
133
84
4
Leaf River.
165
84
165
84
165
84
165
84
165
84
165
84
165
84
2
Lynnville
120
16
2
123
16
120
16
120
16
2
120
18
120
16
2
120
16
Lafayette
73
15
71
23
71
15
72
15
7
72
22
72
15
72
15
7
Marion
167
20
1
167
21
167
20
167
20
1
167
21
167
21
1
167
21
1
Monroe ..
124
51
2
125
53
124
52
154
52
2
124
54
124
52
2
124
52
2
Mount Morris
195
183
2
196
184
196
182|
196
182
1
196
183
196
182
1
197
181
1
88
139
88
139
89
139
89
139
89
139
89
139
89
139
93
16
1
93
17
93
16
1
93
16
1
93
17
93
16
1
93
16
1
Oregon
249
146
256
140
254
141
253
142
254
141
253
142
254
140
1
Pine Creek.
119
104
119
105
120
104
1
120
104
1
120
105
120
104
1
120
104
1
Pine Rock.
171
83
8
171
01
171
83
8
171
83
8
171
91
171
83
8
171
83
8
Rockvale.
125
41
1
125
41
125
41
1
125
41
1
125
41
125
41
1
125
41
Scott .
133
32
133
31
133
32
3
133
32
3
133
35
133
32
3
133
32
3
Taylor.
68
6
4
69
9
68
6
1
68
6
4
68
10
68
6
4
68
6
4
White Rock
122
49
24
118
77
118
46
31
118
46
31
118
77
118
46
31
118
46
31
TOTAL.
3833
1921
104|
3849
1999
3841 1915
115
3862
1925
113
3834
2022
3834
1912
113
3837
1903
114
Majorities
1912
1850
1926
1937
1812
1922
1934
* Republican. +Democrat. # Independent.
HISTORY OF OGLE COUNTY.
PRESIDENT.
GOVERNOR.
LIEUT. Gov.
SEC'Y OF STATE.
AUDITOR.
TREASURER.
ATT'Y GENERAL.
1
5.
457
5
64
38
38
64
38
64
38
64
38
Jefferson.
233
127
Forreston
16186 8 1 2 1
Maryland
Nashua.
1
.
-
88 279
5
152
OFFICIAL VOTE OF OGLE COUNTY-NOVEMBER 7, 1876 .- Continued.
CONG'SS.
EQUALIZAT'N
SENATOR
REPRESENTATIVES.
STATES ATT'Y.
CIRCUIT CLERK.
SHERIFF
CORON'R
Burchard, *
Pattison. +
Warner. *
Johnsou. +
Buell. +
Dement. *
Van Epps. +
Tice. *
Powers. *
Trusdell. +
Hitt. +
Campbell. *
Light. *
Allen. §
Thompson. +
Hasleton. #
Peek. *
Sechler. +
Keyes, *
Stevens. +
218
95
224
88
1
223
81
333
330
71/2
223 257
268 327
5
32
276 522
238
77
Byron_
405
300
446
278
5
469
268
67212
67112
25
Buffalo
88
57
86
56
1
88
58
132
132
168
6
91
86
3
55
1
96
90
56
Brookville.
146
58
148
45
13
147
50
222
22016
113
58
168
77
99
18
12|
154
38
161
45
Dement ...
90
44
92
42
1
91
44
13715
13712
127
3
125
112
11
6
2
124
93
42
Flagg __
229
130
233
126
233
125
526
208
328
212
156
89
112
239
11
233
126
Forreston
62
39
63
38
64
38
9416
9415
114
64
25
38
34
1
' 65
4
63
38
Jefferson
46
27
55
13
15
42
39
87
42
27
9416
73
20
2
57
73
6
69
14
Lincoln
121
95
128
82
3
125
87
183
191
225
3772
138
87
47
82
3
138
139
82
Leaf River.
166
84
166
84
166
84
24715
249
252
160
150
18
82
168
3
166
83
Lynnville.
116
17.
120
16
2
120
18
180
180
45
9
120
31
91
8
124
9
123
16
Lafayette
69
24
72
15
69
23
10616
99
42
341%
88
68
2
13|
10
76
15
79
15
167
22
167
21
1
165
24
24616
24612
69
3
168
162
11
13
1
169
7
168
20
Marion
124
54
124
52
2
124
54
186
186
155
6
126
141
15
20
1
126
44
126
42
Monroe ..
191
189
197
195
1
195
183
299
29512
537
10
197
33
190
157
1
201
51
196
185
Mount Morris.
90
139
89
139
89
139
123
4151%
55
93
18
119
91
32
94
138
Nashua_
92
19
93
16
93
17
136
48
10
96
81
10
11
97
6
91
15
Oregon_
247
148
251
143
246
148
360
360
436
26
257
275
65
45
4
292
254
136
Pine Creek
118
100
120
104
2
120
105
1801%
1801. 2
316
5
122
92
34
95
3
122
122
103
Pine Rock
171
90
171
83
8
171
91
25816
2581%
246
27
179
188
11
391
25
185
58
179
83
Rockvale.
124
42
125
42
125
42
19112
1851/2
117
3
125
123
28
14
2
131
29
125
41
Scott ..
133
3
133
32
3
133
35
19916
198
96
1013
136
119
19
26
3
136
25
135
33
Taylor
67
1
68
6
4
67
10
98
10615
16
14
67
58
11
9
73
72
6
White Rock
118
7
118
46
31
118
77
174
16015
96
153
149
47
54
4
89
148
23
150
44
TOTAL ..
3717/2066
3827|1913
113
3807/2016 588812 5477121557912
57572
3736
3019|1090|1420|
290
14180
602|
3963 1875
Majorities
1651
1914
1791
* Republican. + Democrat. # Independent. § Independent Republican candidate for clerk. Scattering votes, 50.
463
HISTORY OF OGLE COUNTY.
Eagle Point.
319!
169
325
161
12
324
176
48712
486
486
36
340
200
148
106
44
354
133
337
160
Grand de Tonr
4
71
325
43
460
275
26115 84316
14815 1371%
Maryland
65
0-7
TOWNS.
464
HISTORY OF OGLE COUNTY.
A TABULAR STATEMENT
SHOWING THE TOTALS OF PERSONAL AND REAL PROPERTY OF OGLE COUNTY, FOR THE YEAR 1877.
Compiled from the Tax Duplicate of the County Clerk.
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Number.
Average Value.
Assessed
Value.
Horses of all ages
16,382 $48 01
$ 786,587
Cattle of all ages
40,584
14 61
592,851
Mules and Asses of all ages.
309
55 53
17,160
Sheep of all ages
7,668
1 95
14,975
Hogs of all ages
64,487
3 59
255,158
Goats ..
20
2 00
40
Steam Engines, including Boilers
21 305 47
6,315
Fire or Burglar-Proof Safes
95
64 06
6,085
Billiard, Pigeon Hole, Bagatelle, or other similar Tables.
26 77 11
2,005
Carriages and Wagons of whatsoever kind.
6,388
32 46
207,389
Watches and Clocks
5,823
4 38
25,559
Sewing or Knitting Machines.
2,865
17 66
50,614
Piano-Fortes
270
111 92
30,220
Melodeons and Organs
697
49 37
34,407
Patent Rights
4
58 75
235
Steamboats, etc.
100 00 3
300
Merchandise on hand
345,504
Material and Manufactured Articles on hand.
22,798
Manufacturers' Tools, Implements and Machinery
13,245
Agricultural Tools, Implements and Machinery.
193,886
Gold and Silver Plate and Plated Ware.
1,018
Diamonds and Jewelry.
135
Moneys of Bank, Banker, Broker or Stock Jobber
23,910
Credits of Bank, Banker, Broker or Stock Jobber.
99,149
Moneys of other than Bank, Banker, Broker or Stock Jobber.
456,139
Credits of other than Bank, Banker, Broker or Stock Jobber Bonds and Stocks
797,593
Shares of Capital Stock of Companies not of this State.
2,500
Property of Corporations not before enumerated.
1,400
Bridge Property_
760
Property of Saloons and Eating Houses.
248,155
Household or Office Furniture and Property
4,980
Investments in Real Estate and Improvements thereon
350,856
All other Personal Property required to be listed
156,400
TOTAL VALUE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
2,727,383
LANDS.
41,538.77
27 58 15 41
11,357,512
Unimproved Lands, in acres.
63,254.19
975,025
TOWN AND CITY LOTS.
Improved Town and City Lots
5,663 256 45
1,452,146
Unimproved Town and City Lots.
3,371
27 28
91,984
TOTAL VALUE OF ALL PROPERTY AS ASSESSED
18,633,943
Improved Lands, in acres
8,955
465
HISTORY OF OGLE COUNTY.
EDUCATIONAL.
The first schools taught in Ogle County were private or subscription schools. Their accommodations, as may readily be supposed, were not good. Sometimes they were taught in small log honses, erected for the purpose. Stoves and such heating apparatus as are in use now were unknown. A mud and stick chimney in one end of the building, with earthen hearth, with a fire-place wide enough and deep enough to take in a four-foot back log, and smaller wood to match, served for warming purposes in Winter, and a kind of conservatory in Summer. For windows, part of a log was cut out in either side, and may be a few panes of eight-by-ten glass set in, or, just as likely as not, the aperture would be covered over with greased paper. Writing benches were made of wide planks or, may be, puncheons, resting on pins or arms driven into two-inch augur-holes, bored into the logs beneath the windows. Seats were made out of thick planks or puncheons. Flooring was made of the same kind of stuff. Every thing was rude and plain, but many of America's great men have gone out from just such school-houses to grapple with the world and make names for themselves, and names that come to be an honor to their conn- try. Among these might be named Abraham Lincoln, America's mar- tyred President, and one of the noblest men ever known to the world's history. In other cases, private rooms and parts of private houses were utilized as school-houses, but the furniture was just as plain.
But all these things are changed now. A log school-house in Illinois is a rarity. Their places are filled with handsome frame or brick structures. The rude furniture has also given way, and the old school books-the " Pop- ular Reader," the " English Reader " (the best school reader ever known in American schools), and "Webster's Elementary Spelling Book "-are superseded by others of greater pretentions. The old spelling classes and spelling matches have followed the old school-houses, until they are remem- bered only in name. Of her school system Illinois can justly boast. It is a pride and a credit to the adopted home of the great men this great state has sent out as rulers and representative men-men like Lincoln, Douglas, Grant, Shields, Lovejoy, Yates, Washburne, Drummond, and hundreds of others whose names are as familiar abroad as they are in the histories of the connties and neighborhoods where once they lived. While the state has extended such fostering care to the interests of education, the several coun- ties have been no less zealous and watchful in the management of this vital interest. And Ogle County forms no exception to the rule. The school- houses and their furnishings are in full keeping with the spirit of the law that provides for their maintenance and support. The teachers rank high among the other thousands of teachers in the state, and the several county superintendents, since the office of superintendent was made a part of the school system, have been chosen with especial reference to their fitness for the position.
For several years it has been the policy of the superintendents of Ogle County, to raise the standard of requirements for certificates, even above those required by law. When the law was changed so that the natural sci- ences and physiology were no longer required in second grade certificates, Ogle County still asked her teachers to do the work.
466
HISTORY OF OGLE COUNTY.
In the first grade work, twelve branches are required, and many of the questions are said to be as hard to pass as those used for state certifi- cates.
The county maintains eight graded and four high schools-all of supe- ' rior order and character.
The graduates of the high schools are required, in addition to the pre- scribed course of study, to show the county superintendent's first grade cer- tificate before graduation.
Notwithstanding the high standard of requirement necessary to secure a certificate, teachers are always found in abundance. This is owing to the fact that Ogle County, for the last six years, has held an annual drill, lasting at least four weeks. From two to three hundred teachers attend these drills, and receive instructions from the best educators of the State.
Ogle County has always believed in the policy of paying her educa- tional workers liberally and well. The Board of Supervisors pay the Superintendent a fair salary and the school principals in her larger towns are paid from $1,000 to $1,600 a year.
Of their educators and their schools, the people have just reason to be proud. Such scholars, teachers and superintendents as E. L. Wells, P. R. Walker, J. H. Freeman, M. C. Dougherty, John T. Ray, and others that might be named, all of whom maintain an enviable reputation, are not only an honor to the county, but to the state at large, and to their labors and fostering care is mainly attributable the proud position of the schools in 1878-a position not only claimed by the people of the county, but which has been awarded to them by the representative men of the nation.
In the educational department of the Centennial Exhibition the Ogle County schools bore a conspicuous part. When the State Teacher's Asso- ciation met at Rock Island, December 28 and 29, 1875, and decided to be represented at America's Great Centennial Exhibition in 1876, the teachers present from Ogle County called a meeting and organized by calling P. R. Walker, of Rochelle, to the chair; Miss J. F. Hathaway was chosen secre- tary and Mr. J. H. Smith was elected treasurer. During the month of February, 1876, about $200 was raised to defray the expenses of Ogle County's share of the exhibit-a larger amount than was assessed.
Under the efficient management of Superintendent E. L. Wells, assisted by the principal of the graded school, 24 volumes of examination work, averaging over 250 pages each, were prepared. Most of this work was done by the graded schools of Rochelle, Polo, Oregon, Forreston, Mt. Morris and Byron. In addition, three volumes were sent from the district schools of the county. Two from Rock River Seminary, and two contain- ing teacher's examination work from the superintendent's office.
The exhibit compared well in quality and quantity with exhibits of the large city schools of the state, and far exceeded that of any county exhibit. As a result, the bronze medal and a diploma were awarded to Ogle County alone, over all other counties in the state. This work has since been returned and is now distributed in the several school libraries of the county. The bronze medal and diploma are (or ought to be) in the office of the county superintendent.
The medal bears this inscription: "Awarded to the Superintendent, teachers and Pupils of Ogle County for excellence of Teachers and Pupils' work."
John T. Ray, the present Superintendent of County Schools, was born, raised and educated (except while at college) in the county. He has grown
467
HISTORY OF OGLE COUNTY.
up with the school interests, and has either been a pupil, teacher or principal in the schools all his life. He graduated from the Northwestern University at Evanston, with the class of 1875, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. He is probably the youngest superintendent of connty schools ever elected in the State of Illinois. He is a son of Hugh Ray (or Rea), one of the earliest settlers of the county, and one of six children of that old pioneer, four of whom, besides John T .- Ephraim, W. E., Kate E. and Jennie E .- are either engaged in teaching or preparing for educational work.
John T. Ray, Ph. B., was elected to the office of County Superintendent in November, 1875, and assumed the duties of the position December 3, following. The following extracts, showing the condition of the schools, school fund, etc., are taken from the superintendent's last report :
Number of males under 21 years of age ... 7.431
Number of females under 21 years of age. 6,902
Total
14,333
Number of males between 6 and 21 years.
5,133
Number of females between 6 and 21 years. 4,783
Total
9,916
Number of school districts
179
Number having school five months or more.
176
Average number of months school sustained.
7.57
Number of male pupils enrolled
3,974
Number of female pupils enrolled.
3,721
Total
7,715
Number of male teachers enrolled.
154
Number of female teachers enrolled. 207
Total teachers enrolled 361
Grand total number days' attendance, 830,526; being equal
in school time (i. e. nine months of four weeks each, and five days to a week) to 4,611 years and 5 months.
Highest monthly wages paid any male teacher.
$177 77
Highest monthly wages paid any female teacher.
100 00
Lowest monthly wages paid any male teacher
20 00
Lowest monthly wages paid any female teacher
18 00
Average monthly wages paid male teachers.
43 16
Average monthly wages paid female teachers
31 57
Value of school libraries.
1,992 00
Total receipts during the year.
130,937 05
Total expenditures during the year.
106,139 86
Balance in hands of Treasurers ...
24,890 80
Estimated value of school property
236,007 00
Estimated value of apparatus ..
3,402 00
Principal of township fund ..
71,276 01
Number of different places where examinations were held ..
15
Whole number of examinations held.
60
Whole number of male applicants examined for first grade certificates.
70
Whole number of male applicants examined for second grade certificates.
155
Whole number of female applicants examined for first grade certificates.
65
Whole number of female applicants during the year for sec- ond grade certificates .. 240
Total number examined for first grade certificates.
135
-
468
HISTORY OF OGLE COUNTY
Total number of second grade certificates issued 'during the year.
Number of male applicants rejected .. 92
Number of female applicants rejected. 114
Total number rejected. 206
303
ROCK RIVER SEMINARY, MOUNT MORRIS.
In 1838, Mr. A. Quinby Allen came from Maryland, with the Maryland colonists, having been engaged by 'Squire Samuel M. Hitt and Nathaniel Swingley to accompany them, as a school teacher, to their new settlement in the far West. He opened the first school in the vicinity of the present town of Mount Morris, in a log school house located in the grove about eighty rods, a little south of west of the present residence of Prof. D. J. Pinckney. His pupils, the children of the first settlers, numbered twenty-six. A more extended sketch of this school will be found in the history of Mount Morris. The settlement made here was generally known as the "Maryland Colony," sometimes called the "Pine Creek Settlement." The colonists were deter- mined to make ample provisions for educating their children. In September of the same year (1838), Rev. Thomas S. Hitt and his family removed to the Pine Creek Settlement, from Ohio; and soon afterward, after consultation, it was deemed advisable that he should attend the Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, then in session at Jacksonville, for the purpose of inducing that body to take the "Pine Creek Grammar School" under its special charge, with a view to the development of an institution of learning of higher character in this locality.
Mr. Hitt laid the matter before the Conference, of which Rev. John Clark was Presiding Elder, and urged that body to become directly interested in the little school then just established by the Maryland colonists.
The Conference, however, while deeply interested in the cause of educa- tion, was inclined to consider such action of doubtful propriety ; but, after mature deliberation, appointed a committee to select a suitable location in Northern Illinois for a seminary. That committee was composed of Rev. John Clark, Rev. Leander S. Walker, Rev. Thomas S. Hitt, Rev. P. R. Borien and Rev. -
- who were to receive propositions from various places desiring the seminary, and willing to contribute to its foundation and support. Proposi- tions were received from Joliet, Chicago, Roscoe, Kishwaukee and the Mary- land Colony. Roscoe and Kishwaukee, then prosperous cities, now nearly forgotten, were, with the Maryland Colony, the principal competitors.
When Mr. Hitt returned with this proposition, a few large-hearted, far- seeing and public spirited settlers living in the vicinity-Hon. Samuel M. Hitt, Hon. Jolin Wallace, Rev. Thomas S. Hitt, Capt. Nathaniel Swingley, Mr. Martin Reynolds, C. B. Artz, Esq .; David Warden, and two or three others- determined to secure the location for "Maryland Colony." Numerous con- sultations were held, a general line of action agreed upon, and each pledged a liberal contribution-so liberal that when the fact that they had hardly had time since their arrival to secure comfortable dwellings for their families, their enthusiasm appears indeed astonishing. Eight thousand dollars and 480 acres of land were pledged, a heavy burden to be boldly assumed on behalf of the rising and future generations by a little handful of men in a new country, where money was scarce and laborers few.
John Ray
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In the Spring of 1839, the committee visited all the locations from which propositions had been received, closing their tour with the Maryland Colony, where they arrived about the 1st of May. May 3d, 1839, the members visited Mr. Allen's school and after witnessing the exercises, requested the school to retire that they might have the room for consultation. It is needless to add that the teacher and pupils did not go far, but gathered in groups around the building where they could hear the discussions within. Several of the citizens, in their anxiety for the result, also lingered near. The discussions were ani- mated. Some of the members favored Kishwaukee, others Roscoe, and the session was protracted far into the night. But at last the Chairman threw his influence in favor of the " Maryland Colony," and this settled the question. The anxious listeners outside gave vent to their feelings by throwing up their hats and making the " welkin ring " with their joyous hurrahs.
The next day, May 4, 1839, the committee proceeded to select a site for the future seminary, which was destined to exercise such an important influence in Northern Illinois, and "drove the stake " on the summit into which the grandly rolling prairie crested, where the committee had a commanding view of a large extent of country of almost marvelous beanty, dotted on every side with near approaching groves, where the "old seminary building " now stands.
No time was lost. The energetic founders of the Institute held a meeting at once, and selected a building committee consisting of Messrs. S. M. Hitt, N. Swingley and C. B. Artz. This committee received plans and proposals from James B. McCoy and Mr. Elias Etnyre. That of Mr. McCoy was accepted, and the contract was awarded to him for $18,000.
Work was commenced at once and pushed with such energy, that arrange- ment was made to lay the corner stone on the 4th day of July following, with appropriate ceremonies. Efforts were made to secure an address from some distinguished speaker from abroad, and invitations were extended to Rev. John Clark, who had rendered the building committee efficient aid ; to Rev. P. R. Borien, of Chicago, and to Judge Thomas Ford, but unfortunately neither of them could be present.
On the day appointed, the basement walls were partly laid, and at the south - west angle the walls had been raised sufficiently high to support the corner stone. The people collected from far and near, for it was an occasion of intense inter- est to them. It was estimated that there were over five hundred people present, which was an immense throng for such a thinly populated-almost unsettled- country. For to the pupils of that little pioneer "grammar" school it was a glorious gala day, and " dress parade " is no adequate appellation to designate their appearance, marshaled in double file, in front of that old log school house, with their teacher at their head and provided with a banner, bearing upon one side the words "United we Stand, Divided we Fall," and upon the other, " Science and Virtue," the wild delight of their young hearts leaping forth from their sparkling eyes, and speaking through their very feet that kept willing time to the music of the hour, as they marched with proud and elastic step to the beautiful spot where the corner stone of a magnificent temple of instruction for their benefit was to be laid.
In the receptacle prepared for the purpose were deposited copies of all the Methodist papers and periodicals of the day, a sample of the silver coin of the United States, a full history of the enterprise to that date, with the names of the building committee, enclosed in a glass bottle and hermetically sealed, etc.
In testimony that more than Methodists were heartily engaged in this noble work, the interesting fact is noted that when these memorial articles were being
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deposited, a Baptist lady, Mrs. Dixon (wife of John Dixon the old pioneer of this portion of our great commonwealth, who recently died, as full of honors as of years), stepped forward and asked permission to deposit with the other papers a copy of a Baptist publication, which was cordially granted.
The corner stone was laid and the oration pronounced by Rev. Thomas S. Hitt.
The half dozen families then residing within a radius of five or six miles had spread tables on the grounds east of the building, bountifully supplied, and here, at the close of the services, they fed the multitude.
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