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Apr. 16-Rode to Norway. Had a call to preach there. Shall accept it.
Apr. 17-Returned home.
Apr. 18-Spent the day with Izah. Some over a week since marriage. Not long enough to determine that I am a good husband.
Apr. 19-Preached in F. from John 14:15, and Rev. 15:1. Large attendance and good attention.
Apr. 22-Reading papers and chatting with Izah.
Apr. 25-Rode to Norway. Called at Br. Blake's, dined at Br. Hapgood's on trout. Spent the night at Br. Tucker's.
Apr. 26-Preached in N. for my first Sabbath of a year's engage- ment. Texts Matt. 26:24, and Matt. 5:44. Full meeting and good attention.
Apr. 27-Rode to D. to get a peep at Izah and the next day went to F. to settle my affairs with the society.
June 28-Preached at N. Paris from Rev. 15:1 and 2 Peter 1: 5, 6,7.
July 3-Walked to Br. S. Cobb's. Here we met with an old lady almost 90. She is strong in the faith. All of her family gone, but a day is coming when she will join them and they will be stronger reunited-branch to branch and limb to limb.
July 4-Sixty-four years since the Declaration of Independence of the U. S. Thirteen little states July 4, 1776. Now there are twice that number and their inhabitants are a hundred to one. May we never forget to praise God for His wonderful goodness.
July 5-Preached at N. Norway from 2 Peter, 1:5, 6, 7 and Rev. 15:1. We had a full meeting and good attention. In the eve. rode home.
July 10-Rode to D. with Izah.
July 12-Preached in D. from I Tim. 5:8 and Luke 2:14. Good attention.
July 19-Preached in F. from Matt. 3:2, and Rev. 15:1. Br. French preached for me in N.
July 25-Have been reading the play called Timon. It was not without reason that the principal personage became a man-hater if we admit, it is ever right to curse man for his inhumanity.
July 26-Preached from Matt. 3:2, and Heb. 5:9. I know not what may have been the impression of the congregation with regard to the forenoon discourse, but I have not been so much in the spirit for some time past.
Aug. 2-Preached from Job. 28:28 and Rom. 10:8.
Aug. 7-Walked to D.
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Aug. 8-Spent the day in resting and in forming a society. The meeting for this purpose a most pleasant one. All but one or two came forward and put their names to the constitution.
Aug. 12-A.M. went a fishing. P.M. made a few calls. Evening heard Br. Thayer at our house.
Aug. 13-A.M. went a gunning. P.M. rainy.
Aug. 16-Preached at N. Norway from Matt. 6:9-13 and Ezekiel 18:20. In eve. at Br. Sam'l Cobb's from Titus 2:11, 12.
Aug. 20-Visited Col. Millett and Br. Bartlett in company with wife and Mary Ann B. Was very well entertained.
Aug. 22-Rode to D. with Br. John Tucker.
Aug. 23-Preached in D. from Prov. 22:2 and Eze. 18:20.
Aug. 27-Called on the brethren at the Cape (South Paris). Fortunately met with some men from Weare, N. H., from whom I learned that my father was well.
Aug. 28-Dug potatoes of my own cultivation.
Aug. 30-Preached from I Sam'l 17:47, and Matt. 16:26.
Sept. 2-Visited Bro. Howe of Sumner and Br. Washburn of Paris. Obtained a Sunday's preaching at P. for Br. Cobb.
Sept. 3-P.M. Heard Br. Cobb at our church and in the course of his remarks he gave us the origin of the word tantalus.
Sept. 6-Preached from Matt. 1:21 and Ps. 19: 7, 8, 9. Small meeting.
Sept. 18-Preached from Dan. 10:21 and Prov. 22:6. In the evening lectured in Cape Village to a full house.
Oct. 2-Rode home.
Oct. 4-Preached on Paris Hill from II Sam'l, 18:5 and Isa. 45: 23, 24. Br. Bartlett preached for me in Denmark. The attendance on the hill was as good as I expected.
Oct. 22-P.M. attended a political meeting on Paris Hill. The court house was full.
Oct. 23-P.M. attended a political meeting at the Cape. Yester- day I heard a democrat and today a whig. Hon. F. O. J. Smith was the speaker today. His speech was full of misrepresentations.
Oct. 25-My afternoon discourse was for the young ladies, and I am happy to record that there were many of them to hear it.
Oct. 30-Rode to D. with Izah to visit her old home, sweet home again.
Nov. 2-Rode home and voted for the democratic electors.
Nov. 8-P.M. church occupied for funeral services of old Mr. David Woodman, father-in-law of Br. Bartlett and Mrs. Shackley. The congregation was very large.
Nov. 16-Came home from D. On the way called at Br. Smith's in Harrison. His wife sick with a fever, and low in spirits, and fears she won't get well. I gave her what comfort I could and urged her to keep herself as cheerful as possible, concluded my call with reading and prayer.
Nov. 23-Preached in D. from Cor. 2:9, and Matt. 26:24-full meeting and good attention. In the eve. lectured at Bridgton, accord- ing to appointment.
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Nov. 26-Thanksgiving. Preached from the 100th Ps. Very few hearers. Took supper with the family of Br. Benj. Tucker.
Nov. 30-Voted at special election for Hon. Mr. Littlefield of Bridgton for M. C. The elections this year have gone against us. Hard cider, log cabins and "Tip" songs have done for the whigs what good sound argument could never have accomplished. The ignorance of the rabble has been the defeat of republicanism.
Dec. 7, 8-Spent in writing for the Magazine and Palladium.
Dec. 13-Preached from Rom. 1:16 and Dan. 12:1, 2. Cold and rainy day-about 40 hearers. Good attention. Though this turn out in such a village as ours, might seem very small, there is some comfort in the fact that at the other houses, they had no preaching for lack of hearers.
Dec. 14-Helped my poor Izah in some of her household work. I'm afraid I didn't help much for the want of experience.
Dec. 16-Playing truant. Don't be alarmed, for ministers some- times play the truant. In the eve. I heard a very instructive lecture on phrenology, by a Mr. Bryant.
Dec. 17-Father Gibson and Edwin left us this morning for home.
Dec. 18-Reading about the French Revolution. Very much in- terested in the book.
1841.
Jan. 3-Preached from Ps. 90:9. We gave up the use of the house in the afternoon for the funeral services of Mrs. Smith, wife of Squire Smith. Mr. Soule officiated.
Jan. 10-Our muster at Denmark was larger than common for this season of the year. In the evening rode home.
Jan. 28-Rode to Fryeburg to meet my sister Susan.
Feb. 9-Visited and lectured at Br. S. Cobb's. Mrs. Thompson was 90 years of age today and we gave a birthday sermon from Ps. 23: 1, 11. Lectured at Br. Nath'l Bennett's from I Cor. 1:17.
Feb. 14-Our meeting was quite large for the season and in the congregation were some of our opposers. Text, Luke 23:34.
Feb. 15-Reading and sawing wood.
Feb. 16-Attended an anti-slavery meeting at the Chapel. Mother Gibson came over today.
Feb. 23-This evening about 10.30 o'clock we had an addition to our family, of a little boy whom we designate by the name of Samuel A. Tenney. Hope to make him better and more useful than his father.
Mar. 1-Izah is doing well.
Mar. 15-Attended a discussion which was no discussion on Pope's "Whatever is, is right." Negative argument written.
Mar. 23-Attended a funeral of a child of Br. Mark P. Smith.
Apr. 9-Just a year since I exchanged single blessedness for the married life, and all is well.
May 1-Rode and walked to D.
May 2-Preached there from Isaiah 45:21 and Heb. 4: 1, 2, 3. May 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-lost.
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May 14-National fast for the death of Pres. Wm. H. Harrison. With many others we observed it with appropriate services. Dis- course delivered from Isaiah 40:6, 8.
June 11-Visiting schools. Village schools are for those under 10 years. Their standing is quite good and yet not so good as might be expected where so much time and money are expended. Singing here is an exercise, and perhaps too much indulged in for the success of other and more important studies.
June 17-Married Mr. Jonathan Blake of Bethel to Miss Eliza- beth S. Crockett of Norway.
June 20-Large attendance at church. Texts: Isaiah 45:2, 3, and James 4:13, 14.
June 22-Visited the schools in ours and Br. Bennett's dist. Both rather backward and the first rather noisy. We shall, how- ever, hope for improvement.
June 27-Preached at No. Paris from Luke 13:3, and Matt. 12:30. The meeting was large and uncommonly atttentive.
June 29-30-Rode to North Yarmouth to attend the convention. Preached my occasional which was so much better than I expected that the Council not only ordered it printed in the Banner but also had a collection taken up to have it published in pamphlet form for gratuitous distribution.
July 1-Meeting continued. The speakers being Bates, Thomp- son, Burr, Williams, Abel, Saddler and Gunnison. All gave us good discourses, save a little exception in that of the last.
July 4-Preached at N. Norway. Rode home in the evening, and attended a temperance meeting.
July 14-Delivered a temperance lecture at Norway Center.
July 28-Visited the Bennett School for the 2d time-taught by
Miss Holt. Scholars have made a good improvement in reading. Aug. 6-Rode to Lovell and spent the night with Br. M. Hutchins. Aug. 7-Calling on old friends.
Aug. 8-Preached in L. Full meeting and good attention. Rode home in the evening.
Aug. 17-18-We had the company of Grandpa Howard and Father Gibson.
Aug. 21-Received a letter from Congressman Littlefield inform- ing us of the veto of Clay's bank bills.
Aug. 23-29-Went on a journey through Dixfield to Freeport. Preached there in exchange with Br. Watt.
Aug. 30-Rode to Denmark with Br. Samuel.
Sept. 1-2-Attended the York, Cumberland and Oxford Asso- ciation.
Sept. 5-Preached in Albany. We had a full house and good attention.
Sept. 22-Attended the general muster in Lovell (was chaplain of one of the regiments).
Oct. 15-Rode to Bethel and spent the night with a sister of my Grandmother Tenney.
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Oct. 17-Preached on Bethel Hill. The congregation was small and inattentive. There were some exceptions. In the evening lec- tured to a more appreciative audience, in the Walker Schoolhouse.
Nov. 2-At home.
Nov. 3-Married Capt. Otis True of Poland to Miss Martha S. Millett of Norway.
Nov. 4, 5, 6-About the common affairs of a preacher.
Nov. 7-Preached in Norway.
Nov. 14-21-Preached in Albany.
Nov. 22 to 27-Spent the week at home and in Denmark. Our annual Thanksgiving was on the 25th, and we spent it very happily in Denmark.
Nov. 28-Preached at North Paris. Delivered a Washington Temperance lecture in the evening.
Dec. 5-Preached in Norway. Samuel commences his school to- morrow. Came today from Denmark.
Dec. 11-I am resolved, God being my helper, never to forget my- self, so far as to be overcome of anger.
Dec. 12-Preached in Poland. The resolve of yesterday was hardly made and cool before it was broken, but I will not give up yet, I will not give up, and again I repeat the resolve-God being my helper, I am still resolved never to so far forget myself as to be over- come of anger. I will not indulge (or ought not to indulge) myself in the giving of blow for blow-kind for kind and measure for meas- ure. The divine law is, "Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good." And this shall be my law, and with God's assistance I will obey it.
Dec. 13-18- I may say I have kept my resolve thus far, but not without an effort. I find in myself two powers, and I am afraid that if I would do good, evil is present with me. As a general thing, we may be guarded, but an unkindly word from a source which we have been accustomed to respect is apt to overthrow our resolves and give loose reins to our passions. Oh, for love's perfect work.
Dec. 19-Preached in Norway. Not a full meeting-weather bad.
1842. Jan. 5-Rode to Weare, N. H.
Jan. 6-Visited father and William. Great changes have taken place there since I first saw the light. Four sisters and a brother (all but one) have migrated to distant lands and other homes. The mother who fondled us passed away long ago in purity and glory. My father still lives a lone life where home was but where home is no longer.
Jan. 9-Rode home. This is the first day I have spent the Sab- bath in this manner for many years.
Jan. 16-This evening married Mr. Mark P. Smith of this place to Miss Susan B. Tenney. May their union prove a happy one.
Jan. 18-Visited a school.
Jan. 20-Had a donation party of 124. This is something new for us, and at least a manifestation of a kindness we little expected.
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Every man brought his own provisions, and when they all had eaten we had a number of goodly presents left.
Jan. 23-Preached at N. Norway.
Jan. 24-Visited a school and two of the sick.
Jan. 25-At home. Married Mr. Thomas Cousins of Poland to Miss Dorothy S. Millett of Norway.
Jan. 30-Preached in N. in the forenoon, and in the afternoon at the Cape (South Paris).
Feb. 1-Attended the funeral of Mr. Amos Upton (Jr.).
Feb. 2-Visited the schools in Uncle (Nat) Bennett's Dist., and in Col. (John) Millett's.
Feb. 10-Rode to Denmark.
Feb. 11-To Hiram and made an appointment for Sunday.
Feb. 12-At Father Gibson's.
Feb. 20-Preached in Casco, and rode back to D.
Feb. 21-Came home.
Apr. 16-My little boy taken violently ill with the canker rash.
Apr. 17-There is no improvement in the child. The rash has not come out so freely as is desirable.
Apr. 18-27-Have been days of suffering in our family. Today about noon it appears that he cannot live till another morning. He is a dear child and just old enough to walk and use some common words. It is hard to give him up, for a thousand ties bind him to us, but if he goes from us, we know where we shall find him. In his Father's house are many mansions, and when we shall have done with the cares of earth, we shall find an abiding place there and re- joice in the fulness of his salvation.
Apr. 28-Our little cherub had an uneasy night, but on the whole . is no worse today. A sore has broken in his head, and discharged very freely at the left ear.
Apr. 29-12.30 o'clock. He has gone.
"Rest thee, pure one, rest, We would not call thee back For thou art blest."
May 1-Today for the last time, we have looked upon what re- mains of our little boy. O how hard it is to give him up. We have listened to a very good discourse from Br. (Rev. George) Thomes of Buckfield. We followed our child to the grave, have seen him lowered down into the earth-and have left him there, in the full belief that when a few more years are past, we shall join him in a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Br. Thomes spoke from I Thess. 4:13.
May 2-The disease of which our child died is spreading amongst us. There are three in Mr. Thayer's family, a little girl in Mr. Wrisley's and one in Br. Elliot Smith's.
May 3-At home. No new cases of scarlet fever.
May 4-Carried Izah over to Denmark to spend a few weeks at her father's.
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May 6-Rode home to keep house alone. O how I am reminded by everything I touch and see of our little one. But I dare not in- dulge in the feelings that move me, that he was not to be embraced again in the arms of his parents. But better arms enfold him in a better land and I ought to rejoice that it is so. This afternoon I set a locust tree at the foot of his grave.
June 19-We are again blessed with a token of affection. Early this morning, a little daughter was born to us. (Mrs. Frank A. Danforth.) We bless God for his goodness and hope He will enable us if the little one is to make a long stay in this world of change, to keep it in the path of duty. May it not only bless us but be a bless- ing to others and itself as well as to Him who numbers the hairs of our heads.
July 2-I have a thousand times thought of the many hues of the character of man. In my younger days I dreamed of friendship and love and have often read about them since, but in nine cases out of ten, I have found them names-only names. And how much of the pretended piety of the world is anything more than its assump- tion. How many are the tongues, oiled and honeyed to give utterance to the soapy-forgive the word-expressions of those who lie for the purpose of gaining what would be better gained by fair and honest dealing. How often are we praised for actions and labors, which our honest eyesight sees as the mere trifles of life-every-day things- things done by everybody, and known to be such by the one who does them, as well as by him who offers the praise, and is both pitied and despised by the sensible of all denominations.
Aug. 10-I have married Mr. Henry L. Crockett to Rosanna A. Buck, both of Norway. We call our little girl Adnah with the pre- face Susan. (Mrs. Frank A. Danforth.)
Aug. 24-Attended the funeral of Mother Thompson who died the 23d. She came down to the grave full in the faith of a world's salvation. She was 91 years and 6 mos. old, had lived through the French and Indian war, the Revolution and last war. Her father was killed by the Indians, seven months after her birth. She married Mr. Thompson in Jan. 1769, and had three children of whom none are living-the 2d child was burned to death in Nov. 1820. Her hus- band died Mar. 14, 1821, in his bed and she awoke to find him gone. And at last she, too, has left us to join her family.
Sept. 9-Left home for Boston, and rode to Dover, N. H., passing the camp ground in Oxford. I took the first train of cars for Boston and on the way passed a 2d camp ground in Kingston, N. H. It being rainy it seemed rather in the cooling part of a revival. What their success had been I am not able to say, but at any rate, the chances appeared, two for a cold and fever, to one for salvation. We were permitted to see them but a moment, and might have been deceived. The steam power moved us rapidly away, and we soon found ourselves in the midst of cabs and omnibuses.
Sept. 11-Preached in East Boston on exchange with Bro. Cobb (Rev. Sylvánus).
Sept. 12-Rode to Burlington where we spent Tuesday and
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Wednesday as happily as we could desire. Cousin Gleason and Cobb with his wife are a trio of as good friends as one will generally find.
Sept. 15-Cousin George G. carried me to Billerica to attend a dedication. Here I met Bros. Gardner, of our State, Thayer, Miner, Chapin-a preacher of Lexington, etc., etc. From here Bro. Thayer took us to Lowell.
Sept. 17-I spent in Lowell to little advantage.
Sept. 18-Preached in L. for Bro. Thayer. The house was full in the afternoon. Poor singing on acct. of the absence of the leader.
Sept. 19-Rode to Boston and spent the night at Br. Cobb's.
Sept. 20-Rode to Providence, R. I.
Sept. 21-First day of the national convention of our denomina- tion.
Sept. 22-The last day. In our stay here we received the best of treatment. Br. Salisbury with whom we had bread and board gave the Down Easter good entertainment.
Sept. 23-Rode to Boston and the next day came to Portland in the steamer Telegraph, and home. Our journey has been a good one. I have been well, except a little seasick.
Oct. 29-Attended the funeral of Sister Mixer (Mrs. Esther Bennett Mixer). The severity and length of her sickness were great, but she bore it all with a Christian resignation.
Oct. 30-Attended the funeral of Mr. Benjamin Witt who died the 28th, aged 76. He was one of the earliest Universalists in town.
Nov. 7-Attended the funeral of Peter Buck, who was 93 years and 3 mos. old.
Nov. 10-Married Mr. Sylvanus Porter of Paris to Miss Esther C. Millett of Norway.
1843.
Jan. 1-Married Mr. Sidney Perham of Woodstock to Miss Almena J. Hathaway of Paris. (He was afterwards Clerk of the Courts, Member of Congress and Governor of Maine.)
Apr. 26-Attended the funeral of Mrs. Dow.
May 5-Attended the funeral of the children (girls) of Mr. (James N.) Hall-two of them, and all he had. I also attended the funeral of Joel Frost somewhere between the 13th and 20th of April (d. April 12, 1843, aged 44).
May 4-Moved into Br. Mixer's house at a rent of 40 dollars a year.
Oct. 4-Married Jesse Howe, M.D. of Leeds to Miss Rebecca G. Gibson of Denmark.
Nov. 16-Married Mr. Sebastian S. Smith to Miss Nancy M. Mixer, both of Oxford.
1844.
June 13-Married Mr. George Tufts to Miss Lydia A. Holt, both of Norway.
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ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD.
That little one with eyes so bright, A moment felt the rod, Then rising on the beams of light It disappeared from mortal sight To dwell for aye with God.
Oct .- I have attended four funerals within a few weeks, viz .: Miss Daniels of Paris, Mr. Caswell of Harrison, Mrs. Hall of Norway and a young Mr. Morrill of Oxford. Had also before this attended the funeral of Mr. John Brown of Oxford.
Dec. 8-Married Mr. George M. Brewster of West Bridgewater, Mass., to Miss Elvira Buck of Norway.
1845.
May 30-Married Mr. Lee Mixer to Miss Deborah Bennett, both of Norway.
1846.
Sept. 2-Death has again visited us. Suddenly we are bereft of our little boy, aged only 2 years, 6 mos. and 6 days. He has gone down to the grave. Severe suffering attended his illness, and after a 24 hours' attack of the croup, through all of which he retained his senses, God took the gift he gave us, to the house above. To us the loss is a heavy one, and it is in vain that we strive to suppress the tears that well up from the fountain of sorrow. He was a kind and lovable child, and we had anticipated many things of him. We had said: "He will be spared to us, and we shall educate him for useful- ness," but his schooling is to be among the stars and suns of glory. We feel that he has been taken away from the evil to come-from the temptations that might be too strong for him to bear, and from the sufferings which might be greater than he could endure,-he will have the exemption of all the ills of life, and it is in the deep conviction of our souls that we can say: "Far happier they escaped to endless rest, than we who yet survive, to wake and weep."
EARTH AND HEAVEN
There's nothing here; there's nothing here, To ease our pains and sorrow, To wipe away the falling tear, And paint the blissful morrow. There's change in all, we feel and see There's nothing bright but purity.
The rose will fade, the lily die, The finest form decay; The flowers of earth but meet the eye, To quickly pass away. Then turn your thoughts above, above, To changeless, high, unceasing love.
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THE SAVIOUR'S COME.
The Saviour's come, hear sinners, hear, The tidings he hath given. Tho poor we are, yet never fear, There's rest, there's peace in Heaven.
The Saviour's come, the Saviour's come, To end our sin and pain, We die to live-to live at home, We die to live again.
The wicked cease from troubling then, The weary find a rest: The sons of sin and sorrow bear The image of the blest.
The Saviour's come, awake, awake, The Saviour's come, arise; The Saviour's come on earth to make Us beings for the skies.
PART III
THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL By MAJ. GEN. HENRY DEARBORN Published in 1818.
On the 16th of June, 1775, it was determined that a fortified post should be established, at or near Bunker's Hill.
A detachment of the army was ordered to advance early in the evening of that day, and commence the erection of a strong work on the heights in the rear of Charlestown, at that time called Breed's Hill, but from its proximity to Bunker's Hill, the battle has taken its name from the latter eminence, which overlooks it.
The work was commenced and carried on under the direction of such engineers as we were able to procure at that time. It was a square redoubt, the curtains of which were about 60 or 70 feet in extent, with an intrenchment, or breast work, extending 50 or 60 feet from the north angle, towards Mystic river.
In the course of the night the ramparts had been raised to the height of 6 or 7 feet, with a small ditch at their base, but it was in yet a rude and imperfect state. Being in full view from the northern heights of Boston, it was discovered by the enemy, as soon as the daylight appeared, and a determination was immediately formed by
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Gen. Gage, for dislodging our troops from this new and alarming position. Arrangements were promptly made for effecting this im- portant object. The movement of the British troops indicating an attack, were soon discovered, in consequence of which, orders were immediately issued for the march of a considerable part of our army to re-enforce the detachment at the redoubt on Breed's Hill; but such was the imperfect state of discipline, the want of knowledge in military science, and the deficiency of the materials of war, that the movement was extremely irregular and devoid of everything like concert of action-each regt. advancing according to the opinions, feelings or caprice of its commander.
Col. Stark's regiment was quartered in Medford, distant about four miles from the point of anticipated attack. It then consisted of 13 companies and was probably the largest regiment in the army. About 10 o'clock in the morning he received orders to march. The regiment, being destitute of ammunition, it formed in front of a house occupied as an arsenal, where each man received a gill cup full of powder, 15 balls and one flint. The several captains were then ordered to march their companies to their respective quarters, and make up their powder and ball into cartridges, with the greatest possible dispatch. As there were scarcely two muskets in a company of equal calibre, it was necessary to reduce the size of the balls for many of them; and as but a small proportion of the men had cart- ridge boxes, the remainder made use of the powder horns and ball pouches.
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