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Rochester, Monroe, NY
The Album
Feb. 7, 1826 

ANOTHER WAY OF RAISING THE WIND 

On Thursday evening, a white man enticed a black lad into a house in the suburb Lacourse. No sooner had the boy passed the door, than he was seized and gagged; a good coat was taken from his back, and about nine dollars out of his pocket; he was then beaten and turned into the street.-- 

The perpetrator of this villany thought, at the time, that his victim was a slave, whose oath might not be taken, and thus no fear of detection need exist. However, the white man's cunning proved here at fault. The black lad is free, and lost no time in making his complaint to a magistrate, which has brought about the arrestation of the robber. - New-Orleans paper
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MARRIED - At Lima by the Rev. Mr. BARNARD, Mr. E. M. PARSONS of Rochester to Miss Minerva ALWOOD formerly of Berlin Connecticut. In Otsego, on the 26th ult, by the Rev. Mr. POTTER, Mr. John A. SPRAGUE of Rochester, to Miss Laura E. STOWEL of the former place.
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DIED - In Farmington on the 25th inst, Mr. Gideon CLARK aged 56 years 8 months 27 days. Printers in Buffalo are requested to publish the above. In this village on Friday morning last, Thaddeus SOBIESKI, son of Mr. J. N. STEBBINS, aged 5 years and 9 months.
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