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OR,

THE BELLE OF ALLENSVILLE;

A TALE.

In truth, she was a gentle maiden,.

As sweet and lovely as the flowers of June;

And had she been well schooled and wisely nurtured,
She would have been a paragon indeed.

BOSTON:

SLEEPER, DIX AND ROGERS,

MERCANTILE JOURNAL OFFICE,

WILSON'S LANE..

1841..

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
FROM

THE BEQUEST OF
EVERT JANSEN WENDELL

1918

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1841, by

SLEEPER, DIX & ROGERS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

I R. BUTTS, PRINTER, 2 SCHOOL STREET.

PREFA CЕ.

THE tale of Barbara Howard, which is contained in this little volume, was originally written for the columns of the Boston Mercantile Journal, and appeared in that paper in seven successive numbers. In this tale, I have endeavored, under the guise of an interesting narrative, to portray some of the terrible evils of Intemperance. The pictures which are presented to the reader in this production, are not mere fancy sketches; they are not even exaggerated. Scenes as revolting in their character as are described to have taken place at the tavern in Allensville, and in the home of the drunkard, occur every year in half the villages of New England; and it is time that the community were awakened to a sense of their mighty evils; and

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