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Folks up here at Rossville got up a Lectur' Course: -- / All the leadin' citizens they wuz out in force; / Met and talked at Williamses', and 'greed to meet ag'in; / And helt another corkus when the next reports wuz in: / Met ag'in at Samuelses'; and met ag'in at Moore's, / And Johnts putt the shutters up and jest barr'd the door! -- / And yit, I'll jest be dagg-don'd! ef't didn't take a week / 'Fore we'd settled whare to write to git a man to speak!