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The Americus Ledger, Kansas, June 25, 1886

The Americus Ledger, Kansas, June 25, 1886

.. a large, able-bodied rocking-chair would meet him almost at his door, and knock him to the floor and fall over upon him. Then, as he would rise to his feet, another rocking-chair would lay him low and bring down upon his head a shower of bric-a-brac. And thus he would go from rocking-chair to rocking-chair until he would reach his own chamber, where thirteen rocking-chairs would meet him in rapid succession and have a very large amount of fun with him.