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THE SONS OF THE SORROWFUL, OR THE LIQUOR LICENSE.
A majority of the cities and towns of Massachusetts voted yesterday to license the sale of cider and beer.—Morning papers.
I met a gaunt Aquarian,
His nose was long and blue;
He looked so bad, that watery cad,
'Twas painful him to view;
Adown his face there rolled apace
A salt and bitter tear;
"Alas!" he cried (and sore he sighed),
"They've licensed cider and beer!
"We thought we'd drawn our leading-strings
Around the state so tight,
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