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that being the form of the oath & signifying their acceptance of the terms of the invitation. All assembled, the crier proceeded to divide all the food consisting of cakes of flour & [CROSSED OUT coffee] tea which were served round to the encircled guests a portion having been sent to the old persons first. Scarcely had they begun to eat & a morsel was about to enter the mouth of one who had been seated with downcast head enveloped in her blanket, when a young man pushed thro' the crowd siezed her rudely by the arms & dragged her from the ring