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The Daily Dispatch: may 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
wn as "the Valley," furnished the Mayor, yesterday morning, with a page from the real life of its blissful inhabitants. One of the characters represented was Miss Katy Duke, proprietress of a general commodity shop, upon which the Provost Guard made a descent a few weeks ago, and recued a barrel of 'sperrits' from premature destruction. Miss Duke had her suspicious, and putting that and that together, launched them with all the force of woman's eloquence upon the guiltless head of Miss Minerva Meredith. Miss Sarah Hensworth, being a friend of Miss Duke, shared the anguish of her misfortune and participated in the assault upon Miss Minerva's peace. With tMiss Duke, shared the anguish of her misfortune and participated in the assault upon Miss Minerva's peace. With that courageous placidity with which an individual avoids a row when he is conscious that he will have to encounter two to one, Miss Minerva bore their barbed shafts without a seeming murmur, but noted, for future reference, the conduct of her adversaries. Chagrined at her admirable nonchalance, they reinforced themselves with the