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"S-A-N-D! Here's your nice white S-A-N-D!"

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This Sand is brought from the sea shore in vessels, principally from Rockaway Beach, Long-Island. It is loaded into carts, and carried about the streets of New-York, and sold for about 12 1/2 cents per bushel. Almost every little girl or boy, knows that it is put on newly scrubbed floors, to preserve them clean and pleasant.

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The New-York Cries, in Rhyme Published in 1828 Available from books.google.com
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