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Transcription
On the evening we
there was a "Grand
trivage" for the benefit
of the Beaumont fund.
Every one bought ticket
and any one who wanted
to give some object to
be used as prizes. If
one got a prize, the edict
was to give it back;
afterwards the things that
were given back were objects
auctioned off. We got 50
francs for an empty
box of matches.