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Pioneer Life in Oceana Co.
How the oath was to be taken was a question that seemed greatly to trouble some of the knowing ones, anxious to avoid any error that would vitiate the proceedings and insisting that the officers "must be sworn in on the Bible. " But to those upon whom devolved the duty of qualifying that day there was a matter of greater concern than the manner of administering the oath, the nearest officer qualified to do which residing at White. River, fully fifteen miles distant, the only road being the sandy beach of Lake Michigan.
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