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 look out for the flour." The fugitive had no sooner learned these facts than he determined to have a little fun at the expense of others.

Pressing his way forward, and getting near a group of the most respectable of the company, including two clergymen, a physician, and a justice of the peace, he moved along with them, and as they passed under the belfry, the doctor cried out at the top of his voice, "Let it slide!" when down came the flour upon the heads of some of our best citizens, which created the wildest excitement, and caused the arrest of those engaged in the disturbance.

Everybody regarded Dr. Brown's aptness in this matter as a splendid joke; and for many days after, the watchword of the boys was, "Let it Slide!"

Dr. Brown wrote "The Negro in the Rebellion," in 1866, which had a rapid sale.