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ELI IS LAN—

The Daily Saratogian says to-day,—“It's out! His alias is
“Lan.” His real name is Eli Perkins, of Litchfield, Connecticut.
The old sexton smoked him out and came in and told us, and
now he signs his letters to the Commercial with his genuine sig.
“Lan” is a little more liquid (no reference to the Moon-Congress-Spring-Ballston
affair), more euphonious-like. We believe
the Perkinses claim to have come over in the Sunflower.”