Dont hurry things mi sweet friend. The best time to sett a hen,--iz when the hen iz reddy.= Try it--Josh Billings.= 31 Days. JANUARY. 1875. Q.--What's yure favourite piece ov skulpture? @ @ A.--The mile-stun nearest home. @ @ @ @ [Illustration] _Erly the Nuze Boy crawls from hiz koal box, Tho sno on the hard ground may lay, And skuds for the nuze paper offiss, To get his supply for the day._ +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |@ | @ || _Billings Log._ | _MORNIN GLORYS._ | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | 1| F || @ @ @ Rather | If i kant hav but two things on | | 2| S || kold @ @ @ | me that dont pinch, let it be mi | | 3| G || @ @ pepper sass | shirt kollar, and mi boots. | | 4| M ||invented 1632 @ @ | | | 5| T || @ @ @ mutch kold | | | 6| W || now mangle * @ | * * * * | | 7| T || @ @ @ wood | | | 8| F || sighns ov † @ ] | | | 9| S || @ sno @ @ | Christians seem to fite under | |10| G || dont pik | | cover, but the devil stands boldly | |11| M || @ @ geese | out, and dares the world to single | |12| T || this month @ | kombat. | |13| W || expekt sum @ | | |14| T || @ @ weather | | |15| F || hi tides @ ::: | * * * * | |16| S || @ now anihilate | | |17| G || hogs @ ? [!] | | |18| M || @ @ more :o: | Philosophy iz a kind ov severe | |19| T || koldly @ * @ | sentinal, who locks up the harte, | |20| W || @ @ Mike Tower | and throws the key away. | |21| T || died 1812 @ @ @ | | |22| F || @ prepare @ | | |23| S || @ for sno @ @ | * * * * | |24| G || @ @ @ dont @ | | |25| M || @ plant enny @ | | |26| T || corn this month | A thoroly lazy man iz ded enuff | |27| W ||@ dredphull chilly | to be buried, and his phuneral | |28| T ||now assassinate @ | ought to be advertized at once. | |29| F || @ poultry @ go | | |30| S || to bed arly @ @ | | |31| G || | |