+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|@ | @ || _Short Fakts._ | _TOP KNOTS._ |
+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| 1| T || Sighns ov warmness | |
| 2| F || @ @ @ Ruth | He who elevates hiz profeshun |
| 3| S || Comstok born | iz the best mechanik, whether he |
| 4| G || @ @ 1786 @ @ | preaches the gospel, peddles |
| 5| M || @ Ruth Comstok @ | phisick, or skins eels for a living.|
| 6| T || had the @ dispepshy | |
| 7| W || @ more rain @ | |
| 8| T || @ @ now expekt | * * * * * |
| 9| F || litening rod @ @ | |
|10| S || @ @ venders | Lazyness iz a terrible burden |
|11| G || @: hot but wet :@ | to carry, and it iz one ov them |
|12| M || | kind ov burdens that yu kant |
|13| T || § June bugs ¶ @ | dump, if you want to ever so |
|14| W || @ @ @ have cum | mutch. |
|15| T || more heat @ @ @ | |
|16| F || Mark @ Twain | |
|17| S || @ is a funny kuss @ | * * * * * |
|18| G || expekt hotness @ | |
|19| M || @ @ now bury ~ | |
|20| T || potatoes @ @ @ | It aint no disgrace for a man to |
|21| W || @ @ not so warm | fall, but to lay thare, and grunt, |
|22| T || @ Old Grimes @ | iz. |
|23| F || is ded @ @ @ | |
|24| S || hunt @ for @ frogs | |
|25| G || @ hind legs @ | * * * * * |
|26| M || thunder and @ @ | |
|27| T || @ @ litening | |
|28| W || @ thare iz a @ | An old man desperately in luv |
|29| T || divinity shapes | iz an objekt ov pitty, he iz az |
|30| F || @ our ends @ @ | bad off az a lost dog. |
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_THE LITENING ROD MAN._
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