Welcome, sweet morsel of delight, ever funny, and ever profound, Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax for the current year. _Harpers' Bazzar._ * * * * * Bully for you Josh, hit 'em agin, slay, and spare not, may you outlive Methuseler, and not haul in your gang plank until Gabriel cries, "All a board." _Springfield Republican._ * * * * * Aroma of lovelyness, perfume of joy, essence of tiltilation, breath of beauty, seance of bliss, Josh Billings' Allminax for 1877. _Lady's Book._ 31 Days. JANUARY. 1877. Q.--How iz yure mother-in-law? @ @ @ @ A.--Pretty well i thank yu, how iz yures? @ @ @ [Illustration] _Hawk eyed, and spileing for a fight, If enny one thinks they kan lick him, Just let them put up the spondulicks, And trot out the other game chicken._ +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |@ | @ || _Items._ | _PETS._ | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | 1| M || @ Now dig ice | | | 2| T || @ kold @ but | A man with mutch welth, and | | 3| W || raw @ ¶ meazles | no pedigree, should do az the | | 4| T || diskovered 1312 @ | bob tailed kats do, set down on | | 5| F || @ * snowfull * @ | himself, and keep still. | | 6| S || Adam fell @ hard | | | 7| G || ::: wind north @ | | | 8| M || § Enok Jones died | * * * * * | | 9| T || @ 1102 -- more | | |10| W || snow @ Enok < | | |11| T || @ Jones was a free | Tricks upon travellers are allwuss | |12| F || | dangerous experiments, i | |13| S || lover @ sighns @@ | hav known a ded hornet to | |14| G || ov melting @ now | wake up sudden, and sting just | |15| M || destroy sum -- @ | once more. | |16| T || hogs @ it rains @ | | |17| W || @ litening @ bugs | | |18| T || fust seen 956 @ (!) | * * * * * | |19| F || × inkreasing snow | | |20| S || @ mormonism @ | | |21| G || invented 1832 () * | Familiarity iz a dangerous | |22| M || @ @ snow 4 feet | experiment, the most familiar thing | |23| T || deep * now the @ | in the whole world iz a puppy, | |24| W || [Φ] muskeeter [Φ] | and the oftenest stept on. | |25| T || lies @ @ dreaming | | |26| F || @ cold @ @ @ | * * * * * |