+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|@ | @ || _Items._ | _NUTMEGS._ |
+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| 1| T || It blows @ @ | |
| 2| F || (@) Robert Burns | Enny man kan beat me out |
| 3| S || @ wrote poetry @ | ov mi munny, and mi opinyuns, |
| 4| G || more wind !! @ | eazy enuff, but no man kan beat |
| 5| M || * Fulton was * a | me out ov mi faith. |
| 6| T || @ steambote @ | |
| 7| W || @ @ Capting | |
| 8| T || @ wind travels @ | * * * * * |
| 9| F || around loose @ | |
|10| S || | |
|11| G || @ | now set hens | One ov the most unhappy |
|12| M || @ kold and raw @ | kritters in this world iz a |
|13| T || kongress sits ! more | neglekted pet, they are wuss off |
|14| W || @ windy @ Bob | than a vagrant. |
|15| T || Fletcher @ loved | |
|16| F || not @ wisely * but | * * * * * |
|17| S || too well @ Bob | |
|18| G || @ Fletcher loved | |
|19| M || whiskey @ wind @ | The middle course iz the best, |
|20| T || Easty @ Bonaparte | even a moderate deakon iz better |
|21| W || @ was a ~ @ | than a red hot one. |
|22| T || @ Frenchman @ | |
|23| F || ¶ @ rain @ with | |
|24| S || @ w-i-n-d @ | * * * * * |
|25| G || @ buty @@ iz | |
|26| M || short lived @ @ | |
|27| T || @ it blows @ @ | Yung man, dont ask enny |
|28| W || @ @ @ @ now | favours, it iz better to hav the |
|29| T || @ twitch teeth ß | world owe yu 10 dollars, and |
|30| F || more @ @ @ | finally git cheated out ov it, |
|31| S || @ @ @ wind @ | than to owe them one. |
+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+
_THE LOAFER._
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