+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |@ | @ || _Brevitys._ | _SKIMMINGS._ | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | 1| G || Orphull @ kold @ | I have a grate kuriosity now to | | 2| M || now @ hunt @ for | kno when the next flood is a | | 3| T || @ ice @ it @ | going to take place, and whether | | 4| W || @ waxes kolder @ | thare kan be found on the face ov | | 5| T || @ Zeke @ Davis @ | the earth a crew fit to man the | | 6| F || born 1850 @ big @ | next ark with. | | 7| S || @ s-n-o @ storm @ | | | 8| G || @ Zeke waz @ | * * * * * | | 9| M || @ a @ henpecked @ | | |10| T || man @ it is winter | I hav heard wize men phrovesy, | |11| W || now @ the ☼ cow | and fools guess, all mi life, but i | |12| T || s-h-i-v-e-r-e-t-h @ | never hav kept enny count which | |13| F || ☼ more @ bitter @ | ov them haz got it right the | |14| S || @ Adam @ was @ | oftenest. | |15| G || @ a phool @ | | |16| M || @ more ☼ snow @ | * * * * * | |17| T || @ now maim wood @ | | |18| W || dredphull @ cold @ | When i waz a boy i allwuss wanted | |19| T || @ man is @ | tommorow to cum, in middle life | |20| F || @ a @ f-a-i-l-u-r-e @ | i wanted a day to last allways, now | |21| S || @ wind northy @ | that i hav got older, i look at | |22| G || bi @ north ☼ now | yesterday, and to day, and compare | |23| M || pay @ your honest | them with tommorow, and wonder | |24| T || dets @ it grows cold | what all this fuss iz about. | |25| W || now ! comfort ☼ your | | |26| T || wife @ more snow | * * * * * | |27| F || Buy Josh Billings' | | |28| S || A-l-l-m-i-n-a-x @ | Thare iz lots ov people in this | |29| G || sighns ov a thaw @ | world, who spend so mutch time | |30| M || Let @ us @ meet | watching their healths, that they | |31| T || @ here again ☼ | haint got no time to enjoy it. | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ _A LONG PARAGRAFF._