+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |@ | @ || _The Slate._ | _BIRDS' EGGS._ | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | 1| T || @ _Soft_ ¶ now @ | | | 2| F || @ _and_ @ stik @ | | | 3| S || _sunny_ §--§--§ in | It iz bad enuff to be a fust rate | | 4| G || @ peas _sum_ @ | monkey, but to be a third rate | | 5| M || --Obadiah-- | one iz more disastrous than to be | | 6| T || | an idiot. | | 7| W || _r_|_a_|_i_|_n_| | | | | | 8| T || *-*-*-*@Farnharm | | | 9| F || @_more_ waz@ | * * * * * | |10| S || @ _soft_ a @ | | |11| G || @millerite@ | Thare iz no sure kure for lazyness, | |12| M || ----_wetly_---- | but i hav known a seckond | |13| T || @*now @ _mild_*@ | wife to hurry it sum. | |14| W || ....| snatch |... | | |15| T || _cool_ @ @ @ @ @ | | |16| F || @ @ @ @ @ lettiss | * * * * * | |17| S || @ @ C*a*i*n @ @ | | |18| G || _more_----|@|---- | | |19| M || _rain_ @ @ @ hit | It iz the suprizes ov life that | |20| T || @ _wind_ @ Able @ | add most to our plezzures; one | |21| W || _southy_ § now | man iz suprized with a legacy | |22| T || @ _butiful_ sot @ | from a ritch unkle, another, that | |23| F || : : _weather_ : : | the old spekled hen haz just cum | |24| S || : h : e : n : s : | off the nest, with 27 chickens. | |25| G || _more_ @ @ @ Gen. | | |26| M || @--@ _cooler_ @--@ | | |27| T || @ Grant @ | * * * * * | |28| W || _w_*_i_*_n_*_d_----§@ | | |29| T || waz @ _north_ @ a | Gamblers, nor infidels, havn't | |30| F || @ _it_ @ _rains_ @ | faith enuff in their profeshions, to| |31| S || a @ _wet_ @ tanner | teach it to their children. | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ _THE BEAN._