+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |@ | @ || _The Slate._ | _DRIPLETS._ | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | 1| F || @ _Big_ Sam @ | | | 2| S || _shower_ @@ Loyd | Mules are like sum men, after | | 3| G || @_heaty_ @ born@ | yu hav studdid their karakter for | | 4| M || _mutch_ --II-- _wet_ | 5 years cluss, the best thing yu | | 5| T || @ 1820 @ now @ | kan do, is to git an average on | | 6| W || _wind_ @ @ @ hive | them. | | 7| T || @ _sou_ * _east_ * @ | | | 8| F || bees @ h-o-n-e-s-t-y | * * * * * | | 9| S || @ _more_ @ _hot_ @ | | |10| G || | Thare aint nothing so cheap | |11| M || ---- iz @ the ---- | az bad spellin, and if it iz sutch | |12| T || _thund r_ @ @ @ best | an element of suckcess az sum | |13| W || @ _and_ @ policy @ | shrewd kriticks hav diskovered, | |14| T || _litening_ @ @ Moses | they owe it to their airs, and | |15| F || @ wind @ and @ | assines, to adopt it at once, and | |16| S || _l-i-g-h-t_ @ A-a-r-o-n| bekum ritch and famus | |17| G || @ _hard_ @ were @ | | |18| M || _shower_ @ @ @ near | | |19| T || @ _now_ - nabors @ | * * * * * | |20| W || _mix_ @ @ @ _grate_ | | |21| T || @ _juleps_ @ _heat_ @ | No man haz ever yet bekum | |22| F || K*a*t*e @ _w_*_e_*_t_ | so wize az to kno how mutch he | |23| S || @ Davis @ _kloudy_ @ | luvs himself, and how little hiz | |24| G || died @ _windy_ @ @ @ | nabor. | |25| M || @@ 1849 @ Robert | | |26| T || @ _big_ @ Burns @ | * * * * * | |27| W || @ @ _hot_ @ waz | | |28| T || _more_ @ a @ @ | -- | It iz quite common to meet | |29| F || @_c*o*o*l*e*r_@ | people who hav more religion, | |30| S || -II-ploughman-II- | and even morality, than they hav | |31| G || @@ _it_ @ _rains_ @@ | common sense. | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ _QUESTIONS, AND ANSWERS._ Q.--When iz the right time to marry? A.--Enny whare between 21, and ninety-four years. Q.--What iz a woman's chief joy in this world? A.--Her own or sumboddy else's baby. Q.--Which iz the most diffident, and humbel kritter amung the animals? A.--A bobtailed kat, probberbly. Q.--How menny yards ov 5 dollar silk duz it take to make a dress.