+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | | @ || _The Slate._ | _FAG ENDS._ | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | 1| M || @ _Bitter_ @ now | | | 2| T || _k.o-l-d_ @ @ @ set | The world all praze the philo- | | 3| W || @ _it_ @ _snows_ @ | sophers, but toss their pennys into | | 4| T || @ @ down @ @ | the caps ov the monkeys. | | 5| F || @ _kolder_ @ @ @ | | | 6| S || @ before @ _now_ @ | | | 7| G || the @ @ @ _drink_ | * * * * * | | 8| M || @ kitchen @ _hot_ @ | | | 9| T || _stuff_ @ @ @ @ fire | It iz allwus safe to follow the | |10| W || @ _more_ @ now @ | religious beleaf that our Mother | |11| T || _snow_ @ @ @ krak | taught us,--thare never waz a | |12| F || @ _high_ @ wallnuts @ | Mother yet, who taught her child | |13| S || _winds_ @ @ @ now | to be an infidel. | |14| G || @ _big_ @ post @ | | |15| M || @ @ _s-t-o-r-m_ @ @ | | |16| T || @ @ Books @ | * * * * * | |17| W || _sleety_ @ @ @ now | | |18| T || @ _more_ @ read @ | | |19| F || @ @ _stormy_ @ @ | Employment iz the grate boon | |20| S || A§l§l§m§i§n§a§x | ov life, a man with nothing to do, | |21| G || @ _now it thaws_ @ | iz not haff so interesting, az a | |22| M || sing @ _kolder_ @ @ | ripening turnip. | |23| T || @ @ psalms @ now | | |24| W || @ _snow_ @ @ Eat @ | | |25| T || @ @ @ @ pork | * * * * * | |26| F || @ _feet_ @ _and_ @ | | |27| S || @ _d*e*e*p_ @ @ @ | | |28| G || @ @ @ _beans_ | Sarkasm iz a keen weapon, but | |29| M || Good @ Bye | in handling it, menny people take | |30| T || @ @ Boys @ @ | holt ov the blade, insted of the | |31| W || Yours, @ @ @ J. B. | handle. | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ * * * * * * * * * * ECCENTRICITIES OF GENIUS By Major J. B. Pond. READ WHAT IS SAID OF IT. "It is distinctly one of the most interesting books of the year from any point of view."--_Rochester Sunday Herald._