_MELKISIDEK BREWSTERS LIGHTNING ROD._ For drawing lightning, theze rods hav grate strength and endurance. They will draw litening from the uttermost parts ov the earth, or pull it in two. Yu may bury one of theze rods 10 foot under ground, and litening will hunt till it finds it. Yu mite az well undertake tew eskape natral deth, or a constable's warrent, az tew eskape litening with one ov theze rods ov yure house. Buy one ov Melkisidek's rods, and if yu haint got enny house tew put it on, you kan set it up at the forks ov the road, and steal all the litening in the naberhood. 30 Days. JUNE. 1871. Q.--What iz a good "_counter irritant_"? @ @ A.--A young dri goods clerk. [Illustration] _In this month, more than all the rest, Things seem tew jump their very best; Carrots and yungones, purp and kitten, Like Joner's gourd, are up, and gittin._ +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |@ | @ || _History._ | _PARSNIP STEW._ | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | 1| T || @ Now hunt | A kicking cow never lets drive | | 2| F ||for rozes @ | until just as the pail gets phull,--| | 3| S || _warm hotness_ @ | it iz jiss so with sum mens | | 4| G || @ the grasshopper | blunders. | | 5| M ||iz a burden @ | | | 6| T || @ _muggy wetness_ | * * * * * | | 7| W ||natur grows @ @ | | | 8| T || @ _hot_ @ | Whenever a minister haz | | 9| F || @ let her grow @ | preached a sermon that pleazes | |10| S ||now @ ho korn @ | the whole congregashun, he probably | |11| G || _wet sighns_ @ | haz preached one that the | |12| M || @ _ov more rain_ | Lord wont endorse. | |13| T ||more grasshoppers | | |14| W || born @ bet 10 | * * * * * | |15| T ||dollars it will | | |16| F ||rain @ | | |17| S ||pride goes @ before | It aint mutch trubble tew bear | |18| G ||a fall @ @ | the pain ov sumboddy else's lame | |19| M || @ @ _exquisite | back, but tew hav the lame back | |20| T || rains_ @ Jack and | onesself aint quite so stylish. | |21| W ||Gill went up | | |22| T ||the | * * * * * | |23| F ||hill @ 1357 @ @ | | |24| S || @ _hotter_ @ | The man who wont beleave | |25| G ||Jack @ and Gill | enny thing he kant see, aint so |