|20| G || @ _hotter_ @ now | | |21| M || dig for mint | * * * * * | |22| T || juleps @ | | |23| W || _gigantik rain_ @ | Living on hope iz like living on | |24| T || @ let her drizzle | wind, a good way tew git phull | |25| F || _very heaty_ @ @ | but a poor way tew git phatt. | |26| S || meazles diskovered | | |27| G || @ 1600 @ _hot_ | * * * * * | |28| M || snakes lively @ my | | |29| T || name iz | It iz human tew err,--but devlish | |30| W || Norval @ | tew brag on it. | |31| T || | | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ _THE DOOCED MONKEY._ The monkey iz only valuable tew look at, and wonder what in thunder he iz a going tew do next. He haz not got a Webster head, but hiz face iz a biled down dew drop ov malishus cunning. He resembles the skey terrier in the bild ov hiz features, and skratches his head az natral az the school boy,--and probably for similar reasons. They are sumtimes kept az pets, but if enny boddy should pet me with a monkey, i should send him right back bi the same person who brought him, marked with _Baldwin The Clothiers_ trademark,--C. O. D. _KONNEKTIKUT BLEW LAWS._ 1. No man must chu enny tobbacko on the sabbath day unless he goes down cellar and duz it. 2. No yung woman haz a right tew be had in matrimony unless she kan make a good doe nut out ov rhy bran, and one that will keep a year in a damp place, without loseing its twist. 3. If a man gits drunk, he must git drunk on Nu England rum. 4. No man shall be entitled tew work on the road, or set on the jury, who aint handy with the 10 commandments. [Illustration] If a young man haint got a well ballanced hed, i like to see him part hiz hair in the middle.= Dont yu, Josh Billings [Illustration] It iz one ov the hardest things on earth for a man to learn,--that he plays a third rate game ov whist.= No doubt, Josh Billings 30 Days. SEPTEMBER. 1871. Q.--What is wealth? @ @ @ A.--Baggage at the risk of the owner. @ @ [Illustration] _The carrion crow sits straddle the fence, Trying az hard az he can to weep, Az he thinks ov death and its consequence To spavined hosses and rickety sheep._