+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | @| @ || _History._ | _SLAP JACKS._ | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | 1| W || _Sour and_ @ | | | 2| T || @ _sad_ @ | A dog iz the only thing on this | | 3| F || grate skassity ov | earth that luvs yu more than he | | 4| S || grasshoppers @ | luvs himself. | | 5| G || _sour and_ @ @ | | | 6| M || _chilly_ @ | * * * * * | | 7| T || Brigham Young | Lies are like illegitimate children,| | 8| W || born 1818 @ | liable to call a man _Father_! | | 9| T || _cold_ @ _Brigham_ | when he least expekts it. | |10| F || was a _youngster_ @ | | |11| S || _snow on the_ | * * * * * | |12| G || _mountains_ | A gentleman iz a gentleman the | |13| M || @ in time of | world over,--it iz only the loafers | |14| T || peace | that differ. | |15| W || prepare for | | |16| T || war @ | * * * * * | |17| F || _raw rain_ @ @ | | |18| S || @ now lay in | What men kant do they are | |19| G || a bad cold @ | very apt tew admire,--they dont | |20| M || for winter @ | criticize a mountain bekause they | |21| T || @ _it snows_ @ | kant make one. | |22| W || the festive | | |23| T || cockroach | * * * * * | |24| F || haz fled @ | | |25| S || | Sekrets are cussid poor property | |26| G || @ winter draws | enny how; if yu cirkulate them | |27| M || ni @ _cold and_ | yu loze them, and if yu keep them | |28| T || _clammy_ @ kats | yu loze the interest on the | |29| W || swell with | investment. | |30| T || crossness @ @ | | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ _KALKULASHUNS OV A PROGNOSTIX NATUR._ Whenever yu see a flok ov geese all standing on one leg, except the old gander, and he chawing hiz cud, look out for a south-west wind tewmorow, or the next day, or the day after, or at sum fewter time. Should thare be cold weather during Febuary, and should roosters refuse to crow, and the taxgatherer forgit tew call on yu, yu will hav tew trust in Providence, and go it blind, for thare aint no man kan prognostix what will cum next.