+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|@ | @ || _Kalkulashuns._ | _FOOT PRINTS._ |
+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| 1| T || @ _Kloudy, but cool_ | |
| 2| W || @ Joel Briggs born | If i had a boy whoze hair |
| 3| T || 1837 @ | would bedew that hair with a |
| 4| F || @ _warmer_ @ | parent's tear, and then giv up |
| 5| S || @ Joel Briggs waz | the boy. |
| 6| G || a tin pedlar Փ @ | |
| 7| M ||@ @ _sighns ov rain_ @ @| * * * * * |
| 8| T || @ beware ov grass | |
| 9| W || widders @ @ _snow_ | |
|10| T || _on the mountains_ | Hurry and dispatch are often |
|11| F || @ now count yure | confounded, but they are az unlike |
|12| S || rats @ _sharp frost_ | az the habits ov the pissmire |
|13| G || _last nite_ @ @ | and the ant. |
|14| M || @ whiskee iz a non | |
|15| T || konduktor @ | |
|16| W || | * * * * * |
|17| T || @ _snow falls_ @ | |
|18| F || Փ biled sassage | |
|19| S || iz good for the | Thare aint but phew men weak |
|20| G || tooth ake @ @ @ | enuff tew admit their jealousys; |
|21| M || @ _wind bracing_ @ | even a disgraced rooster in a barn- |
|22| T || @ now enquire | yard will git a leetle further off |
|23| W || for cider @ | and begin tew crow up a new |
|24| T || @ _colder_ @ | reputashun. |
|25| F || @ @ Enok waz | |
|26| S || translated Փ @ | |
|27| G || @ _frosty_ @ | * * * * * |
|28| M || @ so | |
|29| T || waz | Cunning, at best, only duz the |
|30| W || Homer | dirty work ov wisdum; tharefore |
|31| T || translated @ @ | I dispize it. |
+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+
_HOROSKOPE FOR NOVEMBER._
The gentleman born this month will be a hard worker, but phond ov old
wine. He will forgit tew pay sum ov hiz debts, but will hav a blue eye,
and be a good singer. He will marry between 18 and 45, and be an
excellent judge ov hash on toast. He will liv a grate length, and reach
deth by a cirkuitous route.
* * * * *
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