|24| G ||the multi- --------- | krowd; the only rezon whi it hit | |25| M || plikashun 000000000 | another iz bekauze it missed us. | |26| T || table iz | | |27| W || hard tew beat @ @ | * * * * * | |28| T || @ sour rain Ԃ | | |29| F || @ Bill Adams waz | Arly genius iz like arly cabbage: | |30| S || a free mason @ | it dont apt tew hed well. | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ _HOROSKOPE FOR DECEMBER._ The man born this month will hav a sanguine temprament. He thinks he iz in luv with every woman he meets, and wont git married till late in life. When he duz git wedded, he is a-going tew wed a woman who haz been playing the same game he haz--falling in love with every man she meets. They are both ov them going tew git cheated the wust way. * * * * * The girl born this month, tho late in the season, is a-going tew ketch up before she gits through. She wont remane single, and iz a-going tew be a leetle diffikult tew manage double. She will see Naples, but iz too smart to die right off on that account. She will admire menny men, but will love but one, and that iz her husband. If her husband iz smart enuff to know this, they will travel through life like 2 pigeons. _SIMPLE REMIDIZ._ Tew kure the bight ov a krab, soke the krab's feet in bileing hot water. * * * * * Tew find the kontents ov a gallon ov whiskee, multiply a pint ov fusil ile bi 8 pints ov Venice turpentine. * * * * * Tew kure the gout, liv on Boston krackers, and saw wood for 25 cents a kord. * * * * * Tew make a goose good eating, bring her up tenderly. * * * * * Tew keep kats from being et up bi rats, muzzle the rats. 31 Days. DECEMBER. 1872. Q.--How did robins git their name? @ @ @ @ A.--By robin cherry-trees. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [Illustration] _The farmer leads an eazy life, 12 hours a day ends hiz labors, Evenings pares apples for cider sass, Or hauls over the coals hiz nabors._