The cockroach dont liv on what he eats, but what he kan git into, and often finding him ded in mi soup, i hav cum to the konklushun, that he kant swim, but that he kan float for a long time= Josh Billings 31 Days. JANUARY. 1873. Q.--What would be a good motto for a taylor? @ @ A.--Let her rip. @ @ @ [Illustration] _Joel Briggs waz born down east, Hiz hight waz 6 feet 2, Hiz panterloons waz striped, And hitched beneath hiz shu._ +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |@ | @ || _Diagnosis._ | _KODFISH BAWLS._ | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | 1| W || @ _Bitter kold_ Ԋ | | | 2| T || @ now @ | The intimacys ov old age seem | | 3| F || the dog | tew konsist in drinking yung hison | | 4| S || quaketh @ @ | tea together, and compareing | | 5| G || _sighns ov thaw_ @ | gouts and rumatizms. | | 6| M || @ now the | | | 7| T || kat | * * * * * | | 8| W || shivereth @ @ | | | 9| T || @ @ _expekt kold_ @ | One ov the most reliable prophets | |10| F || Ԋ now the snow | i kno ov, iz an old hen, for they | |11| S || snoweth @ @ @ | don't prophecy enny egg, untill | |12| G || @ _kolder but_ | after the egg haz happened. | |13| M || @ _raw_ @ | | |14| T || now | * * * * * | |15| W || the | | |16| T || crow | | |17| F || croweth @ @ | I kno ov folks who are so | |18| S || | kondem kontrary, that if they | |19| G || @ _wind north_ @ | should fall into a river, they would| |20| M || @ @ now the | want tew float up stream. | |21| T || tarrier | | |22| W || tareth @ | * * * * * | |23| T || @ _more snow_ @ | | |24| F || @ @ now the | Politeness iz not only the cheapest,| |25| S || flea fleaeth @ @ | but the most powerful argument | |26| G || Ԋ _kolder still_ @ | I kno ov. | |27| M || @ now the | | |28| T || spark sparketh @ | * * * * * | |29| W || _expekt a thaw_ @ @ | | |30| T || @ Jake Disbrow @ | Money well spent iz well | |31| F || @ died 1824. @ | invested. |