_Joel would swop for enny thing,
Tin ware for rags, or brass,
Jews harps for kats, brooms for beans,
Wood bowls for apple sass._
+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|@ | @ || _Diagnosis._ | _KOLD SLAU._ |
+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| 1| T || @ Lap dogs | |
| 2| F || diskoverd 1310 @ @ | I don't kno az i want to bet |
| 3| S || @ @ @ _mild and | enny money, and give odds, on |
| 4| G || tender_ @ @ | the man who iz alwus anxious tew |
| 5| M || @ Kaptin Kidd | pra out loud every chance he kan |
| 6| T || was a | git. |
| 7| W || pirate @ @ @ @ | |
| 8| T || _plaintive showers_ | * * * * * |
| 9| F || @ @ Kaptin Kidd | A reputashun for happiness |
|10| S || sailed he did [(@ @)] | wants az mutch looking into az |
|11| G || @ _soft wind_ @ | a reputashun for honesty. |
|12| M || @ @ @ now mux | |
|13| T || in the | * * * * * |
|14| W || garden @ @ @ | |
|15| T || | When a man duz a good turn |
|16| F || @ Horace Greeley | just for the phun ov the thing, he |
|17| S || born 1812 @ | haz got a grate deal more virtew |
|18| G || _wet rains_ @ @ | in him than he iz aware ov. |
|19| M || @ @ now prepare | |
|20| T || for dandylions @ | * * * * * |
|21| W || @ _wind south_ @ | |
|22| T || Horace Greeley | Next tew the man who iz worth |
|23| F || iz a Tribune @ @ | a millyun, in point ov wealth, iz |
|24| S || @ _nobby showers_ | the man who don't kare a kuss |
|25| G || @ now sarch | for it. |
|26| M || hens for eggs @ @ | |
|27| T || @ _warm and pretty_ | * * * * * |
|28| W || @ @ @ frogs have | Self-made men are most alwus |
|29| T || come _soft winds_ | apt tew be a leetle too proud ov |
|30| F || @ Homer waz | the job. |
|31| S || quite a poet @ @ @ | |
+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+
_JUNE MISSCELLANY._
KAPRIKORNUS, THE ZODIAK GOTE.
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