+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |@ | @ || _Diagnosis._ | _BROOK TROUT._ | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | 1| M || @ The fust | | | 2| T || flea kaught | The principal importanse ov a | | 3| W || 1210 @ @ @ | mistery iz the mistery itself,--what| | 4| T || @ _bitter kold_ @ | makes a ghost so respecktable | | 5| F || @ @ the flea | a karakter iz, that noboddy | | 6| S || got away @ @ @ | ever saw one. | | 7| G || @ _it snows_ @ now | | | 8| M || assasinate hogs @ @ | | | 9| T || @ Rachel Blood-good | * * * * * | |10| W || born 1813 | | |11| T || @ @ _the kold iz | | |12| F || kold_ @ @ @ @ @ | Affektashun alwus looks well in | |13| S || @ @ Rachel | a monkey. | |14| G || waz a | | |15| M || spinster @ @ @ | | |16| T || @ @ _kolder_ @ @ | * * * * * | |17| W || | | |18| T || @ Rachel | | |19| F || spun yarns @ @ | Trieing to define love, iz like | |20| S || @ ice 2 foot thick | trieing tew tell how yu kum tew | |21| G || on the level @ @ | brake thru the ice,--all yu know | |22| M || _sumwhat kolder_ | about it iz, yu fell in and got | |23| T || @ @ @ @ now | _ducked_. | |24| W || attak buk wheat | | |25| T || kakes @ @ @ @ | | |26| F || ¶ _awful kold_ @ | * * * * * | |27| S || @ @ @ hot | | |28| G || lemonade | | |29| M || diskoverd 1306 @ | A wize man never enjoys himself | |30| T || @ _expekt snow_ @ @ @ | so mutch, nor a phool so | |31| W || @ Good-bye @ | little, az when alone. | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ _SIGHNS AND WONDERS FOR THE YEAR 1874._ Whenever yu see a yung man hanging around a korner grosery, and drinking 3 cent gin every time he kan git enny boddy tew ask him, yu kan make up yure mind that he haz bin unanimously nominated for the stait prizon, and will probably git his elekshun. * * * * *