Thare iz only one thing that kan be sed in favour ov tite Boots--they make a man forgit all his other Sorrows.= Josh Billings. 31 Days. JANUARY. 1874. Q.--What iz ginger pop? @ @ @ @ A.--Gimnastic water. @ @ @ [Illustration: PODUNK SCHOOL] _In Pordunk town thare lived a man, A man ov small posseshion, Hezekiah Birch waz hiz name, A teacher bi profeshun._ +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |@ | @ || _Kronollogy._ | _KINDLING WOOD._ | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | 1| T || @ @ _Now kold | | | 2| F || weather_ @ @ | Snobs are alwus toadys. | | 3| S || @ haz froze @ | | | 4| G || @ @ the tender | | | 5| M || bull frog @ @ @ | * * * * * | | 6| T || @ @ up solid | | | 7| W || @ @ @ and the | | | 8| T || melodious goose | Diogoneze hunted in the da | | 9| F || iz hush @ | time for an honest man, with a | |10| S || @ in stillness | lantern; if he had lived in theze | |11| G || @ @ and the | times, he would hav needed the | |12| M || old she kat @ | hed lite ov a lokomotiff. | |13| T || @ dreams beneath | | |14| W || the @ @ | | |15| T || cook stove @ and | | |16| F || @ the luscious | * * * * * | |17| S || slapjax smokes @ | | |18| G || @ on the table @ | | |19| M || | | |20| T || @ @ @ and the | A pedant iz like a yung rooster, | |21| W || Widow Stebbins' | he crows in season, and out ov | |22| T || @ @ wood pile | season. | |23| F || grows less @ | | |24| S || every day | | |25| G || @ @ @ and the | * * * * * | |26| M || roze that @ @ | | |27| T || @ all are praizing | | |28| W || iz not the @ | Thare iz no kure for vanity, | |29| T || roze for @ @ @ | gitting thoroly wet cums the | |30| F || me @ or enny | nearest to it, for the time being. | |31| S || other man!!! @ | | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ _ZEPHENIAH BILLINGS._ HIZ MEMORANDUM.