When a man cums tew the konklusion that he would like tew kill sumboddy
at thirty paces, he imagines that he haz bin wronged, and sends hiz
best friend a challenge tew fite a dewell; tha meet, and an elegant
murder iz committed; the cracks, in this transaktion are puttyed up,
and then varnished over, bi being kalled, "_an affair ov honnor_." When
a man robs a saving bank, or goes tew urope on the last steamer, with
the stolen reseipts ov a sanitary kommittee in his pocket, a kommittee
ov investigashun are got together tew examine the stait ov affairs, and
unanimously report "_a diskrepansy in hiz akounts_." 2 yung men hire a
hoss and buggy at a livri stable, and go into the kuntry on Sunda. Tha
stop at the fust tavern tha meet, and invest in sum ardent speerits.
They stop agin pretty soon, and histe in sum more ardent speerits.
The more tha histe in, the more tha drive, till bi and bi a devilish
bridge tips them over into a devilish gutter that sumboddy haz left
bi the side ov the road, and tha are awl killed, including the hoss
and buggy. This is kalled a "_Fatal acksident_." A man and hiz wife
are living in the middle ov joy and consolashun, tha are surrounded on
awl sides bi a yung and interesting familee, their bread iz cut thin,
and buttered on both sides and the edges, but the destroyer enters the
family, the wife wants a nu silk gown, the man sez he "be d--d if she
duz," and she "be d--d if she dont." One word brings on another, till
tha fite, both ov them lose awl the hair in their heds, and 2 full
setts ov false teeth, the thing ends in a divorse, the man runs awa tew
Australia bi the overland route, the woman marry's a cirkus rider at
40 Dollars a month, the children are adopted bi sum sunda school, and
are brought up on homopathy. This furnishes a collum and a half in the
nusepaper, under the hed ov "_Disturbanse ov the marrid relation_." A
youth ov 21 summer begins life with 36 thousand dollars. Sevral fast
hosses belong tew him, there iz sevral fast wimmin that he belongs tew,
awl the tavern keepers are hiz patrons, faro banks are bilt for hiz
amuzement, consolidated lotterys are chartered on purpiss tew make
him happee; nothing iz left undun tew make him feel good. He wakes up
about the 25th ov next May, without a dollar in hiz pocket, and a host
ov warm friends on hiz hands, without enny visible means ov supporting
them. He takes an akount ov stock, he buys a pint ov rum and 4 yards
ov bed kord, the one makes him limber, while the other makes him
stiff. The putty and varnish in this kase iz, "_Driven tew desperashun
on akount of finanshul preshure_." A rale rode trane stands snorting
in front ov the depoe, the last bel iz ringing, the kars are full ov
souls that belong tew different individuals, the konducktor iz full
ov Bourbon, that belongs tew the devil, the engineer labors under an
attack ov Jamaka for the broketis, the switchmen likes a leetle good
old rye, the kars diskount 45 miles a hour, 2 trains tri tew pass each
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