Almoste evry humin being haz got a nateral appertite agin snaix, and
i will bet, if you shud put a striped snaik in a 10 aker lot, whare
there was 27 wimmin picking strawberries, and holler out, "striped
snaik! striped snaik!" evry woman would skream, and go to feeling rite
oph for the snaik. It is ced that snaik ile applied to the back ov a
man's neck, will cure him from lieing. This is wuth trieing, even if
it wont wurk, but mi individoal presentiment iz, that when the lieing
disease gits familiar with a man, deth alone will put an eend to his
sufferings. But I dont want it understood that I am agin snaik ile, for
this one reason if no other, the more snaik ile there is in the market,
the less snaiks.
MUDTURKLES.
Mudturkles liv in a shell, which tha git verry mutch attached to.
Tha are not fond ov company, and seldom receive visitors in their
houses. Their food consists prinsipally of what they eat, which tha
find wharever tha kan git it. Their style iz haf land, and haf water,
and tha are at home on the banks or at the bottom ov a kanal. Tha
hav sum eggs, which tha lay in sum warm sand, and ginerally hav them
hatched out tew the halves. Tha belong tew the class known az "close
korporashuns," and are a hard animil tew whip, bekause tha alwus fite
under cover. The mudturkle kant climb very well, and therefore seldum
iz found up a tree. Tha are verry tuff ov life, and will outlive an
injun rubber shoe, and don't seem tew gro old enny faster than a paving
stone duz. Tha kan be domestikated without enny trubble; awl yu hav
tew dew, iz tew put them into a barrel, and tha aint ap tew stray off
far. Mudturkles hav their faults, but tha won't lie, nor drink rum, nor
chaw terbacker, and tho tha cant trot as fast az sum hosses kan, thare
sure tew git tew whare tha go tew, and never brake down on the rode.
I take a deep interest in moste awl the animils, and particularly in
mudturkles, and i dew hope that the Legislature in their wisdum won't
pass a law "prohibiting enny more mudturkles." I regret tew hear,
that in sum parts ov the kuntry, the people are in the habit of using
mudturkles tew pitch quoits with, but I think this wants an affidavy
with a revenew stamp onto it.
In theze mi remarks about snaix and mudturkles i hav tried hard tew
tell the truth, but if i hav failed, it is owing tew the grate skasity
ov truth in theze days.
LVI.
TRUE BILLS.
Tru dignity is the effeck ov the conscious possession ov ability and
vartue. False dignity is the effeck ov nu clothes, no branes and mutch
vittles.
Tru currage is the knowledge ov right and the determination tew dew it.
False currage is a willingness tew dew what is rong bekauze others sa
it iz right.
Tru religgun iz tew fear God, love man and hate the devil. False
religgun iz tew hate God, fear man and luv the devil.
True faith is a parfeck trust in what we are satisfied iz truth. False
faith is a craziness tew beleave, simpla bekauze we kant understand.
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