TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE This etext differs from the original in the following ways. Some missing periods have been inserted. The original used "some how" and "somehow" about equally; all have been changed to "somehow." The OE ligature, used several times, is shown as [oe]. In the advertisements at the end of the book, uses of the pointing-hand symbols (Unicode #9758, White Right Pointing Index, and Unicode #9756, White Left Pointing Index) have been replaced with the right (») and left («) double-angle symbols from the ISO 8859-1 character set. Finally, evident typographical errors have been corrected as follows: someting > something, p. 63 catankerous > cantankerous, p. 71 veloscipeding > velocipeding, p. 99 who'se > who's, p. 99 turkies > turkeys, p. 110 potatoe > potato, p. 121 knowlege > knowledge, p. 155 lagest > largest, p. 177 pass > past, p. 190 develope > develop, p. 249 ot > not, p. 257 governer > governor, p. 257 handerchief > handkerchief, p. 261 poverity > poverty, p. 279 reconnoissances > reconnaissances, p. 281 himsesf > himself, p. 288 peaking > peeking, p. 311 sponser > sponsor, p. 313 aspsrations > aspirations, p. 336 mortaged > mortgaged, p. 376 woful > woeful, p. 400 domicils > domiciles, p. 400 Amercian > American, p. 409 lubago > lumbago, p. 412 somethiug > something, p. 420 * * * * * [Illustration: "Go--goo--good Lord-d d! Ho--ho--hol--hold on!" "O, yeez needn't be afear'd of that--I'm howldin' yeez tight as a divil!"--_Page_ 92.] * * * * * HUMORS OF FALCONBRIDGE * * * * * [Illustration: "Are you de man advertised for de dogs, sa-a-ay? You needn't be afraid o' dem; come a'here, lay down, Balty--day's de dogs, mister, vot you read of!" "Ain't they rather fierce," responded the rural sportsman, eyeing the ugly brutes. "Fierce? Better believe dey are--show 'em a f-f-ight, if you want to see 'em go in for de chances! You want to see der teeth?"--_Page_ 136.] * * * * * THE HUMORS OF FALCONBRIDGE: A COLLECTION OF HUMOROUS AND EVERY DAY SCENES. BY JONATHAN F. KELLEY. Philadelphia: T. B. PETERSON, No. 102 CHESTNUT STREET. [Library stamp: Univ. of California] Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by T. B. PETERSON, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. * * * * * TO ISAAC S. CLOUGH, ESQ., OF MASSACHUSETTS, AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF MY REGARDS FOR YOUR JUST APPRECIATION OF A GOOD THING, AS WELL AS FOR