Home Doings

Tew freshen a salt mackerel,—tow him one summer behind a steam bote.

Tew make a man good mad,—starch hiz stockings a leetle too stiff.

Tew be one ov the “oldest inhabitants,” remember very well, when yung Nebudkenezzer waz a babe.

Tew be happy,—eat molasses, and swing on a gate.

Q.–What did Joner do while in the whale’s stumak?
A.–The best thing he did waz tew git out ov it.

Sweet cider now, and punkin pize,
And maidens fair, and doughnuts greasy:
Who wouldn’t be a farmer’s boy,
So phull ov phun, so free and eazy?