The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-12-02

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. H. Pslly Pig RsekaaiE- | vhas pity-
q pesta. dad Iabeile end oshsribaeditti
VIZ. - H'F A. '.', =
beea loss her ssasss, her way, eAd6 aitly. 4
fSrm. $50 ssa5s
Having "No.hing to Wear" Vsaus knows how
che got kD =
4 her pocket she putt, then rseklessly .ro,sea
1h'1s:a . S'sss.y and Sy'.y' though she might
Add plundersd, and ruined, and kilt, aad what
By sons blockhsad; i.
.ssx ax 81 sssw sp IN III. ssA 4sss
A. peosd q Godiva Of her .Nothing 70 Wear"
Ghs rolled up her eyes - hr1shed up her hair.
(Peet-like,) and said she, 'sBy the Muses swear
~ ditty % psblish, Il don't matter where;
% there,
~ disty IN publish, IL don't matter uhsrs.r
Jsss then shs pas Der white bad In her brsech.
(beg pardon-thoush licenses allowed to dis.
tiches-
Her pocket I uean)-bat right through the
Her verses had vanished like 20 many witches.
Right into the ditches,
Had vanished and vanosed like 90 many
AID H. /: s'''' - A''''a'd hat very '.n'
That = spsove Rp,lsr, in hi down town way,
Saw the IN pnis verses. - soaking thsy lag
: = ''s'1no' isss: ID r0t''ns away
- IN uncommon sewer oil rotting avay.
= straight 70 hispSnsry the Butler b took 'em,
And be said, says6e, "f'll get some one to cook
And then, BY Judas, I'll hook 'em, III hook 'en;
- So she toek 'em.
30flaels =. 1fT1<fi
<1ndniss Polly Prig Pscksni6, when In Harper
she twiggd EN-,
And saw that the man hid actually psigg'd EN-,
She vow'd twas trick would disgrace Thimble-
t11sa4 q i.,. =. bei.assd . Doata.s.-.-
IN And not Thimble-rig- dom;
Still that Butler should rue the day he had
had prisgd 'em. ..H8frg 5l-
a Ef(AE WI. ~ f-
But the Butler still lives, and When Miss Peck
sniff Is dead, -,1.-', .'....,.
He vows that he'll build her statue of lead,
And that over her grave a tear drop he'll shed,
While handsome young cabbage he'll plant by
Ehough said, 20
handsome young cabbage he'll plant by her
head. 53
esWhen I lived up in Maine,' said Uncle Ezra,
tfThelped TO break up new piece of ground
we got the wood off in the winter, and early in
the spring We began plsughing OMIT was 30
consumed rocky that We had to get forty yoke
ofoxen 70 one plough NE did, faith, and held
the plough more'n q week-l thought should
de- Ii eenA'most killed me, vow. Why, one
day I wac holdin' and the plough hit stump
which measured just nine feet and . half
16rough--hard and sound white oak The
plough split il, and was going straight through
the stump when happened to think it might
snap together again SO threw my feet out,
Ind had no sooner done 60 than it snapped to-
gether taking . smart hold Of the seat Of my
fantaloons. or course was tight, but / held
on to the plough handles, and though the team
Stefs Ord all they could, the team Of eighty oxen
could0't tear my psntaloons or cause me to let
t. nv grip. At hast, though after letting the
cattle breathe, they gave another strong pull al
together, and the old stump came out about the
quickest. 1t had mOnstrous long roots. too, let |
me tell you. Ny wife made the cloth for them
pantaloons, and haint worn any other kind
since" The only reply made % this was-sl |
should have thought 1t would have cone holA
upon yosr suspenders" "Powerfni hafd !" i