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YAnlETY !,
rnE ,,>hEE- FOX SKIS.


'MoFxS. Sanarc, said a Gown.ea. ter. With
auoi aud a wink. 70 Lyman < rOsie. ~
thdAe gentlemen s,op1 "a th,ir store ose
moru,r. :. 'up and dressed for business
How are you, SIR , saia The merctatt
p otY we'll ccnfite,in' the state OF thu g
in general | say yetu s.h skins hcrei
don yeou'
We DO occa.ionilly'
'Msl, 80 calker,ted buy fox skins tew,
reckon =
Sometimes Why, have you some for
sale
some Yes, | guess I have one its ssyr
ev 4 tell yeou
Lets isok a, IT, said one of the mer
chants
The owner Of the skin ;uggcd at the capa
cious pocket Of lis old overooat q few milo
u;es, and out came u pretty good lied,
barg up OF a venerable reyaart.
Lets look at it, said one Of the mer.
chants.
There it is, and a periec, bew,y it is ;ew;
sint itf
Seen 61er oneO, said Towie,
'Prsrs yeou hev, aud p'raps you haiut:
but dsS think it, rals b,wty, slick aul
shiny As a new bat
When did yoa get this skin said the
merchant
When did &c, i, , why whom killed
the dsrnei eri,tsr, Of cous-
Yes W kuoS but rli it fall or sum rler.
or when
'Uh yes well reckon 'tKarrt fr from
the Fourth Of July any way for Ia Just
cleaned up mi old saootiu' piece fur pradc
on the glorious an GiyeTssry, AID along comes
the old cr.itsr, ard just Civ. bir, rip in
the gi.zard tina, settled bis hash mi n,y
snjlcn tell ycou'
Fox skius, said the merchant are not
very god when taken in bot " .arhrr the
fur aud air are very thin. aud rot Is tor
much n hot weather
Wal meow Tsckcn since come TO
think IL over, 'tvnut hot Y, atber when sA1t
the creature. nol Il tc sarucd ifit was
made laundering lnisiate L,ut that ',s.,
nigh on 10 Chri-tDls, va, ~ go.i.. fr
AMI Seth PusiGs vu' g7iu' 10, (.ol.c /
remember il !Ifc losE cold a. sixtv. suow.
in ssial Nas by ginger.
Wei Gays the eTe-Abt was the fx
very htl
Fat Oh Molly, warntitia.1 NV.
er d!l see such 't' iyljss "a al born
days Why 90 the fai came clear through
the { l'ir' hide. run down Uj. lee. TIL tue
very nIr,h was greasy wbcre the 1lrncl var,
miut bal cropt along DID, ty .uaps
!. o a. ihou Hc &c s. to be cool. said
TrH,c. Fat skins sir gre not :, good a.
tho.e taken FROM an au nal not more than
ordinarily fat
Wal gees It ss5nt 50 lsrned f,t. M.
ihcr, come to tIju1 about It, twas smother
foE our Seth shot last a, this crifter warnt
80 darusd f.t. uor over isi, ~ fact ! guess
Tvs rather irau. KIND lean TREMENDOUS
lean poor oil vsGmiut was ahrou. 10 Oh, II
sheer starvation Hevrr I'D sec such a darn
ell, rtrrual starred. lean. lsnk fan he'd
cfllicr Oh t.e Lord sfir before
Very poor, IN ? says Lymau.
Very port | guess ID va. 20 almighty
poor that the Oh CO. ,.r.s bone, stuck cont
almost taroush his sslu. haa't killed 10 lust
Whca dil tvould hoy df-i af,re IL got ten
rods farther slorg fact. sy raliy.'
'Ah veil sad 'hc merchant. 70 see that
skin - po,T the fur - thin sSI Loose and
would l,t suit Is
'Nunisuil ycvl S1E look ahere ysou
says tLr Yankee. folding up his yer.atils
skin, j don't kIB o. like such de .li,.' A. tia,
no he7r, ani u BE- datned e. darnati,p 81
you fe'eh me- tradin ,kis, uith ven sK.i,.
iher" ain 90 lus.h-r 90 the State Of N.ips
Ana tao holder 4 ths skin vamo,sI