Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-19
Sayings OF Josh Billings.
lie Corresponds with q chair Oh Ans
Vegetable Hftaermn Man.
NEW Yonr. fust month. 1865.

New York, fust month, 1865.
Dear Doktor Hirsute:-I received a
lin cup ov yure Hair perawadar, 2 also
\ bottle ov yure "Salyashun Bitters" bi
express, for which express my thanks.
The greeRback which ye enclosed was
the kind of purswader that we ov tha
press fully under stand. Yure hair
greece shall hav reglar gimn4sik puif
iist as boon as kan find spare hme.
tried . little ov N Cd an old counter
brush in my otfiss this morning, and in
l5minnits the brussels grew az long az
HOSES tale, and motifs this afternoon
the hair begins tew cum up thru, on the
back ov the brush, 'tiz really wonderful |
tbs almost Yourekal l rubbed drop ov
IL on the head ov my kahn. which has
been bald for more than years, and
beggar mel IL don't hav tew shave the
kahn handle evry day before ! kan walk
with it. l hav very favrite cat, she IL
one Of the Hambletonian breed ov cats,
and altho abe ia youngs and hain't bin
trained yet, she shows signs ov speed. /
thought would jist rub the kork ov the.
bottle on the, floor, in the corner ov the
room WHARF the cat generally repozes.
The consequents wAz, SUM os the
"purswader" got onto the hair ov the
eat tale. When the eat roqe from her
slumbers she caught sight ov her tale,
which had growed tew an exalted size;
taking one more look at the tale, she
started, and bi the good old Mozesl 81 Oh
"Reminiscences the yard over the fence
up wun side oy an apple tree ana down
the other out into the fields, awayl
awayl The last saw ov the cat, she
was pretty much awl tale. / wouldn't
hay took l0, dollars for the cat, with her
old tale on her. In fn ,daze, L shall
&nd spare time, and then / shall write
mp for our paper sumthing pyroteknik,
which will make the hair grow on the
head ov a number enc imRekrel, to
read it .asabbao q taaai4u
Dear Doktor, the fact il, Ysum men
are born CRATE, sum men git grata after
they are born, and sum men have CRATE
ness hove upon Them Doktors YOU are
awl ov these nen, in one. You are a
kind ov vegetable trinity, ,sassyfrass,
poke-root, and elderberry.d IL Twaz q
happy thought in yu, te~ call yure SAX
vashun Bitters" a vegetable tonick,p
Altho, old rye, amt one ov the vegetables,
whiskee is ov the tonicks. The people
must hev tonicks, the more vegetables
yu kan git into the greatest amount ov
whiskee, the more the people will iuy ~.
There 10 nothing the Christian world
long for so much, jist now, az q vegeta-
BILE bitters; sassafras in good for q lone-
SUM stummuk, pokeroot " an elteratif
and Elder Berry waz known The anshienta
but whatl oh tell me what Ye whisper
ing winds, what are awf these without
whiskee. Thank the Lord, that at Taste,
we hAv got Q bitters that will gtonick 4
man mp Nothin, lsints the good old daze
OF good old Jamaka Rum and Slider
brannee, ha2 sent sieh thrill Low 10Y
through the world "a "Hirsutass SALIVA.
shun Bitters sold respectfully by awl
druggists far and near ~ y 7, -.
Go on, Docktor, manufacturing. and
aelling, LET the codliver aud patent truss
men howl out in envy, let pills rant and
plAsters rave, you hay got what the wurld
wants and will hav, and that in, an erb
hitters with Q whiakee basis. avg
N B-Bizziness, Docktur is bizzi-
ness. The hi prise ov material and la
bur, haz put up puffs with Us; and upon
the receipt or 30 Dollars more, you can
rely upon sumthin in our weekly that
win send uSalvashun and Perawashen''
whirling through the land. em0H
p. S.-Let me advice IN 81 friend;
fit il Indispensable pocessary, tew cheat
o little in the manufacktur ov the aSal-
yashun Bitters," let il bi awi means be
IN tae rutes, don't lower the basis. Ia"
foures quietly, JOSH BILLISoS