The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-07-07
The Josh Billings Papers.
A YAi,N--TuE Ant. AND TIE CHRISTOPHER.

Wv tHc lioOH, NuIiNS 'tIiN WI oI'N''
ov wcihcr just after hard Irost, when
grass but.rr was skaIcc, while venus
was ~ evening star, Al old AM, WAC
had lo,t all her front teeth, and was
~ listed w,.h The rhumaliz, and Il pol'v-I
purse ia her noZp, sot in On cazyl
chair, near the runt door Of IN annti
hill, supcrin,cndin Il pnait kernel of
wheat, wh.th the wing aunts were l'ic7
ing few git down cellar, into tacir
house. y
just then along come 4 loaGn% grass
hopper, smokiO. II ppr, and singing.
"Bc9one dull carr..i pray thee bcgone
from me. and spjcjny the oG aunt,
giving orders few tae yuns ants, he
,topt .ew hay talk with her. \
"Good morning, old mother Indus
try. good mora ny. scd the 9rassbug.
"A fine ccrnat Nv wheat dat yu are
roofing IA.
"HN va herd tbc cratc news?
"DrcdIul sharp frost last oi@ht!
Nv n,er will soon SCI il, irerhon!
=! hc.a the owls .ujc last mite!
"Tr,li5el bad ack,idcEt on the lIar-
lem Dad yesterday.
"Wncn dew va thi0li specie pay
mems will he took 10?
"i'uare. M pipe haz gone out. kant
VI lend me match?
GLOW menuy aun,s hay yu got in
yurc village?
"Enny 5 2hneSs amun9st them?
Il wunder Il hare ii enny ituth in
the despatch. that The pism,res, down
on Sandy Geek, have all stuck for
higher wages;
WHO do yu think yure aunts will
vote for FOR jn,,,s, ov the peece?
What " yule solid opinyun ov the
new license law, will il make rum emmy
:kaIscr?
DO yu buy emmy groccrys ov oil
Ferguson, hope not, he IL Il mean old
skinllalcr he sold me, only last week,
4 peace cv bar sopc, Tor sum bceswaX
The world IL Citing more full ov
vuzncss every day!
Il wander if tharc IL emmy t,uth il
what every boldly seq, about Old Squ,r
Benson, that he kant pay, ouly now
and lhen, sun ov hiz diets?
..Do yu see much ov the krickci,
now days?
81 should really like to know how
tha are Citing along; rather turf time,
for them guess, yu don't think TIA
will winter, do yu?
CIV hen duz ihc moon change now q
days?
"lIav yu got emmy onion seed few
spare. that WI can rccliomcnd:
"Do yu think ENGLAND will ever pay
the Allabarmer klaim,?
81 kant see Hhat makes the cock
reaches SO stuck up, i met one this
morning, and before / could tut two
civil questions at him, he waz Out oy
site.
'.Sum folks are alwaz in sich q SWEET,
ting hurry!
"Aint thai sum good law agin The
spiders bildin. thar webs in the grass ::
Glow much wheat haz yurc aunts
got laid up; yu must have sum tcw
spare?
IL wunder it it wont up and rain,
before tomorrow
They tell me that maple shugar IL
a drug in the market, owing to. its pc
culiar muchness; yu kant tell, kan yn,
whether this IL so OIL not, i wish WI
could!
mi opnyun now IL, that lie who
livs to see next year, will sec buck
wheat big crop!
81 overheard The older hens say, ~ i
cum past nabor Shtrnans lower barn,
this morning, that egs waz Citing Il
good deal on plenty, aud tina mus! gii
tn work asin!
"Well il am in an awful hurry, lam
going down tcw tend = jumpin match
between Springetccl and Stcclspring,
. yung g,as>hoppcrs; this IL tew be
The last hop ov the scazon!
81 must he Il going.
81 am Uncommon sorry / kant STAY
longer. and make yu good visit!
BY the way! Old mother Industry,
i hav cot profound sekIej, thai want
TO tell yu, hnt wouldn't hav ii known
vi ennyboddy FOL awl the void, il it
should iii out once i; would ruin me.
Then Keep The sekret ynreselI,
spoke lie ant. lit IL worth mo c 10 yu
than ennybodlr else"
'Tnis'iz every word the bizzv old ant
scd. but kept her eye all tie time on
the phait kcernel Of wheat, and the
loaliug grassbopper moved Oh, whist.
ling, '.Saliy cum up
EEIAREs.
This liz the way with I'll loafers, il
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