Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-07-04
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JOSH BILLINGS ON THE RACGON.

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| The Racoou iz a resident .ov the Unitedsyo
States ov America he emigrated tew this
country s6on afterits dislsovely-b tohira-
bus, without cent, and nothing but hisfT
claws tew get living WITH sass ssssss3.sg
He N,oneoY them Hnd4ofperspns twhoze- "a
hide ~ worth more than all the, rest ov
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| He resides among the heavy timber andaeis
cultivate the cornfe1ds and nalhring garl ..5s y
den sass for sustenanca.a land understands
hlZ btzzness. nsstat5ssss8 sssFs hAs's 8FsJ AFnA
Hiz family consists oF wife &nd three ~ ~,
children, who liy with him ON the inside
| oy a tree. 'A q ~s5a7 'sf As~ sasoF 8fA
He can.aiways be found at heae during
! the day, reddy tew receive calls, abtit ss.s
biz nights are devoted tew looking after
hA own affairs. -Asssa
| lie dresses in soft fur and hiz tail which go
liz round, has rings Oh it. .aossii9
J. 1heze rings are ov the same material II
that the tail il, and are worn upon all or.
fcasions. eW q saaifsTaJ
~ During the winter he ties himself up intoi y
ashard not and lays down by his firesislcs ev
IssTWhen spring "Opens, he opens, and sgoesaeg {
Out tew see how the chickens has4win- =
tered. 50 raafl X WI
: IIiz life IL az free from labor M a news
penny. and i want for The aorgs and the
rest ov mankind, the 9raeooon w6usl fiisdt
what everybody else haz laSlsa lfsavehN
iupon earth.
fsfBusthe tlolgs tree himlanIs the ineif shin
him, and what there IL lein nahnn Amt
worth q euss. sr IN ~
He Ii not natfal tarabond IKE the
hedgehog and the alligator, BAT lttvs to BE 4 =
civilized and liv anmng foiiss; bus he shaz.i.i
one vice that the snartekt missionary on !!
fsteaiing. ~ ..s'1 ''3taf ~
isIIFe Il seckond only few the crow in petit 9i
larceny and will steal what he kant eat sg85
nor hide t-,f. ag 3ssa4 a4ssa 4fsast
He will tip over a barrell oy apple sassT
| i1st FOR the tin oy mauling the sass with
hIs feet, and viii pull the ping out on the y
ihapr- not beka,lse he lIrvs sugar ennysesu
to it. - = saad taub
i hay studded animal desns.s. for 1eesls
years, bekause the more deyiltry in an an 4ssx
imal the more human he il. .. .s' "
I can't find, BY searching the passenger I +,
list, that Noah had a coon on board, but
am willing tew bet 10 pound of mueon
sassage that mister coon andhiz wife COM Y
mutcd by stealing a ride. siisa SAP
Inever knu rackcoon tew want emmy III,
thing long that he could steal quick. iIa..sssF
1 Ennybody, who has ever locked a coon. eds
square in the face, will bet yu adollu that af
! he is a dead beat or under tivet lIundredg gg3
dollar bonds not tew go into the bizzness 4
| for the next NINETY days sH8S 81 ia rgay
I | never waz out ov Il pet animal sineeIF nm
kan remember, tillnow, but i hav gone 80
out Of the trade forever lateiyrI diseoy-ss.,s
ed that ! was good dead like makinga 4.
whssell out oy q kat's tale, running Il CONS 4
| Portable tale, and reaping kussid mean .3fi,
whissell. aff4s. 4l4fsyas,9fsf ssrs
! Raokoons liz tew be 65 years old, if they asa
miss the sosiety of men and dogs 'enutf, 8l,at
but thare aint but a few ov them die oy ~
old age; the northwestern fur company ~
are the CRATE underallers fthe coon FAM
lily.
! | feel sorry for coons, forwitt a trife :
more brains, they would make grespeeta-F a
bic pettioggers before q iustiss of the qa,
I peace but even this would not save them "a
from final perdishun.
Natur don't make emmy Mistakes after =
all; she hits the bull right in the eye ev- d-
cry times when she wants a rakcoon, with
rings on biz tale she makes him, and when. !
she wants "a pettyfogger she knows how
tew make him, without splicing a good ~
coon. Z n@8S a'.-
Pettyioggers, no doubt have destiny
to fill, and they may enablea justiss OF the ,eaa
peace. in a cloudy day, tew know q good I'D,
deal less of the law than ha otherwiz tf-as
would still, for all this, ii wlz obliged aas
to pray for one, OF the other; | think Issul
should say. Civ us q little more coon andAIivg
and good deal less pettwogger. h srsssxr
| If the .Raeeoen would only give his 4
whole attepshun tew poiiticks thar amt, Fs
but a few could beat him. he's at home 81
on the stump, and menny on us old coeiE ~
! kan reekoleSt how, in 1870, with nothing, al
but Il hard cider diet, he swept the ceun- y
try, from the north tosthe south pole, like Ia
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