The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-06-06
SNAIkS AND BABIES.
From Josh Killings Spice Box,
STRIPPED SNAKE,

and kan slap out ov sight
like blowing out a kandlo. They
were mado for sum good purpose,
but | never have been informed foi
what unless it was to have their heds
smashed.
They are sod tcw Dc innocent, bu>
they have a bad roputashun, and III
the innocencein the world wont kur,
a bad raputashun,
They liv in the grass but seldom
git slept on, bckaaao they don't stay
long emf in tho right place,
When ] wuz Il little boy, and wore
naked feet, and waz loaGng arounC
loose for strawberries, i waz Otter
timos just Il going to step ON " STR
ped snaik, but it alwus kurcd me o,
strawbcrrys.
If IL striped snake got into n 10
akreo lot before i did, ! always kon
sidered that all the strawberrys il
that lot belonged to tho snaik.
Tu,t cum, fust sarye'' WIZ m,
motto.
am just afraid nv ,naiks now a;
j waz 40 years ago, and If i shout
liv to be NJ old NJ Mediterranean
waz, and go TO grass MS he did, Ont
striped snaik would Spite so Nkro.
Of good pasture for mo.
Wimmin don't luv snaiks emmy
more than lido, and | respect her foI
this.
How on earth Eve WIZ scdncod b,
u snaik IL u Iust class mystery to mo
and if | hadn't read ii in tho Bible
would bet against it.
/ believe every thing tharo IL il
the Bible, the things l kant uhdor
stand | believe the most.
| would not swop oph tho phaith
hav got for amy living mans knoT
legde,
/ wouldn't buyN farm at half price
that hid II striped Snaik ON it.
bed snalks are u weakness wit!
me; | always respcbt them, MnC
whenever | see II dead ono in til,
rouI, i don't drop Il tear ON him, bu
| droE another stone ON him, for ica
he might alter his mind, and cun
tos life agiu, for a auaik hates to2
die lust as much rs u kat duH.
never kOuld account far Il snail
hating tcw die so bad, unless it wa,
bckauzo tina was 50 poorly prepare,
for dcth.
HABYs.
Babys i luy with all my heart; the,
aromi swcotmcats; they warm up IN,
blood like n gin SLING; they kraal IN
to me and nestle by the side Of IA
soul like u kitten under Il cooking
stove.
| h,v raised babys misclf and .
know what | nm talking about.
hay rot Grandchildren, and the,
wass the fust krop to riot among TIN
feelings,
If could have my way, I woul.
change all the human beings no,
on tic fqco nv tho earth back int
babys at once, md keep them tharc
and mako this foot stool one gran,
nussory; but what | should do 70
wet husses, | don't know, nor d.
care.
would like tcw hay 5babys NO,
ON mi lap, and my lap amt the han
dyest lap in the world for babys, mel
ther.
NV Ian N lone onun,, but not III
widest kind NV Il lap.
kan hold more babys in my lal
ut once than any other man i
America, without spilling one, bu
il hurts the habys,
/ never saw u baby in my life tina
| did not want tow kiss; am wus
than an old maid in this ro-pckt.
| hav seen babys that i have re
fused to kiss until they had bcol
wasn't; but the bNby want to blam,
for this; neither wazi,
Tharo are folks in this world VIII,
say they don't Inv the babys, but VI
kan depend upon it when they WI
babys somebody loved them.
Babys luv me, too, I kan talk
them out of their mothers arms JUS
~ eazy AZ an unncdgod bird out o
hiz nest. They luy me bckau1,
luy them.
And here let me say, for the com
fort and consolashlm oy all mothers