The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-11-13
Little Johnny's Com positions.
THE EPHALE\T.

THE EPHALENT.
My uncle Ned he says he bets | can't
write discipertion of the bony fidy tray.
Ter, and don't think can too, less it's the
ephalent, witch L never seen ceptin il was
a-travlin with cirsuc. Then it has LOT
of Wagons a-follerin, and music a-pane,
and my mother she won't let me 90 TO the
sho, but Billy went, and the necks day he
hurt hissef jumpin' over two chairs.
| The ephalent is the biggest animile but
the vale, witch isn't a animile at all, but a
fish, though my Sundy-soochl book saws
it's created beein. The ephalent has a
trunk like tale. but tinker. It's more
like long nose, but looser and ,urlier.
Once there was taller witch priclSt a
ephalent's trunk with his nedle Then
the ephalent went and got it ful of dirty
water, and put 1t in the taler's wdnow,
and blode IL all over the taller, but my I'M
Gle Ned says ii amt SO. He says the taller
let the sash down real quick on the epla-
lent's trunk, and held il fass vile he sode
up the end. and the ephalent had to swol-
Ter the dirty water and was sick abed.
Wehn my uncle Ned said that. my sis
ter's young man, who is just like one of
the family, said then the docktor come and
felt the ephalents pulce, and said it was
tiioid feier.
They is two kinds of ephalents; ones
fleets has five tosc. but the others feets has
only three tose. The five tose one is the
best, cause more like men. They all has
ears like tabel-covers, but not figgerd.
There skins is made too big for 'em. and
has to have tucks in it. and there teeth is
call tucks too; one on both sides of their
trunks. Billy says "A man in the cirsuc
put his he'd in the ephalent's mouth, witch
| think was safe enoguh, seem its teeth is
outside. | bet nobody but that man ever
see ephalents tung. Oxes tungs is nice
billed.
There legs is like trees, with bark, but
not like dogs bark, witch isn't real bark.
bnt is call that cause when the dog does
1t he wants you To leave.
THE CRICKET.
The cricket don't need so much dis
operation as the ephalent, cause he i so
much hitler. He sings on the harth, but
il is more like squeekin', and he can Jump
wen you cetch him. The tea-kittle and the
cricket sings TO gcther, and their foxes in
81 ries is happy, but give me fiddle.
Their is game called cricket, but ii isn't
like the real cricket bit. cause it amt
spry, and hurts your legs if you don't tie
'em up like sore fingers.
wen lilt IllChtt II d--litlIl SUN anu lll1lu-
in his own dismiss he looks like he was
balancin' .hisself between two step-lad-
ders.
Crickets is cangaroos in former staff OF
existence.
THE HEN.
Hens Is various. Some is yeller leg. and
some Is blew and white, but I'm for the
Columbia crew wen il comes to colors.
The shankhigh hens isn't so much sot af-
ter as wen they was first invented. cause
wen they sets they can't Git down right
OH the egs, less the nest is ON "A wall. Ban
tens is good filters, but coachin chiny is
best to tram 'em if ii was race.
My uncle Ned has just lookt over my
shoulder, and he says that about Joachim
chiny Is good if that's the way to call il,
witch lme sure ! don't know. He saws
that all good writers keeps a lawyer 10
draw up the puns, but line too little 10
keep lawyer. cause there amt enough
of me for a fe.
Chickens Is nothing but hens that isn't
ripe, and cocks is hens that Gro; but il
was one wouldn't get up so crly in the
mornin' just to Gro. Idle sleep later. and
let foxes call me a hen if they like. Hens
lays an eg evry day, but on Sundays they
don't. but the parson he preeches. If a
it'H 'tN't 10y hV itilll rttlo SIt u lt~i
bust. and if the parson didn't preech he'd
be sick.
our ole hen she wanted to set, but
mother she said no. So father he billed
eg as hot as fire. and laid IL in a nest. and
let the ole bird at 1t. She went and stood
straddle of it, and looked al father like he
was fool; and then she shook herself to-
gether and shet her cys, and settled down
to her work. Pretty soon she made an aw-
full squeek, and jumpt up and run round |
and round like drunk. Then she came
back TO the nest and stuck ont her head at |
the eg, with her wings dropt and all her
fcthers standin' forwards. And then she |
AIMED peck at the eg, and her bill went i'm |
IL. and IL wouldn't come of, and the hot |
yellow run all over her he'd. and the way /
She raced about with that cg on her bill /
was fritcfle To see. After thar She was 30 |
Trade OF cgs that when she felt she must lay |
one she run and flew, and some time the /
eg was laid In one place, and sometimes Ii |
wasn't. Once il was lain on the roof OF
the church, and rolled off and smasht on
4 tohm stone close by WHARF father stood
ialkin' 10 ole CATER Peters. CATER he
Iookt mp and shakcd his h,d. and walked
all round the church a-lookin' up and