Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-05-27
Young America in Parsing
TEAcHER.-Parse man.

the feminine gender.
7. What's that, sir?
T. Man is common noun Of the femi.
nine gender-comuon cause be can be
bought cheap ;and feminine gender cause
he's always got woman on the brain; 9Th
person cause his wife and six children
comes frst-is in the objective case and
governed BY woman.
I. Go to your seat, sir, and put wet
cloth on your head.
7. Next parse woman.
P. Woman is female noun Of the
masculine gender.
I. Mercy on us what do you say,
sir?
P. She's female noun of the mascu>
line gender-masculine, cause she wears
the breechaloons and is determined to
vote, she's compounded of cotton, whale.
bone, starch, smiles, sunshine and thuu.
der clouds-is in the first person. cause
she's always the person speaking plural
number cause she makes more noise than
half dozen parrots-is in the objective
case and governed by fashions.
7. Sit down, sir, and rinse your mouth
with prOphylactic fluid.
t. Next, parse boy.
P. Boy is an uncommon noun, Of the
gOsling gender and female persuasion.
T. Thunder and blackjacks! What is
that sir!
P. Boy is an uncommon noun Of the
gosling gender and female persuasion
uncommon cause he's hard to End now.
a>days; gosllng gender, cause be soon
enters the goosehood, female persuasion,
cause he's always got the heart sick about
some female FIRST person, big Ike; sing.
ular number, cause there's nobody but
himself, in the objective case, and gov.
erued by his embryo mustache, Schiedam
Schnapps, and the length of his daddy's
purse.
7. Go BONE, sir, and bath your feet
in mustard.
T. Next, parse girl.
Z. Girl is an angelic noun, Of the Gre.
clan bend gender, ana masculine tenden>
cies.
T. Save us from sudden death These
boys will never be raised. How is that,
sir?
P. Girl is an angelic noun, cause she
paints her checks and loves inguns she &
compounded Of cosmetics, flowers, fuss
and feathers; is Of masculine tendencies,
cause she wears shirt bOsOms, paper col,
lars, and always has her head full Of
boys; singular number cause the boys
are afraid Of them, and matrimony hes
played out; third person, cause she Is
much spoken Of; in the objective case and
governed by gipsey bonnet.
T. Next, parse corn.
P. Corn is uncommon noun of the
neuter gender.
I. Bless my life! Go on, sir.
p. Corn is an uncommon noun, cause
farmers have well nigh quit raising it,
is used as an adjective and belongs Il
Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. Wher
parsed as noun, it is in the objective
case and governed by cotton.
I. Sit down, sir.
L. Next, parse cotton.
P. Cotton is royal noun of the starv
ing gender.
7, Listen at that!
P. Royal cause it is King, (but onl,
. over the Southern peotle.) Starvln,
gender, cause it has we'll nigh starved
out the South; in the objective case ant
: governed by lazy freedmen.
T. Next, parse fashion.
p. Fashion is tyrannical noun of tn
common gender.
f, T. Catfish and blunderbusses! Wha
is that, sir?
P. Fashion lie tyrannical noun. 'caus
! it must be obeyed and laugh at poo
mans purse; common gender, cause al
: people bow to it; it is compounded Q
! fous ces, fimsies, rufles. snufles, bubble.
r troubles, ruAs, cuffs, scuffs. higgles, gig
t giles, singles, curls, furls, hairs, snare,
t Grecian berd, fuss and feathers. 1t wa
e once in the objective case and governe,
' BY Eugene, but is now in the nominativ
: case independent.
e I. Go home, sir and 60 to bed.
e 7. Next, parse baby.
P. Baby ia an obstreperous musics
I noun Of the neuter gender.
S 7. Moses and the prophets save =
. I rrvt