Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-02-19

Good rnsrnin' til yez, yer honori And are ye1
IA advertised in the paper, fur an active, Until
rares Thin Rs Eve brought him along wild me-
q rasI, nne sprig " wan ,---,
A likely BY iv his age, sur. as liver ye,d wish
I'll empty.
That's hIm. Av coorse I'm his motheri Yez
can see his resemblance til me.
Fur livery wan iv his faytures, and mine, are
Barrin' wan " his hiveniy eyes, which he lost in
v,s na oli Iv spree pre- w,,., ;r..,a.s,
Teddy wild aize;
And his taythe, which hung out on his lip, Ike a
r,,, PAIR w big, shinin', twin pearls,
III wan Nv thin taythe was removed by the fut
iv a COW he was tain;
AND bis hair, that W niyer cu'd comb, along
~ bewilderin' c1r,s.
So we kape it cropp'd short to save combn', and
tnat makes our intercourse plain.
And is 1t rid-headed, ye call him? Belize he is
!, And soofi colorsd hair. is eecSn.h' til thin
lthate complicated with blon.iei
But who cares for coiorS Sure contints outval-
And Tead has a head fullof contiats, Dc lively as
t'hiont In apond!
Good tirnpered? Sure n;ver a betsher.-The
paceablrst, quietist, lamb
As lives the whole lintn iy our st'hrate, where
the bys Is tnat kane tur row
That Ted has to fight iv'ry day, though he'd qaars
rel no more than clam
Faith. thin by's 'ud provoke the swate anges in
Hiven, 10 light onyhew! ~.-.-- - =
Thin Hocligan b'ys in that d'hirty, they have to
be washed wanst a wake:-
Faith, Hooisan hnds it C nvanIent to live down
feminist the canal
Where the wat'ner r scrubbin' the mud OF his
chill s'hers Is not far Til sake
But Tepdy rs allus that nate he niver nades
washin at all
Can he rade? Sure, me Ted has the maxim iy a
beautiful raider, indade,
And laan'E al his IeGlhers, bat twinty, in three
months abundance at scooL
But the mast'her got mad at me Teddy, becase
iv joke that was played
Wild a pin, that persuaded the mast'her quite
suddlnt 10 rise IRON his stool.
Teddy never cu'd Place that schoolmast'her wild
ony Nv thin play tul thIicks;
30, wild his eddIcation unfinished, Ted found It
convanient TO lave.
But, barrln' the larnin', I'll match him, fur
kaneness, torn:ss ony six,
In butt'nerin' paple wid blarney and playin'
nate t'hricks to desaye.
Thin Hoelgan b'ys ia al raiders, but Teddy jist
skins 'em alive; ~
Wild their marbles, and paynuts and pennies
iv'ry wan Ia MS peck Is he'll I'll
By the turn iv his wrlsL, ur such tactics as Teddy
knows how I'll conthnve;-,
They'd gladly thrads on their book -larnin' fur
Tetdy'5 superior skill!
Politsness comes aisy til Ted, fur he's had ne to
tache him the L'hricS
Nv bowin' and scrspin' and spakin' to show paple
proper RESPECT.
Spake up til the gentlemen, Teddy! Whist! Ait
Wild yer Cap arss. yc stick
He's shapish rhriie, yer honor, he's allus been
brought up that strict.
Come! spake I'D, and show your foine bradin,!
Och! Hear thati 'How are yez, Ovid Moke.'
Arrahi milla murtherl Did liver yez hear just the
SLOW are yez. Ovid Moke7n says he Hal hal
Sure, yer honor, he names il in jokei
Hes thu playfnlesG b'S! Faith, its laughln' at
Teddy that make, me 30 fati
Honest? Troth. he is thai Hes that honest,
he was niver ,uk by the perlace,
Ezrrin' wanst that ovid HO0ligan swore that
Teddy had stole his by's knife
EId divil a blade. And the jidgs he remarked.
wild contimpt twas the S'hrhDest case
To bod'her a digniaed coort Wild, he liver had
known III his lie!
Tsz can t,hruet him Wild cnything Honesti
L,oes he lux like ably that 'ud stale?
.rist lux in the swate, open face iv linn, barin'
the epe wild the wink
MIN down there by your haleI
Wurtherationi Yer h nor. me- Teddy has split
yer fine bottle iv inkli
Phat7 How ken, the ink in his pocket? I'm
thinkiD' he borry'd 1t, sur
Aad w saw him PICK up yer pen-fowlder and
Stfck AZ tusltt- ~ MS kit|Ne.
And yeZ lhink III It Y. n.irt til purl.ne emil
All. wirrai The hle- taat slur
Will d'hrise ne-poor. tin Ter, oIe wildly
Wild sorrow down inIii grave!
Bel e.ss til yes, Teddy, We spsipeenl Why
c'u'dn's yeZ nowId on, g. Q ,iay-
fe thlie the wori. 'i-wPtoUS Dreakip' the
heart w nee? MOL Yez must stalei
I'll tsciis yez tErick. ye AID Ecaded pilfer;n',
Eimlc,-eyed GA,l
Ys ffsckle-faced. impudeut bla'guardi-Ochi
whiA we git home yez'il squalei