Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-30
THIS IL THE PLAY ov BUrrlN
Job sprigg,ns on the Game.

was out the other evening to party
and amung the menny am moosin games thot
ov by the pritty misses to begile the hap
pv hours was kalled "buttin, buttin,
whoz got the buttin 2" A blushin damsel
ov therty summers, with her hare banged
and eye glasses, kalled out fer this new
kanderdate fer our faver In the abuv
words, "buttin, buttin, whoz got the but
tin :" 1t struck me that buttin had bin
stole. Amung so menny buteriul lasses /
didn't like 10 ask what kind ov buttin it
was. How did know whar this par
iikuler buttin had bin on duty2" A man
wood skarcely egsite kumperny over the
loss ov ov his suspender buttins. Did
gals hav equal diskreshun Thes quest-
yons kun chasin nuther thru my mind
as eel thar blushin like all possessed.
My endorsement was soon put to fli,e by
diskuverin that this was simply mother
game for our amusement bed supper.
Then we kommenced playin ii. Of the
kumperny went round TO each ov the other
Is and took hold ov their hands az affek-
shonately as kanderdate fer orfice. In
this manner the buttin was left conseeled
in sum rs hand aud then the Others had
ter guess who he'd 1t. A faleyer to guess
rite kalled fer a forfeit, The toxins ov the
sevral forfets was held over the l selekte d
to akt az juge and thes few but eloq uent
remarks was sed, chevy, hevy, hangs over
yure he'd" The juge with air karakter-
istik ov the bench asked the questyo on, ,
sine or superfine ?" This was merely to
determin The seks ov the kulprit to be
punished. l kan redily see the objict ov
this since it would be no punishment Ter
Miss Jones 10 walk the swamp with Miss
Brown ef thay happened to be on good
terms. When. however, Mr.. Jenkins il
sentenced to pix cherriz with Miss Smith
the kruelty ov the punishment IL aperent
but even then the seyeraty of the sentence
IL TO be meshered sumwhat by the kind ov
gal Miss Smith IL. In sum kases the geth.
cred fruie will taste like littel blak cher
riz. while in others lick the largist and
most lushus of the red variaty. Thar il
gate difference in the frute.
III the cherriz happen TO KUN from the
lite tree, 1t liz no hardship TO pix them awl
evening and the next to, but this aint us
yally dun in kumperny. When young
man il jest pushin hiz untride bote off on
life's tempes yus see takes hiz gal home he
may eqstend the sentence ov the cort if she
il willn. This liz delercut matter and
shoOd be approached karefully.
The sentence may be to klimb the stares,
walk the swamp, &C., the reel punishment
in awl ov wich IL bringin the lips ov thoz
ov oppozit seks in kontakt with each other.
Ii Is vary dangrus proceedin, but ef II
kareful he will git yuIed to it in time with
praktis.
yuLed to play the game when I waz a
boy with good dele ov plesher to myself,
but laitly / seem TO be kut off from this
innercent amusement. 1t goz awl rite up
to the pint Ov receevin the sentunce, but
then the gal retooxes to allow me to be
punished. II makes no diffrunce that I
want TO. She haz to much respekt fer me,
Her lips il her own TO do what she wants
to with. The game il l that kan be plade
all seezuns ov the yere. 1 wood lick to
join klub to praktis the game.
APPENDICES.
Igotism serrownds itself with waul ov
self esteem to kepe out uwl pursuns that
don't agree with it on the subjick wich
makes il.
Igolism IL n pekoolyer kapitel, because
the mos- that il drawn frum II the moar
thar il left, IL il bank whar thar IL
only depoziler.
Whar igotism goz to work it may suk-
seed in giltin forlyune in betlin on the
price ov creme or hos racin; but whar il
don't do enhything speshally egsept 2 form
ilselt in 2 moo,yal admirashon socierty
ov it aint a plesent kumpanyun fer
a moonlite egskursion.
Frum what hez hereto4 bin sed II il ev-
adent thar iz moar ner kind ov igolism.
1t may all be ov the same iamerly, but like
emmy other famerly ov boys sum will
amount TO sumthin while others seem
bound not 10 and don't. once knowed a
fameriy ov Browns that waZ that way. l
don't know whar thay IL now.
JOB SPRIaGINs,