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EXAMINED BY JOSH BILLINGS.

Fustly — I think it is a sin. So it is a sin tew dew
a sin, that good may cum out ov it, but the good
that comes out ov it aint a sin, is it? Ha!

Sekundly — I think it is a sin onse more. So i
think the manefakter ov sider brandee is a sin, but
the use ov it tew kure the rhumatiz aint a sin
mutch.

Thirdly — I think it is a sin onse morely. So is
this war a sin, but we awl of us are in hopes that its
fruits will be righteousness, and righteousness aint
no sin.

Fourthly — I keep thinking that it is a sin. So is
cutting oph a dog's tale tew keep it from gitting stepped
on, a sin, but it dont hurt the dog for ketching
rats, duz it?

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Fifthly and lastly, i kno it is a sin. Bekase awl
those who make the most fuss about it, are the verry
ones, who if tha shud be misled into buying a tiket
for one dollar and didn't draw a mowing masheen,
wud feal rite off as tho the Lord warnt on their side.

Moral.— Dont engage in a “Lot,” unless yu are
parfekly willing the Lord shud have the tiket and
the mowing masheen too.