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Billings, Josh, 1818-1885 [1866], Josh Billings, hiz sayings. With comic illustrations. (Carleton, New York) [word count] [eaf674T].
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LXX. OUT WEST!

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Tha sa the praree chickens are so thik, out West,
tha hav tew put up poles awl over the kuntry for
them tew roost on.

When tha bust up, out there, tha pay their debts,
by jineing the church.

It being agin the law tew carry consealed weepons,
evry man carrys one in his hand.

A man who don't kno how tew pla uker, would not
be believed under oath.

It iz 5 dollars fine, in Cinsinnatti, tew strike a
hog, in anger.

Tha don't bore for ile, out thare, tha bore for
whiskee, and hav the best luk in the visinity ov the
graveyards.

In sum parts, out West, it iz almoste unpossibel
tew git water; one man in Pike County dug a well
90 feet deep, and then struk a bed ov sawdust; he put

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in an injine, and iz pumping out a 1000 bushel a da,
which he sells tew the Government, for hoss feed.

The prinsipal produkshuns or the kuntry are,
whiskee in the ear, and rale rode stok in the bundle.

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Billings, Josh, 1818-1885 [1866], Josh Billings, hiz sayings. With comic illustrations. (Carleton, New York) [word count] [eaf674T].
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