Friend Billings:
Thi Allmanax for 1871 waz good for the flesh, az well az for the soul ov man; it fatted me distinktly on the ribs. I remane thine.
Obadiah Broadbrim.
Mr. Billings:
We shall hereafter embody yure Allmanaxes in our journal.
Editor of London Athaneum.
Dear Josh Billings:
Enklosed in this letter, yu will find 17 cents for one allmanaxt; i am poor, and this iz all the money i hav got, and i haint got no live mother.