Englishmen all laff at us for our sensashuns, and sum ov them fret about it, and spred their feathers in distress for us, az a fond and foolish old hen, who haz hatched out a setting ov ducks' eggs, will stand on the banks ov a mill pond, wringing her hands in agony to see her brood pitch in and take a sail. She kant understand it, but the Ducks know awl about it.
N.B.—Yu kan bet 50 dollars the Ducks know all about it.
N.B.—Yu kan bet 50 dollars more that it makes no difference who hatches out an Amerikan, the fust thing he will do, iz to pitch into sumthin.
N.B.—No more bets at present.
LIX.
JOSH CLEANS OUT HIS PIGEON-HOLE OF CORRESPONDENTS.
Iowa.—Don't press the matter tew mutch. The only way to heal a gal ov the "wonts," is tew git her wonted, and then stampede things briskly.
Sharpley.—The best cure i knu ov fur tite boots is small feet.
Wisconsin.—Yu ask me "how fur the Hudson River runs up?" i hasten tew state that the Hudson River don't run up at all.