I hav oftin sett down square on the ice, bi having mi feet git out ov plase; but i never could see ennything in it tew laff at, (espeshila if thare waz sum water on the top ov the ise,) but i notis other folks kan.
Precepts are like kold bukwheat slap-jacks,—noboddy feels like being sassy tew them, nor noboddy wants tew adopt them.
If enny man wants tew be an olde bachelor, and git sick at a boarding tavern, and hav a back room in the 4th story, and hav a red haired chambermaid bring hiz water gruel tew him in a tin wash-basin, I hav alwus sed, and i stick tew it yet, he haz got a perfek right tew dew it.
It iz dreadful eazy work tew repent ov other folks sins—but not very profitable.
LXIV.