Dear Capn.—What did my beau mean when he told me he would meet me in the future?—Sarah Desert.

Probably he meant in the pasture.

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Dear Capt. Billy—What is a drydock?—Torchy.

A physician who won’t give us prescriptions.

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The Farm That Bull Built

Oh! over the hill to Robbinsdale,

For a slap on the back and a hearty hail.

Where the cows do tricks in the new mown hay,