herself individooully, I didn't wish I was that air Swayne. No I
gess not. Oh certainly not.  [This is Ironical. I don't meen
this. It's a way I hav of goakin.]  Now that Maria Picklehominy
has got married & left the perfeshun, Adeliny Patty is the
championess of the opery ring. She karries the Belt. Thar's no
draw fite about it. Other primy donnys may as well throw up the
spunge first as last. My eyes don't deceive my earsite in this
matter.

   But Miss Patty orter sing in the Inglish tung. As she kin do so as
well as she kin in Italyun, why under the Son don't she do it?
What cents is thare in singin wurds nobody don't understan when
wurds we do understan is jest as handy? Why peple will
versifferusly applawd furrin langwidge is a mistery. It reminds me
of a man I onct knew. He sed he knockt the bottum out of his pork
Barril, & the pork fell out, but the Brine dident moove a inch. It
stade in the Barril. He sed this was a Mistery, but it wasn't
misterior than is this thing I'm speekin of.

   As fur Brignoly, Ferri and Junky, they air dowtless grate, but I
think sich able boddied men wood look better tillin the sile than
dressin theirselves up in black close & white kid gluvs & shoutin
in a furrin tung. Mister Junky is a noble lookin old man, & orter
lead armies on to Battel instid of shoutin in a furrin tung.

   Adoo. In the langwidge of Lewis Napoleon when receivin kumpany at
his pallis on the Bullyvards, "I saloot yu."

   I don't pertend to be a cricket & consekently the reader will not
regard this 'ere peace as a Cricketcism. I cimply desine givin the
pints & Plot of a play I saw actid out at the theatre t'other nite,
called Ossywattermy Brown or the Hero of Harper's Ferry.
Ossywattermy had varis failins, one of which was a idee that he
cood conker Virginny with a few duzzen loonatics which he had pickt
up sumwhares, mercy only nose wher. He didn't cum it, as the sekel
showed. This play was jerkt by a admirer of Old Ossywattermy.

   First akt opens at North Elby, Old Brown's humsted. Thare's a
weddin at the house. Amely, Old Brown's darter, marrys sumbody,
and thay all whirl in the Messy darnce. Then Ossywattermy and his

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