Josh Billings on Ice

lth and muscle they woz imparting tew the present generashun at a sli

ng about 5 akers ov artyfishall water, which wa

ngs, where the wimmin sot on benches while the fellers (kiv

re in the South-and the snow waz on the ground-and the ice lay shivering with a bad kold-and angel

; I wanted tew holler "Bully

in, and ake

ngells put out ov the pond, side by side with the male ang

the feathers in their jockeys fluttered in the breeze, and

waz more crazy befo

stood and gazed w

ll hoss turned sud

kno how t

r heavenly bust ov speed; she seemed tew hav cut luce from earth, and waz bound South, for the Cape ov Good Hope, when awl tew onst, with gorgou

ce, her wings agin was plumed, and evry feather waz in its lawfal

onged tew me-and az i sloly wended back