Judge — August 4, 1883 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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Ta wnpasttng hi Suemex clithes Grigthy Ait Last yeare Cear es entiealy the large: feo Nee CHRONICLES OF GOTHAM. CHAPTER IX 1. Now when the seventh month had come, and the days were long and exceeding: ly hot, th ef men of the did ce: round to find ay by ers in the camp could be cool. 2. And they called the carpenters and the ‘3 of metal unto their council, ing , Make us tanks in which the people nd so be clean and cool. . So round about the camp, in the waters which flowed round the borders thereof, were set up numbers of tanks, and the name thereof was freebath: 1. Now the young, both male did use these freebaths; likewise did the elders, both male and female; and the praise of the bathers was a sweet offering to the f men of the city. But the dwellers in the camp, who by reason of much money and of pride did not freebaths, did say amongst them- We cannot use these thin, they and their maid servants and , their cattle, and th did make a pilgrimage to the t a and there set up their tents, And the set- ting up was wonderful to behold. For had they not sent to the East, yea even to the West also, for strange and curious things to adorn their tents and the doorways thereof. 8. When they had entered the doorways, did they not stand amazed at the jewels, and the fine raiment, and the perfumes, and at all the things there spread a 9. Now the young men and ma for want of something to turn their hands to, invent divers games, by which they work- ed hard ; yet as they received no pay for the same, they called them fun, ain of the young men, did send even to the land of the savages, and did it were in the hkeness Hand short of leg ; and the name of these was mustang. 11. Now when the mustangs had come to the tents of the wealth: strip off their clothing, and in strangely striped and c nd female, ray themselves © garments, and the young men did | bers" plaitec coats are all the'ye ANE havthis taken in mach “hy delight, | | get outside the small animals which they called poney. 12. And with much shouting and yelling did they and the little horses chase a ball te and fro over the ground, and the you maidens did cry aloud in praise of the young men, and in the language of these people alled Pol And certain others of the your nd did stand up and stri others of the tribes would throw nd if peradventure they did hit then they called this Baseball. 14 And they worked hard, vea even harder than the hewers of wood and the drawers of water; but they paid for it, and were not paid ; ‘and they called it fun—so they were satisfied. 15. The men ta t | it, pung maidens did array them- selves in fine el and short, so that they | might expose to the gaze of the young men | their feet, and did take in their hands elubs:| und did stretch across the grass a net, and, | by jumps and great exertion, they did get a ball from one side to the other side, and they called this Tennis—and they worked hard, and were happy 16. And again the young men maidens did arra y nd the themselves in clothes and raiment which commenced high and ended low, so that the gazer dic more of them than of their clothes; and they did go down to the big water, and sta thereof. 17. Peradventure one or another did by reason of bravery go into the water, then a loud shout went up from the multitude on the banks; 18. And the men who were stationed on the lookout did rush with ropes and ladders and boats, to save these ones from wet; for were they not delicate and costly? 19. And still certain other of the rich men of Gotham did have built for them ships, that went by the boiling of water, and ships that went by spreading of whitened linen— the name of these ships, in the language in the camp, was Yots. 20. Yet did others buy horses that were and on the banks | ¢ benetit the the cdmp—yet tl fun, and the Dytyo in harne You have amused me L worked you hard— Faithful old pen! how you'd come Never ci Sleepy | Printers | Verse | You're the I tubs ont of doors to catch soft q t | conds, Yet in no way did they 1 the weary workers of y had fun rich man worked hi oor man for money, durit days—and both were satis 21. So the d for the hot and long TO A FAVORITE PEN. 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Jones Sexton, who is evidently no ad- mirer of the fair sex in any condition or de- rts that ladies are, one and all, hieves, and offers in proof the indisputable ‘acts that the fair sex either bone or steel ts and crib their babies. As an in- their unreasonableness, he advances argument that washerwomen put their water when t’s raining hard; and, for their insincerity, he points to their complexions. Jones Jr. better look out for himself. Some discussion has been aroused by the question, What is the most valuable book in he United States? Tre JepGE does not wretend to be a bibliophile, but if he must hazard a conjecture he should say, Vander- pilt’s bank book. Sattons are like most people, and require lenty of nourishmen and yet we have heard of a whole crew be ng a for three fast, and chariots that were small, and they | or four months, and all the time being per- did mount the chariots and drive the horses | fectly satistied to live on a bark, comicbooks.com