Judge — February 13, 1886 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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U UDG To stare w fd envied pon me proofs of better toim: And change in circumst: Me shanty, striped wid blu y A Bedad I'm not meself sed pants, Prince Albert coat, well-top ¢ 'd think I y Wall or Astor, And whin Ustrike the avenue The gang comes to attintion And whispers, 0, boys, style! That's Rafferty wid his pinsion.” As a They want me at the City Hall, And sint a delegation ; John Kelly asked me for my pull, But that’s all botheration, But for the honor of the ward I'd go to the convintion, worse men run for Than Rafferty wid his pinsion, O, well [mind before the war How in all kinds of sasons bed to eminence and fame, Handling supplies f And when the Sixty nt out To quell the mad dissinsion, T took a gun and dropped th Widout a thought of pinsion. Te mind the Invites your close attintion. pig knows what it manes, That Rafferty has his pinsion, ‘e see the palin’s of me fince All whitewashed like a ceilin’, confined in style, dye moind, of his fee pots not to mintion ; y gossoons stop and howl, “ Whoop, Rafferty has his pinsion 1” in for style windy, grand. peanny and green blinds, Or else they'll ause he raised contintion ; all Since ever I got me pinsion, Wid knap-sacks like a hod of bri Wid roads like beds of mortar, Wid bread would choke a H. goat And naught t Bad luck to any h drink but water, alth Thad th the mint Since I have got me pinsion. And next month read the notes And cards of invita’ Me oldest gurrul } Of a young man in high » P. D, Magoongin is his name, His style is what Pd mintion ; The widdin’ will bang old Banniger dead If itt Sohere’sthe health of Boys in Blue, the last of me pinsion, all who fought, to all w! . To the land that gives attintion To those who live with wounds and sears, To Rafferty and his pinsion, sorrow, wat I, THEY ALL HAVE IT. I gota watch, It came with a new suit of clothes I bought sman said that most people seemed to think these wi quired a good deal of winding, but it was all a mistake All I would have to do would be to wind her a little thought of it. I wound the wateh off and on nearly all day. began to grow weary, I wondered whether 1 was por the watch was gaining on I decided in favor of the atch, Then I went home and brought out my fishing pole Taking off my multiplication reel, I began to turn. At nin xck she was wound up. othing but 3," said I, “+ could mplish such a result.” Then I went to bed. Tick, tick, tick, went the watch under my pillow. I moved itdown to the foot of the bed, Tick, tick, tick, went the watch at the foot of the bed. Then I put it in my shoe and stutfed my socks down on top of it. No use; still I heard the tick. Once more I crept out of bed. This time I was mad. I picked up the shoe and put it in the closet. Then I piled upall my clothes on top of it, locked the door, and moving the bed into the farthest corner of the room lay down again. ‘This. time,” nd I chuckled to myself. But it wasn't any use; there was the tick again. Suddenly a brilliant idea struck me. I brought forth the watch from the closet. I tied it to a string and hung it out of the win- The nes re about that y time [ Tn the afternoon I ing on the said I, “1 conquer, | dow and crept into bed exultant, and was soon fast asleep. 1 was awakened door. * Griggs,” said the voie of th one loudly knocking at the man who had the room under mine, Xie W CENT PER CENT. Litter Beooar—* Ph to buy a loaf of b Op Party But yous f of bread with one cent LB it I'm buying on the instal © Griggs, if youdon’t get that accursed watch three minutes by heavens, Griggs, FIL kill: you T hauled the watch up. took it to the violinist across the wi way from my window in After breakfast I I begged him with tears ept it from sa gift. It would, I said, be ompaniment to his instrument. He took it, and that ¢ moved. 1.) The day was breaking. ve “What would you take for this cold? “ inquired Hulsap ing his wife through the medium of his nose. “If it we think Td let it p.? was. the “Well,” nndon the medicine shelf, * dd ress: mine Huls: you would reply sugereste perhaps A contemporary reports that a measles on the street. We limits before he opened it recently found a case of hope he took it beyond the corporation obtained in London for thirty-five ihborhood Board for cats can be cents a get bored for much less. comicbooks.com