The American Joe Miller

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Kempt, Robert

Title

The American Joe Miller: A Collection of Yankee Wit and Humor

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Produced by David Edwards, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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English

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PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

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American wit and humor

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43996

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Release Date

October 22, 2013

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE AMERICAN JOE MILLER.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.THE AMERICAN JOE MILLER. — EARLY RISING IN CONNECTICUT.—1. — SMALL LOAVES.—2. — ONLY THE ELEVENTH.—3. — SHARP SHOOTING.—4. — FOUR POINTS OF A CASE.—5. — ADVANTAGE OF BURNING TWO CANDLES.—6. — A 4-TUNATE YOUNG MAN.—7. — ELBOW-ROOM SCARCE.—8. — A COUPLE OF REASONS TOO MANY.—9. — EGG "BROF."—10. — TO MAKE SAUSAGES.—11. — "PREACH SMALL."—12. — HARD LYING.—13. — BUSINESS AND AFFLICTION.—14. — THE JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON.—15. — YOUNG JEFF.'S APPETITE.—16. — MY PEW, SIR!—17. — MAKING A MAN'S COFFIN BEFORE HIS DEATH.—18. — DRAWING THE LONG BOW.—19. — A QUEER CUP OF COFFEE.—20. — THE TREASURE TROVE. BY B. O. B.—21. — REMARKABLE TENACITY OF LIFE.—22. — SAM'S SOUL.—23. — AMERICAN ESTIMATE OF THEIR CLERGY.—24. — "WHERE WARREN FELL."—25. — OUT-YANKEED.—26. — THE PRESIDENT'S VOICE.—27. — HOW A "COPPERHEAD" WAS SHAVED.—28. — WHAT HE DID THE FIRST YEAR.—29. — THE LEARNED MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN LEGISLATURE.—30. — A CANDID PARSON.—31. — A STUMP ORATOR.—32. — THE COLONEL ANSWERED.—33. — PITHY LETTER.—34. — THE GRAHAM SYSTEM.—35. — WARD BEECHER'S PREACHING.—36. — KISSING IN WISCONSIN.—37. — TOO SLOW FOR PARADISE.—38. — THAT'S A GOOD 'UN!—39. — INTERESTING TO THE PARTIES CONCERNED.—40. — A KNOWING JURYMAN.—41. — PAY YOUR POSTAGE.—42. — SOUND ADVICE.—43. — SIMPLICITY.—44. — CORKING UP DAYLIGHT.—45. — A BABY STORY.—46. — MARRIAGE NOTICES.—47. — A HOMELY FLAG OF TRUCE.—48. — HE HAD HIM THAT TIME.—49. — "DE DISSOLUTION OF COPARSNIPS."—50. — UNACCEPTABLE GRATITUDE.—51. — FEELING HER WAY.—52. — FORENSIC ELOQUENCE.—53. — STORY WITH A MORAL.—54. — ODD EXCUSE FOR NOT BEING HUNG.—55. — AN AGREEABLE CUSTOMER.—56. — FAILED FOR A GOOD REASON.—57. — WRITING TO THE OLD WOMAN.—58. — "I'M THE BAGGAGE."—59. — CROSS PURPOSES.—60. — THE CHICKENS IN TENNESSEE.—61. — A SONNET INSTEAD OF A BONNET.—62. — THE OLD HEN AND CHICKENS.—63. — STRANGE PECULIARITIES.—64. — GRIM WELCOME.—65. — BACHELORISM A LUXURY.—66. — A COOL CUSTOMER.—67. — SCRIPTURE NAMES.—68. — AN INQUIRING MIND.—69. — THE WAY OF THE WORLD.—70. — KNOCKING AT THE CHURCH DOOR.—71. — SCENE IN AN AMERICAN COURT.—72. — SOAP COMING HANDY.—73. — A CONDENSED NOVEL.—74. — SECURING HIS TRUNK.—75. — A DRY JOKE IN A DRY GOODS' STORE.—76. — YANKEE NOTION OF MACBETH.—77. — THE PUGNACIOUS RAM.—78. — A HORRIFIED DANDY.—79. — STRIKING EFFECT OF A STRIKE.—80. — HABITS OF A GREAT MAN.—81. — BILLY BRAY.—82. — TRANSATLANTIC MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.—83. — A CITIZEN OF ALL THE STATES.—84. — MIXING THE BABIES.—85. — DANIEL WEBSTER AND WILLIAM WIRT.—86. — NOT TO BE DONE.—87. — CAUGHT UNAWARES.—88. — THE YOUNG PATRIOT.—89. — DEMOSTHENES NOT DEAD.—90. — A PUZZLED JUDGE.—91. — TO NEWSPAPER BORROWERS.—92. — PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE.—93. — TO SNORERS.—94. — INGENIOUS BOOT-BLACK.—95. — A YANKEE'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.—96. — COLD PICTURE.—97. — LINCOLN ON NIGGER MATHEMATICS.—98. — THE WRONG TRAIN.—99. — SCIENTIFIC AGREEMENT.—100. — THE SADDEST SIGHT.—101. — NO DOUBT.—102. — JOB'S PATIENCE—AS VIEWED BY A LADY.—103. — HUNTING UP A SOFT PLACE.—104. — ENGLISH GRAMMAR.—105. — ALL WELL.—106. — WHAT HE ALWAYS DID AT HOME.—107. — HAVING THE COFFIN HANDY.—108. — PATERNAL ADVICE.—109. — THE FIRST MARRIAGE.—110. — NOVEL COMMENTARY BY A PARSON.—111. — LOBSTER SALAD.—112. — COULDN'T HELP IT, IN FACT.—113. — AFTER JOINING CHURCH.—114. — REMARKABLE DREAM.—115. — THE NEST EGG.—116. — WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW? BY J. G. SAXE.—117. — WOMAN-OLOGY.—118. — OLE HARRY AND OLE NICK.—119. — WESTERN OBITUARY NOTICE.—120. — PUTTING FORWARD HIS CREED.—121. — NOT SO.—122. — THE OHIO DEMOCRACY.—123. — A NICE GIRL.—124. — A REASON FOR DEAR CREAM.—125. — ADVICE TO PARENTS.—126. — EXTRAORDINARY CROW.—127. — LOGS WANTED.—128. — LOOK ON THIS PICTURE AND ON THIS.—129. — ABSENCE OF MIND.—130. — DOMESTIC ECONOMY.—131. — TALL RELATIONS.—132. — WE WONDER, TOO.—133. — INFLAMMABLE AND DANGEROUS.—134. — A RARE PRINTER.—135. — SOMETHING LIKE A GOOD SHOT.—136. — ABSENCE OF MIND.—137. — A REMARKABLE MAN.—138. — SPECTACLES AND BIBLE READING.—139. — TO THE POINT.—140. — EXTRAORDINARY MOTTO.—141. — EXCESSIVE POLITENESS.—142. — "A SHELL IN DE STOVE."—143. — DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.—144. — EDITORIAL TRIBULATIONS.—145. — SAMBO AND CUFFEE.—146. — AN ODE ON GAS.—147. — CURIOSITIES OF AMERICAN SPEECH.—148. — VERY LIKELY.—149. — CURIOUS EVENT.—150. — HOT PIES.—151. — A MIGHTY THICK FOG.—152. — WHISKERS AND KISSES.—153. — LITTLES.—154. — SPEAKING HIS DEEP EMOTIONS.—155. — SPIRITUALISM EXTRAORDINARY.—156. — MILWAUKEE ELOQUENCE.—157. — HEAVY TOP-DRESSING.—158. — HAIRS, NOT BRISTLES.—159. — ANTEDILUVIAN DIET.—160. — JIMMY O'NEIL AND PRESIDENT JACKSON.—161. — THE ORIGIN OF "SOME PUNKIN."—162. — ARTEMUS WARD ON THE NEGRO.—163. — A QUAKER'S EXCUSE FOR FIRING.—164. — BROTHER OF FOUR MILLION CHILDREN.—165. — SUSPECTING THE SHELL.—166. — A SMART RAILWAY EMPLOYÉ.—167. — THE LATE FLOYD.—168. — A VEGETABLE HEAD.—169. — OBJECTING TO MISSIONS.—170. — HIS FIRST STEP.—171. — HIS WIFE'S COUSIN.—172. — YANKEE TOASTS.—173. — A BIG PUFF.—174. — VERY ODD THAT.—175. — HOW ALE STRENGTHENED HIM.—176. — LUMINOUS EVIDENCE.—177. — SCIPIO'S WIFE.—178. — THE DYING SOLDIER AND HIS MOTHER.—179. — CANINE RESEMBLANCE.—180. — MARRIAGE AND SINGLE BLESSEDNESS.—181. — A "FOREST-BORN" ORATOR.—182. — HEN PERSUADERS.—183. — POPPING THE QUESTION.—184. — NEGRO SERMON.—185. — GRANDPA'S SPECTACLES.—186. — TREMENDOUS GALE.—187. — A WITTY SENTINEL.—188. — A CAUTIOUS WITNESS.—189. — A POETICAL EDITOR.—190. — NO PATIENTS LIVING.—191. — CRIMINAL DIDN'T SEE IT.—192. — A RETURNED SOLDIER'S LETTER TO HIS NURSE.—193. — SUPERFLUOUS TESTIMONIAL.—194. — HARD UP.—195. — PRESIDENTIAL PUNS.—196. — OPENNESS OF COUNTENANCE.—197. — HOLDING THE STAKES.—198. — THE JUDGE AND HIS COACHMAN.—199. — A STAGE-STRUCK HOOSIER.—200. — TAKING HIS PATIENT FOR A RIDE.—201. — A SOLDIER'S FAREWELL.—202. — YANKEE BRASS.—203. — NOT TO BE WONDERED AT.—204. — PETE'S EXPECTATIONS.—205. — LOOKING FOR A SITUATION UNDER GOVERNMENT.—206. — IN BLACK AND WHITE.—207. — A GUARDED ANSWER.—208. — QUEER QUERIES.—209. — DO YOU SMOKE?—210. — A RAT STORY.—211. — SUBSTITUTING ONE TREAT FOR ANOTHER.—212. — HOTEL RULES AT THE "DIGGINS."—213. — ODD NAMES.—214. — LEGAL ADVICE UNDER SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.—215. — SHARP CHILD.—216. — TAKING THE STARCH OUT.—217. — THE EFFECT OF ELOQUENCE.—218. — HOTEL ACCOMMODATION IN THE SOUTH.—219. — A PLUMP QUESTION.—220. — THE CORDS OF HYMEN.—221. — CURE FOR FAINTING.—222. — A CHEAP TREAT.—223. — JOSH BILLINGS INSURES HIS LIFE.—224. — SHORT AND EXPRESSIVE.—225. — DOW, JUNIOR.—226. — A PROMPT REPLY.—227. — INTERRUPTING THE SERMON.—228. — HOW SAM WAS CAUGHT.—229. — FANCY HER FEELINGS.—230. — ABSENCE OF MIND.—231. — KEEN AND SIGNIFICANT.—232. — A LEGAL TOAST.—233. — RATHER 'CUTE.—234. — NOVEL HINT FROM THE PULPIT.—235. — TIRED OF HIS BOARDING-HOUSE.—236. — THE AMERICAN PLATFORMS.—237. — ALL HUMAN.—238. — CONDITIONAL FORGIVENESS.—239. — ILLEGIBLE MANUSCRIPTS.—240. — A CLOSE WITNESS.—241. — A SATISFACTORY REASON.—242. — THE OLD KING'S ARM.—243. — REASONS FOR NOT JOINING THE CHURCH.—244. — IRISH EXHORTATION.—245. — IN LOVE WITH THE DEVIL.—246. — HOW MR. LINCOLN SHAKES HANDS.—247. — HARD SCRABBLE.—248. — I WOULD IF I COULD.—249. — A SOLEMN HOUR.—250. — PROVERBS.—PRESERVED BY JOSHUA BILLINGS, ESQ.—251. — BRIGHAM YOUNG'S WIVES.—252. — THE OTHER SIDE.—253. — EDITORS EXCHANGING COMPLIMENTS.—254. — A SLASHING ARTICLE.—255. — A NOVEL VERDICT.—256. — AMERICAN NOTION OF VILLANY.—257. — CONFESSION OF A CLERGYMAN.—258. — PERSONAL.—259. — AWKWARD COINCIDENCE.—260. — HOW TO GET A SEAT BY THE FIRE.—261. — RIVALLING NATURE.—262. — THE SUBLIME AND RIDICULOUS.—263. — A SENSIBLE WOMAN.—264. — ANOTHER DISCOVERY.—265. — UNNECESSARY APPREHENSION.—266. — EITHER WAY WILL DO.—267. — A MOOTED QUESTION.—268. — PARTING FRIENDS.—269. — HOW TO DO BUSINESS.—270. — EXEMPT, DECIDEDLY.—271. — A LONE NIGGER.—272. — A LIBELLOUS ASSERTION.—273. — WESTERN NEIGHBOURS.—274. — SNUBBING A LAWYER.—275. — GETTING DOWN A LADDER.—276. — IRISH NEGRO.—277. — INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.—278. — SAYINGS OF JOSH BILLINGS.—279. — TWO THINGS MADE TO BE LOST.—280. — REASONS ENOUGH.—281. — LOW-NECKED FROCKS.—282. — EMERSON AND THEODORE PARKER.—283. — HOW TO GO MAD.—284. — A WISE JUDGE.—285. — SPARING HIS FEELINGS.—286. — OF COURSE NOT.—287. — A FEMALE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON.—288. — A FLOATING POPULATION.—289. — DEMOCRATS versus REPUBLICANS.—290. — A POOR COUPLE.—291. — AN INDUCEMENT TO YOUNG PEOPLE.—292. — AN EDITORIAL HORSE.—293. — HIGHLY PROBABLE.—294. — NOVEL EFFECT OF A SECOND MARRIAGE.—295. — STRIKING DEFINITION OF A COQUETTE.—296. — QUALIFICATIONS FOR A PARSON.—297. — EXTRAORDINARY ABSENCE OF MIND.—298. — A JOKE BY JENKINS.—299. — "AND THAT'S A FACT."—300. — A QUESTION FOR ASTRONOMERS.—301. — GRIEVING FOR A WIFE.—302. — WHAT IRISHMEN DO!—303. — SAD SCARCITY OF PAPER.—304. — THE DATE WANTED.—305. — THE HEIGHT OF MEANNESS.—306. — COLUMBUS'S DISCOVERY.—307. — THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT.—308. — COOLNESS.—309. — NAMING CHILDREN IN AMERICA.—310. — A POLITE MAN.—311. — FINE WRITING.—312. — "MAILS" AND FEMALES.—313. — AN UNKIND REMINDER.—314. — "CLIMACTERIC SUBLIMITY."—315. — MORE LAUGHABLE THAN LOGICAL.—316. — THE LAW OF COMPENSATION.—317. — COULDN'T MAKE AN IMPRESSION.—318. — THE MINISTER'S RECEPTION.—319. — PRINTERS' MISTAKES.—320. — PLAIN ENOUGH.—321. — ONE OF THE PRESS.—322. — ANOTHER BURST OF ELOQUENCE.—323. — THE REASON WHY.—324. — THE CLERGYMAN AND THE LAWYER.—325. — EDITORIAL FIX.—326. — A MEAT BABY.—327. — THE LAPSE OF AGES.—328. — PERILS OF THE "FOURTH ESTATE."—329. — MODEL ADVERTISEMENTS.—330. — NOT PARTICULAR.—331. — TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOTISM.—332. — POETICAL PATCHWORK.—333. — SO HUMANE.—334. — THE LYING AT THE TOP.—335. — "BRAGGIN' SAVES ADVERTISIN'."—336. — CONCLUSIVE.—337. — VERDICT OF A NEGRO JURY.—338. — VERY CIVIL WAR.—339. — A REAL HEAVY GALE.—340. — AN APPROPRIATE GIFT.—341. — THE CROOKED STICK.—342 — A SPARE GIRL.—343. — NEW WAY TO AFFIX A STAMP.—344. — THE ORIGINAL BROTHER JONATHAN.—345. — THOUGHTFUL MOTHERS.—346. — GRACE ONCE FOR ALL.—347. — PAINTING TO THE LIFE.—348. — COLUMBUS AND THE EGG.—349. — THE HEAVENLY "BODIES."—350. — THE HAPPIEST OF VOWELS.—351. — A TOUGH YANKEE.—352. — USED TO IT.—353. — QUOTING HIS FATHER.—354. — WHY THE WAR GOES ON.—355. — WHAT U. S. STANDS FOR.—356. — A WISE FOOL.—357. — "OLD BRAINS."—358. — THE GOVERNOR AND THE JUSTICE.—359. — AN ENTHUSIASTIC NEWSVENDOR.—360. — PROFITLESS PREACHING.—361. — NOT FOR WANT.—362. — SAM SLICK ON HAPPINESS.—363. — A LAGGING COMPLIMENT.—364. — WEDLOCK FIRST INSTITUTED.—365. — A STRIKING LESSON.—366. — A DISINTERESTED LIEUTENANT.—367. — CLAIMING AND TAKING EXEMPTION.—368. — GREAT SCARCITY.—369. — THE CAPTAIN'S PUDDING.—370. — SALARY NOT SO MUCH AN OBJECT, ETC.—371. — ARTEMUS WARD TO THE PRINCE OF WALES.—372. — PROVIDING FOR BILLS.—373. — GENERAL LEE AND A SON OF ERIN.—374. — THE NIAGARA FALLS FROM FOUR POINTS OF VIEW.—375. — LOGIC OF CONGRESS.—376. — COLT'S ARMS versus COLT'S LEGS.—377. — INFANTILE IDEAS OF DISTANCE.—378. — "DAT'S DE MYSTERY."—379. — OUR BOB.—380. — SAMBO'S SUSPICION.—381. — WHERE THE DUCKS WENT.—382. — NO PLACE LIKE HOME.—383. — DAMAGING THE ENGINE.—384. — A QUAKER WOMAN'S SERMON.—385. — A DELICATE CUT.—386. — NOVEL TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE.—387. — BREAKFAST IN BED.—388. — SHEDDING THEIR LAST DROP OF BLOOD.—389. — POINTED RETORT.—390. — THE LETTER R.—391. — NOT WILLING TO DIE.—392. — HER POOR JERRY.—393. — TALL TALK.—394. — AN EYE TO BUSINESS.—395. — WHAT A FINE WOMAN IS LIKE.—396. — TRUTH WANTED.—397. — AN IRISH BULL AT BULL'S RUN.—398. — STRONG INDUCEMENT TO CLOSE UP.—399. — STEAM DEFINED.—400. — A "BUS" IN THE CARS.—401. — HOUSEHOLD WORDS.—402. — HIS REASONS FOR LEAVING.—403. — YOUR FARE, MISS.—404. — AGREEING WITH ALL THE GIRLS.—405. — WHEN THE BOAT STARTED.—406. — THE BLIND PHRENOLOGIST OF ST. LOUIS.—407. — CHASING A LOCOMOTIVE.—408. — THE LATEST WAY.—409. — A GREAT TRAVELLER.—410. — WHOSE FAULT WAS IT?—411. — A MODEST LINENDRAPER.—412. — GONE HOME.—413. — AN INCIDENT AND AN EPIGRAM.—414. — JUST GOT MARRIED.—415. — KIND AND SYMPATHETIC.—416. — HUMAN NATURE.—417. — A YOUNG LADY'S SACRIFICE.—418. — POETRY AND PROSE.—419. — DANIEL WEBSTER AND HIS BILLS.—420. — KEEPING A SECRET.—421. — MOST TOO SUDDEN.—422. — "ANY RELATIONS?"—423. — DIDN'T CARE THEN IF HE DID.—424. — NO JUSTICE IN THAT COURT.—425. — SENSATIONS OF A DOWN-EASTER.—426. — CHANGES.—427. — LONGFELLOW AND LONGWORTH.—428. — NOVEL PROPOSITION.—429. — INTERESTING ANNOUNCEMENT.—430. — EXCUSE FOR DRINKING.—431. — TIGHT-FISTED.—432. — EDITORS' WIVES WIELDING THE BROOM.—433. — THE WRONG WOMAN.—434. — A JOKE BY THE PRESIDENT.—435. — WISE LAWS—BY SAM SLICK.—436. — A DOUBLE DIFFICULTY.—437. — WITH A QUILL.—438. — DOUBTFUL.—439. — THE LETTER S.—440. — NONSENSE ABOUT LOVE.—441. — WONDERFUL.—442. — HARD UP.—443. — MILITARY TACTICS.—444. — SETTLING THE WINE BILL.—445. — SMILES.—446. — FORLORN HOPE.—447. — ARTISTIC EXECUTION.—448. — TALKING MATCH.—449. — KISSING BY PROXY.—450. — EFFECTIVE REMONSTRANCE.—451. — LATEST DOG STORY.—452. — A NOTE BY THE EDITOR.—453. — DISCONSOLATE.—454. — INDUCEMENT UNNECESSARY.—455. — PRETENCE.—456. — "OPEN THY CUPBOARD TO ME."—457. — NATUR'S BALANCES.—458. — AN EPIGRAM ON PRESIDENT LINCOLN.—459. — AMERICAN SOIL—ITS NATURAL RICHNESS.—460. — JOHN AND THE WIDDAH.—461. — STRIKING RESEMBLANCE.—462. — UNDOUBTED COURAGE.—463. — A SIMILE.—464. — FIVE OUTS AND ONE IN.—465. — SAM SLICK'S DESCRIPTION OF A TEETOTALLER.—466. — ECLIPSING HIMSELF.—467. — FAMILIAR ACQUAINTANCE.—468. — PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S FIRST POLITICAL SPEECH.—469. — TAKE CARE OF YOUR BAGGAGE.—470. — AMERICAN COMPETITION.—471. — AMERICAN DEFINITIONS.—472. — TWO THINGS UNEXPECTED.—473. — PERPETUAL MOTION.—474. — ARTEMUS WARD ON REORGANIZATION.—475. — A RECEIPT IN FULL.—476. — A SUDDEN DECLARATION.—477. — A VOCATION.—478. — MAJOR DOWNING IN LONDON.—479. — ANY BETTER THAN NONE.—480. — A PRINTER'S TOAST.—481. — WASHINGTON IRVING.—482. — QUIZZING A WITNESS.—483. — A WITTY AIDE-DE-CAMP.—484. — NATURE AND ART.—485. — THE PRESIDENT AND THE MARSHAL.—486. — INSINUATING REJOINDER.—487. — STYLING THE FIRM.—488. — A REMARKABLE CHAMBER-MAID.—489. — SAVING THE TRUTH.—490. — NIGGER EXPLANATION.—491. — A JEW D'ESPRIT.—492. — CUFF'S CABIN.—493. — SMALL WAISTS AND TIGHT LACING.—494. — THACKERAY AND THE PIRATE'S DAUGHTER.—495. — GENERAL MEADE TO GENERAL LEE.—496. — ADOPTING THE OTHER COURSE.—497. — A WHALE AT PEAS.—498. — A TEARFUL RESPONSE.—499. — A PRETENDED PELHAM.—500. — DINNER, BUT NO BREAKFAST.—501. — THE LOAFER'S HAT.—502. — THE DEBT OF NATURE.—503. — A BLACK BULL.—504. — A NEW DISH.—505. — THE LAST COMPLIMENT.—506. — PRECEPT AND PRACTICE.—507. — A FAIR RETORT.—508. — DR. FRANKLIN.—509. — REASONABLE INSTINCT.—510. — DANIEL WEBSTER'S COURTSHIP.—511. — PRESENTED AT COURT.—512. — CRITICAL.—513. — HARD FEATHERS.—514. — SNORING IN CHURCH.—515. — PROFESSOR EVERETT AND JUDGE STORY.—516. — LOVE-LETTER INK.—517. — A ROUGH BEDFELLOW.—518. — NEW, IF NOT TRUE.—519. — TRUE, IF NOT NEW.—520. — CURING TWO AFFLICTIONS.—521. — PLAIN SPOKEN.—522. — POPPING THE QUESTION.—523. — A GEM.—524. — THINGS I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE.—525. — QUESTION FOR QUESTION.—526. — THE YANKEE.—527. — TRUE POLITENESS.—528. — A "DISTANT" FRIEND.—529. — JONATHAN OF ALL TRADES.—530. — MUCH VIRTUE IN AN "IF."—531. — THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD.—532. — ANSWERING AN ADVERTISEMENT.—533. — THE LOVERS' LEAP.—534. — COMPLIMENTARY.—535. — CUTTING.—536. — THE DARKIE'S WISH.—537. — POOR PREACHING AND POOR PAY.—538. — A TRUMP CARD.—539. — TIMELY WARNING.—540. — HABITUAL THIRST.—541. — STONING STEPHEN.—542. — VIRGINIAN ELOQUENCE.—543. — YANKEE FACTORY GIRLS.—544. — FALLING IN LOVE.—545. — DULL MEMBERS.—546. — HEADY.—547. — SAM SLICK'S GEOLOGY.—548. — POLITICS.—549. — GOOD EYESIGHT.—550. — A KNOWING CONTRABAND.—551. — GENERAL GRANT.—552. — SNIP.—553. — BACKWOODS CONVERSATION.—554. — NO VICES.—555. — "FIRE AT THE CRISIS."—556. — A SHREWD NIGGER.—557. — AN AMERICAN "HELP."—558. — GERMAN WINES.—559. — THE GENERAL NO PATTERN.—560. — IT FOLLOWS.—561. — JOSHUA BILLINGS ON HORSES.—562. — AMERICAN CURIOSITY.—563. — YANKEE INQUISITIVENESS.—564. — THE AMENDE HONOURABLE.—565. — YANKEE PORTRAIT OF JOHN BULL.—566. — A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE.—567. — HALF GUILTY.—568. — THE OTHER IMPEDIMENT.—569. — WONDERFUL, IF TRUE.—570. — JONATHAN'S GUESS.—571. — SURE OF IT.—572. — PICTURE-DEALING.—573. — STRETCH OF IMAGINATION.—574. — ADVICE TO DOCTORS.—575. — SETTING THE TIME.—576. — REMARKABLY SOCIABLE.—577. — THE HOUSE THAT JEFF. BUILT.—578. — PUZZLED.—579. — THE PAPER COLLARS.—580. — CAUSE AND EFFECT.—581. — PROFIT AND LOSS.—582. — THE "NAYGERS."—583. — PICKLED ELEPHANT.—584. — SAME DRUNK.—585. — CATCHING.—586. — TO MAKE LEECHES BITE.—587. — LACONIC.—588. — AIDS TO MEMORY.—589. — SIMMONS ON LIFE.—590. — CUTE EXPEDIENT.—591. — A MILD ASSERTION.—592. — FRIENDLY NOTICE.—593. — TIPPING THEM LATIN.—594. — A SOLID REASON.—595. — SQUASHED.—596. — BRIGHT AND BLUE.—597. — OYSTERS.—598. — ABSTRACTION.—599. — MODERN DEFINITIONS NOT FOUND IN ANY OF THE ANCIENT DICTIONARIES.—600. — FIRM FOUNDATION.—601. — GALLANT CORRECTION.—602. — HARD HEARING.—603. — YANKEE MODESTY.—604. — A REBUKE.—605. — MONSTER PUNCH-BOWL.—606. — LONG LIVERS.—607. — REMARKABLE SKIPPER.—608. — YOUTH INDIGNANT.—609. — DANIEL WEBSTER.—610. — THANKS TO HIS HENS.—611. — CONFIDENCE NECESSARY.—612. — PAINFUL NECESSITY.—613. — ANSWERED AT ONCE.—614. — MORE COPY.—615. — POPPING CORN.—616. — POWERFUL SERMON.—617. — HUGGING.—618. — TART.—619. — WHO FIDDLED.—620. — BONNETS.—621. — SAVED THE LEATHER.—622. — LEGISLATION.—623. — WHEN WILL THEY MEET?—624. — THE MILLENNIUM AT HAND.—625. — SAYINGS WISE AND WITTY.—626. — HER MARRIAGE GIFT.—627. — A FINE STREAM.—628. — KNOWING, AND NOT KNOWING.—629. — WAR PHRASES.—630. — FOND OF SOCIETY.—631. — ARTEMUS WARD'S COURTSHIP.—632. — COLONEL CROCKETT AND THE 'COON.—633. — MODESTY.—634. — SELF-EVIDENT KNOWLEDGE.—635. — OBSTINACY CURED.—636. — NERVE OF FEELING.—637. — TWO MUCH ICE.—638. — ALL-HEALING.—639. — PUTTING A GOOD FACE ON IT.—640. — OBEYING ORDERS.—641. — NOT EXACTLY.—642. — THE ANGLER CAUGHT.—643. — SPLENDID FIRING.—644. — CHARGED AND DISCHARGED.—645. — COLONEL CROCKETT.—646. — AGRICULTURAL RETURNS.—647. — FRANKLIN AND HANCOCK.—648. — HENRY CLAY.—649. — NATURAL MISTAKE.—650. — LITERATURE.—651. — THOMAS JEFFERSON.—652. — BORROWING THE BABY.—653. — FORCIBLE EVICTION.—654. — BOXES AND PIT.—655. — A SWIFT HORSE.—656. — PASSING THE COW TO THE CALF.—657. — NATURE AND ART.—658. — NEARING IT BY DEGREES.—659. — AN APT PUPIL.—660. — POETS.—661. — GIN AND WATER.—662. — THE "STEAL PEN."—663. — A PILE OF JOKES.—664. — OBITUARY NOTICE.—665. — AN INFANT TEACHER.—666. — QUADRUPLICATED PUN.—667. — BUCOLIC STUPIDITY.—668. — LIFE IN KENTUCKY.—669. — AMERICAN PROVERBS AND SIMILES.—670. — SIMILES.—671.
4. 4.INDEX.
5. 5.ADVERTISEMENTS.

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