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There's nothin’ pure to cat nor drink, tin' no safe pln.ee to stay;
There's n miasiny” in the dewfall an' “ malary" in the sun;
Tain't safe to be outdoors at noon or when the day is done.

“ Ameeby " in the atmosphere, calory in the heat;
There’s " corpus;; els” an' “ pigments 11 in a human bein's blood,
An* every other kind o' thing existin’ selice the flood.

Terbaeker's full o' " nickcrtcen,” whatever that may be;
An' your mouth'll ah get puckered with the “ tannin " in the tea;
The butter's “ olymargareen"—it never saw a cow;
Air things is gittin’ wus an’ wus from what they be just now.

The in bugs is all about us, just a~ waitin' fer a chance
Tew navigate our vitals atr tew naw us off iike pb.nts.
There's men that spends a lifetime huntin' worms just like a goose,
Alt' tackin' Latin names to 'em an' lettin’ on 'em loose,

Now, I don't believe sech nonsense, an' I'm not a goin' tew try.
If things has comc tew such a piiss, I'm satisfied tew die;
I'll go hang me ill the sullar, fer I won’t be: such a fool
As to wait until Tm pizcned by a “ annymallycool."
L ’jk a.na w , S h eld o n .

THE LOW=BACK CAR.

A low-backed car she drove, and sal:
Upon a truss of hay ;
But when thnt bay was blooming grass,
And decked with flowers of spring,
No (lower was there that could compare
With the blooming girl I sing;