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The Squibob papers

Derby, George Horatio (1823-1861)

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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I. FOURTH OF JULY ORATION IN OREGON.

II. A CALIFORNIA “MODEL LOVE-LETTER.”

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IV. PHŒNIX ON AGRICULTURE.

V. NEVER TOLD A LIE.

VI. SEWING MACHINE — FELINE ATTACHMENT.

VII. PHŒNIX ON WET WEATHER.

YE WARRE-LYKE BALLADE OF YE ASTOUNDEDDE DOCTOR, BY PHENIX J. SQUIBOB

IX. LIFE IN PANAMA.

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X. A TRIP TO OREGON.

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XI. BUTTERFIELD AT THE BALL.

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XII. SQUIBOB'S “COMPOSITION OF ARMIES,”

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XIII. BOSTON — A MORAL CITY.

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XIV. A JOURNEY FROM BOSTON TO NEW ORLEANS.

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XV. NEW ORLEANS — ITS HOTEL.

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XVI MATTERS AND THINGS IN SAN FRANCISCO.

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XVII. JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE.

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XVIII. THE GYROSCOPE. A REVIEW.

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XIX. THE SONG OF “NOTHIN' SHORTER.”

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XX. THE MASSACHUSETTS DENTAL ASSOCIATION.

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XXI. THE LEGEND OF JONES.

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XXII. REPORT OF A SCIENTIFIC LECTURE.

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XXIII. GREAT RAILROAD PROJECT!

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XXIV. TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS.

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XXV. ON CLIPPER SHIPS.

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XXVI. A LETTER OF CREDIT

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XXV PANNIERS.

NEW BOOKS And New Editions Recently Issued by CARLETON, PUBLISHER, NEW YORK.

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3. III.

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VENGEANCE, SWIFT AND SURE.—See page 47.

[Description: 548EAF. Illustration Page. Line drawing of man with sickle or scythe raised over his head, stepping on the tail of a coiled snake with a forked tongue.]

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QUICK as he felt the sarpent bite
He raised his scythe, with all his might
He struck ter once a deadly blow,
That laid the pizen creeter low.

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HE tuk the riptyle in his hand,
And straight he went tew Molly Bland;
Oh! Molly, Molly, here you see
A pizen sarpent, what bit me.

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THE GRIEF OF MOLLY BLAND.—See page 48.

[Description: 548EAF. Illustration Page. Line drawing of man and woman in doorway. Man is holding dead snake.]

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ZERUBBABEL, why did ye go,
Intu the meadow for to mow?
Oh! Molly Bland, I thought you knowed
'Twas Daddy's field, and must be mowed.

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THEN Molly Bland, she squatted down,
And sucked the pizen from the wound;
But oh! she had a rotten tewth:
The venim soon affected both.

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THE STRICKEN FAMILY.—See page 50.

[Description: 548EAF. Illustration Page. Line drawing of five central figures in attitudes of grief, including man with arms raised over his head.]

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THE LAST SAD RITES.—See page 51.

[Description: 548EAF. Illustration Page. Line drawing of five adult figures bending over prone man; crying child in foreground; three other figures in background. ]

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OH, then they ware all spotted o'er
With all the colors that the sarpent wore,
They laid 'em both upon a bed,
And they swelled up and di-i-ed!

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THEN when they had gin up the ghost,
From “Springfield Mounting” they went post;
And they larfed, and sung, as up they went,
As chipper, as if there wa'nt no pizen Sar-pent.

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EXIT ZERUBABBEL AND MOLLY BLAND.—See page 52.

[Description: 548EAF. Illustration Page. Line drawing of man praying in front of two coffins, next to child playing with dog; the ghosts of a man and a woman hover overhead, and several human figures occupy the background.]

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