49. XLIX.
THEM GOOD OLD DAZE.
AS LONGED FOR BY JOSH BILLINGS.
How i dew long (once in a whyle) for them good
old daze.
Them daze when the sun didn't rise before brekfast.
Them daze when thare waz more fun in 30 cents
than thare is now in 7 dollars and a half.
Them daze when a man marrid 145 pounds ov
woman, and less than 9 pounds (awl told) ov ennything
else.
How i dew long for them good old daze, when edukashun
only konsissted in what a man did well.
Them daze when deakons waz az austear az hoss
radish, and ministers preached tew men's soals instead
of their pockets.
Them daze when pollyticks was the excepshun,
and honesty the rule.
How i dew long for them good old daze when lapdorgs
and wett nusses warn't known, and when
brown bred and baked-goose made a good dinner.
Them daze when a man who want bizzy was
watched, and when wimmin spun only that kind ov
yarn that was good for the darning ov stockings.
How i dew long for them good old daze when
now and then a gal baby was called Jerusha, and a
boy want spilte if he was named Jerrymiah.
Aul yee who hav tried the feathers and fuss ov
life, who hav had the codfish ov wealth, without
sense, stuck under yure noze, cum beneath this tree,
and long for an hour with me, for them good old
daze when men were ashamed tew be fools, and
wimmin were fraid tew be flirts.
N. B.—They used tew maik a milk punch in
them daze too, that was very handy tew take.
