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The Biglow Papers, Ed. With a Preface by the Author of 'tom Brown's Schooldays'.
The Biglow Papers Ed With a Preface by the Author of 'tom Brown's Schooldays' Author:James Russell Lowell General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1859 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: THE BIGLOW PAPERS. No. I. A LETTER PROM MR. EZEKIEL BIGLOW OF JAALAM TO THE HON. JOSEPH T. BUCKINGHAM, EDITOR OF THE BOSTON COURIER, IN- CLOSING A POEM OF HIS SON, MR. HOSEA BIGLOW. Jaylem, jane 1846. Mister Eddyter : -- Our Hosea wuz down to Boston last week, and he see a cruetin Sarjunt a struttin round as popler as a hen with 1 chicking, with 2 fellers a drummin and fifin arter him like all nater. the sarjunt he thout Hosea hedn't gut his i teeth cut cos he looked a kindo's though he'd jest com down, so he cal'1ated to hook him in, but Hosy woodn't take none o' his sarse for all he hed much as 20 Rooster's tales stuck onto his hat and eenamost enuf brass a bobbin up and down on his shoulders and figureed onto his coat and trousis, let alone wut nater hed sot in his featers, to make a 6 pounder out on. B wal, Hosea he com horne considerabal riled, and arter I 'd gone to bed I heem Him a thrashin round like a short-tailed Bull in fli-time. The old Woman ses she to me ses she, Zekle, ses she, our Hosee's gut the chollery or suthin anuther ses she, don't you Bee skeered, ses I, he's oney amakin pottery1 ses i, he's ollers on hand at that ere busynes like Da« less