freshen up dere think tanks wen dey got rusty
and overwirkt, Wun ov de felers toled Bill an’
me dat wen he felt awl tierd out at nites after de
show wos over, he yused ter take a good dose ov
der stuff an’ it wud make him slepe like a hum-
min’ top. Anuder feller sed dat wen he cudn’t
. ete nothin,’ an’ felt as billyus asa biled lobster,
a gud drink ov it wud settle his a
stummikriteaway. Billseditwas 77,
“nerely as gud a settler as de av-
-erige emigrant is in de west, but
Bill he don’t no nothin,’ ’cept how
ter lie.

Wen we , went inter de Moorish Pallas it
was a grate 2 site. ’Twarnt like anythink els in
de Fair, an’ ue" it reminded Bill an’ me ov a buk=y
weuster reed ' kawled de ‘‘ Arabyan Nites.” We
never seed sich splender. The Moors wos awl moored in-~
side der Mosks, an’ der gals wos a heep prittier nor de =
men, as gals awlways is wen yew luk klose. Der moor we —=
‘saw ov.’em de better we liked ’em. (I tride dat joke on
Bill an’ he nerely dide larfin, an’ den he went all ’round:

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