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Shady's Day and Silly Sayings Picked From Texas Siftings
A fragment from a 19th century humor page features doggerel about Shady and a jubilee not coming, then a string of jokes and anecdotes. It includes quips about a temperance club, a joking wife trade, a farmer’s rope lasso, and a mix of portraits and puns from American life.
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Jate
Deadwood
Stockland
Quiggs
Austin
Austin Avenue
Texas
Jack
Mary
Vermont