A Terror.
I'm a Buzzard from the Brazos, on a tear — Hear me toot ! I'm a lifter of the flowing- locks of hair ; Heav me hoot;! I'm a racker from the Eockies, And of all the town the talk is, ' He's a Pirate of the Pampas, On the shoot.' Those whe io aie sail me ' Little Dynamite. I'm a pet, I'm a walking stalking Terror of the N ght, You can bet ; By my nickel-plated teasers,; Many a rustic-featured Greaser's Sun has set. Sometimes I strike an unprotected town, Paint it red ; Choke the Sheriff, turn the Marshal upside clown On his head ; Call for drinks for all the party, And if chinned by any smarty, Pay in lead. I'm a coyote of the Sunset, ' Prairie Dude,' Hear my zip ! In the company of gentlemen I'm rude With my lip. Down in front ! Eemove that nigger, Or I'll perforate his figure ! I am fly, T am flightcr, I am flip ! Te,'Y<s Si/liny?.
— ' Xo I do not love you, Charles, but shall always 1)6 a sis ' ' Hold, go no further ! I've got about fourteen or fifteen such sisters already. What I want is a wife. Good-day.' — ' Ma,' said a small boy last week, ' what's a grass widow ?' Ma, by way of illustration told him that if Ms father should run away and leave her alone without any cause, then she would be a grass widow. The small boy thought it over for a minute, and then looking up at his mother again he said -. ' And what would I be ? Would I be a grasshopper ?'
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Observer, Volume 9, Issue 530, 16 February 1889, Page 20
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263A Terror. Observer, Volume 9, Issue 530, 16 February 1889, Page 20
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