This etext differs from the original in the following ways. Some missing
periods have been inserted. The original used "some how" and "somehow"
about equally; all have been changed to "somehow." The OE ligature, used
several times, is shown as [oe]. In the advertisements at the end of the
book, uses of the pointing-hand symbols (Unicode #9758, White Right
Pointing Index, and Unicode #9756, White Left Pointing Index) have been
replaced with the right (») and left («) double-angle symbols from the
ISO 8859-1 character set. Finally, evident typographical errors have
been corrected as follows:
someting > something, p. 63
catankerous > cantankerous, p. 71
veloscipeding > velocipeding, p. 99
who'se > who's, p. 99
turkies > turkeys, p. 110
potatoe > potato, p. 121
knowlege > knowledge, p. 155
lagest > largest, p. 177
pass > past, p. 190
develope > develop, p. 249
ot > not, p. 257
governer > governor, p. 257
handerchief > handkerchief, p. 261
poverity > poverty, p. 279
reconnoissances > reconnaissances, p. 281
himsesf > himself, p. 288
peaking > peeking, p. 311
sponser > sponsor, p. 313
aspsrations > aspirations, p. 336
mortaged > mortgaged, p. 376
woful > woeful, p. 400
domicils > domiciles, p. 400
Amercian > American, p. 409
lubago > lumbago, p. 412
somethiug > something, p. 420
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[Illustration: "Go--goo--good Lord-d d! Ho--ho--hol--hold on!" "O, yeez
needn't be afear'd of that--I'm howldin' yeez tight as a divil!"--_Page_
92.]
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