PRECAUTION AGAIXST PESTILENCE. 



Constitutional Dialogue between Jones and Brown. 



JONF.S. 



Why Browv, how well you look, I say, 



In this a^armiiiLi; season 

 To what yon did tlie other day ! 

 Old fellow, what's the reason ? 



BROWN. 



Well I do feel an alter' d man, 



For which I owe thansgiving 

 I've also rather changed the plan 



And matter of my living. 



JONES, 



What would I give to be like you ? 



I'm ill and melaneholy ; 

 I wish you'd tell me what to do. 



To look so fresh and jolly, 



BROWN, 



Then, first of all, betimes I rise. 



And wash myself all over. 

 Not cleansing only what your eyes 



Are able to discover. 



My wife and children, too, I make, 



To ann the constitution, 

 Each morn their soap and water take, 



And do the like ablution. 



Scnibb'd sweet and clean I've had my homei 



Prom garrets to foundation ; 

 And taken care, in every room, 



To 'stablish ventilation. 



Beneath my kitchen ran a drain, 



Which oft the nose offended ; 

 The sink was faulty, it w;is plain — 



I caused it to be mended. 



Then, also, on a certain head 



I've made a large reduction , 

 One mild glass only, just ere bed, 



Is my extent cf suction. 



The money saved in drink, I spend 



In good nutritious diet, 

 And wann apparel ; now, my friend 



You know my system : — '.ry it. 



Then, epidemics you may view 



With very slight misgiving ; 

 They seldom trouble p(M)ple who 



Adopt my style of living. 



JONES. 



I think yoxi're right , and mean to say 



Vour measures of protection ; 

 And so — please goodness — shall defy 

 Contagion and infection. 



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