THE SONG OF SHAMUS. 



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That worthy took occasion to declare on the in- 

 stant, however, that the nearest neighbor was fully 

 justified in playing the witch. If any thing could 

 destroy the happiness of human beings, as well as 

 of the broom-riding beldams, it would be the howling 

 of worthless curs at night. He himself had often 

 been in at the death of vagabond cats and dogs en- 

 gaged in moon-worship. The outbursts of Goblin 

 had simply been silenced in an outburst of popular 

 indignation. 



SMASHING A CHEYENNE BLACK KETTLE. 



