NEWSTYLE AND OLDSTYLE 



Farmer Newstyk mtd Farmer Oldstyle 



" /^~> OOD day," said Farmer Oldstyle, taking 



v_J Newstyle by the arm ; 



" I be cum to look aboit me, wilt 'ee show me o'er 



thy farm ? " 

 Young Newstyle took his wideawake, and lighted 



a cigar. 

 And said, " Won't I astonish you, old-fashioned as 



you are ! 



II 



" No doubt you have an aneroid ? ere starting, you 



shall see 

 How truly mine prognosticates what weather there 



will be." 

 " I aint got no such gimcrack, but I knows there'll 



be a slush 

 When I sees th' oud ram tak' shelter wi' his tail 



agen a bush." 



Ill 



" Allow me, first, to show you the analysis I keep, 

 And the compounds to explain of this experimental 



heap. 

 Where hydrogen, and nitrogen, and oxygen abound. 

 To hasten germination and to fertilize the ground." 



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