Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. SALUTATION TO BENJ. F. JOHNSON THE OLD MAN4. "THE OLD SWIMMIN'-HOLE" AND 'LEVEN MORE POEMS BY BENJ. F. JOHNSON, OF BOONE5. THE OLD SWIMMIN'-HOLE6. THOUGHTS FER THE DISCURAGED FARMER7. A SUMMER'S DAY8. A HYMB OF FAITH9. WORTERMELON TIME10. MY PHILOSOFY11. WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN12. ON THE DEATH OF LITTLE MAHALA ASHCRAFT13. THE MULBERRY TREE14. TO MY OLD FRIEND, WILLIAM LEACHMAN15. MY FIDDLE16. THE CLOVER17. NEGHBORLY POEMS ON FRIENDSHIP, GRIEF AND FARM-LIFE BY BENJ. F. JOHNSON, OF BOONE18. ERASMUS WILSON19. MY RUTHERS20. ON A DEAD BABE21. A OLD PLAYED-OUT SONG22. "COON-DOG WESS"23. LINES TO PERFESSER JOHN CLARK RIDPATH A. M., LL. D. T-Y-TY!24. A TALE OF THE AIRLY DAYS25. "MYLO JONES'S WIFE"26. ON A SPLENDUD MATCH27. OLD JOHN CLEVENGER ON BUCKEYES28. THE HOSS29. EZRA HOUSE30. A PEN-PICTUR' OF A CERTIN FRIVVOLUS OLD MAN31. WET-WEATHER TALK32. THOUGHTS ON A PORE JOKE33. A MORTUL PRAYER34. THE FIRST BLUEBIRD35. EVAGENE BAKER—WHO WAS DYIN' OF DRED CONSUMTION AS THESE LINES WAS PENNED BY A TRUE FRIEND36. ON ANY ORDENARY MAN IN A HIGH STATE OF LAUGHTURE AND DELIGHT37. TOWN AND COUNTRY38. LINES FER ISAAC BRADWELL, OF INDANOPLIS, IND., COUNTY-SEAT OF MARION39. DECORATION DAY ON THE PLACE40. THE TREE-TOAD41. THE ROSSVILLE LECTUR' COURSE42. WHEN THE GREEN GITS BACK IN THE TREES43. HOW IT HAPPENED44. A DOS'T O' BLUES45. THE OLD HOME BY THE MILL46. THE WAY IT WUZ47. PAP'S OLD SAYIN'48. ROMANCIN'49. AN OLD SETTLER'S STORY50. DIALECT IN LITERATURE51. Books By James Whitcomb Riley