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WH.LTAM AND JONATHAN. WILLIAM BxId Jonathan car? to town together, William brought learning, and Jooathan some leather; Said William to Jonathan, what d'ye mean.to do? Said Jotrot%an to William, 1 can sole a ?hoe, . With my leather, lap-stone, h?mer, nippers, peg- ging-awl, o?nd bristles. Said Jonathan to William, pray, what is your int?ntion.? William tatk'd of .things far above h/? ?omprehension, He meant to wr/te poetry, pamphlets, songss and plays, Epitaphs, epigrams, and puffs, the wind to W?th his Latin, Greek, grs?ar, ?rntaxs .livesealy, and logic. it chanced that they lodged ia th? same house together, Will stuck close to books, and Jonathan to leather; While Johnny in the cellar as any hog grow fat, Poor Will in the garret w/s ?s thin as a starved cat. With'their leather,. Latin, h?mmer, grammar, peg- ging-aw] and When they hail ]?ved in town, for years nearly twenty; Will was very poor, but Jonathan had plenty; When meeting one day, they compar'd notes together, And clearly proved that learning wasn't haft zo good as loather. Sing, leather, lap-stone, hamme/, nippe?, p?ging- awl, and bristles, 8AID A FOX TO A GOOSE." SxI? a fox to a goose,. '(From a farm-house let loose,) And thancod to be oluming a feather, "Dear goo?, l?ow d'y,