To amoose himIf your wife is too bizzy durin the day, doin the cookin, washin, &c. 4th, to amoose the child, give him an ink bottle, and set him down on the parler carpet.

U sometimes borrows the sound of some other vowel; for bury is pronounced berry, and busy is pronounced bizzy.

THE FABLE OF THE HE-GOSSIP AND THE MAN'S WIFE AND THE MAN Once upon a time there was a He-Gossip named Cyrenius Bizzy.

Mr. Bizzy was Middle-Aged and had a Set of dark Chinchillas.

Next Door to Cyrenius Bizzy there lived a Family that needed Regulating.

Cyrenius Bizzy knew that he had been Called to do the Regulating.

The Neighbor never came over to ask Mr. Bizzy how late they had better Sit Up, or what Young Men the Girls ought to invite to the House.

But the Family that lived Next Door made Loud Sport of Mr. Bizzy, and had no use for his Counsel.

[Illustration: THE HE-GOSSIP] Mr. Bizzy watched the Family at all Hours of the Day and Night for many Months.

One Day Mr. Bizzy got a quiet Tip from another Moral Detective, that the Man had stayed out until 2 A.M., at a Banquet given to a Militia Company, so he knew it was Time for him to Act.

She said she would take her Husband aside and have a Confidential Chat with him, and if he wanted to be Plucked, then she would call in the Cyrenius Bizzy Association of Pluckers.