HUMORS OF FALCONBRIDGE

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[Illustration: "Are you de man advertised for de dogs, sa-a-ay? You
needn't be afraid o' dem; come a'here, lay down, Balty--day's de dogs,
mister, vot you read of!" "Ain't they rather fierce," responded the
rural sportsman, eyeing the ugly brutes. "Fierce? Better believe dey
are--show 'em a f-f-ight, if you want to see 'em go in for de chances!
You want to see der teeth?"--_Page_ 136.]

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THE

HUMORS OF FALCONBRIDGE:

A COLLECTION OF
HUMOROUS AND EVERY DAY SCENES.

BY

JONATHAN F. KELLEY.

Philadelphia:
T. B. PETERSON, No. 102 CHESTNUT STREET.

[Library stamp: Univ. of California]

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

T. B. PETERSON,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States,
in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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TO
ISAAC S. CLOUGH, ESQ.,
OF MASSACHUSETTS,

AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF MY REGARDS FOR YOUR JUST
APPRECIATION OF A GOOD THING,

AS WELL AS FOR

YOUR RARE GOOD SOCIAL WIT AND AGREEABLE QUALITIES;

AND MORE THAN ALL,

FOR YOUR GENEROUS SPIRIT AND WELL-TESTED FRIENDSHIP,

I DO WITH SINCERE PLEASURE,

Dedicate unto you this Volume of my Sketches.

FRATERNALLY YOURS,

FALCONBRIDGE.

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A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LATE JONATHAN F. KELLY.

The life of a literary man offers but few points upon which even the
pens of his professional brethren can dwell, with the hope of exciting
interest among that large and constantly increasing class who have a
taste for books. The career of the soldier may be colored by the hues of
romantic adventure; the politician may leave a legacy to history, which
it would be ingratitude not to notice; but what triumphs or matters of
exciting moment can reasonably be hoped for in the short existence of
one who has merely been a writer for the press? After death has stilled
the pulses of a generou