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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 176

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contributed this short bit ofdoggerel: Owney is a tramp, as you can plainly see.Only treat him kindly, and take him long wid ye. Baltimore joins in with this: Once there was a dog that took it in his headNever to stay at home, ever to roam instead.You have him now: send him on ahead. At Seattle… … post-office at Portland, Oregon, after which heis found at Hardacre, Minnesota, under whichname occur these lines: Ony one Owney, And this is he;The dog is aloney, So let him be. A letter from the Railway Clerks Associationat Atlanta, Georgia, says: Owney received an ovation here. After consenting…

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