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"Best time to kill a hog's when he's fat. " -- Old Saw.
Mostly folks is law-abidin' / Down on Wriggle Crick -- , / Seein' they's no Squire residin' / In our bailywick; / No grand juries, no suppeenies, / Ner no vested rights to pick / Out yer man, jerk up and jail ef / He's outragin' Wriggle Crick!