| Vol. II.—No. 93. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | PRICE FOUR CENTS. |
| Tuesday, August 9, 1881. | Copyright, 1881, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
PICNIC SAM.
BY WILL CARLETON.
You youngsters who haven't heard of Picnic Sam,
Just huddle up around here where I am,
And listen sharp while memory wanders to him,
And brings out what he seemed like when I knew him.
He lived in one of those high-stretched affairs
Called tenements, up any amount of stairs;
His room there, when the tired streets he forsook,
Was just what room he crowded in and took.
Though he "lived high," he never had the gout,
And for the most part took his dinners out;
Breakfast and supper were not in his way;
His motto always was, One meal per day;
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