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Date Original
1900
Description
This is an unused postcard complete with a funny, pun-filled poem. It uses vegetables for many clever plays on words.
Transcription
My Own Huckleberry:-
I want you to set a date for our wed-
ding. I have a ring of two CARROTS, and
know we'll make a perfect PEAR. I know I
look like a PRUNE to your father, and that
he prefers STRING-BEAN Johnnie. But
you ate the APPLE of my eye and can't be
BEET. That bald headed ONION, you
call father, may think he's some PUMPKIN,
but I would be a CALF to be COW-ed by
him. He will want to SQUASH this mar-
riage, so don't say you CANTALOUPE. It
would break my heart. LETTUCE get a
MECHANICAL COCK-ROACH from the
livery and BEET it to-night. We'll have
the liveryman give pursuing Pa the wrong
STEER, and he will be in a PICKLE. Put
your answer in the CHESTNUT tree. Say
yes, oh PEACH, and get father's GOAT,
and make Your happy, Jack
Physical Description
Postcard, 3" x 5"
Subjects
Agriculture; Farm life; Farm produce; Vegetables; Comedies; Postcards; Poetry
Language
English
Identifier
MSNE.0079
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Greeting cards collection, MSNE.0079
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives
Recommended Citation
Postcard, punny vegetables, Greeting cards collection, Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives, Powhatan, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
Agriculture | United States History
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