to Doodleville, shown by the black pepper:

Then we run along the--yes--the comb--to the tumbler that's Brimstone:

Thence by the pipe to Belshazzar, which is the salt-cellar:

Thence to, to--that quill--Catfish--hand me the pincushion, Marie

Antoinette:

"Thence right along these shears to this horse, Babylon:

"Then by the spoon to Bloody Run--thank you, the ink:

"Thence to Hail Columbia--snuffers, Polly, please move that cup and

saucer close up, that's Hail Columbia:

Then--let me open my knife--to Hark-from-the-Tomb, where we'll put

the candle-stick--only a little distance from Hail Columbia to

Hark-from-the-Tomb--down-grade all the way.

"And there we strike Columbus River--pass me two or throe skeins of

thread to stand for the river; the sugar bowl will do for Hawkeye, and

the rat trap for Stone's Landing-Napoleon, I mean--and you can see how

much better Napoleon is located than Hawkeye. Now here you are with your

railroad complete, and showing its continuation to Hallelujah and thence

to Corruptionville.

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