<p>Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1870-1879' stands as a testament to the spirited, vernacular wit that permeated the nineteenth-century American literary scene. Distinctive for its phonetic transcription of the farmer's dialect, this collection carries readers through a decade of humorous anecdotes and witticisms, all arranged in an almanac-style compendium. Structurally playful and thematically rich, the work offers not only a satirical look...