1846 Somerset Herald (PA) 3 Nov. 1/5: An elderly gentleman [...] was ‘done’ out of £260 [...] by two scamps, who ‘dropped the pigeon’ on him.at pigeon drop, n.
1847 Somerset Herald 13 July 1/1: When I was right sleepy, then she’d pick her chance to come them big licks.at give (it) big licks (v.) under big licks, n.
1847 Somerset Herald 13 July 1/1: I cocks the old musket [...] I lays my finger on the trigger [...] I flames away.at flame, v.1
1847 Somerset Herald 13 July 1/1: At first I was tickled at it, and would set and laugh at her.at tickled, adj.
1876 Somerset Herald (Somerset, PA) 12 July 1/7: The inhabitants of Alabama are Lizards.at lizard, n.
1898 Somerset Herald (PA) 14 Dec. 3/4: Ida Peterman, charged wiht A. & B. [...] entered a plea of ‘guilty’.at a. and b., n.