The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-08-13

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woods"
"a willy trader in hla way
I1 Roynord both by night and day"
"And what other creature carries on O
trade, besides the fox?"
"Tho otter and the heron are fisher.
men, though they neither make use Of
line nor net. II is notvery often that
we catch sight of the otter, for he car.
ries on his trade, for the most part, un.
der the water; but the heron is fre.
quontly seen standing with his long
thin legs in the shallow part Of tho riv.
or, suddenly plunging his lengthy bill
below the surface, and bringing up q
fish. You cannot deny that the heron
and the otter are fishermen"
"No, that I cannot; but never should
II have thought Of it, if you had not
told me"
"Ants are day-laborers, and are very
industrious, too in their calling; they
always seem in earnest at their work
Catch them asleep in the daytime, if
you can. They set us an example of
industry"
"Auts freely work without disguise;
Their ways consider, and be wiss.n
"Go on, uncle; am not half so tired
as 1 was"
"You seem all attention, certainly,
Henry. The swallow is a hy-catchcr;
and the number that he catches in q
day would quite astOnish you. Often
have you seen him skimming along the
surface of the brook and the pond. "
eyes, that 1 have; and swallows are
as busy as ants, think"
"The beaver iB a wood-cutter, a build
er, and a mason; and is a good workman
at all these trades He cuts down the
small trees with his teeth; and after he
has built his house, he plasters it skill
fully with his tail.
"Well done, beaver! He seems to
outdo all the rest. D."
"Ihe wasp is a paper-maker, and he
makes his paper out Of materials that no
other paper-maker would use. If ever
you should examine a wasp's nest, you
will find it all made Of paper.
"How many curious things there
are in the world that I never thought
OFF,
"Singing birds are musicians and nc
other musicians can equal them in
harmony. Hardly can we decide which
has the advantage - the lark, the
blackbird, the throstle, or the nightin.
gale" ...
"On feathery wings they freely rove,
And wake with harmony the grove"
"Iam afraid that you are coming tc
the end"
go, never fear. The FREELY and the
glow-worm arc lamp-lighters. Fire
flies are not seen in this country; but
abroad they light up the air, JUS
as the glow-worms do the grassy and
howery banks in country places here
eyes; I have seen them. l shall moi
forget the lamp-lighters."
'Ihe bee is a professor Of geometry
for he constructs his cells so scien
tifically, that the least possible amount
of material is formed into the larges
spaces with the least waste Of room
Not all the mathematcians of Cam
bridge could improve the construction
of his cells"
"The beeis much more clever than
thought he was"
"The caterpillar is q silk-spinner, anC
far before all other silk-spinners in ere
alton. For the richest dresses that W,
sec we are indebted to the silk-worm.-
With what wonderful properties has i
pleased our heavenly Father to endoy
the lower creaturesl"
"I shall be made wiser to-day, uncle
than have ever been before"
"The mole is an engineer, and form
a tunnel quite as well as if he had boel
instructed by an engineer. The nan
titus is a navigator, hosting and takinj
in his sails as he floats along the water
and casting anchor at his pleasure
81 should never have believed tina
any one could make things out so clear
! ly."
"Let me finish, then, by observin.
that the jackal is a hunter, the hawI
an expert bird-catcher, the leech al
excellent surgeon, and the monkey tn
best rope dancer in the world"
"Well done unclel you have amuse
me, indeed. I could listen an hou
longer without being tired. "-Eaglis
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