The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-09

Iaio"Ot.stssu VI CERTAIN very simple c0ic0-
lations by mealle, o. which the exact size
nearly every other portion of tl1e boCIS
may very accurately be arrived'At without
ANY occutar or actual inspection and meas
lnrment Examples will occur to every
reader. This fact alone obviates nearly the
whole Ofthe difficulties which arise ut first
sight. n86
An Essay on Oysters.
An oyster is something good TO eat,
but cant vote. IIo grow. in out-of
thc-way. places, where the tide ebDe
and flows as often as it wants to in
ItwentY-four hours, and ho seems to
like it. .,5i Il, t..i s.. s,Is 81 .i
! lie has curions, and at the came
time playful habit; at certain three,
Iof opening his shell and attracting to
his presence the hungry raccoon. On
such occasions the cuss OF a raccoon
lsurrcptitonsly inscrts shis paw into
She0pen shell. tn haul tho oystor out
whereupon the latter clamps down
on him like the devil, and holds him
there until the tide rises and browns
him.. .5 ,U .fs3 Il,
! don't know what he idces it for,
but have the authority Of several
editions of natural history--with col
ored plates-for SAYING that such is
the fact, and also, that no raccoon
has ever been known to survive this
lhydrophatic treatment, n i.fileu
The oyster must bc, of an extreme
| ". social disposition. They sleep. ,nu-
merously in one bed, and nobody ever
heard ofone kicking another out.
They are aqnict set, and though they
often open their mouths, have moth.
ing tosay. A great many seif.iM-
portant politicians Of the present dny
are suffering with the samo COM
plant. t4t.g i,..s f5, tst.,,,tt .,,,,84a}
Their religious principles are lstrik-
tingly evident in the fact that they all
belong to the hard-sheil persuasion,
and although strongly addicted to cold
water, as,a general thing the prin,-i>
Piles of that creed are often seen when
o dozen ofthom, are fonnd clustered
around the neck Of an old empty bot
tie, which some mean white man has
emptied and thrown overheard.
In his normal state the oyster is
qniet and anything but tussy, but
: ~n0n urousn' '"'o Nv. a'u c'.les'
ny o. III hs. sels 49, NJ : y'U h;,c sssm;
be unable to, close his "eye," the poor
thing suffers mncEly from this gat-
.'ng ln.o NOT Wa'er. :,
l,'s tempcra"co Plvcnv'.'es VIII
,haKe /, MN ."Me esc'' SAT- .a'er wne'
ns, can ges 'rcsn' anu o'ee o..s'de
% 'nas raccogn ,o,u.e ne"''onea
aonse' = eAeceu'"g'y ngn'.
neJi's ~ ~ ~ $50, ,o,"e ny pr
.erreo ~ .ne nve Nv state ana some u
born ways. The most aSproved and
-highlx satisfacinry WAY of eating an
oyster - % 90 ~ after the shell ~
opened, 1 have known pt ople to fail
signaily VINO tried u the other way.
oysters nonr'sn N al the months
OF tne year IN winch the letter
occurs. ana the larger colonies OF
them are fonnd on St. Charles stree,
nnth sides. from september once TO
the =, very last DAY OF April next.-
There are occasions when they may
De fonnd in large communities at Ba-
ratarla, These are OF q higher order,
ana their acquaintance eagerly sought
after oy simple natives. ~ i.4
there are Two wsys q making a,
oyster open unto you. One is TO
knock h'm like the mischief with a
brick until he cant help it, and the
other Is to tickle him with 9 thing
like . bowie knife. The first named
plan will always succeed, but the
oyster don't like it. and the result is
not satisfactory to the man who docs
it.
1 tried the other process once, and
succeeded in taking off one,half my
left thumb with tho bowic-kniferioas
not tried it since: Not many people
know how to DO II cxpertly. sb
lou then put pcpper.saoce on him,
4 lemons are ten cents apiece. They
are Doln good y you IKE y.
don know how many oysters !
can eat ~ 2 gwen time, ont am
wilIing a1ler aye not'hcat'on, TO try
! ior ,ne oenent O any uapre)udiced
,nolsluus' VINO mas 2 parrcl OF Two on
nanu ana an expert 10 use the opens
ing instrument. ..
In conclusion, the oyster is like
clam, only = little more that way
iie gan nold On tighter, y more ne'ty