Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-11-12
Josh billings.

Josh Billings.
Snails are kind of ampibicus oy-
ster, born on land, of reputable par
ents, but abel to liv for time under
water il serkemstanses seem 20 re-
kwire ii.
They liv in an earthen house, in
design not unlike fireman's cap.
Therei IL kinds-hard and soft
she'll.
The soft shell resembles pece ov
calf li;er, cut rounding, and gifted
with crawl.
This kan snd innocent bug is ov
no moral or fzikle power, not az we
no ov, and if it waz not for the mis-
terius kno Wedge ov Providence
''who doeth all things we'll" it wo'd
make for ordained yankee SWEET
to CESS jist what they was dedicated
! to.
In some fCrrin parts they are ct
fur food, but it would take a great
deal OF pepper sass to prt them in
my stummick and keep them there.
The soft snail is a slippery cuss,
free from bones, and slo gated, go
ing about 6 inches in a cool day, and
makes it his home where things arc
damp.
They are of sweet disposition,
and don't get mad ef things don't 90
JEST so.
They. liz on what wood otherwise
be wasted, which speaks well for its
ecor omy.
The hard shells seldom ievc home
and When tina du tina don't lock up
their houses and put the key under
the door mat, but take their house
with them on their backs There is
no house big enough for two snails;
the snails understand This and don't
take anybody 10 board with them 20
kick up muses..
All animals are sound on this iden-
tilSle guse, and never build n house
they cant fill.
Here ends the natral snail.
Angleworms are of arth, arthy
and crawl foi a-living
They live in rich ground; ground
that wont rasc ang,cworms wont rails
anything else, and where they rcjois
corn is sure to be bully.
If You want yer angleworms Of
any size you must manure your silc.
Thare Amt nothing Oh earth more
miserable to ponder about and weep
over than half starved angleworm
Angleworms are sure crop on
good soil. and handy to hoe, for
they plant and harvest themselves. -
They don't take up mutch room in
the ground, an are as kind to chill
dren as piece Of red tape.
1t is sed that angleworm lie rubd
on the back of the neck, will llure
man NV the lies. ] don't blevc this
unless it kills the man. Death is the
only reliable heal for Icing yet dis
koverd.
When lieing gets into mans blud
the only way to get it out of him is
to drain him dry.
An9leworms are used rs an artikel
ov diet to ketch fish with; they arc
handy to put on a hook and handy
to take oph, as everybody knos who
has straddled log and fshed for
days all la long on Sunday in mill
pond.
Old fishermen allus carry their
worms in their mouth
Angleworms live i'll a round hole
which they fit like a gimlet, and are
different from all other creeps that
no oy, for they allus back into their
holes.
Here the natral angleworm ends.
Treetodes ar the only todes ov all
the tode family that can cline a tree
How they do it is an unfatlimable
mistry-almost ellal to the milk in q
kokernut.
Philosfe-s awl admit that the milk
is put into the kokernut and the hole
neatly plugged up, but who the feler
is tnat duz it. the flosifers arc honest
enough for wonder to admit they
kant tell. .s
am glad there is one man living
who is smart enough to beat tie filos.
orhers, for they are always sticking
their olfactory into everything and
often make themselfs sick for week
giving reasons for things they don't
understand.
] an afrade it vii go hard with the
+ 6losophers in tie day ov Judgment
! The treetode is both male and fe.
: male, but not both to onct, the fe
. male don't cline trees for obvus re
2 sons. .iaifsieH
E When treetodes are on the trees
e they conform to the customs of th'
t trees, looking and acting just like thu
5 tree .....s-.,a
' This shows good breeding if moth
ng more 4 s.ss u * 10
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