The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-05-15
The Josh Killings Papers N0fy0J
History.


History.
The alligator is not a natifof M Eng
land he liz too useless critter to be
born there.
He belongs down South, and resides
in the same swamp that the cOpperhead
duz.
He lives upon a raw pig, and don't
hesitate to take them whole, Eff there
don't happen to be a smaller one on
hand.
He is also fonG of a little niger once
in while, by way offresh bite
They are amphibious, and several
other kinds of cuss .tew plenty tn men,
shen.
What on earth they are good for |
don't seem to know, unless it is teW
watch for pigs.
Their hides can be tanned into leath-
er, but they are as hard to skin as a
beech tree IL /; and the leather when
tanned IL jest about as Timber as a cook
in stove. But one pair ov boots made
out Ofalligator will last as long as a mans
name duz The only way to wear them
out is to heave them away.
Alligator meat is not luscious. If you
ask for it at a fust klass hotel the alwus
ttiA y ttldt lneN are just out II
tastes as ] should think the beef NV a
mule would who had been worked for
ty wears in q brick yard. and then been
struck by lightning to get rid NV him.
When the alligators mouth is wide
OPEN the head IL just about i'm the CEN
ter ~ his body; but they have one vir-
tew / came very near fOrgetting-they
make a very still noise, altho they have
more jaw than any other crilter 1 know
uV.
These are some of the heaviest fakts
have been able tn gather about the ali
gator.
The alligator seems to be IA second adj
ditiOn NV the krOkadile. made out NV
what was left
I think the krokadile usually lays
eggs when they want some more kroka-
diles, but I don't kno-but if they DO,
and 1 ever find the nest, and the old fell
low Amt on the nest, ! shouldn't hesi-
tate to hatch out the eggs myself-with
a klub
This is all I kno at present about the
alligator
TIE CROW.
Next TO the monkey, the crow has
the most deviltry to spare they are
born very wild, kan be tanned az easy az
the goat kan, bat a tame crow Is aktual-
~ worse than a sore thumb.
If there is emmy thing about the house
that they kant get into, il IL because the
thing amt big enuf. | had rather watch
a district skool than one tame crow
Crows live on what they kan steal, and
they viii steal emmy thing that Amt tied
down.
They are fond uv meat vittles, and
are the first TO hold an inquest over .
departed horse or still sheep. They
are fine bird to hunt, bnt a hard one
to kill they kan see yu2 miles first, and
will smell a gun rite thro the side NV q
mountain.
They are not songstirs, althO they
have good voice to cultivate, but what
they do sing they seem to understand
thoroughly; long practiss has made
them perfect.
The crow is Il turf bird, and can stand
the heat like blacksmith, and cold like
a stun wall.
They bid their nests among a tree,
and lay twice, and both eggs would
hatch out if they were laid in a snow
bank-ther Amt no such thing az stop
ping young crow.
Crows are very lengthy. l believe
they live always. | never knu one to
die a natral deth, and don't believe they
kno how.
They are always thin in flesh, and are
like an old injun-rubber shew, poor in
side and out.
They are not considered fine eating,
althO | have read somewhere NV billed
crow, but still never heard or the same
man hankering for som billed crow ,
times
This essa on the crow is copied from
natur, and if it IL true, l aint to blame
for ii; nGtur made the crow, didn't; if
| had | would have made her more hon
est and not quite 50 taft.
HENS.
Leads me. to remark, in the fust place,
that thus far they are a suckcess.
They are dOmestick, and occasionally
are tuff,
This Is owing to their not being billed
often cnuf in their younger daze; but
the hen aint tew blame for this.
Billed hen is universally respected.
There is crate deal of originality tew
in the hen-eXactly how much kant
tell. historians fight so much about il.
sum say KnOwer had hens with him in
the ark, and some say he didn't. 30 it
goes, which and luther.
kaut AIll y u " nltAi W d. tOt II Attot,
the hen or the egg sumtimes l think
the egg Wuz, and sumtimes / think !
done knO and 1 kant tell now which IL
right for the life of me.
Laying eggs is the hens best grip.
\ hen that kant lay eggs-is laid out.
One egg is considered fair days work
for a hen | hev herd Of their doing
better, but | don't want a hen of mine
tew do tit is apt tn hurt their consti-
ton and bylaws, and thus impare their
future worth.
The poet SEE, butifully:
''Sumbody has stole our old blew hen.
/ wish they'd let her bee,
She used to lay 2 eggs a day,
A nd Sundays She laid 3,
This sounds trew enuff for poetry, but
| will bet 10 thousand dollarSthatit new
er took place.
This bet stands open till the 18th day
ov neXt November, at half-past II O'Clock.
ADVICE TO Young MEN.-Let the
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