The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-05-07
Tho Josh Billings Papers.
SUM NATRAL HISTORY. ~S@ 81

SUN sArnAr HISTORY. ga &
The alligator is not a natif OF q q
England; he iz too useless zcritter
to be born there. - - =
He belongs down South, and area :
sides in the same swamp that the.s
copperhead duz. r vv.g1,
He lives upon raw pig, an don't
hesitate to take them whole if there
don't happen to be a smaller 'one
handy.
He is also fond of a little negro
once in while, by way of fresh
bite.
They are amphibious, and several
other kinds of cuss to plenty tu men,
shun.
What on earth they are good for.
l don't seem to know, unless it is to
watch for pigs.
Their hides can. be tanned into
leather, but they are as hard to skin
az beech tree il; and the leather
when tanned IL az timber ez a cook
ing stove, But one pair of boots
made out ov alligator will last az
long az mans name doze. The
only way to wear them out is to
heave them away. @A 53 i,a''l1f
Alligator meat is not luscious. If
you ask for it at frst-klass hotels
they alwuz tell you "that they are
just out" It tastes as shod think
lik beef of mule wod who had bin
worked forty years in the brick yard
and then struck with lightnin to get
rid NV him. tt-ii'i''.i 5@>'.l
When the ailigator's. mouth is
wide open, the head is just about in
the center of his body; but they hev
one virtew [ came very near forget
ting-they make very still noise,
alth they have more jaw than any
other oritter / kno Of. ~
These are sum of the heaviest faxs
I have been able to gether about the
alligator. isi---.-l -.
The alligator aaems TO he the Con
ond addition Nv tho krokadile, made
out ov what was left. .--... tr.-. ....
I think the krokodile usually lays
eggs when they want some more
krokodiles, but kon't kno-but if
they do, and ever find the nest, I
shouldn' hesitate to hatch out the
eggs myself with club. Ee4- $50.
This iz all 1 kno at present about
the alligator. .--..-....t
.. THE CROW.
| Next to the monkey, the crow has
the most deviltry to spare They
are born very wild, kan be tanned ez
eazy az the goat kan, but tame
crow is aktually worse than a sore
thumb. -.-.---.
If there il any thing about the
house that they kant get into, it il
because the thing amt big enuf.
had rather watch a district school
than one tame crow. Crows live on
what they can steal, and they will
steal any thing that amt tied down.
They are fond of meat vittles, and
are the first to hold an inquest over
a departed horse or still sheep.
They are fine bird tew hunt, but
hard one 2 kill; they kan see you
2 miles first, and will smell gun
run thro mountain.
They are not sonstirs, altho they
have good voice to cultivate, but
what they do sing they seem to un-
derstand thoroly; long practiss has
made them perfect. '-'i -
The crow is a tllff bird and kan
stand the heat like blacksmith and
cold like stone wall. ., -..s-..
They bid there nest in tree, and
lay twice, and both eggs, would
hatch out if they were laid in a sno-
bank-ther amt no such thing az
stopping young crow. -.
Crows are very lengthy. 1 be-
leev they live always. 1 never nu 1
to die natral death, and dom belev
they kno how.
They ere aluz thin in flesh, and ar
lik an ingin rubber shu, poor inside
and out. .s. - in s,.# -
They are considered fine eating,
altho have read somewhere NV bill
ed crow, but still never herd Of the
same man hankerin for some billed
crow 2 times. ~ .=s.aet
This essa on the crow is copied
from natur and if it!iz troo I amt to
blame for it natur made the crow +
didn't, if had I would have made
her more honest and not quite so
tuff. -z v-
- t--... =-a1 HENS. 1sEA
Leads me to remark in the first
plac, that thus far they are a sue
cess. .. .....=...=s..z- -.
They are Demestick, and occasion n
ally TUT.
| This is owing to their not being
billed often enuff in ther younger
daze; but the hen amt to blame for
this. ..., .-......r.,.,.,
Billed hen is universally respect
ed. 80
There is a CRATE deal of originally
tew in the hen-exactily can't tell
historians fight so much about it.
Sum say Knoah had hens with him
in the ark, and sum say he didn't.
So it goes, which and luther.
i Kant tell you wich was born 1st
the hen or the egg, sumtimes I think
the egg, and sumtimes 1 think I
don't know, and I kant tell know
which il right for the life ov me.
Laying eggs is the hens best
}. grip. t-i a'a 7T5T
A hen that kant lay eggs-is laid
out. 49, - ~ -reT
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