The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-02-20

the first tew hold an inquest over a de-
/ parted horse, or a still sheep. They are
a fine bird few hunt, but hard one few
kill; they kan see you miles first, and
will smell gun right through the side ov
a mountain.
They are not songstirs, altho they hav
good voice to cultivate, but what they
do sing, they seem to understand thor>
oughly; long praktiss has made them
pertekt.
The crow IL a tuf bird, and kan stand
tho heat like blacksmith, and the cold
like a stun wall.
They bud their nests among tree. and
lay twice, and both eggs would hatch out.
if they waz laid i'll a snow bank-tharc
amt no such thing as stopping a young
crow.
Crows ere very lengthy. l beIeare
they live always; | never knu one to die
natral deth; and don't beleave they kno
how.
They are alwus thin in flesh, and are
like an ipjun rubber shew, poor inside
and out
They are not considered fine eating,
altho | have read somewhare ov billed
crow, but still never heard of the same
man hankeriDg for some billed crow ,
times
This essa on the crow is copied from
uatur and if it IL true, aint to blame for
it; natur made the crow, didn't; if
had 1 would have made her more honest
and not quite so tuif
HENs leads me 70 remark, in the fust
place, that thus far they are a success.
They are domestic and occasionally
are tuff.
This IL owing to their not being billed
often enutF IN their younger daze; bat
the ben amt TO blame for this.
Billed hens IS universally respeckted.
Thare IL CRATE deal ov originality few
in the hen-exactly how much kant tell,
historians fight SO much about it. Sum
say Knower had hens with him in the
ark, and sum say he didn't. So it goes,
which and luther.
l kant tell " which was born fust, the
hen or the egg sumtimes think the ego
waz-and sumtimes l think [ don't kno,
and | kant tell now which is right. for
the life ov me.
Laying eggs Il the hens best grip
hen that kant lay eggs-iz laid out.
One egg IL konsidered a fair daze work
for a hen, | have heard ov their doing
better, but l don't want hen ov mine
tew dew it; it IL apt to hurt their consti-
tuition and bylaws, and thus in pare their
futer worth.
The poet says, beautifully:
''Sumboddy haz stole our old blew hen,
I wish they'd let her bee;
She used tew lay 2 eggs a day,
And Sundays she iayd g."
This sounds trew enufF for poetry, but
L viii bet Is thousand dollars ;hat il never |
took place.
This bet stands open till The 18th day
of next November, at half past twelve |
o clock,
THE BUABLE BEE IL one ov natur's
sekrets
They probably hav destiny tew fill, |
and are probably necessary, if fellow
only knew how
They live apart from the rest of man
kind, in htlle circles numbering about 10 |
or so souls.
They are born about haying time, and
are different from emmy bug | know ov :;
they are the biggest whom they are fust |
born. They resembel sum men in this
respekt.
Their principal business IL making poor
honey, bat they don't make emmy to sell
Boys sometimes rob them out ov q
whole summers work but thare IL one |
hing about a humble bee that boys alwus
watch dredinl close, and that Is their
!elm.
l had not rather hav awl the humble
bee honey thare IL between here and the
,ity ov Jerusalem, than tew hav a bum
oeIl bee hit me with his helm when he
,ums round suddin.
They are different from other war YES
'els; the helm always minds the bum
de bee