The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-14

NATURAL HrsfcRY-sSAn ASGLE.woRxs, TREE.


snails are kind of smphibious oysters Dor
on iend, OF reputable parents, but able tew Iiy
for time under water If circumstances see,
TO require it,
They live in an earthen house, not uuIike 4
Thar IL two kind ov snaiIs, the hard shsll An
the soft shell. The soft shell resembles nice
OF csifs liver, cut rounding, and gifted Wit
This calm ard innocent critter IL ov M -.
or phisikai power, not az We know oy and II i
wasn't Tor the MYSTERIOUS knowledge ov Provi
oence, who dosth all things well, !, il would max.
sbsv sSkss sweat tew guess st wha
In sum form parts they are ct for food. but !,
rouid take crate deal ov pepper sass to lokats
themm MI stummnk and keep them thare.
The sort sDsil IL . slippery cuss. free from
bones and slo gated, travelling about sir nch D
things are damp. ""''e
They are ov sweet disposishun, and don't OF,
ihac ana tare up the morning paper II thinos
don't happen to be jst SO. 'A''s'
They liv ON what would otherwise be wasted
which speaks veil for the ekonemy oy the small
me hard shell snail seldum leaves home, and
put tne Key unqer the door mat, but take their
mouse with them on their backs. Thare IL No
mouse biRg enuh for 2 snails; the snails under.
st ;, ms and don't take ennyboddy tew board
with them and kick up muses..
Avn animals are sound on this Identical Qooser
they don't never bid house that they kan dlI.
Here end the natral snail.
Apgsworms are ov srth, artby. and crawl for
living. They liz in rich ground; ground that
won't raize angleworms won't raize ennythinQ
else: and where sngleworms rejoice, corn is sure
to be bully. II yu want your angle worms ov
emmy size. you manure your sile. There Amt
nothing on artb more miserable tew ponder over
and weep about than half-starved angleworm.
hAng,eworms are sure crop on good sile, and
nancy few noe, Tor they plant and harvest them.
sells. They do:i't take up much room in the
red tape. "
Itiz sed BY the nataralists that ansleworms lie,
rubbed on the rear ov the neck, will kure a man
ov the les don't beleave this. unless II kills
the man: Death liz the only reliable heal for lie
ing that has bin discovered yet.
When Icing gifts into mans blood. the onlv
way to git IL out Is TO drain him dry
Apgleworms are used az an article OF diet to
ke.cn nsn with; tpey are handy tew put onto hook
ana handy to taSe oph, az emmy body knows Who |
S das saaoeieo saw log and fshed for daice all
Gay long sunday IN mill pond.
mouth. -'' ~ '"''i
a. Angieworms I've 10 round hole, which they
Il. me gImiet ana are different from all other |
creePs that know ov, for they alwus back into
their holes.
Here the NATAL angeworm ends.
family who can Kline q tree.
how they do i liz an unfathomsble mystery
Almost equal tew the milk in the koker mi.
Philosophers awl agree that the milk IL mt iuto
tne koker nut, and then the hole liz neatly plugged
up, buf who the fellow IL who duz 1t the philoso-
piers are honest enuf, for a wonder, tew admit
they kant tell -"'
am glad there IL one man living who IL smart
epun to beat the philosophers. for they are
alwus sticking their olafacktory into everything
and often make themselves sick for a week. giving
reasons for things that they don't understand.
am afraid Il will 60 hard with the philoso pliers
In the day of Judgment.
The trseind- il both male and female, but not
Obvious reasons, IS - ''Ss' i''
=, when ueetud Ia on q tree they conform tev
me customs ov the trees, looking and acting inst
nothing more. As'
IIeetuds are good, steady singers. but they hav
a.ner more mus'ck than meiody their voices hay
been cultivated tew mutch; cultiyashun smiles
melody for mel simply respect art, but wor.
ship and weep with natur 800
d., About all that can be sed of these inseckts liz.
hat they are harmless parasites. whose chief am.
'lshion IL tew kline tree, and be mistaken for
part ov it.
Here naturally ends the treetud.