The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-12-06

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Suails m kind II ami Aibions oyster Dor
os lead e ppatahls pess1aai - - I
| Nv Aea tae undet va1orl III Ss3ce
sseq ~ n4Sre it. I'LL
They live II IN enfthsn house. not uslit,
in desieu j. 6samaas ~eap~@.,. -
Tkass 6 -ss6 2irds 81 s.Ss~ The hass
shell and the soft she'll The tait shell re-
senblea = piece 1t cali = lises, cntAr0sadbg
and gifted with crawl.
/ This calm snd innocent critier Is ov nc
moral or phisikal power, not ~ We know ov
| ard hit wasn't for the mys'sriosa ka0wi-
| edge nv Providence, who doeth all things
well, = il would make foreordalned Yankee
sweat tew guess jist what they was dsdkAted
Ito.
In SUN forrin PARTS they are 1t for food,
but i would lake great deal ov pepper sass
to kate them in mi stnmmuk aud keep
them thAre. 8S f@
The soft snail s slippery cuss. free from
| bones, and slo gated, travelling about Elk IN
| ches in a cool day, aud makes its home WHARF
| things are damp.
They are oy sweet disposishun, and DON /
ct nad and ians up the suessisg pager If
things don't happ1n 70 be jist 90.
They liz on what uonld othermiss h. wase-
Cd, which spsaks vsii ~ nv skonemy Of
the snail.
The hard she'll snail seldom leaves homs
and whsn they DO, they dost lock up their
house and put the ksy under the door mat,
boz take their house With tAem on their
backs. There is ro house big snuf for 2
snails snails understAnd this and don't
take snnyb0dy to board with them aud kick
up muses.
Awlanimals arc sound on .hiss idsutikal
goose; they don'tnever bid house that they
kant fill.
Here ends the patral snail.
Angleworms, Of arth arthy, and crawl for
. living. They live in rich ground; grouna
that won't raise angle orms won't raise en-
nythine else, and whers algleworms rejoice,
corn is sureto be bully. II you want your
angleworins of emmy size, you manure your
nile. There stint nothing on airth more mis-
cradle tew ponder over and weep about than |
, half-starved angleworm, Angleworms are |
! sure crop on good siie, and handy tew hoe,
Tor they plant and harvest themseiis. They |
1on't take up much room in the ground. and I
IRE e. kind to children q piece Of red tape
1t is aed By the naturalists that angiavorm
10, rubbed on the hack Of NE nsek will kurs
! man Of the lies. ! don't beisavs this, IN.
ess il kills The man. Death q the only re-
iahls hsal fos lyin shaA Aas bess discovered
'et.
When YIN gets into man's blosd. The on
, way 70 git Il oatis 70 drain him dry.
Angleworms are used - IN article Of diet
0 catch fsh with; they are handy tsw pat on
. hook, and handy 70 TAKE oph, a. any
ody knows who hAs str4ddfsd saw-log and
shed for daics Ill day long Sunday in mill
ond.
Old fishermen alwus carry their worms in
leir mouth.
Angleworns live in . round hole, which
,ey fit like q gimles, and are different from
l other creeps that ! know ov, for they a.
NJ back into their holes.
Here the natral snfleworm ends. Il
Trsetuds are the only tuds of the whole | +
d family who kan Kline tree.
How they do it is an nnfathomable mys-
ry-almozt Equal to the milk in the koker
1t.
Philosophers aul agee that tho milk is put
to the koker nut, and then the hole - neat :
plugged up, but who the fellow il Who duz
the philosophers ara honest enough, for .
onder, 10 admit they kant tell
am glad there il one man living who 10
aart emu tsv bsat the philospehsss, Tor :
~ are a1was . sticking tAess 0lfanssy ioto i
erythisgs aAd then mak1 thsnselvss siek
! = vssk giving rsaso0s for thinss hey .
mt sodsrsasaa.
| am afraid il will 70 hard With the philos-
hers in the day or Judgment.
The treetud is both male and female, bnt
I both to once; the female don't climb
- ior obvious F&as0ns. r
Whea treetud is or a tree, they conform !
' the customs ov the trees, looking and act
/ just like tho tree. This shows good
reding, If nothing mors. 1
Treetuds are good s.iddy singers, but they
V rather more musk than melody; their
ices have been cultivated tsw match; Gull
ashun spiles melody for ME, simply re-
ke art, bat worship and weep with natnr.
About all that kan be said Of these insekta :.
that they are harmless parasites, whose
ef ambishnn il few Kline . tres, and be
ssken for = part ov it
Here naturally ends the treetnd. :