The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-07
Sc sosh ns,ssnss ON. the cote.


The cote IL koarse wooiien sheep. .
They have a sy,lit hoof and h whole tail.
They have good appetite and g. good
fhey swallo what they eat, and will eat
ennsthing they kan bite. - =
Their moral karakters are not poi'shed;
they had rather steal a rotten tnfnip CIV % q
a garbage box than cum honesty ol s 20 !.
of oats. 5te1 gtir. .AE.sat513.,' a..
The male cote haz two horns on the ridge
ov hjz he'd. and a mustach on hiZ bottom
lin, and IL the plug ugly Of the napefnooass
4 rnaskuline cote win fife enything from
m elephant down to hiz shadder on . dsd
wall. !,
They strike from their but eud, instead
ov the sholder, and are as likely few MT az
hammer liz q nailhed. Y.
They are hi seasoned animal, as much SO
aza pound ov assifidity. = :,
They are faith critters; and will STICK few
friend az long ez he lives in q shanSy.
They kan kline enpything but a greasi,
pole. and kno the way up rock az natural
az woodbine.
They are az certain tew. sals as, yo. !,i
ones-sum families are haff gotcs' ana tne
other half children. They are good eating
when thew are yung, but they ieVe 1t oph as
I,hey are alwus poor in the body, but
phatt In the stumick; what they eat seems
to all go to appetight. fu miSht az."el
agree few phatt an injun rubber over s.ll
BY filing it with klam sheiis az teS lals s.
emmy adipoze membrane on the OUTSIDE DUST "
Of a cote.
A phatt cote would pe q i'Cefary e'iii-
osity.
They use the same dialekt az the sheep,
and the yung ones speak more 1luentiy thaii
the parents do q. F5aLrG.- ss.,1 a..
There are only two animals OF the
earth that will eat tobakko--one ~ man
and tother IL cote; but the gote under-
stands it the most, for he swallows lt--the
spit, chaw, and all. .ss ~ -,
The male cote, when he liz pensiy, is q
venerable aid philosophic looking old cnss,
and wud not make bad professor wv arltil-
metick in sum ov our colleges. !, -
They are handy at Twin long time, reach
ing an advanced age without arriving at emmy
definite konklusion: =, -,
there liz no man now old enuff tew tell, 49,
Mcthuzeler, if hiz memory was bud at
forgetting, mite give a go0d-sized guess, Dut,
unfortunately for science and this essa, Me-
thuzeIer amt here.
Gotes will live in emmy klimate. and on
emmy vittles, except tanbark, ana IL they
ever cum 10 a square death 1t IL Proiouhq
sekret, in the hands ov few, to this day.
wouldn't like to believe emmy man I'M
cote acktually die, and stay so. ea,. e.. !. ),
Speaking ov Methuzeler puts me IN mlnd
ov the fact, if a man should liv now-a-daze
AS much as he did, and only have one eye
tew see things with, he would hav teW hay
an addishun built onto the back ov hiz NEG
few sto away things into.
The female cote liz either the mother, or
sister, or cuzZin, ov the male cote, ackord-
ing TO the circumstances in the case, or else
labor under delusion, / forget which.
They give milk intuitively abouta quart,
before it liz watered, in twelve hours, which
i~-.he subject of cv nourishment in various
ways. ,,..-.g.,,....,s
This milk, which IL extracted from the
female cote, liz excellent tew finish up Vung
ones on, but is apt to make them beilycose
and fghtful. -
tiz not uncommon for 4 babe, while in
haling this pugnacious fluid, to let oph his
left colleckshun or digit and ketch The
nurse on the pinnakle of the smeller, and
tap it for claret.' Is,
This is a kommon fakt among Irish babies,
and explains the reason viii, IN after lie.
these same babes make such brilliant hits.
In writing the history ov the male and
female cote tew adorn the pages Ov future
time, tlatter myself that I have stuck tew
the truth, and haven't allowed my imagina-
sh,n tew boss the job.
A great many ov our best bilt historians
are apt tew mistake opnyuns forfacts. rms
liz an easy mistake to make, but when l
strike goose, or bed bug, or cote, you
notice one thing, stay with them. Firms.