The Portland daily press., 1871-05-24
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THE CRow.-It is seldom that any one
harnesses on to the subject of crows, but
nevertheless there is a grand opening for
some healthy writer to do honor to himself
and the Congressional district in which he
lives, by saying few words regarding this
bird. The crow is bird that is set up on
two pieces of underpnning, as is common
with all bps DIS. He dresses in black in close
ftling long tailed coat, and his garments arc
always cut the same pattern and be looks ~
Leaf as bIackleg. He is as moderate as
straining cold tallow through me serve he
Lever hurres any more than Policeman,
but ALWAYS starts in season to get out of the
way before any danger is nigh. He walks as
i'm was troubled with corns, and rolls like
an old salt on his sea legs. There is general
" about dozen of him in a flock and the
chief end OF life with him is 10 get something
10 eat.
Crows are raised from thej seed The fem
inine crow plants more or less OF them in
a bill, as potatoes are planted, and instead of
covering them with dirt she covers them her
self, and sets on them till they sprvut and
~O"S op' ouOy pSSHu W SiOW ny
don't rush matters much, having all eternity
before them. 1t is an undisputed fact that
Crows commence, but it is mooted question
whether they ever end, they certainly never
do unless by accident, and accidents are rare
in that family. We would like to be an in
surance company and insure crows 10 live
five or six Thousand years, with paid up pol
lev in ten years, half cash and the balance
note. Natural death is as great a curiosity
with them as the Cardiff giant
When out on foraging expedition, they
always put one crow Oh guard on fence, a
sort OF picket and his business is to keep
watch, and what he does not see is scarcely
worth any ones while TO look after. Their
eyes are run in their head for business, and they
ne,er have to use Brazilian pebbles to make
things look clear. They hold conventions and
are nolser than womans rights meeting
They all talk at once, and yet a crow never
speaks without cGws. They are good lin
guis.s and rather have the advantage over
man, as they can speak their own tongue ami
learn TO speak his, which is little beyond
what lie can do.
Grows are great favorites with the farmers,
as they help him to raise his corn and peas.
A flock of crows will raise an acre of corn,
nearly as quick as the farmer can plant it.
They have a tlrst-class boarding house appe.
tite, every one knows that crows are efal
eaters.
An an article of food there are class of
people that don't like crows, we don't know
Why, as there is no bird whose meal ranks
higher than the crow, but there is prejudice
against them and as long as other game is
fashionable, quail or toast will command a
fanciel price than crows.
1t is easier for the eye of a needle to 90
through Camel" than it is to fool crow
if men were half as wise, they never would
purchase wooden nutmegs or invest in West.
ern land speculations. A crows head is pas
SADLY level, and he can smell mice as far as
anY nose that smells; they wear a "not for
Joseph ii he knows it," expression on their
countenance all the time.
Crows photographs are much used in bust.
ness, and can be seen adorning the cover OF
backing boxes and papers of stove polish
They represent black, about as well as any
thing this side of piece of charcoal Some
ardent admirer of this bird has perpetuated
the name of the crow, by naming our nation
al female game after it. We refer to Crow-k
and our object in writing this sketch was to
stale, that now is about the time to set up the
wickets, and prepare for the summer cam.
paign.-Beldst Journal. uat.-u