Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-04-26

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The birds eat bugs and worms fos
plain vittles, but theif dessert kensists
ov the bsst cherfys md gsossbsssiss in
the c1Afden.
The owl is odiy . pscture .ov wisdom
BY dalite, when be can't see ennything.
When Il Gums mite hix wisdum Who'll
y keosists in ketching feld mouse 4
e kaa. baA
The donkey is IN emblen sfpaehunce,
but il you study them klosser, you will
lind that laxiness IL what's the matter
Nv them.
The sagls = the noassk Of the skies,
but the little kipg-bird viii chase him
to his hiding place.
The OK knoweth his masters krib,
and that il Ill he dus kno, or caso abou,
hiz master. .. al -.--
Munkeys are fmnitatif, but IL they
kant immitate some deviltry 6ey ain''
happy.
The goose iz like other phools-sll.
wuss seems anxious to prove il.
II mules are ever meek Il ix simply
becauze they are ashamed Of themselfs
but mules are hibrid, sin't aekountable
for ennything.. 45.aas... la
The bees are . bisay people rather
than b idle they rob each other o. theil
hunny.
The kochroach il loaier, and DON,
seem to live so mutch on whist they %,
- what they kan git into.
Ducks are only cunning about ons
thing: they lay ther eggs in s,tck sly
places that sumtimes they kant fint
them again themselfs. -~-s-
The muskrat kan foresee q hard yin.
ter and provide for il. but he kant keeE
from settin ketched in the sylliest kind
ov trap.
Hens kno when II is agoing TO rain
and shelter thenselis. bet they will try
to hsteh out . glass egg just a. hoass'
n they viii one ov their own.
Mudturkles are the slowest ov emmy
four.legged critters, and yet they sre IL
wuss on the move. trieing to git some.
where else. r---7 - -..
Hornets hav more fight in them thar
ennything ov their size, but there IL NJ
method in their msdness; they VII
pitch into . meeting house when thsy
are furious, just a. anxious - they vii
into sleeping baby IN its kradle.
The kro Il the most natral ov sI
thiefs; they will steal. and hide. whs
IL Of no use to them. ner foss TO eany
body else. ..-.---
Ants are the bizziest Of all the little
or big bugs, but a large share ov fhei
time u spent in repairing their houses
which are bilt whare falks can't hell
but step on them. ..,.. -.....
Flies toll not, neither do they spin
yet they hav the first taste ov all th,
best grsvys ia the land.
The cuckoo IL the gratsst ekonenis
amun4 the birds; she lays her eggs il
other birds nests, and lets them hatcl
them out at their leizure.
Rats have fewer friends and NOR,
enemys than ennything Of the four
legged persvashun On the face Of th.
earth. and yet rats are a. plenty now .,
in the palmyest days ov the Roman EN-
pire.
o. III things lazy the sloth wears d,
belt, and yet h,s lazyness is oil thare i
interesting about him. .-.. ,...
The frog dodgetk when it lightens
and the tud gaps when the thunder bel
lows.
The kro bids her nest ov stix, th,
swallou ov Md. the SQUIRRELS ov leaves
the wren ov feathers and woll. and ths
woodpeeker digs hole for his eggs IL
the rotten trees.
The sarpeut and the krsb ehsugs tbsi
clothing eseh ye6. and the fackcooI
lives I'll winter long On the memory o,
what he ct in the summer.
The horse allus gifts up from th'
ground on his fore logs krst, the kow ol
her kiad ones. and the dog tssns aroun,
3 times before be lies down. CIR.
The tangeroo he jumps when h
walks. the coon PAGES when he trots
md the Lobster trsveb baekwsrd a fas
n he kan forwards. .s.A -
The elephant has the least. and Ii.
rabbit the most eye for their size, and
rats tale IL just the length ov Gis bod
dy. r
The spider il the only kritter tha
ketches its food in trap. and sheer
will live without wster longer than enny
domestick animal.
The fox u the hardest TO ketch In ;
tran. end . muskrst ~ eazyest. sns
the meddo lark u the shyest ov eli b,
birds oy the air.
The kro dies 6 miles, and the wils
pidgeoa 90. IN hour. bot the hummi,,s
birds beats all thisgs on the wing.
The horse viii eat 10 hours out Of ey
cry 12; the OF lays down and chew
biz kad haf the time; and the bog nevel
knows what II IL not tp be hungry.
The wild turkey kan run faster thar
he kan ~, and sany man Who % goo<
walker kan tire . deer ostyin - hours
kant think. in ,kooklusion. ov ensy
thing Just now. in art, science. OF NOR
ality, than mankind excel in, buttan b
found. more q less developed, h M
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