The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-05-03
Animile Satisfy.

Dogs are faithful, they will s,;o,
bone after every boldly else hsz 4 a.
serted it. 700 ae'
PARROTS are eazily edukated. bnt H..
will learn to swear well in half ths t tIss
they will learn emmy thing else ''ale
The birds eat bugs and wow. !.
plain vittles, but their dessert koo 81 II.
ov the best cherrys and gooseberrie, ,' i
the garden. IN
The owl IL only a picture oy v;.s,,
by dalite, when he kant see ennv ,S;s su
When it Gums mite biz wisdum wbo1Is
konsists in ketching field mouse s'i |
he kan.
The donkey is an emblem ov =,
chunce, but if you study them klo,ses s
yu will find that lazyness IL what's n
matter ov them. ~
The eagle is the monark of the st;s,
but the little king-bird will chase h.
to his hiding place. ,.. -. r'1 ~
The OK knoweth hiz masters. krh
and that IL all he duz kno or care aboal |
hiz master. ~
Munkeys are imitatiff, buff they ksn4 i
immitate some deviltry they anil i
happy.
The goose is like all other phoola-
allwuss seems anxious to prove ii.
1t mules are ever meek it IL simul,
becauze they are ashamed ov themsei; l
but mules are hibrid, amt ackountab,
for any thing. .e-1
The bees are bizzy peou)e, |
rather than be idle they will rob escs
other ov their bunny.
The kockroach is loafer, and don't
seem to live so mulch on what thew eat |
as what they kan git into.
Ducks are only cunning about ons
thing; they lay their eggs in stitch sly
places that sumtimes they kant end
them again themselfs.
The muskrat kan foresee q hard
winter and provide for it, but he can't
keep from gettin' ketched in the syll
est kind ov trap.
Hens kno when it is going to rain
and shelter themselfs, but they will tyI
to hatch glass egg just az honest d
they will one ov their own.
Mudturtles are the slowest oy ennvS
four-legged kritters, and yet they srs
allwuss on the move, trieing to lt
somewhere else.
Hornets hav more fight in them thai
emmy thing ov their size, but there IL ID
method in their madness; they vii
pitch into a meeting house when ths
are furious, just az anxious az they will
into a sleeping baby in its kradle.
The kro il the most natral Of 81
thiefs; they will steal, and hide, whit
is Of no use to them, nor loss to emf
boldly else.
Ants are the bizzyest oy all the littlsf
or big bugs, but large share ov Their
time IL spent in repairing their houses
which are bilt wnare folks kant heAf
but s ep on them.
Flies toll not, neither do they spin
yet they hav the first taste oy all th
best gravys in the land.
The cuckoo IL the gratest ekonemis
amung the birds, she lays her eggs
other BIRDS nests, and lets them hatc4
them out at their leizure.
Rats hav fewer friends and more en-
emys than any thing of the four-leggs
purswashun on the face OF the earth
and yet rats are az plenty now q
the palmyest days ov the Roman mi
pire. esq n
Ov all things lazy the sloth wearst4I
belt, and yet his lazyness is all thare
interesting about him.
The frog dodgeth when il hghtsls
and the tud gaps when the tnun0a
bellows.
| The kro bids her nest ov silk, u
swallo ov mud, the squirrels ov lesva
the wren ov feathers and wool, and
woodpecker digs hole for his eggsn
the rotten trees.
The sarpent and the krab chang
thu ir clothing each year, and the rscll
coon lives ali winter long on the men
DRY ov what he ct in the summer
The horse allwus gifts up from
ground on his fore legs first, the ~
on her hind, ones, and the dog t
around 8 times before he lies down
/ The kangaroo he jumps wnsa
walks, the coon PAGES when ne W.
and the lobster travels bseAWarus
fast az he kan forwards. ,a.I
The elephant haz the least, ana W
rabbit the most eye for their SIZE, =
rats tale IL just the Length o'
boldly. 49, M
The spider is the only krltsei ri
ketches its food in Il trap, ana . ~
will liv without water longer inan
Nv domestick aLimal.
TIE fox IL tie hardest to Kcsch = !.
trap, aud muskrat the eazysss
the medic lark IL the shyes1 !"
the birds ov the air. ..o.uiI
The kro flies 6 miles, ana ny
pidgeon so an hour, but the nul
bird beats all things on the wig. 80 N
| The horse will eat ten hour ~. o
every ~; the OK lays down anu ~ =, ~
biz kud half the time; and tne ~
knows what it IL not to be nuns ss, IN
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