, 1878-04-26
Josh Billings on Birds.
TlIE OUAIL.

AHc 4udll w game Diru, about one
size bigger than the Robin, and 50 sud.
dan that they hum when they fly. They
have no song, but whistle for music; the
tone IL solitary and sad. They are shot
on the wing, and man may he good in
arithmetic, tustrate at parsing, and even
be able to preach acceptable, but if he
amt studied quail ON the winp be
might rs well shoot at streak of
Lightning in the sky as at & quail on the
go.
Brilcd quail, properly supported with
jelIeys and Champagne Charlie, IL lust
the most difficult thing, in my humble
opinion, tow beat in the whole history
ov vittles and something to drink.
| am no gourmand, for | kan eat
bread and milk five days out Of seven.
and smak my lips after | get thru, but
if am asked to eat brled quail by
friend, with judishous accompaniment
blush fust, then bow my head, and then
smile sweetacquiescence-in other words,
| always quail before such request.
THE PARTRIDGE.
The partridge IL also game bird
Their game IL tow drum on log in the
spring ov the year and keep both eyes
open, watching the sportsmen. Part.
ridges are not shot on the wing, and are
az easy to miss AZ u ghost IL. 1t il phun
enutf tew see the old bird hide her Young
brood when danger IL near. This must
be seen; it can't be described, and make
emmy body believe it.
The nartriuuh urnpSo md nhaoo,,t ,.o
cousins, and either of them straddle
gridiron natural enutf to have been born
there. Take a couple of young part
ridges and pot them down, and serve up
with n Gind of chorus, and they beat the
ham sandwiches you buy on the Camden
Il Amboy Road S715 per cent. | have
eat these lamentable New jersey ham
sandwiches, and must say that ! perfer
couple of Eastwood chips, soaked in
mustard water, and stuk together with
Spaulding's glue.
THE wOoDKoK.
The fust thing yer generally see NV
woodkok is whizz, and the last thing
whirr. How 50 many ov them are shot
on the wing IL a mystery to me, for it IL
a quicker job than snatching pennys oph
Il red hot stove. have shot at them
often, but never remember ov my killing
one ov them yit.
They are one of the game birds, and
menny good Judges think they are the
most elegant vittles that ware Gethers.
THE GOsLIN.
The goslin IL the old goose's young
child. They are yeller all over, and az
soft az a ball of worsted. Their foot iz
wove hole, and they kun swim az easy az
drop of kastor- oil on the water They
are born annually about the 18th Of May,
and never was known to die naturally.
If Il man should tell me he saw goose
die a natural death, | wouldn't believe
him under oath after thut, not even if he
swore he had lied about seeing Il goose
die.
The goose are different in one respect
from the human family, who are sod tew
grew weaker and HIzer, whereas goslin
alwus grows tuiIer and more phoolish.
have seen goose that they sed was 93
years Old last June, and didn't look an
hour older than one that was only II.
The gosin waddIes when he walks and
paddles when he swims, but never dives
like duck out of sight in the water, but
only changes ends.
The food of the gosIin il rye, corn,
oats and barley, sweet apples, hasty pud-
ding, succotash and billed cabbage,
cooked potatoze, raw meat, wine, jelly
and turnps, stale bred, kold hash, and
buckwheat cakes that are left over.
They aint so particular at sum phoIks
what they eat won't get mad and quit
if they kant have wet toast and lam
chops every morning for breakfast.