Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-23

Ani0ile Statistics.
Hats are aasctionaas, thsy luv young
ehieksss. sweet krsaa. saA he bssl
plass in front Of The Arrplsee.
Dog are faithful. they viii stick 10
. bons after everybody else hax d.
serted it.
Parrots are easily edukased. but
they will learn TO swear we'll in hal
the time they will learn emmy thing
else.
The birds eat bugs and worms for
plain v.;tels. but their dessert konsistR
ov the best cherrys ana gooseberries in
The garden.
Tie owl in only . picture Of visdun
u dalite. when he kant - enuy thing.
Whsa it Gums mite hix vizdom wholly
koesists in ketching Geld mouse, Il
he kan.
The donkey 10 IN emblem Of psch-
unce, bstif yoa stady them klosssr you
vill ind thaa haynes 10 what's the nat
tse ov then.
The eagle 10 the monark Of the skies,
but the little king-bird will chase him
20 ms hsd1ng place.
The or knoveth hiz masters krib,
and that i. al he due kno or care about
his master.
Nunksys ars imitati6, but il they
kant initiate some deviltry they amt
happy.
The goose IL like all other phools-
allvun seems anxious TO prove il.
II mules are ever meek il IL simply
becaux they arc ashamed ov themselfs,
but mules are hibrid, and amt ackount-
able for anything.
The bees are bixzy people; rather
than be idle they will rob each other ov
their bunny.
The kockroach ID loafer, and don't
seem to live so mulch on what he eats
a what he kan git into.
Ducks are only cunning about ono
thing; they lay their eggs in stitch sly
places that sumtimes they kant find
Thorn again themselves.
The muskrat kan forsee hard win
ter and provide for il, but he can't keep
from gittin ketched in the sylliest kind
ov trap.
Hens know when It is agoing to rain,
and shelter themselfs, but they will try
to hatch ont glass egg just az honest
AZ they will one ov their own.
Nudturkles are the slowest ov emmy
four. legged kritters, and yet they are
allwuss on the move, trieing to git sum-
WHARF else.
Hornets have more fight in them than
ennything ov their size, but there il no
method in their madness; they will
pitch into meeting house when they
are furious, just az anxious az they
will into sleeping baby in its kradle.
The kro IL the most natral ov all
thiefs; they will steal and hide what IL
ov no use to them, nor loss to emmy
boldly else.
Ants are the biggest ov all the little,
or big bugs, but large share ov their
time is spent in repairing their houses,
which are bilt WHARF folks kant help
but step on them.
Flies toll not, neither do they spin,
yet they hav the first taste ov all the
best Rrsvys in the hand. - 50 ---.
The cuckoo is the greatest ekonemist
among the birds, she lays her eggs in
other birds nests, and let's them hatch
them out = their leisure.
Rats hsv fewer trends and more
enemys than anything of the four
legged purswashun ON the face of the
earth, aud yet rats are az plenty now,
az in the palmyest days OF the Roman
Empire.
Ov all things lazy the sloth wears the
belt, and yet his lazyness il all there IL
interesting about him.
The frog dodgeth when it lightens,
and the tud gaps when the thunder
bellows.
The kro bids her nest ov stix, the
swAllo ov mud, the squirrels ov leaves,
the wren ov feathers an wool, and the
woodpecker digs hole for his eggs in
the rotten trees.
The sarpent and the krab change
their clothing each year, and the rack
coon lives all winter long on the mem
ory CIV what he ct in the summer.
The horse alwuss gifts up from the
ground on his fore legs first, and the
COW ON her hind ones, and the dog
turns around times before he lies
down.
The kangauoo he jumps when he
walks, tlp coon PAGES when he trots, and
the lobster travels backward az fast az
he kan forwards.
The elephant haz the least, and the
rabbit the most eye, for their size, and
rats tale il just the length ov his
boldly.
The spider il the only kritter that
ketches its food in trap, and sheep
will liv without water longer than emmy
domestick animal.
The fox il the hardest TO ketch in .
trap, and . muskrat the eazyest, and
the meddo lark il the shyest ov all the
bir6 ov the air,
Tho crow flies 6 miles, and the wild
pigeon 60, an hour, but tho humming
bird beats al things on the wing.
The horse will ct 10 hours ont Of
every twelve; the or lays down and
chews his kud hat the time; and the
hog never knows what it il mot TO Be
hungry.
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