The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-11-26

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= fortune strapped about his waist, "a
{ paid it, and returned to slavery.
. 81 could not have done better g
. self" his master said.
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: I'd nebber hab trusted you. NJ
Charley. You's too fond Of de brs1y
an de kyards. No. no! l KEEP lat
E job 10 myself"
ANIMILB sTAfIsTIOS.
Kats are a6ectionate. they luv
young chickens. sweet kream, an.the
best place in front Of the fireplas.
Digs are faithful. they will tick
to a bone after everybody else hs Do
serted it.
Parrots are easily edukated but
they will learn to swear we'll in ha6
the time they will emmy thing es.
The birds eat bugs and worm Sor
plain vittels, but their dessert kosists
ov the best cherrys and goosebrries
in the garden.
i The owl il only q picture Of widum
BY dalite. when he kant see any.
thing. When it Gums mite biz via
dom wholly konsists in ketchhg .
field mouse. If be kan.
The donkey is an emblem Of ZACH
unce. but If you study them knssef
you will find that lazyness is what's
Tue matter Ov them.
| The eagle Is the monark OF the
skies. but the little king bird viii
chase him to bis hiding place.
The OK knoweth his masters krib.
and that is all he dog kno or care
about his master.
Munkeys are imitatiff, but If they
kant initiate some deviltry they ain {
happy.
The goose Is like al other phools-
allwuss seems anxious to prove il.
If mules are ever meek it il simply
becauz they are ashamed ov themselfs,
hut mules are hibrid, amt ackcunt-
able for anything.
The bees are q bizsy people; rather
than be idle they will rob each other
ov their hunny.
The kockroach is q loafer. and don't
seem to live 50 mulch on what he eass
as what he kan get into.
Ducks are only cunning about one
thing they lay their eggs in stitch sly
places that sumtimes they kant find
them again themselves.
The muskrat kan forsee q hard
winter and provide for It, but be can't
keep from gittin ketched 10 the
sylliest kind ov trap.
Hens know when it is going to rain,
and shelter themselfs. but they will
try to hatch out glass egg just a
honest AZ they will one ov their own.
Mudturkles are the slowest ov emmy
four-leeged kritters, and yet they are
allwuss on the move. trieing to get
sumwhare 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 az anxious n
they will into q sleeping baby in it,
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 bizzye.t 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 6rst taste ov al the |
best gravys in the land.
The cuckoo Is the greatest ekouemist
among the birds. she lays her eggs 10
Dther birds nests, and lets them hatch
them out at their leizure.
Rats hav fewer friends and more
enemys than anything Of the four-
legged purswashun on the face Of the
'arth. and yet rats are ~ plenty now,
!. in the palmyest days Of the Roman
Empire.
Ov all things lazy the sloth vears
he belt, and yet his haynes Il al
here IL interesting about him. II
The frog dodgeth when il lightens. Z
md The tud gaps when the thunder /,
Fellows.
The kro bids her nest ov stix, the I
wallO ov mud. the squirrels ov q
caves, the wren 0v feathers IN wool.
nd the woodpecker digs . hole for {
is eggs in the rotten trees. ]
The sarpent and the krab change .
h. If clothing each year. and the .
ackcoon lives all winter long on the .
'emory Ov what he ct in the sum-
Yer.
The horse alwuss gifts up from the .
round on his fore legs FIRST. and the !.
~ on her hind ones, and the dog y
rms around 8 times before he les <
OWN.
The kangaroo he jumps when be
alks. the coon psces when be trots,
ID the lobster travels backward q oil
st - he can forwards. ca
The elephant has the least. and the II
bbit the most eye, for their size, and u
rats tale IL just the length ov bic q
ddy. in
The spider IL the only kritter that =
tches its food in . trap. and . sheep
II liv without water longer than
ny domestic animal.
The fox il the hardest to ketch in Q
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