, 1879-06-29

| "Tve studied owls.
And other night fowls; -,
| And tell yon -: '-- = <-ez+'
| What know to be true:
! An owl cannot rooss :.a4;.":
| With his limbs so u1Aoosed;
/ No owl In this world 7..: e. ''' ~
Ever had his claws cutIed. 81. .<,;1 81.
| Ever had hts legs slanted,
Ever had his neck screwed .'" 3 - =
| 1alo that attitude. ,'s:: T.. *. -t"'>
Ills against all bird lawp. - go"
! Anatomy teaches, =: -:- :: =. .s..:.:"ss =
| orn'tholoey pteaches,, -, -;.s <, -.9.-:
An owl has toe -
| That can't turn out sol :: 80: x: :: ~ s';->*
l've made the white owl my study for years. ::
And to see such jon almost moves NE ro:core;
/ Mister Brown, I'm amazed -: ':t' = ~:''-:
| You should be SO g0no crazed :. ,,::
| As to put up bird - .. -. . r. -.
| III that posture absnfd! :
| To LOOK i, tnat owl really brings on dizziness;
The man nan,nSt. wh1 stuffed him don't half know bis
-. And the barber Kept on shaving
{. Examine those eyes. ~
I'm filed with surprise - =: - -
Iaxtdernlls[a should pa8a .- -,
OF on you such puor glass: ..
So unnatural they seem = '"''
They'd make Audubon scream. 49, =. <:., l.
Ano John buTroughs laugh, %,.>,
To encounter such chQtf. *'''' %.'''
Do tuke that bird down; :- -:.-. :: =
Have him stuffed again. Rfownm - ,..:::... -
"a; And tue Harber Kept on shaving;
'With some sawdust and bark =
I could stuff in the dark
An owl better than TINT. " :: ''''' .
could make. an old hat !. : 49,. 49,.
LOOK more like an owl
Than that horrld fowl, '..
Stuck up there 50 si like side Of coarse leather
In fact about him there's not one natural feather
J1at 2 then, with wink and sly FORMAL lurch
The owl: very gravely, got down from his perch;
Walked around, and regarded his Intending
twho thought he va. stuffed> with glance ann
And then fairly hooted, as it he should say:
our lean1ne's at fault this time, anyway; :
Don't waste it again on = live bird, I pray.
I'm an oWli you're another, Sir Critic, good -day"
- - And the barber kept on sharing.
AUTHOR OF THE WRESTLING LAW:
Indiana 'corresDondtnoe Cincinnati Gaz@tfe
At Union City tho other day saw Sanator
Cadwallader; tho now famous author Of the
"Whistling :1aw-n!:H q wealthy banker, and
one of the'publicsspfrited citizens of the town.
He owns glarge, ,+fine residence, keeps his serv-
ants and carriages, and entertains most hand
somely; yet, personally, Is so plain and unas-
suming in his 1natiners that he Is very popular,
and claims everybody for friend.
But the Whlstllng law has depressed MIN.
The close proximity Of two or three railroads
gives him*no peace;:a :and every mail brings let:
ters and packages. reminding him that else
where the nuisance is quite as iusufferablc.
They come as jokes, but be enjoys them not.
His Office is gradually filling up with tin.
whistles and .dinuer-horns, The people OF
Michigan City, inspired probably By senator
Winterbothau, have sent him mammoth fog
horn, six feet long; with aaugc eighteen inches
in diameter, and shaped like q cows horn. It
pears unique inscription, and is suspended by
an ox-cnafn. When blown it sourds like rat
Ting thunder. II was seut iu care Of the City
Council, aud is to be formally presented In the
near future. :.
Some OF the letters received are very choice
md expressive. In one day he received dozen
postal-cards like the following: t..
.D-n the author OF the Whtstling law.
AN INJURED MAN.
"Do you answer them % asked, as be hand
ed them out, one by one, in the most solemn
manner,
80, no, except wher an inquiry is made that
calls for an answer"
"Of course you understand these are simply
bits Of pleasantryl" suggested inqutringiy.
''Yes, perhaps they are SO intended" he re-
sensitive he had become over the matter.
- And yet I suspect many Of them are intended
to be rather practical. You know truth is often
concealed in ajokep'!
"But Why care2 You meant to saye life. not
to injure health.'
"Yes, but the noise Is terrific, and know By
my own experience that many, especially the
old and intirm, are absolutely afflicted by it.
This thug annoys me exceedingly, although the
innocent author Of it.''
"But the roads are yielding to public senti-
ment and the rulings Of courts, and In a month
from now We will have no more Of it, I said,
consolinglY.
but, my God the agony OF that mon th!''
ana So, like Rachael weeping for her children,
be refused to be comforted. By and by, how
eFer' ne Will be able to appreciate the hugepess
of the fog-horn Joke, and then the Council can
make public presentation Of it.
HIS FIRST tTTGER