Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-03-19

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hucsC dio VIC CthltDOu NiO"s tWh"'
omericdnps, the crowbar, the crow
berry, and the Crow indisn. The
cGu mon crow is a native Of America.
He is migratory aud greguriou' 10 bis
habit. lie is generally supposed TO be
black, but tins is a mistake. The COM
plexion OF the crow Is Iure alabaster.
It's his Jeofhers that arc black. He is
a thief and robber by profession and
what he rrois'ses. Le practises. There
is 10 Hypocrisy in his composition. A.
man is descended from the monkeY, 80
The crow derives his origin frcm-
the crop. His fesh is edible. 1t is
highly esteemed ard considered great
dellescy BY buzzards. The gentle.
man that presldes over henroosts and
chants his lively strain about ,laJ break,
q. warming 10 al dent swains wlthou
time-pieces that it IL time to adjourn,
is enc Of the Glow species, also. lie
crows aud could crow do more The
clow's voice 10 ike the sound OF many
waters, Wh:n hear,l at The atll hour
Of midnight, il is inexpressibly sweet
ard lovely. As matter Of history,
how ever, ke never sing after dusk aud
tlus mankind is deprived of one Of ths
greatest pleasures imaginable.
II @ Uowl ar is desct nded from ihe
con mcn crow LY direct line. So
direct is lie lirc Vi lis descent Iha! the
crowbsr is lie model and perfection OF
slrAighlness. OF all crows. it is tho
mctt IL elul. The ctowbarls also eaten,
- eaten by ,ust.
Another species Of crow is The crow.
berry. Wien n crow dies and is buried
sccoidir 6 10 crow Iitos, 10 few days,
there springs upa plant. which, IN
ccurse OF iine. produces a black berry.
Hence, ii c cror berry, l. Tut the trans
foi nation oi clOw INTO berry
The lorm assigned 10 crow after
death. Tie CoN berry Is edible, also.
II is csten--by frytlirg Hat likes
it.
The fc u.th AID isst fp; cies Of crow
to be d., lssed hy u is ;he Crow Irdi'
an. Ills descett rom lha common
Gro y Is curious at d All Instructive enc.
way back, within an age remote,
Which common history fails to note.
When d g could talk and pigs could Elm G
And iross obeyed wooden king,
flock Of crows fling across the
American continent chanced on the
main basin of Ihe Yellowstone, which.
- i'll ell i.s tributaries, embraces a rsgluu
Of 80 Geo 50. miles. In the language Of
Aropoo.sh, n Crow Chief: This re.
sion.-.he Grow county, is good
country. TIE Great Spirit has put il
in exactly the right place. While you
are IN 1t YOU farewell ; whenever YOU
20 ont OF it whichever way you may
travel, You fire worse. l. has all kinds
Of climates and good things for every
season. Every ihlng good is 10 be
found there. There is NJ ceul ry like
The Crow country Charmed with such
a beautiful counrY. the cro~s settled
there. Mr.. Darwin has shown. in al
elaborate treatise. how change Of habits
prod zee change f structure how. in
The long course oil ages. By flight bu
gradual M dl i:ations the greatest
changes in physical slruc ure occur, l.
would fiji huge volume Of itself to de-
tail tie various mo liGcatlOns of their
bodies some portions diminished by
disuse, some greatly developed and
augmented, some lost entirely AND
some changed entirely. all of the n.
changes TO SUIT the requirements of
their new situation. changes the natura
result 4 the law OF cause and tfect,-.
changes demonstrated to b. possible.
But one trait rcma!acd unchanged. -,
The Crow Indian Ia as great n thief as
even our common crow j.. He con-
sders it his gre itest accomplishment.
Among all indians. the Grow mAidena
ale celebrated for the perfection OF lhelr
form and the grace Of their movements.
Tney are stolen tor wives by the young
warriors o. tie Blackieet. tie natural
lor Cf hose pedal extremities die
pensos with the necessity Of shOe-polisl (;
by those of the Fatheads, the most
level headed race of people in ex stence;
BY those Of the Pend d' Oceilles, or
hanging esi'd Indians, who hang them-
selves by their ears 10 the top OF their
wigw ans when they sleep; and by those
OF the Nsy-pe ce', whn, when they talk,
n ,igh like Pc;cheror hores. The
Crow ind n al,D an edible animal. -
He coler a. la MET wyIld say, by
worms. SlmL '.r - csu 5s.
Tie So orll ~as one st'rt.el by the
annon, Gene e fcis HAT appeared
beyond line oouuds IT reason. 1t was
said that, by aid Of The microscope, an
animal called the Hydra was discover
ed, Of such wonderful vitality, that it
could he cut in two, lengthways or
crosswise, and would still live, that it
could be- turned wrongsde out without
apparent discomfort, md that one could
be rammed INSIDE suolhcr anh both b.
as harpy as June bug in summer. 1t
Was also affirmed that the Nais, a
worm, suffered decapitalion, that eight
times il lost its head and eight times
new head budded forth, grew and dee
veloped into perfection: that. at the
ninth time, the worm yielded up the
Oh osl IN despair, Il martyr 10 the
curiosity and iLquiring spirit OF man.
For a while the world was astounded at