Next to the monkey, the crow haz the most deviltry to spare. They are born verry wild, but kan be tamed az eazy az the goat kan, but a tame crow iz aktually wuss than a sore thumb. If thare iz enny thing about the house that they kant git into, it iz bekause the thing ain't big enuff. I had rather watch a distrikt skool than one tame crow. Crows live on what they kan steal, and they will steal enny thing that aint tied down. They are fond ov meat vittles, and are the first tew hold an inquest over a departed horse, or a still sheep. They are a fine bird tew hunt, but a hard one tew kill; they kan see you 2 miles first, and will smell a gun right through the side ov a mountain. They are not songstirs, altho they hav a good voice to cultivate, but what they do sing, they seem to understand thoroughly; long praktiss has made them perfekt. The crow iz a tuff bird, and kan stand the heat like a blacksmith, and the cold like a stun wall. They bild their nest among a tree, and lay twice, and both eggs would hatch out, if they was laid in a snow bank,--thare aint no such thing as stopping a young crow. Crows are very lengthy; i beleave they live always i never knu one to die a natral deth, and don't believe they kno how. They are alwus thin in flesh, and are like an injun rubber shew, poor inside and out. They are not considered fine eating, altho i hav read sumwhare ov biled crow, but still i never heard ov the same man hankering for sum biled crow 2 times. This essa on the crow is copied from natur, and if it is true, i aint tew blame for it; natur made the crow, i didn't; if i had i would hav made her more honest and not quite so tuff. * * * * * The Bumble Bee is one ov natur's sekrets. They probably hav a destiny to fill, and are probably necessary, if a fellow only knew how. They liv apart from the rest ov mankind, in little circles numbering about 75 or 80 souls. They are born about haying time, and are different from enny bug i know ov; they are the biggest when they are fust born. They resemble sum men in this respekt. Their principle bizziness is making poor honey, but they don't make enny to sell. Boys sumtimes rob them out ov a whole summer's work; but thare is one thing about a bumble bee that boys alwus watch dreadful cluss, and that iz their _helm_. I had rather not hav awl the bumble bee honey that is between here and the city ov Jerusalem, than tew hav a bumble bee hit me with his helm when he cums round suddin. They are different from other war vessels; the helm alwus minds the bumble bee. LXVI. SLIVVERS OV THOUGHT. The heart ov a true friend iz like a mirror; if yu look into it yu see yurself thare. * * * * * Wisdom that don't make us happier aint worth plowing for. * * * * *