Thare iz one thing that a hornet duz that i will giv him credit for on mi books--he alwus attends tew hiz own bizzness, and wont allow any boddy else tew attend tew it, and what he duz iz alwuz a good job, you never see them altering enny thing, if they make enny mistakes, it iz after dark, and aint seen. If the hornets made haff az menny blunders az the men do, even with their javelins, everyboddy would laff at them. Hornets are clear in another way, they hav found out, bi trieing it, that all they kan git in this world, and bragon, iz their vittles, and clothes, and yu never see one, standing at the corner ov a street, with a twenty-six inch face on, bekauze sum bank had run oph, and took their money with him. In ending oph this essa, i will cum tew a stop, by concluding, that if hornets waz a leetle more pensive, and not so darned peremptory with their javelins, they might be guilty ov less wisdum, but more charity. But yu kant alter bug natur, without spileing it for enny thing else, enny more than yu kan an elephant’s egg. THE RABBIT. The rabbit iz a kind ov long-eard and short-taled kat, and reside for a living all over the United States ov Amerika. They are az harmless, so far az pizon is consarned, az a yung goslin. [Illustration: THE RABBIT.] They liv in holes in the ground, holler logs, and under brush heaps, and kan run faster and stop quicker than any 4 or 6 legged brute. Their hind legs are twice az long and twice az fast az their fore ones, and they seem tew be bilt best for running up a hill, and backing down it. They are all colors known tew the trade, except green; green rabbits are out ov fashion. Rabbits bile eazy, and eat soft, and are sed tew be better vittles than the kat. I don’t kno exacktly how menny rabbits thare are in the United States now, and never expekt tew kno, for thay kan hatch out, and spred faster than the meazles. One pair ov helthy and industrious rabbits will settle a whole township in 18 months, and begin tew emigrate into the jineing parts. Rabbits are az eazy tew kill az a cucumber vine when it fust starts out ov the ground, and are az eazy tew ketch az a bad kold. Rabbits hav no kunning, and but little guile; i hav kept them az pets, and konsider them just about az safe az they are useless. Their fur iz of sum value, but they are az tender tew skin without tareing, az a biled potater. THE POODLE. The poodle iz a small dog, with sore eyes, and hid amungst a good deal ov promiskuss hair. They are sumtimes white for color, and their hair iz tangled all over them, like the hed ov a yung darkey. They are kept az pets, and, like all other pets, are az stubborn az a setting hen. A poodle iz a woman’s pet, and that makes them kind ov sakred, for whatever a woman luvs she worships. I hav seen poodles that i almost wanted tew swop places with, but the owners ov them didn’t akt to me az tho they wanted tew trade for enny thing.