50 EGGS IN LITERATURE. 
hold it up to the light, so to speak, to see if it 
has life in it actual or potential or only contains 
lifeless albumen.” 
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. 
“JT think that a hen who undertakes to lay 
2 eggs a day must necessarily neglect sum 
other branch of bizzness.” 
JOSH BILLINGS. 
“ Ay, touch it with a tender touch, 
For, till the egg is biled, 
Who knows but that unwittingly 
It may be smashed and spiled ? 
The summer breeze that ’gainst it blows 
Ought to be stilled and hushed, 
For eggs ike youthful purity, 
Are ‘ orful’ when they’re squushed.” 
Froma Tender Lay on a New-laid Egg. 
