328 CORN AND BEANS, ETC. 



fact that this story has really been told, and by 

 an ancient man, not woman, and this is more 

 than can be said of many stories. If the result 

 was more favorable to crow nature than to hu- 

 man nature, that is a fault of the facts. 



Once upon a time a man planted corn, and 

 the crows dug it up. The aforesaid man had 

 great faith in whiskey ; but the aforesaid crows 

 knew nothing about whiskey. The man 

 thought that if he soaked some corn in the " fu- 

 sel," and put it in the field, the crows might be- 

 come so thoroughly corned that he could catch, 

 preserve, and hang them up as warnings, so that 

 their companions might shun the place where 

 there was danger of getting into a like pickle. 

 The experiment turned out differently, but 

 even better than he expected. For a crow soon 

 appeared and gorged himself with the spirit- 

 soaked jorn. The consequences were quite hu- 

 man. From his crop it went to his head, which 



