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THE GENESEE FAPwMER. 



IITistrllaiuoiis, 



THE OLD CEOW. 



On the limb of an oak sat a Jolly old crow, 

 An.i chatted away wiiti gUe — wilh glee, 



Ae hi- saw the old farmer go out to sdw, 

 And he cried it is all for'me — for me. 



Look, look ! how lie scatters the seed around, 

 He is wonderful kind to (he poor— thi- poor; 



If he'd empty it down in .1 pile on the ground, 

 I could find it much better, I'm sure— I'm sure. 



I*ve learned all the tricks of this wonderful man, 

 Who has such a regad for the crow — the crow, 



That he lays out his ground in a rcgul.ir plan, 

 And covers his corn in a row — a row. 



He must have a very great funcy for me. 

 He tries to entrap me enough — enough; 



But I measure the distancf as well as he, 

 And when he comes r.ear I'm olT — I'm off. J. c 



The First Printed Book. — It is a remarkable and most 

 luteresting fact, that the veiy first use to which the dis- 

 covery of printing was applied, was the production of 

 the Bible. This was accomplished at Mentz, between the 

 years of 1450 and 14.5.5. Guttenberg was the inventor of 

 the art, a goldsmith furnishing the necessary funds. 

 This Bible was in two folio volumes, which have been 

 justly praised for the strength and beauty of the paper, 

 the exactness of the register, and the luster of the ink. 

 The work contained twelve hundred pages, and being the 

 first ever printed of course involved a long period of 

 time and an immense amount of mental, manual and me- 

 chanical labor; and yet for a long period after it had 

 been furnished and offered for sale, not a single human 

 being, save the artists themselves, knew how it had been 

 accomplished. 



An Arithmetical Actdality.— A fellow up town being 

 a little "short," and a little dry, walked into a slore and 

 purchased a few crackers ; before paying, seeing that the 

 Storekeeper had cider, he came to the sage conclusion 

 that he was more dry than hungry, and asked permission 

 to swap the crackers for the cider. Biting off the end of 

 the cider with a smack of the lips, he turned on his heel, 

 and was opening the door to go out, when the store- 

 keeper said : "Come, pay me for the cider." "Didn't I 

 swap the crackers for the cider?" said the other. "Well, 

 then, pay me fci- the crackers," said the puzzled trader. 

 "Haven't ye got them on the shelf? What are ye hin- 

 dering me for, ye darned fool '<" and ofl' he went. 



PR09PErvtTY AND REVEIISE. 

 TTow ea<v 'tis when <lesliny proves kind. 

 With full' spread .-uiilst. run b-tlbn- the wind; 

 hut ihev who 'gains! stiff t: ile« oar^'fring go 

 Musi be at once reR'>lv<«(l, and ^kilful. loo. 



A snoRT time ago, the daughter of an affluent lady re- 

 siding in Yorkshire, closely cropped a servant girl's 

 hair, on the plea that it would conduce to her health. 

 The hair was cropped in spite of the girl's protest, and 

 ghe suffered so much in appearance from her young mis- 

 tress's scissors that she recently brought an action to 

 recover damages. The case was tried in the Ilolmfirth 

 County Court, and the girl obtained a judgment for forty 

 dollars and costs. 



SKETCH OP A WELL-KNOWN EMPEESS. 



.... Sweet Qneon Omi>hale"s tastes were twain, 



Tastes she I'n.ught frimi her sunny Spain, 



Poised washer Majenly's heart between 



Ecclesiastics an<l Crinoline : 



Mumbler or milliner, fulks confessed 



'Twas hard to say which .she loved best. 



Pear to her the frock of tlie prie^'t, 



Dear was the r>be of Ihe dear mudiMe. 



Now Ihe Church had llii' foremost place, 



Now she was all for ribbons i'nd laee; 



Now she knelt for the h.-irliarous T.iitin, 



Now o'er the sweetest tning in satin. 



And of all the kings of the Snuthern land, 



Her bean ideal was Ferilinand, 



Who combined in one of the duties three 



Of milliner, king, and devntee. 



And crowned and throned (.•i,'< historians quote,) 



Lmbroidered the Virsin's petticoat 



Before the invention of pins, in 1.54.3, ladies iisw( 

 fasten their dresses with skewers, made of wood, 

 and ivory. At first, pins were considered a great hi: 

 and not fit for common use. The maker was not all 

 to sell them in open shop, except on two days ii 

 year, at the beginning of January. At this time 

 bands gave their wives money to buy a few pins, 

 money allowed to a wife for her owe private expens 1 

 still called "pin-money." 



A gentleman was once arguing with a Scotch 

 when at length he stopped. "I tell you what, ma' 

 said he, "I'll not argue with you any longer; you ar' 

 open to conviction." "Not open to conviction, sir!" 

 the indignant reply; "I scorn the imputation, sir; 

 open to conviction. But," she added, after a moBC 

 pause, "show me the man who can convince nie." 



A MAN who cheats in short measure is a measui 

 rogue. If in whisky, then he is a rogue in spirit, 

 gives a bad title to land, then he is a rogue in deed 

 he gives short measure in wheat, then he is a rog 

 grain. And if he cheats when he can, he is in det 

 spirit, in grain, a measureless scoundrel. If he c 

 at all, he is a tall cheat. 



When Madge was a very little girl, her father 11 

 her chubby hands full of the blossoms of a beautifu 

 rose, on which he had bestowed great care. "My d 

 he said, " didn't I tell you not to pick one of these flc 

 without leave?" "Yes, papa," said Madge, innocc 

 "but all these had leaves." 



A FKIEND IN NEKI). 



A friend in need's a friend indeed, 

 And this I've found must true; 



But mine is such a v''^;/ friend. 

 He sticks to me like giue. 



" WocLD you like to look at the moon ?" asked a 

 fessor" who had stationed his glass at the street co 

 of an Emeralder. "To the divil wid ye— would I be 

 giving ye a dime to look at the moon wid one eye, 

 1 can see it wid my two an' not ccstin' me a sint':^' 



"I AM burning to be ht the enepiy again," as the 

 whose physician had advised him to give up smokin 

 marked, when be lit a fresh cigar. 



A ooosE owned by Daniel Palmer, of Buxton, Mo., 

 on the l&th of June at the extreme age of fifty-two y 



