Mudturkles liv in a shell, which tha git verry mutch attached to. Tha
are not fond ov company, and seldom receive visitors in their houses.
Their food consists prinsipally of what they eat, which tha find
wharever tha kan git it. Their style iz haf land, and haf water, and tha
are at home on the banks or at the bottom ov a kanal. Tha hav sum eggs,
which tha lay in sum warm sand, and ginerally hav them hatched out tew
the halves. Tha belong tew the class known az "close korporashuns," and
are a hard animil tew whip, bekause tha alwus fite under cover. The
mudturkle kant climb very well, and therefore seldum iz found up a tree.
Tha are verry tuff ov life, and will outlive an injun rubber shoe, and
don't seem tew gro old enny faster than a paving stone duz. Tha kan be
domestikated without enny trubble; awl yu hav tew dew, iz tew put them
into a barrel, and tha aint ap tew stray off far. Mudturkles hav their
faults, but tha won't lie, nor drink rum, nor chaw terbacker, and tho
tha cant trot as fast az sum hosses kan, thare sure tew git tew whare
tha go tew, and never brake down on the rode. I take a deep interest in
moste awl the animils, and particularly in mudturkles, and i dew hope
that the Legislature in their wisdum won't pass a law "prohibiting enny
more mudturkles." I regret tew hear, that in sum parts ov the kuntry,
the people are in the habit of using mudturkles tew pitch quoits with,
but I think this wants an affidavy with a revenew stamp onto it.