According to a tradition current among the Miamis, one year when there was an unusual abundance of corn, the spirit of the corn was very angry because the children had thrown corn-cobs at each other in play, pretending to have suffered serious bodily injury in consequence of their sport.

Beside the door stood two stout cobs with broad soft-padded saddles, well fitted for easy traveling, and speaking of rich guests in the parlor.

"I cannot stay longer, sweet friends," quoth Little John, as he pushed in betwixt the two cobs, "therefore I wish you good den.

Then presently they met three merry minstrels, all clad in red, who stared amain to see a Gray Friar with such short robes walking in the middle of the road, and two brothers with heads bowed with shame, riding upon richly caparisoned cobs on the footpaths.

But pinching fist, that spareth all, Of due relief the needy robs: Nought can be caught, where nought doth fall, There comes no good of greedy cobs.

Took a Pot of Mother Cobs Mild.

She sent her saddle horse and two pairs of strong cobs with two country carriages and a coachmana very young man, who had served in Gianluca's regiment and had been his man.

Spanish Dollars Cows, calves, and oxen, whether stall-fed or not, per head 5 now 25 Cobs.

I picked up corn cobs.

They rolled it up on cloth and on little light cobs.

Among the best of the Cobs may be mentioned the Great Cob and Merveille de Bollwyller.

Tom, with his ugly face and his long lean limbs, seemed as some other species of animal, or a Derby winner let loose among a pen of prize hackneys and cobs.

When the maize ripened it was found that his plant had two big cobs and one small one on it, and his rice seedling sent up a number of ears; and when it ripened he cut it and threshed it and got one pai of rice, and he kept the maize and rice for seed.

Among the odds and ends that I had gathered were several corn cobs.

But on the morning of October 18th, the young man in charge of me, finding the corn cobs, forthwith informed me that he would throw them away.

Psychiatrists have since told me that had I had an attendant with the wisdom and ability to humor me and permit me to keep my priceless corn cobs, the fight in question, and the worse events that followed, would probably not have occurrednot that day, nor ever, had I at all times been properly treated by those in charge of me.

Then, beside these gorgeous fruits, in multitudinous attendance, a confused array of scarlet runners, tomatoes, cabbages, out-tumbled sacks of glazy purple aubergines, mysterious-looking gigantic pumpkins, buckets full of pyramidal maize-cobs, yellow, white-sheathed.

Those who are poorer buy hot maize cobs and cabbage pies; those who feel hot already themselves are fain to go to the ice and lemonade stall, and spend odd farthings there.

To the right of the house, and a little in the rear, were several large, square corn-cribs, and behind these an inclosure in which numerous cattle, and horses, and pigs were industriously feeding, while the cobs, stripped, and soiled, and muddy, were scattered everywhere.

Break the cobs if long, put them in cold water sufficient to cover, and boil half an hour.

It raise three big ears o' corn, an when dey was good roastin size he pick em off an cook em an tell Teeny eat ever grain offn all three cobs.

Stoves were unknown and cooking was done in a fireplace that was built of clay, a large iron rod was built in across the opening of the fireplace on which were hung pots that had special handles that fitted about the rod holding them in place over the blazing fire as the food cooking was done in a moveable oven which was placed in the fireplace over hot coals or corn cobs.

Break the cobs and put them on to boil in sufficient cold water to cover them.

CORN Boil the corn, cut it off the cobs, and pack in jars in alternate layers of salt and corn.

The boy is living on green corn alone and has already thrown down over four bushels of cobs.