Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-02-14
The Toughest Game Coclx ON RECORD. |


Whilst travelling recently in Virginia. became
acquainted with "rale Down Easter" who had
come "oll the way from Vermont" and who flourish
ed under the distinguished appeation of Col. Phil
One of natures queer Jumps of clay is Phil. He is
uudeninby great at any and everything. "cockight-
ing" especially.
al once had n cock" said he .'tat could Just rip
the rag off oil nature. | f'ut him agin everything
In Virgnny, md whipt EN- all, then; afterwards
gave em all a heel and whard 'eIn oil over agin
l9ast wise them thlt ! hadn't killed afore. So the
boys got aknd a skeeri. and no bird would they put
sgin him-so iist turned him au,ung the hens, and
kept him for The gond he'd dpne.
oval. kept him about five years 30, till the
old f-lluw got tn be stun blind and bald headed. and
tIucS got Ia he all scrougin' hard in old vi ginny
provisions were ALFRED high. aud money sreakin'
Skerre; and then my Young uns had got most
cumnmn powerful appetires-so [ brgun TO think
about KILN the old cock II pulled right street ngin
the grain, tell ye now but had To du it, su did.
| kaS"uSed him into bucket of bin' water, and,
deu y"n believe il why, il tuck ten Of my young
uns ard big pair of pinchers hull day to get the
critters feathers out :"
'-EIow shall cook him, Phil" says my wife.
"WaIl. guess you rnout as well put him in the
oven," says J. So she kind 4 basied him all over
with PosSum fat. put him in big dish with about
half bushel Of sweet pertaters. and baked him
browu!'
Here Phil stuck his hands into the pockets of his
/,
drew u lung breath, and
IL kinder guess" said he "t'was later and smell
for dinner tina, day. how. fur all the eternal tough
poultry ever heard on, that cock leetle mite
the HARDEST tuck him out into the kitchen and
carved him up with the axe-a sweet job had on it
teu. Put him into sieupan and kind parbiled him
I'LL next day but it arthly use; the more he
billed the tougher he got. My young 'uns all got 10
cryln' with the jaw ache, and the old woman. she
squirmed her head around and squealed right out.
"Whai on airth's the matter!" said l.
''Thar's bone 10 my throat" SEE she.
"Now, kDow'd that was lie. FIR the jaws OF
human nature never could got iu the bone in that
chicken; so i thought I'd jist look and see what led
her-and you may jist spread me all over with melas-
ses and then ok me off, if there warn't about ten
inches out the old cock. stickin street out ncross
her throat That kind q made me mad-so
kasousrd him into the iron pot and billed him agn
like oil fire! | had young possUm IN the house
that had billed the day afore AFTER the old cock
hid billed about six hours, steady. made pie on
'rIn both together. and baked him agin.
"TLai pie did look mighty nice, now | tell you, my
moutI kind itcbcd and iwitched at The corners
when | Tucked at it, and the young 'uns jumped
around for Joy. Dang you old boy, thinks /, rs we
got down ten dnner-lve weakened you some tlii:
time. any low
Give me the middle piece, Phil" SEE my wife.
.'Sariin. PIude," sez and with that | stuck the
knife into it when
TUCK. tuck tukarooh!'
Just you stop your f'olin, young Zeph." eez j
The boy could give righteous limitation of a chick
en-, aud swon thought il was him, 'jest you stoI
your f;'on |, ''or I'll turn you away from the
table,
at wasn't me, ia"
Shet up |, ''shet up md mind your man
ners"
"And with that stuck the knife in agn and tool
a nice ruund piece out of the centre | swOw j
there wasn't Just then about the darn'dest and mos
eternal splitting, and spuern ill every bit of pos
sum erkrd clear out of my pie, and then the old
poked his head out of the and crowed :.