Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-12-17
ROosIers, moraIs, PoIIrIes. &e,

oa'le being conspicuous pile Of msnurs in 40
adjoining lot. We are entirely igsorsnl OF the
Immediate cause Of lais co06ic, shat private
PIque, what gulsnt attentions Of high. comb 10
'he lady OF family or io~-eOn,b, ~hal inyssions
Of the territorial rights Of The one by the Other,
insiigaled This Pueilislic demonstration, We do
no' pretend 10 guess III. Perhaps an old grudge,
on aeeoun' Of being deprived Of drowned ly.
or bit Of gravel, by low.cnmb. 10 their days Of
liuls chickenhOOd, still rsnkled 10 The bosom of
high.comb. Perhaps ehanlicleer has been pa.
rading with TOO much OslenIaIioDs show before
The females Of chickenion, 10 lhs chsgrin and
vexaIion Of his envious rival. No mailer what
The Provocalon. there they were, dodging, peck.
ing, sPaTing, tapping. and spurriug At each 9th.
er 10 the most earnest and unfriendy manner
imaginable. First. one ran few steps. then
wheeled, and with an exlerminaIing air ran up.
on his antagonist, whose victorious "crow" had
bat bali escaped him; and at il they ngsn went
with renewed energy. Finally, lpw.cOmb wa.
vanquished and driven from the field, with his
gay coat in sorry plight, and his exul,ing
comb bleeding at every ponIi while his yicIo.
rous competitor sruued to the highest pinnacle
Of the bill and made the welkin ring with his
triumphant cock.a.doo. de.doo.
This lhIle circumstance, to The thinking mind
is highly suggestive. The peace aud happiness
OF many human families are forever banished
from causes as slight as occasioned The quarrel
between these two lords of the dunghill and
as unrelening hatred and destructive reuds as
ever were exhibited in PouIWydom, have their
counterpart among The "lords Of creation" A
stray dolIur picked up by The human low comb.
Is signal for persecution. dsracuon. and en-.
nifty, BY the wary, avuricious, but less success.
lul hgh'comb. Or il the gaIlanry, maniness.
aud good qualities Of the rational chanticleer,
have won for him place n The memory Of The
regniDg belle, suddenly The vaccinations of
The rival are in requisIon 10 ruin him in her
good graces.
The unfrlendly proceedings Of The gentlemen.
chickens aforesaid, is good representation OF
The war now waging upon each other by the
roosters Of the great Democratic party of the
United States. Ii is we'll known 10 The observer
OF passing events, that the chief magistrate elect
was chosen by The united effort of all the fac.
lions which have an existence in the Union,
and, like every poutry.yard, each faction has
rs rooster. Several Of these factions aro so
''arge and respectable" that each one of them
desires. and 10 making an effort, TO appropriate
10 itself all the honors aud Offices Of the gov.
ernmenI, 10 the exclusion Of all Others. The
roosIers of each are sWuuing before the incum.
bent in'ProSpecI, with imperious AID defiant Mrs
TO the grea, trouble and bewdermont of The
chosen keeper Of the great locoloco avary.-
young America" and "OId Fogy are pitching
into each other like fury while Native Amer.
leans and AntiNalive American, Free SoiIers
and Slavery ExtensonsIs, Union Men and So.
cessionsIs, Filibus'ers and Intervention.
lists. are spnrring and Tapping at each other with
energy and perseverance, worthy a better cause.
Who will be rewarded with success s exceed.
ingly probIemuIical, us the lips Of the dispenser
of honors are hermelcally sealed, and all The
demonstrations made by aspiranls TO ingralale
or inImidate Mr. Pierce, have had
no other seeming effect than to seal his lips
more firmly, and increase The aspenly OF the |
belligerenls.
Even in Ohio. the roosIers arc spnrriug. A
fight is going on between Sam. Medary and
Bill Allen for place in The cabinet Of Mr..
Pierce, while all The IiIlIo roosers of The parry
throughout tho State, whose voices are sc.
'Ihick," aud whose spurs are still in a cauilOg.
nous condition, inNigaled by these old cocks,
are doing their best to run each other Off The
apex ofihe great loco(oco duughI.
10 Carroll county there are no democratic
roosIers, the Inst having died oc gaps on the
twelfth OF Oclober last past, a, six O'Clock pre-.
cisey. His friends decCn.ly inferred him 10
the vault beneath the PIcayune Office, while the
generous Wings chnnIed requum around his
resting place, and sodded him over beyond the
hope Of resurrection. His friends have erected
an unpreIendng monument above his gave, on
which, in deepy'cut characters, are inscribed
his dying words--"Cock.a doodle ddnt |"
Another thought suggested itself whs we
we're looking a. the rooster fgh. alluded TO
above. We are building railroad, and when
il is completed, chickens will be worth at least.
a "dime and a ftp" apiece; aud feeling of
gratitude TO those who have led Them from their
infancy, should consWan rooster, from wasting
their valuable lives 10 6ghIing. Already arc
they looking up. aud are beginning to be sough.
after with considerable anxiety. Persons are
Tho countrv nickinu theno IN 10