Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-01-26

rlshment! Where, repeat, as my breakfast g
Cock a-doodle-doo "
Biddy, (meekly.y evil you have worm,
o. C. Esq, (solemnly. 81 will
SCENE SECOND.
Mrs. Biddy Chanticleer lays her first egg, and
has invited two or three female friends to help
cackle, 10. c., Esq, being ABSENT
Yrs. Biddy. "Cut cut, cut, cut-a-a-a cut,
cut-a-a-a-a.cut!
Mrs. Pa'tleA "Qua, qua, qua, cut, cut-a-a-
cut "
Mrs. Penfeathcr. "Cluck, cluck qua, qua,
qua, cut, cut, cut. a-a-a-a.a-cut F"
Is interrupted by the sudden appearance Of
0. c., Esq, who has just returned from a stag
party
o. C. "Cock doodle-dool Now, may pa.
tience be vouchsafed me to ask of you, madam,
what does all this mean! Here am returning,
careworn and exhausted, from the excitemenLs
and temptations of delusive world, expecting
to find repose and peace in the quiet of the Do
nestle nest, instead of which, l discover you in
the midst of riot and dissipation. Madam, in suit
not my penetration by denying i'll affirm that
you are having party
Mrs. Biddy, (apprehensively.) "Not at all,
my dear; at least, that is, my friends were Just
going by, and stopped in quite accidentally, and
so-for you see, my dear, I've laid an egg cut,
laid an egg ! -
Three female neiggddors simultaneously. "Cut,
cut, cut aa-a-cut !"
o. c., Esq, Enthusiastically "Peace, hens
Madam, what does all this cackling folly
mean ="
lExeunt hens, in indignation.
"Mrs. B. t., it has become necessary, at this
stage OF our matrimonial career, that I should
state, in mild but unmistakeable TERMS my OPT
MONS regarding the appropriate sphere and duties
of henhood.
''First self devotion: It has been the decision
of all rooster kind, for ages, and therefore cannot
be denied, that the browning virtue of the hen
character is disinterestedness. A true hen should
be patient selfforgetful obedient, tenderIy soli-
citous for her husbands little wants, delighting
wholly and solely in the graceful and pleasant
duties that cluster round the domestic nest. On
the contrary, find you thinking only how to
crafty your own selfish tastes and desires, in
stead of displaying las might naturally be ex-
pected) some little sense of loneliness and me-
lancholy at your husbands absence return
from visit of nearly twelve hours, and find you
literally rejoicing! Madam. l ask of you, is this
true henhood?
''Second: A retiring position, dedicate shrink
ing from contact with the coarse and unsympa-
thlzlng world, an exclusive Indifference to all
without the sacred circle of the domestic nest
On the contrary, find you gadding among the
other hens of the yard, making appointments,
sending invitations. Again ask of you, madam.
is this true henhood!
''Third: Freedom from curiosity; true hen
never evinces the slightest interest in the affairs
OF her neighbors, scarcely in her own; she never
inquiries concerning the whereabouts or actions
OF her husband, being perfectly assured that,
wherever he be, and however appearances at the
time may seem to tell against him, he is ever
acting with view to the welfare of the domestic
nest.
"On the contrary, what do I find to be the
truth, in regard to yourself! Not rooster raises
his voice within half mile of the yard, but you
are able to name him; not hen lays an egg, but
you begin to cackle."
Mrs. Biddy, (meekly.) "Pye laid an egg cut,
cut, cut, cut.a-a-a. No, mean-yes, sir, we've
laid an egg"
0. c. Esq, with solemn animation.) YOU'VE
laid an egg And pray, where is the thing 90
Walks briskly to the nest,a takesa microscopic
view of the object
Biddy. "Cut. cut mean, will it do, sir 90
0. c., Esq. "Humph-well,ly yes very fair,
l perceive that it is not precisely shaded; too
short; not v ell finished off, by having the thing
so much larger at one end than the otLer?
Where, | ask, is your idea of symmetry!
POUNDS! madam, if this is the best you can do in
that department, shall lay the next myself"
Mrs. Biddy, with her claw in her eye)
"Please, l couldn't help it. I didn't mean
to-"
o. c. Esq, (mollified.) "Well, well, don't
fret your gizzard. You're no chicken, madam.
to be so sensitive about triae; only remember
my advice in future, and, above all, recollect
that the browning virtue of henhood is disinter-
esteiness.
Mrs. Biddy, (meekly.) "Have worm,
dear ?''
0. C. Esq, (solemnly.) II will.''
SCENE THIRD.
Mrs. Biddy @. has been setting for three
weeks. O.. O. Esq, appears in the distance
parting with one of his numerous female friends
the tones of his voice fall family on Mrs Bddy's
ear.
0. c. Esq. "And now, sweetest of hens, fare
well and may all the stars of heaven, and all