Litchfield enquirer., 1854-04-13
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| A'eIl oouy mas DIS trlalS, and 30 has a Shanghai. There are human ills, and Shanghai ills. Man is born to trouble, and so are the Shanghais human sttengtll
 will not always guard against misfortune, nor will the tall proportions of a Shang. hai shield him always from harm. We saw. this Illustrated at the poultry show, the !" fowl convention" at Van Vechten Hall recently, in the case of a long neck- cd, bandy=legged, big,bodied, red comb ed rooster of the Shanghai family. He
 Wes tall bird, even of his giant species and nobody knew the fact better thar himself. He vas proud bind, vain o
 his proportions. vain of his white plu- mage. of the feathers on his legs, of bis great red comb, proud of his rough, roar. ] ing voice. His coop, in which he and his wife. who was quite as proud and vain as her lord, dwelt, was barred in front with round rods, like lions cage, and was covered with slate at the top, between which he could poke his head and long neck, when he desired to stretch and take the hicks out of himself. On either's side were other birds, in coops, ranged along separately from the tall Shanghai only ty a very thin deal partition, while above were others still on line with the top of his cage. -.,.s.e.a ,.., ~e
 The Shanghai. we said, was proud bird, and in the fullness of bis vanity, be opened his big beak and crowed with the voice of trombone, that went believing along the arches and out through the rool and Iumbling abroad on the ar like the growl of the thunder. or the rearing of a lion of the desert. just gone with the asth- ma, Or sick with the humps. |" Hear that" said Shanghai to himself and his hen, who replied with, coarse "Cut, cut, cada~a'a" of appfobaion "Cock doo- de do>o>o" came in clarion voice, clear and musical as bell, from an adjoining cage. Who the deuce are you," said Shanghai. as he stuck his head out be, tween the bars of his cage, around the partition. and eyed with extreme con tempt his puny neighbor. Shanghai nev> CT committed greater error in his life. That neighbor was an Irish game~cock. as full of pluck and fight as was ever a son of the "Grecn Isle" of potecn, with spurs like hal poon, and when he took Shanghai by his great red comb, and made pass at him with his armed heels it was only the bars that saved him from wounds and death.
 To say that Shanghai was nstonished. would do infinite injustice to bis emo, lions. He roared with alright and pain. and with bound he reached the oppo, site side of the cage. and stuck his head through the bars there, in a vain effort to escape, as if sure that his enemy was at his tail. Here was another mistake, for his great comb and stretched out neck came directly in front of the cage of an English pheasant game cock, quite as courageous as his I,ish neighbor, and full as ready to fight. He seized the Shanghai by his sensitive helmet, and made a shy" at him with his deadly spurs. Shanghai screamed with amaze> ment and terror. He rushed to the rear of his cage. and thrusting his head be. tween the slats, jumped and heaved against them as if positive that he had now two enemies instead of one in his rear. all the time crying murder in it's toughest and harshesl notes. Here WAS a mistake again, for in his struggles he came close 10 the barsof d Mexican game chicken. who. unlike the gasconadipg Hidalgoes among whom he was bred, had pluck as we'll as big words and loud growing. Before Shanghsi was aware of his danger. tlie Mexican bird seized him by the head and struck at him with his keen spurs with the force of cata> putt. Shanghai was now in extremity. He absolutely beloved with alright :; on every hand was destruction, and lie knew not where to aturn.a On all sides was he beset with danger and death. and without knowing that therein was his safety, he yielded in utter despair 10 his fate; with a cry like tlie scream of n locomotive he settled down in the centre of his cage. and sti etched his neck out aloag the straw as if saying, "sI am vhird of peace i; I dsiest war and fighting Tam an oppressed and prosecuted Shang hai. and # my destruction is determined upon, 1 will die here an unrcsisting vic- tim 10 the c,uelties of my kind. v s.s'I'o his surprise lie found himself unassailed
 He'raised his head gently from tie straw turned up first one eye, then the other, uttered low moaning sound as if Ee thought hawk was in The sky but see. ing nothing of danger. at last got on to his feet. aud look A surveys his posi- ton andlihe ax.ent ofhis injuries. True. a drop,or two of blood trickled from his wounded comb. but he seemed consoled for ll.at by the gscatp fact. that he had been moreiscared than hurt. He keeps his head inside the bars. and corn will not tempt him 10 trust his comb inreach of his Iieighbors. He has dope up his growing for the present. and contents himself win taking in . low voice, and fs | AN z