Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-04-06
BY ROBINSON & LOCKE.


top of the smoke house, and essayed to /
crow.
Meantime Stripeneck seized her chicken
by the left leg and demanded an explana-
ton.
Wretch 7 she said. how dare you pre-
sumc to set your tail beyond the ordinance
of nature p
Because repliel the cllprit, blushing
red in the comb, Mrs. BiAdy Chanticccr
told us it was going to be all the fashion
pretty soon; she is setting hers up, ana
says Miss Crowant wears hers as high as
a ROSTERS.
'Oh, that ever | should have hatchol
such Il pullet! cricl Stripeneck. What
will your father say?'
They are couple of old fogies sister
chick, never mind them,' called the pul,ct
from the roof of the smokc-housc ! have
some ilcaS of my own about reform and
hens rights, and my cid fashioned moth
cr wont make me wear my tail down in
the dew and dust don't care what she
says. | have a right to wear Il long tail.
and will wear it, whether it plcases every
young coekcrcl in the yard or not
And stretching up her neck she attempt
Ell to crow again.
y couple of rooStcrs who were passing
in their shining pride, affected to be so
mortified at the conduct of the pullets
that they hid their heads beneath their
wings that they might not witness the dis
grace of chickendom.
Notwithst IN lin; the prohibition of these
old-faShioned mothers, the two ambitious
young ladies who were of Mrs Bidly
Chanticlccr's way of thinking, stole from
their proper roosts after night, and, con-
trary to custom, went unattended to hear
the lecture Of Miss Crowant. There was
a great sensation in the yard to be sure,
some Of the old hens would not even look
up, as thA rctormcrs passed a'ong; most
OF ITEM prop'l slyly, uSt t. sae how the
creature, did look, they sad. \ few Of
I the younger chan;icleors were generous
enough to take their wives to hear what
coull be said, but mostly, those who went
alonc--thc majority, and tn rsc known
as the respectable class, abscnting them
selves altogether. In their opinion any
rooster who would hear Miss trownt
compromise his dignity. rs for tn.
tone of ,cic y being ciftctol by such al
upstart, they hal no more fear Of it, than
thlt the moon woall turn asi lie for the mis
on til. hilltop. Thcy forgot tina the oal;
is the growth of an acorn, AMI th1t in do
mestic life, especially, the greatest annoy
an:rs spring from very triIleS.
All the barnyar fowls, however, coul,
not make up their minds to preserve ;
, digniicl Indifference ant a numlc: gath
, eEc,l about the door of the hcnrooSt Will
t intcn: Of creating disturbance, an crowct
and cacklel, and struttel up to the very
, door, in mo:ke,y Of the p"o :c.ding
( within.
y terrible nois, they raised when Mis-
, Crowant was observed to enter, acconpa
MEL by Mrs. Bildy Chanticlce:. Indeed
some misses were heard.
t For shrme, gentIemen,' said NJ. Long
spur, standing up in the midst Of the All
| dicnce, 'your mothers, sirs, were hens
| Yes, replied one Of the number out
t side; bu: they did not pretend to b.
boosters =
: Miss Crowant had evidently oilcl he
feathers most clrcfully, but they Iacke'
: the gloss of the poorest cockcvel in tn
= harnyarl. aftnr AL L,t tl4.st oiic was el'l'
: tn the matter Of making Il noise, nobol,
could deny.
+ She was there to speak in favor of hen
f rights, and she would spcak-she woul
, not yioll her ri 5ht to crow to any self sty
| led lord Of the barnyarl, she carcl no
g how long were his spurs; nor woull Sh
, cease to demand for her poor down trod
. den sistcrhool an enlarged and noble
sphere of action. Hens were too liStrust
full Of their capacities, she said; they ha
+ been so long accustomed to silent subms
= sion that they We're rea!l y unawarcs Of TIL
= mighty energies slumbcriny in their bo
t SONS; they must form societies, indivi,lu
+ al effort could do but little but with win
/, to wing AMI cacll. they would speelil
y make theircqualty felt Stated meeting
n must be established; let no hen who felt tn
i necessity of reform say she could not leav
@ home; the leaving of the nest and the chick
ems to the lords Of the barnyard was I'll
@ very first step towards her emancipation.
Why must she be tied at home, the lott
+ lest faculties of her soul unleveopc,l, o
.r rusting out in uneasy inac;ioa? Who mad
the law that demanded of her lesser an
consequently Il weaker action? And W:
y there not II law of right higher than an
q cole framed by Il SCI 0! roostcrs? Morev,
:, if the roosters could make laws, why coul
: not the hens make laws They ccrtainl
knew their own needs best. Cockerc
# might sneer it they chose, but as to the
o. windy assertion Of supremacy, she did IL,
Q care a pincathcr for it.
# Here there were several clear, ringin
i crows from the outside of the roost, whic
# seemed to say, Do that, If you can, Mi
- Crowant =
At the conclusion of the lecture, Mr.
: Biddy Chantielcer took the perch, and
If very shrill AMI decided tones informed tt
# audience that an article of hens rights hs
Z been drawn up by Miss Crowant, and tn
q her own name headed it, If any of Il
sioterhood present felt disposed to throw {
k the yoke off opprcs sion, AMI in mann
>! becoming II truchearte,l bildy, assert h
independence ana equality, she would
happy to scratch down her name.
le Several most ill-naturcl looking he