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

them once month, AMI that IN her alb
Scnce meetings must be kept up for mutu-
al encouragement.
As she sat down, she was observed to
wink at her husband, who sat nesting
up in one corner, upon which he obeli
emily arose, and went round with his hat
for the benefit of Miss Crowant. The mcc-
ting was concluded by singing:
There's good time coming, bildies-.
Wait little longer
Mrs Biddy Chantielcer and Miss Crowant
rendering it with great spirit.
Some OF the hens who had sat through
the entire performance, pullel their top
knots over their eyes AMI walked straight
out of the roOst, avoiding any recognition
Of Mrs. Bidly and her young friend-late
OF the exhibition.
They were in no wise amazed, however;
matyrdOm was part Of their II iSsion, and
with sublime heroism they only smiled
at their scorners. They had tasks to do
and duties TO perform that must not be
thwarted by the lille contempt of the
thoughtless multitude. Ridiculc and all
rcviling were indeed evidences in their
minds of their glorious colling; and so,
after the people had departed, those two
elevated and devoted hens took their
way home alone, wing in wing, and cs-
chewcd protc ,torS and lanterns alike. Mr..
LongSpur, at he wadlcd alone was heard TO
say that was the happiest and proudest
night of his life.
From that night, confusion dire reigncl
in the barnyard Of John Moses Ollstyle.
Spccklc and Stripenccll turned theiI
two daughters out Of house and home
one very cross old hen, whose personal
beauty had been for good while on the
wanc who had been known as Longtail, in
the bam-yard, created deal ofscandal by
hiring an ass to chew off the ends of the
prominent feathers; another, had never beer
married, and who had been from her you'll
addicted to bad habit of growing, was
reported to have provoked a bat to;bito he
comb, for the sake Of making it deeply
rel. What business had any fowl, evel
though he were Obanticlccr, with red
der comb than she ? Some of the bid
dis, younger and prctticr, of courcc in
Sinuatcl that the ambitious pcrfomc
, hal wisely had recourse to u bat, for tha
no bid, except blind one, would hay
bitten her comb at all.
t fhi, was ulaiiro, poshaps envy, on th
part Of biddics who d no talent TO
growing. Mrs. B. Chanticlecr, prcsi,lcn
Of the association of roformcrs made
speech at their first meeting, in which sh
openly asserted that she had no longc
I, any regard for nest or nest cgg--that he
= husband was as much called upon to kce,
4 the house as she, and that she felt dis
qualified by her abilities to he the slave Q
j, any rooster. She was bornin u free barn
5 yard, and would live and die an indepcn
dent hen! Before IA great while Mr. Long
$ spar began tosh,w signs of discomfort
= he neglected his p."masc and droope
visibly. lIa went littl1 from home, hi
spurs secmol losing their strength an
: sharpness, and it appeared as T" half hi
: fine neck feathers wee gone; his oil prou
strut was lost, and h. evidently did nc
feel like chanticlcr among chandeliers
e any longer
The entire chicken community Of job
=: Moses Old>tylc was affected by the re
1 form movement; and such talking an
e gossip hal never been heard Of as p,,
i TaIcd.
Y Often Spctklc AMI Stripenocs met a
the well to bcwail the undutifulncss {
$ their children, from both felt how sharpe
4 than a scrpcnt's tooth it was to have
= thankless chick, and after due condolcnc,
It they never failed, as they slipped wate
g together, to put each other in possc&sio
: of certain matters which certain otht
II hens had communicated to them, eac
: promising each, Of course, that as tru
1 as she live,l AMI br,athcl, she would neve
! cackle. it to another hen.
e One day when they staid longer at til
= puddle than common, Mrs. Stri pence
/ might have been heard to say: Siste
g Spccllle, we are likely to have better time!
y Mrs. Biddv Chanticlccr is going to lca>
IS her husband
c What! yon don't say so, Stripencek.-
e What on earth is the cause" And she ii,
: detl. He has always been agood provide
lc has he not.
- YES said Stgipencck there ncv'
t. was a moe faithful scratcher in the yard
y he was too good for her, that's my opil
Ie ion
d And they are really about to part, al
Is thcy?'
y Yes, they are going to divide the chicl
er cns--he takes one half and she the othc
ID They have never been truly marrie
y Mrs. Biddy says; and though they ha'
Is never quarelled, there is no perfect sy,
il pathy between them; and besides, 81
ot feels it her duty to go through the wor
and lecture on hens rights: and Mr.. Lon
lg spur, they say, is quite willing she shou
n scratch for herself, inasmuch as she is j
IS dependent in all other respects.
Well, said Spcckle after thought
$. silence. | am truly an ignorant, o
in fashi med hen, to be sure, but it seems
,c me that any hen who has y home, al
ID does all she ought to make it happy, W
at find her sphere large enough; and | have
ne notion Of my own here she put her he
,ff very close to her friend }, that it's on
cr the heas that have not anybody to cre
cr for them who set up to crow, for thcl
be selves .. 4na.tr.4.
MS Men in the health and visor of til