Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-20
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"Eben Neezer, FRIEND" writing to the
Knickerbocker magazine from the Quaker city,
relates the following admirable story in an ad-
mirabe style: @
There sits owing to our chair, al ableness, and
her ability to pay rent IN the aforesaid market,
comey female huckster, dealing in poultry,
game and vegetables who is especially noted for
bringing the freshest, and whitest eggs, ALWAYS
commanding the best and highest price 1t so
happened that friend Brown, who is in business
in Market street, took sick sometime sine with
the hen fever, and went through all the stages
or coops. OF Shanghais, Chittagongs, Bar,am-
pooters, Dorkings coming to crisis with the
purchase OF an eccaleobion, (does the til ink
spell this word right y or egg Matching a,.hine
and which, after purchase, was duly set up in
the cellar of his store, and prepared to 90 into
operation as soon as friend Brown saw fiji which
was immed iately. Of all Browns friends, none
was so earnest friend as friend Smith, epeci-
ally i'll the matter Of this egg Matching chine;
he would run in several times per diem to note
progress and finally when completed, naturally
recommended friend Brown to so at once t o the
comedy female huckster in Jersey market, and
procure plentiful supply OF those fresh white
eggs. Friena Brown went secured all the buck
ster had, ana obtained the refusal ola few doz-
en- more. Friend Smith was, to use an ex pres
sion of my daughter Sally, who associates with
worlds people, perfectly charmed" on hearing
this; he assisted friend Brown in placing the
eggs carefully in the machine; lie watched the
thermometer assidiously; day after day paying
repeated visits. One morning on coming up
from the cellar, there was cloud on his brow
friend Brown noted it. ,.
"Why Jacob" said frendIBrown to him what
is the matter with thee9 Thee looks discomfort
ted" -e.E
sAh James," answered Friend Smith be-
gin to have doubts" - .-f
s''Wh hat does thee doubt ?" inquired friend
Brown.
''The ability of the egg hatcher. Five days
have watched the eggs, and do not note
any symptoms of the chickens coming into the
world"
"Thee is impatient friend Jacob; thee
surely, knows that eggs won't hatch in five
days"
ayes, yes" answered friend Smith. "But there
should be symptoms. l tell thee candidly, l
have no faith in the egg hatcher" Then speak
ing out ernesty, II don't balleve one OF the
eggs will hatch, not one. am sure OF it, so
sure that see thee needs new hat-well, l
will give thee new hat if one of those eggs
hatch on condition thee gives me one if they 90
not: Does thee comprehend"
81 do, Jacob, said friend Brown, "and
fore see that thee will have to give me new hat;
foresee it."
Friend Smith agreed to wait until certain
time, so as to give the eggs fair chance, and
went his way rejoicing, feeling so elevated at
the thought of obtaining new hat that he al
ready had determined to give his old one to the
porter in his store.
Why was he so certain?
A few weeks before friend Brown came to
crisis with the egg Matching machine, friend
4 al, -
the market that in order to insure her hens lay
ing eggs regularly. she penned up the hens by
themselves; and friend Smith knew enough a
bout hens to know that though they would lay
eggs under these circumstances, yet that these
eggs needing the vital principle never would
hatch and being fond of fun, as well as greedy
of having a new hat, he had laid long train
solely to obtain this end ; had appeared iuteres-
ted in the egg-hatcher ,tended i: Recommended
friend Brown to buy these particular eggs, and
now was waiting for the hat. But the excel
lence of the joke seemed so great in his eyes,
that he could not forbear telling friend Simms
all the particulars, by great oversight neglec-
ting to enjoin secresy on friend Simnis who was
so much rejoiced by this latter, that he went at
once Eto friend Brown of the egg hatcher, and
told him the whole story. Friend Brown laugh
ed very hard, but towards evening might have
been seen buying eggs of countrymau, who
wasn't acquainted with exclusive system
These eggs friend Brown substituted for the
ones purchased from the female huckster, and
said nothing. Friend Smith waited for the APP
pointed time and then claimed tie hat; friend
Brown begged for three days grace, which was
granted very cheerfuy. Atthe expiration of
the three days he called again. Friend Brown
invited him to come down into the cellar: down
he went hearing all the way certain "pseep
that he did not like at all and at last
saw four new Matched chickens. s''t@
Friend Brown" said he, "thee can take the
hat !" and at once handed over FIVE dollar bill,
walked up stairs, and as he passed the female |
huckster in the market, on the way to his store
"Thee is hnmbng with thy hen nun |
merry