Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-01-26
MisfrIlanfous.
MARY AND JuNo.

Az | had a wish to be fashionable, decid-
ed to set up a poultry-yord. There is one
disadvantage in BEING married If single you
can say you will do thing, and do it; II
married, you may assert what you please, but
you will find that you cannot do It without
reservation. In this particular instance OF
keeping poultry, my husband, who is prac.
tical man, made a reservation. al have no
objection provided you make it pay, and prom
Use me a fresh egg every morning ofthe year. "
l set to work to find out how to make it nay,
and came to the conclusion that, to do so, ]
must be poultry.woman myself.
II was little irksome at first TO get up at
six o'clock in the morning but oomfor,ed
myself by remembering that, in the pursuit Of
fashion, people did many more disagreeAble
things than that. Indeed, | soon began to
like it; and il chose to try and describe the
beauty Of dewy morning, am pretty sure
should not know where to end. for every
morning there was something fresh to admire.
Making my poultry pay involved another reg
ulation. / could not pretend to make my
name famous by some wonderful breed of new
fowls and provide my husband with fresh
egg every morning of his life. must have
breeds of all sorts and kinds to do that. So
found myself, at the end OF year, surroun-
ded by plenty Of poultry, Of every sort, size,
and description. Moreover, they interested
me extremely / used 10 take q chair, sit
down among them, and study their characters.
Setting aside their little peculiarities birds,
how wonderfully they reminded me OF the
society in which we lived Each hen had
her little peculiarities, just as each of my fe-
male friends had their WITNESSES. The feath-
cred cocks were not more absurd than many
gentleman OF my acquaintance, and so many
licensees did fpd in my cackling and crow
ing company to my visiting and bowling ac-
quaintances that chrstened my cocks and
hens after their human prototypes. | could
write pages on the dispositions and idiosyn-
crases of fowls but ! intend to oonfne my
self to two.
Among my various sorts and kinds, had
one little golden-lsced Hamburg hen, Of so
elegant form, so beautifully complexioned,
and Of such sweet, engaging manners, that l
called her Lady Mary, after a certain lovely
and beloved young friend. Lady Mary made
herself the favorite whether / would or not.
She was always the first to see me coming
she did not fuss herself, or gobble eagerly
after food, but flew on to rail as | passed
that rail she few into my hand. From it
she daintily helped herself out Of the tin Of
food. During the whole process OF feeding
she remained on my hand and shoulder, look
ing down on the greedy crowd below with
lofty disdain.
Had she any grievance to communicate to
me she few upon my hat, and made on
slaughts on 1t. l thus understood the water
was not fit for her to drink, or that some one
had been daring to use her nest, or that she
had serious thoughts Of laying an egg. She
was immensely fussy about her nest, going in
and out of it, peering at me, as if was per-
fectly aware of all her wants. In her nest
had put little gallene egg, by way Of nest
egg, thinking the size Of it would be about
the size of her own egg. Nota bit of it, In
her various trials of all the nests about, she
had come upon one with an added turkey
egg in 1t by way of nest egg. understood
as we'll as possible, that though Lady MRry's
nest was made of chopped straw, unlike all
the others, and though had put grating SO
that few but herself could get into it, she
never would be satisfied, or lay an egg COM
fortably, until she had the added turkey egg
substituted for the gallene's egg. Reader,
have you not often met friend similarly whrn-
steal, with everything in the world but one
little trife, the possession of q neighbor
Lady Mary was immensely delighted when
she had the turkeys egg given her. In hen
language she chuckled over it for hours. and
alhgenHy iaia h''le uny egg by II almost
every o.nef aey 49,
nay othe, hisIoriGai low was also hon
heavy, shoi',leggeo' stupid, looking Great
ule' WIN i'ue ronsh pioou IN her VEINS
oI sne hS1 snSooy,looklng top-knot OF
i iiS On ner hean tha' never would arrange
nsei, suAsn': Like an ora uowager who
INNS 'ne ismiy ulamonas wlli MAKE amends
,ol 'ne uyeu sa'in gown TINS ora men ancied
hei 'op,Ano' was patent oil nooiii'y' and she
suu''eo ABOUT as IL queen oil the yard. She
ieminueu me very much OF an Ola great-aunt
VI mine, whose neaugear was the one worry
VI ner me anu we me ol 'nose near ner' She
tnought OF what she should put on her head
.ae moment she gov up In the morning and
tue wonuei' :" mao kept suaight all day.
(which II never did,) occupied her the last
,hins a. night had mind to call my old
men aunt Dep; put ,he likeness was too strik-
ing, 30 cnris'enea her Juno She was
stupid creature ana pumped her hrst egg
DOWN In the yard but must do her the jus
uce 70 say that when once shown nest she
pefunaciousiy Kept 70 1t ever alter, no matter
III hatWQan ad 80