The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-11-10
The Palladium.
RICHMOND, IND. NOV. 10th, 1868.
HOLSTERS.
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Thare Is not on The " mole horizon OF
ov live natur more pleasing and
strengthening study than the Rooster
This remarkable package Of feathers
has bin for ages food for philosopher
as well as the simple curious mind -
They belong tew the feathernd sekt de
nominated poultry, and are the hns
bands of menny wives In Utah it is
considered q disgrace to speak disre-
speckful ov rooster. Brigham Young's
coat ov arms is a rooster, in full blast.
Growing till he is almost bent over
double backward
The flesh ov the rooster is very SINH
lar to the flesh ov the hen; it is hard to
distinguish the diffrance, espeshly in
yure soup. BOOSTERS are the pugilists
amung the domestic burds; they wear
the belt, and having no shoulder to
strike from, they strike from the heel
BOOSTERS, according to profane histo-
nv, if mi edukashun remembers me
right, were formerly man, who come
suddenly upon one ov the heather gods,
at a time when he want prepared to see
company, and waz, for that offense, re-
built over into a rooster, and waz for
ever afterward destined to crow, as a
kind of warning. This change from a
akounts for their fighting abilities, and
for their politeness tew the hens. Thare
is nothing in man that a woman AL
> mires more than his reddyness and abil-
ity tew smash another fellow, and it is
jiss SO with q hen. When a rooster
gets licked, the hens all march oph with
the other rooster, if he amt half SO big
. Oh. handsome. s1 ea 7
1t il pluck that wins hen or wo-
man. T ra8
Thare il CRATE variety of pedigree
amung the rooster race, but for stiddy
bizneess give me the old dominique
rooster, short legged, and when they
walk they always strut, and their buzz
Gums stick out like alderman's abdom-
inal cupboard. This breed is hawk
colored, and has crooked tail on them
arched like sickle, and as full ov feath.
ers as a new dusteI. r. si =.
But when you cum right down to grit
and throw all outside influence over.
board, there Amt nothing on earth, mol
under it, that can utstyle, out step
out bag, or out pluck q regular Ban
tum rooster.
They alwuz put me mind ov a very
small dandy, practicing before look
ing-glass. 4
sss They don't weigh more than 80 oun
ces, but they make az much fuss as
tun. have seen them trying tew picl
quarrel with two boss Wagon, ant
don't think they would hesitate tev
fight meeting house if it was the leas
rs sassy tew them.E az
1t seems to be necessary that ther
should. be sumthing outrageous in every
thing, tew show WHARF propriety end
ass and improperly begins. This il til
melancholy case in the rooster affai
for we have the shanghi rooster, til
81 greatest outrage, in my opinyun, eve
committed in the annals of poultry.
rssg Theze critters are the camels amun
3 = lows, they NOPE around the oafnyai
tipping over the hay racks and steppin
on the yung goslins, and every now an
then crow confusion.
40 If emmy body should give me shanl
hi rooster, should halter him, and kee
him in box stall, und feed him on CT
feed. and if he would work kind in
harness, all right, if not, would butte
er him the fust wet day that cum, ar
salt him down tew give tew the poor.
But thare amt nobody going te
"a give me one ov this breed, knot if i XII
- it; don't think thare IL man on ear
~ mean enuff tew do it. ~Teseas. "a
BOOSTERS do but very little househo
work; they wont lay emmy eggs, nor t
57 to hatch emmy, nor see tew the yung uI
this satisfys me that thare is sum tru
20 in the NEUROLOGICAL ackount ov the ~
ter's fust origin. xastss OF fs-.lss
= Yu kant git ruster to pay any attic
ton to yung one: they spend thu
time in Growing, strutting, and occ
f u, sionally find q worm, Which they ma
remarkable fuss over, calling up thu
wives from distance, apparently
treat them, but, just az the hens 6
thare, this elegant and elaborate CT
bends over and gobbels up the morse
4CEI Just like man for all the world.
The Cliff copper mine on Lake SUI
rior is now 1000 feet deep-below
bottom of the lake 81