The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-11-12

"6"'hob uSoObbluS hlub'
boosters. .-....
BY prof. j billings. ,..s...
Thare is not on the whole hOri.
zon Ov live natur u more pleazing
and strengthening study lban the
Rooster. This remarkable pack.
aye Of feathers has bin for ages
food fer philosophik as well as the
simple curious mind. They belong
tew the fcathered sekt denominat.
ed poultry, and are the husbands
OF mcnny wives In Utah it il
considered disgrace 10 speak dis.
repcctiul of rooster. Brigham
lOnng's cont Ov arms il u rooster
in full blast, Growing till he is al,
most bent over double backward.
The flcsh ov the rooster is very
similar To the flesh OF the hen; it is
hard 10 distinguish the difference
espcshly in your soup. Rooster,
are pngilists among the domcstiE
burd-; they wear the belt, and hav
ing no shoulder to strike from
they strike from the heel.
BOOSTERS, according TO profanc
history if my edukashen remem
bers me right, were formerly q
man, who come suddenly upon on,
ov tho heather gods, at Il time
when he want prepared tew sec
company and was, tor that Of
tense, rebuilt over into the fusI
rooster, and waz forever aftetwarC
destined tew crow, as kind ov
warming. This lchange from q
man akounts for their fighting
abilities and for their politenesI
tcw the hens. Thare is nothing in 9
man that woman admires more
than his rcddyness and ability tev
smash another fellow, an it II jisl
SO with q hen. When q rooster
gets licked, the hens all march opl
with Ire other rooster, If he ain
haff so big or handsome.
1t is pluck that wins a hen or {
woman. g.
There is CRATE variety ov ped
ig-ce amung the rooster race, bu
for stiddy bizness give me the ole
dominique rooster. short legged
and when they walk, they alwu'
strut, and their buzzums stick ouI
like Il alderman's abdominal cup
board. This breed is hawk. color
ed, and has q crooked tail on then
archcd like II sickle, and az full o,
feathers as 4 now duster.
But when you come right dowr
10 grit, and throw all outside inhu
enccs over board, there aint moth
ing on earth, nor under it, that car
out style, out step, out-brag or out
pluck a regular Bantum rooster.
They alwus put me in mini o.
a very small dandy, practicing be
tore a looking glass.
They don weigh more than 81
ounces, but they make az mucl
fuss az a tun. | have seen then
trying tew pick quarrel with
tew boss Wagon, aud don t think
they would hesitate tew fight {
meeting house il it waz the lcas
SISSY tew them. ..-H.1 . 49,
II seems lew be necessary tha
there should be sumthing outrage
Gus in cvrything, tew show u
where proprie,y ends and impro
priely begins. THIS is the mel
ancholIy case in the rooster affir
for we hay the. shanghi rooster, th'
gratest outrage, in my opinyun
ever committed in the annals 0
poultry. -a.s
Thczc kritters are The camel
amung fowls, they NOPE arounC
the barnyard, tipping over thcha.
racks and stepping on tho ynns
goslins, and cvry now aud theI
they crow confusion.
Ii emmy body should Civ mo
shanghi rooster, l should halte
and keep him in box stall. AM
feed him on cut feed, and if h
would work kind in harness, al
right, If not, l wuld butcher hin
tho fust wet day that cum. AM
salt him dtwn tCw Civ tew tn
poor.
But tharo aint nobody a goin!
to give me one ov this breed, no
il ] knowit; | don't think thareis
man on earth mean enough tcw dt
il. -
Roosters do but little household
work; they wont layenny eggs MOI
try TO hatch emmy, nor zee tew th'
young ones; this satisfys me thai
there ~ some truth in the lmytho
logical akount ov tho roosters 8 fus
origin. fJ.. 'D t.4-
You kant git a rooster tew pay
any attenshun tow u young one
they spend their time in Growing
strutting and occasionally find I
worm, which they make a remark
able fuss over, calling UP thel
wives from u distance, APPARENT.
to treat them, but just as the hen
get thare, this elegant and elabor
ate cuss bonds over and gobble
up tho morsel. . tl)I y.1al 9.t
iJast like u man, for all the Gorld
ui I.uCN Fog. T'Jsc '.N' H ,|l'.