Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-12-26
Ilsssisrs.

y. lNN' NiNNNa'r
Ihare is not On the whole hOri
E0n O. live Rallr a more pleasing
and strengthening study Than lh,
rooster, This remarkable paokag,
of feathers has bin for ages food
f1rphilusophiek as well as lhs sim,
pie c00rius mind, They belong "a
the ftalherei sekt denominaled
poultry, and arc the husbands 0l
menny wives, In Utaw il is kon-
siierrd a disgrace TO speak disre-
spekhi Of a rooster, Brigham
F ioung's coat nv arms is n rooster,
in fHll blast, Growing ill ho is al
most bent over backward,
Tho flesh Of the rooster Is very
similar to the flesh Ov tho hen; il q
hard lew distinguish the difference,
espeshally in your soup, BOOSTERS
are the pngilists amung the domes,
tie burds; they ware the belt, and
having no shoulder TO strike from,
they strike from tho heel,
Ruustors, according % profine
history, II my edukashun remcm'
berS me right, were formerly u man
who come suddenly upon one ov
the heather gods at a time when he
want prepared to see cumpany, aud
wax for that offence, rebuilt over
into the fGst rooster, and wal for,
ever ancrward destined tcw crow
as a kind Of warning. This change
from u man akoun;s ;or their fight,
ing abilities, and for their Sighting
abilities, aud for their olitcncss 10
the hens. There is nothing in Il
man that n woman admircs more
than his reddyncss and ability to
smash another fellow, and il IL list
so with hen. When rooster gifts
licked the hens all march oph with
the other rooster it he aint half SO
biz or handsome.
1t IL pluck that wins hen or
woman.
There is great variety ov pcdi.
gree amung the rooster race, but
for stiddy dizziness give me tho old
iashuncd dominique roosier-short
legged, and when they walk they
aIwus strut, aud their buzzums
stick out like n aldcrman's cup.
board. This breed is hawk colorcd
and has u crooked tail on them,
arched like sickle, and az full ov
feathers as new dustcr.
But when you come down to grit
and throw all outside influences
overheard, there ART nOthin on
earth, nor under it, that can out
style, out step, out brag, or out
pluck regular Bantum rooster
They alwus put me in mind ov II
very small dandy practicing before
Il looking glass.
They don't weigh more than 30
ounces. but make as much fuss us Il |
tun. | have seen them trying tcw
pick a quarrel with n two hoss wa
gon, and don't think they would |
hesitate tew fight meeting house
if it was the least sassy tew them. |
Itscems to be necessary that there
should be sumthing outragus in
everything, tew show us where
propriety ends and impropriety be,
gins. This iz the melancholy case
in the rooster affair, for we have
the shanghai rooster, the greatest
outrage in my opinyun, ever COM
mitted in the annals of poultry.
These kritters are the camels
amung fowls, they nope around
the barnyard, tipping over the hay
rick and stepping on the yung gos-
lins, and every now and then they
crow confusion.
If emmy body should give me
Shanghi rooster, should halter him
keep him in a box stall and feed
him on cut feed, and if he would
work kind in harness, all right, if
not | would butcher him the fust
wet day that cum, and salt him
lown tew give tew the poor.
But thare aint nobody a going to
give me one ov this breed, knot if |
inow it; | don't think thare IL a
nan on earth mean enough to do it.
BOOSTERS do but little household
work; they won't lay emmy eggs,
lor try to hatch emmy, nor see to
he young ones; this satisfies me
hat thare is sum truth in the my
biological akount ov the roostor's
ust origin.
Yu kant git a rooster tew pay
my attention tew yung one; they
pend their time in growing, strut
ing and occasionally find a worm,
which they make remarkable fuss
yer, calling up their wives from a ,
istance, apparently tew treat them, ,
ut, jist az the hens git thare, this ,,
legant and elaborate cuss bends I;
yer and gobbles up the morsel,- /,
ust like a man for all the world. !;