The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-04
The Josh Billings Paper.

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study than the Rooster. This remarkable
package of feathers has been for ages food
| for the philosophik as well rs the simple
curious kind. They belong to the feathered
sckt denominatcd poultry, aud are the hus.
bands OF menncy wives In Utah it is kon
| sidcred IA disgrace to speak disrespectful Of
a rooster. Brigham ioung's coat of arms
| is q rooster, in full blast growing till he is
| almost bent over double backward.
The flesh ov the rooster is very similar
tew the flesh Of the hen; it il hard tcw dis.
| unguish the difference, especially in your
| soup. BOOSTERS are the pugilists amung the
domestic burds they wear tho belt and hav.
ing no shoulder tew strike from, they strike
from the heel.
BOOSTERS, according to proiane history, If
mi cdukashun remembers me right, were
| formerly man, who came suddenly upon
| one ov the heather gods, at time when he
| want prepared tew see company, and wRZ,
for that Oifense, rebuilt over into the fust
rooster, and was forever afterwnrd destined
tew crow, as kind ov warning. This
change from man akounts for their fight
ing abilities, aud for their politeness tew the
hens. Thare is nothing in n man that n
| woman admircs more than his reddyness
} and ability tew smash another fellow, and il
IL jisS so with hen. When rooster gifts
licked the hens all march oph with the
other rooster, if he aint half so big or hand
some,
1t IL pluck that wins hen or q woman
There IL CRATE variety ov pedigree amung
the rooster race, but for Study bizness give
me the old fash dominique rooster, short
legged, and when they walk they alwu'
+ strut, and their buH2ums stick out like nj
Alderman's abdominal cupboard Thi.
: { breed is hawkcolored, and has u crooked
j tail on them, arched like sickle, aud a.
full ov feathers AS n new ruster.
Bat when you come right down to grit
aud throw all outside influences overheard
there amt nothing on earth, nor under it
=, that eau out style, out.step, out brag or out
a. pluck regular Bantum rooster.
i They alwus put me in mind ov u very
small dandy practicing before a looking
e glass.
+ They don't weigh more than 80 ounces
c but they make az much fuss NJ tun.
e have seen them trying tew pick n quArre
= with two.hoss Wagon, and don't think
y they would hesitate tew fight q meeting
d house if IT was the least sassy to them.
II 1t is more than fun tew hear one ov these
IS little chevaliers crow; it il like fouryeal
e old baby trying tew sing a line out ov tht
r Star Spangled Banner.
i The hen partner in this concern IL the
e most exquisit little boquet ov neatncss and
. feathers that the eye ever roasted on. They
are az prim az premature yung lady. 1t
II q luxury to watch their daintyness, tew
| see them Law each feather with their bills, in
, | H.. t,lnpa al
l. AZ much deicacy az belle before her mir.
0 ror.
d But the contamination IL tew see the wife
J another, leading out six little chicks beg.
a gng SIX little chicks no bigger than bum.
T. blebces.
l. |, seems tew be necessary that there
v should be sumthing outrageous in evry
d thing, tew show us WHARF propriety ends
/ and improperly begins This IL mcan
1t Choly, the case is the rooster affair, for we
) hav the shanghi rooster, the gratest outrage,
IS in Uni opinyuu, ever committed in the an
IS mails of poultry.
u Thee kritters are the camels amung
T. fowls, they NOPE around the bsrnyard, tip
III ping over the hay racks, and stepping on
y he yung goslins, and evry now and then
Sc they crow confusion.
y If emmy body should Civ me a shaugh
l. rooster should halter him, and keep him
4 IN box stall, and feed him on cut feed, and
II he would work kind in harness, all right
Al if not, would butcher him the fust wet day
le that cum, and salt him down tew give tea
IS the poor.
IS But there amt nobody going ,cw Civ me
Of one Of this breed, knot if j knew it, i don't
e think thare IL a man on earth mean enulf tt
Il do it.
BOOSTERS DO but very little household work
e they won't lay emmy eggs, nor try tew hatcI
a emmy, nor see tew the young ones this salts
x iys me that thare is sum truth in the mytho
VI ioglksl aCkount ov the roosters fust origin.
81 lu can't get q rooster to pay emmy atten
u shun teW yung one, they spend their time
&c IN Growing, struttiDg, and occassonly find Q
worm, which they make a remarkable fuss
u over, calling up their wifes from distance
/ apparently tew treat them, but lust as the
: hens get thare, this elegant and elaborate
n cuss bends over and gobbcs up the morsel.
d Just like man for all the ,rorld
l., The old seal Of the state of Illinois which
5 has been used just fifty years aud two
months, was, on the 26th ult, laid aside and
new one put in its place, as ordered by
the last Legislature. The design of the new
seal is nearly the same as the old one, the
chief difference being in the old motto,
which formerly read Estate Sovereignty
National Union," but now reads National
l Union.-State Sovereignty"