The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1868-12-05
Josh Billings on BOOSTERS.

:. lhare is not on the whole horizon Of
I'VE natur more pleazing and strength,
enlng studdy than the Rooster. This re-
markable package of feathers has been
TOT ages food for philosophik as we'll as
! the simple curious kind. Thew belono
to the feathered sekt denominated poul-
Try, and are the husbands of meny wives.
IN Utah it is konsidered disgrace to
speak disrepectful Of rooster. Brig
ham Young's coat of arms is a rooster.
IN full blast growing till he is almost
bent over double backward.
The flesh of the rooster is very SINH
lar tew the flesh ov the hen; it is hard
teW distinguish the difference, espeshallv
IN your soup. BOOSTERS are the Duoilists
amung the domestic burds; they wear
the belt, and l.aving no shoulder tew
strike from, they strike from the heel.
boosters, according to profane history,
If mi edukashun remembers me right,
were formerly man, who cum suddenly
upon one of the heather gods, at time
When he want prepared to see company.
and waz, for that otfense, rebuilt over in
to the fust rooster, and was forever after
ward destined to crow, as a kind of warn
ing. This change from man akounts
for their fighting abilities, and for their
pollteness tew the hens. There is moth
Ing III man that a woman admires more
than his reddyness and ability tew smash
another fellow, and it il !iiss SO with q
hen. When q rooster gets licked. the
hens all march off with the other rooster.
even If he aint haff so big or hansum. !
1t iz pluck that wins hen or a woman.
There Is CRATE variety ov pedigree
among the rooster race, but for steddy
business give me the old fashion domi-
niquer rooster, hort-legged, and when
they walk they alwus strut, and their
buzoms stick out like an Alderman's ab-
dominal cupboard. This breed is hawk
coiored, and haz crooked tail on them,
arched like sickle, and az full OF featl-
ers az a new duster. sf.rt-'
But when you cum right down to grit
and throw all outside differences over
board, there amt nothing on earth, nor
under it, that can out-style, out-step,
out-brag, or out-plIck q regular Bantum
rooster. s~t@5
Tha alwus put me in mind ov very
small dandy pTacticing before a looking
glass. # 5"@saal
They don't weigh more than thirty
ounces, but they make az much fuss az a
tun. have seen them trying tew pick
a quarrel with two-hess Wagon, and
don't think they would hesitate tew fight
meeting house if it waz the least sassy
to them. 1 @
Itiz more than fun tew hear one of
these little ehevaliers crow; it IL like Il
four-year old baby trying tew sing a line
out OF the Star Spangled Banner.
The hen partner in this concern il the
most exquisite little boquet of neatness
and feathers that the eye ever roasted on.
They are as prin az a premature young
lady. It IL ii luxury to watch their dain
tiness, to see them lay each feather with |
their bills, in its place, and preside over
themselves with as much delicacy az a
belle before her mirror
But the consummation is tew see the
wife mother, leading out six little
chicks a bugging; six little chicks no
bigger than bnmblebees. s.as
Ii seems tew be necessary that there |
should be sumthing outrageous in every
thing, tn show us WHARF propriety ends,
and impropriety begins. This is melan- |
SaoIy LiS CnSc HI aHc loOstCI duSIIi, 1ol
we hay. the shanghi rooster, the gratest
outrage, inmi opinyon, ever committed
i'm the annals ov poultry. 4s.syz .4t
These critters are the camels anlung
fowls; they nope around the barnyard,
tipping over the hay racks, and stepping
on the yung goslins, and every now and
then they crow confusion. +
Ii emmy body should give me shanghi
rooster should halter him and keep him
in a box stall, and feed him on crt 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 down
tew give tn the poor. E
But there amt nobody a going teW Civ
me one of this breed, knot If know it i;
j don't think there il man on earth
mean enough to do it. .5.s
BOOSTERS do but very little household
work; they won't lay emmy eggs, nor try
teW hatch enney, nor see tew the young
ones; this satisfys me that thare iz some
truth in the NEUROLOGICAL aekount ov the
ROSTERS fust origin a.s @
I'll cant get a rooster tn pay eny atten
tIon tn q yung one; tha spend their time
in growing, .struttiDg, and occasionally |
find q worm, which they make remark /
able fuss over, calling up their wives
from a, distance, apparently tew treat
them. but just as the hens git there, this
elegant and elaborate c1ss bends over
and gobbles up the morsel.
just like d man for all the world. 4.
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