, 1869-04-11
"H. G." AMONG THE CHICKENS.
Hts Adventures mt &hc Poultry Show
-kfD~ tho lxoosters Received Him
-Astonfahs sncnt OF thc Ducks-Ad-
mtF9tton OF tho Turkeys-Yelptnx
DaEs and an Internal Mule.

AFft11o1a<7ssS 1f lk Cincinnati 7gnHG,
Greclry eatnr late 70 the Poultry Show, Us usual
The nttcndAnce nas small, and ioolcd ali 1nc
s1naltcr from the vast space The show wis hcId IN
The venerable editor Of the T15une WAS not IN
- hn tone thsi he does no. usaatly reveal In pub
t!c Ireery1nT his chief dsagtcahlcncss Io1 Tic Cd
lf0rtal rltln and his intimate friends.
common, and tho VARIOUS tnrIs their, not hcoc
se1y Intelligent, fatlcd to recognize 1t as human
They evidently mstooe II for tne expression Of an
"a Ny friends" began II a., nnd here a ruos,er
poured forth NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ia cia-.np mates
that fa4Fi, drownei the ferulc o:yan Of the tour-
nast Ny frenda," he repeated, ~ Am rtI1
to ticct yon tquark. quack. quacx went whole
en1a Of ddehs~ and kept II MP loe nrc fninutcsl.
A. VIVA SAYING, ! nm G!ad to meet you here TO-
u1r]l fhrkeyN, until the speaker turnci nd WITH
vexnsunN. Farming Is tho uut!es, calling ~ cverr
wifs man VII attest q oountless nurntsr OF geese
dro" ned his voice with hIdcouS noise, as every
one VIII attest who Is Within reach Of lnf t1nacS.
H.ack- Epable, gohbie, cock-a-loolic-doo, Ell La
chrr4e--Wlihln reach VI my voice
'Thc farmer tquack, quick. quAck,--the farmer
Ray Sgohtae, kotlAe, RobbIclt1c farmer tcnek-a-
,1hno-nt-dnol. h i ! could make naysei! heard In
hts shEli ttctar 20 high thai = hnSc Cochin Caina
cf,eonatittsna 1t Challenge trum rival roo<,cY,
Eaprei hts w1n5s. and gave such loud anl rro.
fohRed crow mat the Hpsuco kteect philosopher
WAS completely druN ned In the volume OF sotiud,.
Gr,tles made nv cl1urt to tusn the sentence.
i was evident anScr was getting the better OF his
Judgment lie WaA silent for ko,ne minutes h.
FORE he Weni on: Nature dweals In the countrv.
there Is her sanctuary; therr-" tpe!unk, 1se-
yEnk, 1@yupk, Yelled one Of the mAny dogs the
fA1ncss had bzunsht to town, and tied In tae en-
closulr-)
Once more the sentence was cat OF. and smother
neRun, II. G. growing nd Aaeut the ears aud say.
Ing, Hzso Tcst, ''n-n poult1J, anyhow! Who
that has scncr,us soul = III MI respond q ~.
w-sow- peyuhf-reynnk, qrack Eohhte, crhrlc,
'luscl. hts, hissr cock dusaIe-titu rcJunk oow-
wow-wow, Chimcl IN Gcesc, ducks roustcrs, tsIr-
keys MD doS~l.
The audience couii not rc7rcss the!r mcr,i.neat
longer. EycEtfthls ;nrst into mar OF la,<htcr
save GEeelry, wht loNfcd ~ mad as be evrr cAn
look Ihcrc Mas long pause, AMI taen the ven-
lave many attractions: but they are 2runciA And
t.ccertions, my rftcnL.. Look into year heart,
question IL and 1t will answer In . still, Email
Voice thec-hAw, hec-haH, hc<.-h&w, beloved 4
mule alrncat under The epeakerN nose, and sab
merged the c.!tor slender organ ~ the F,ar o!
latieSJ atIEes the piping Of thrushl
The philosopher lost hts philosophy Iic s;soce
70 n7utp. The mules protest against hts con&tnu-
tnce was too much for human na.afr- Hr len
the rnsttum saying IL audible tone: !" "iAways
did bate mules D-n mules. they II do any,
Itmg.' ...
The audIence exploded once norc- The Ectse
htssed, Ihe Gurkcsa Eohblttl, the ducks quac1cl,
the rctstets sruwel the dozs tarked And the co rs
below tal tu such grand Menaa,ertc sstie As has
Yately lacn heart On the Island Of Manhattan. AZ
tcmpt6 were N aIt to pzcify Grrcly but lie bsrats
OF. in towering FsKc, declaring. II y sail. "D-a
Spu: hate all u YOU You 10 as b3d ns tnAt ID
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