The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-07-07
Boosters,
BY PROF. J. BILLINGS.

Thare is not on the whole horizon of
live natnr a more pleasing and strengthen
ing study tran the rooster. This remarka-
Bile package of feathers has bin for ayes
food for the philosophikes as we'll as the
simple curious mind. They belong tew the
feathered sekt denominated poultry, and
are the husband of menney wives. In
Utah it is considered disgrace tew speak
dsrespeckful or a rooster. Brigham
Youne's coat ov arms is a ROSTERS, in full
blast, growing till he is almost bent over
double backward.
The flesh ov the rooster is very similar
tew the flesh nv the hen; it is hard tew
distinguish the difference, especially in
yure soup. BOOSTERS are the pugilists
among the domestic burds they wear the
belt, and having no shoulder tew strike
from, they strike from the heal.
BOOSTERS, according to profane history
if mi edukashun remembers me Alright
were formerly man, who cum suddenly
upon one ov the heather gods, at time
when he wasn't prepared tew see company
and waz, for that offence, rebuilt over into
the fust rooster and wuz forever afterwards
destined tew crow. az kind of warning
This change from a man akounts for their
fighting abilities, and for th"ir politeness
tew the hens. Thare is nothing in man
that woman admres more than his red
dyness and ability TO smash another fellow
and it IL iiss so with hen When roos-
ter gifts licked, the hens all march Oph with
the otbre rooster, if he amt half so big or
handsome
1t liz pluck that wins a hen or woman
Thare liz a CRATE variety Of pedigree
among the rooster race, but for Study
bizness give me the old fashioned domini-
que rooster, short legged, and when they
walk, they always strut, and their buzzums
stick out like an alddermaus abdominal cup
board. This brt ed il hawk-colored, and
haz a crooked tail on them arched like a
sickle, and az full of feathers aza new
buster.
But when you come right down to grit
and throw all outside influences overheard,
their rint anything on earth, nor under it,
that can out-style, out-step, or out-brag, or
out-pluck regular bantum rooster.
They alwus puts me in mind of a very
small dandy, practicing before looking
glass.
They don't way more than thirty ounces,
but they make as much fuss az tum.
have seen them trying to pick a quarrel
with two boss wagon, and don't think
they would hesitate to fight a meeting
house if it was the least sassy to them.
It seems tew be necessary that there
should be sumthing outrageous ia every
thing to show Us where propriety aud i'm
propriety begins. This IL the melancholy
case in the rooster affair, for we have the
shanghi rooster, the greatest outrage, in
my opinyun, ever committed in the annals
of poultry.
Thes. critters are the camels, amung
fowls they NOPE around the barn yard.
tipping over the hay racks and stepping on
the yung gostlings. and every now and then
crow confusion.
IF emmy boldly hould give me a shanqhi
rooster. should halter him and keep him
in a box stall, and feed him on cut feed,
and if he would be kind in harness, all
right if not | would butcher him the fust
wet day that cum, and salt MIN down tew
give tew the poor.
But thare amt nobody going to give
me one of this breed knot if | KIN wv it; l
don't think thare il man on cath mean
enough tew do it.
BOOSTERS do but very little household
work. They won't lay emmy eggs, nor try
to hatch emmy, nor see to the yung ones
This satisfys me that thare is some truth in
the NEUROLOGICAL akount of the 'ooster's
fust origin.
Yu kant git rooster to pay attenshun
to young one; they spend their time in
growing strutting. and occasionally find a
worm, which they make remarkable fuss
over, calling their wives from a distance,
apparently to treat them, but just as the
hens Git there. this elegant and elaborate
kuss bends over and gobbles up.the morsel.
Just like man, for all the world.