The new North-west., 1873-07-26

OUR POULTRY DEPARTMENr.-Didy you
ever sec woman catch and Kill \ chicken
tor d'nner-bciOre you came ,O this coun
try. you know! She gets her apron full Of
corn, gus out 10 the wOod yard. calls
''C l,O o X. chunk. chouk," half Q doze0
times, sits Q handful Ut corn among the
chips. and the convention asscmhlcs Then
she Odds up oil the snimosities horn of
many grievances, sesinst some saucy roOs
'rr, and balancing herself on bvth hind
feet ent,ces that chicken - close, with ten
Ter accents and little sIfts of corn, that she
csn see the whites Ut hts eyes. hen she
puts dawn her apron. smooths oil the wrin
kles Out. wonders 'If snyb,dy's l,Okin'. {"
and with all the concentrated intensity Of =
human Icing denied the right Of suffrage,
'n~kes sudden spring upon his roostership.
When she gets up 90 has lookcd
Ill around to see II snyb'dy 10 laughing, she
>ees that chicken. with head and tail stuck
"ut like Flors Temple. making for the goose
i'erry bushes. Earth has No fury like
woman msd She seizes stick and away
'hcy 60, the Quicken before. the woman he.
hind. among the bushes. around the smoke
house, through the barn and across the or,
chard. the r0,stcr getting rcdder In the
..',nl,. hot encouraged to do his level best
by sil the circumstances Of the case and the
insriri"g "a ices IT every maiden chicken
Ia the vicinity, ani the woman getting red.
der In the face every jump snl pronOunc'ng
tens.iicti"ns On that rpo>ter. until her spr0n
comes off, her bsck hais tumbies d"wn,
her drspery don't set we'll In any direction,
and her left foot gocs through her gsiter
s'dewsys. While she is saying. 100 ooh!
my ptOr foOt I" and wiping the pcrspirati0n
from her unse, the roos,er. ,hisking 1t may
have oil been mistake. quietly slips under
the wood pile and squs,s down. His pur.
suer. With renewed hope In her heart, and
,esrs % her checks. ono hand full Of club
and one full Of dress, quietly slips upon him,
turns her head aside and runninG one arm
between the poles. peeiing Il halt way
shs ssisss him BY The leg, and
says 'Neo." Thea shs remembsss that
''Casl" 10 fastened up 10 the smoke house
asd ths hired man 10 sorting posasoes down
cellar. wbiie JONAS shot gan y hanging
l0aded With bird shot II shs hsll. Maybe
shc isa't warm - shsss svninisceaccs 0oas
acsuss Tho polished surfsoe Of her mind.
She takes that chickcs ~ the bead. b'sccs
bsssslf towards the four o1'rnefs Of the
earth. and begins 70 ,nsks that chicken ~.
volve q ihs ssis Of ninety times . uinsts
on comes she head. and - she holds It up
for one last wi,hesirg look Ut contempt. the
body Oops up. tho long. red, bloody nsck
spats her On the cheek end lips,
and she goes N 70 tho house, wipes
her mouth On the dishcloth and lays
down on the :douxh.chest. and has .
good cry. This is 1 pretty long story but
we tsll Il to point moral We ssw Weasel
kill chicken the other day aad yos know
Ma W. puts them On the tsble nicss thss
yoursslG. Hs bsld thschiek'
Up By The jcss. and striking Il . qsick, sharp
blow jasa bsck o. lhs wiags With - sdss
ee ~ oshes hand broke iis ssck. i died
lastastly. aad ~ ssrvsd white end sesdss.
Try II, N y0s srs ever lscky ssos1h = heys
chicksa tee dissss.