The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-23

a Fairhaycn correspondent IS" has 50
far forgotten the prophecies of his position
rs Il local reporter, it seems as 10 prowl
around his ncighbors barnyards and hen.
roosts and awake those sluccs and private
affairs which have hitherto been concealed
safe from the interior of the ruthless inter
viewer and reporter under the prctensc of
little visit he takes occasion to pry into tie
habits of his neighbor and OF his fowls anl
animadycrt and beratc, with little to much
freedom for one Of his cloth.
In referring to my hens and NY manage
ment of them Oor l assume, they arc mine,
he is "alludiug at') is quite correct in his
statement of the number of hens kept and
the quantity Of eggs received, but is wide
of the mark in reference to the expectations
avowed by the trutlcss efforts wasted on
these hens. l frankly admi. that these
hens are an uuaccounlabe mystery to our
entire family when tested by any well known
principles OF husbandry they have thus far
proved failure. They yetoe all scientific
theories all strdlgetic, mannuvers or ex-
periments of whatsoever kind or nature
which has been applied to make laying
easy, all the ditlc ent kinds of food, all
materials supposed to be useful in the form
aions of shells, all the various styles OF
nests cunningly devised that article could
suggesf, all kinds of patent nest eggs from
and including carthen, glass, wooden and
chalk as gentle reminder to cog or gostle
the brainlyss things to the performance
OF their fret business Of life have been use
lessly exhausted We give our hens un-
limited range They are not confined to
the narrow unwholcsome limits which is
the ordinary lot of hens, even of hens in
good circumstances. Our neighbors will
attest cheeriully that our hens have the
largest latitude and their crops confirm
hat they attest. Now i must be confessed
that after all the lime and expense lavished
upon them not 10 resi- ond with more Tree
dom in this respect suggests mCntable
defect somewhere, whether in the breed,
culture or II constitutional contumary of the
Migrate is the question which has secretly
agitatcd and perpeXed my household for
long time.
There is one thing however, which have
been told, which | begin seriously to be.
licve that they have Gigimennl and in that
case have a resort which / think will
prove most ofltctua. l propose without
regaod to expense to have my friend, your
C e.pondent read to Them lis Secure"
on ''the moral dcgeneracy of the age"
know this will make them lay horizontally
If not otherwise.
do not wish to whitewash or apologize
for our hens but | insist with exception
above stated they are above the average
standard. They are models symetrically
speaking, they adorn a roost in the dark
,t p,ilDiUht They n no oxcnl-a
and perfectly at home in a garden and as
to setting perfectly invincible. Give them
the slightest cause or inducenent and they
will demonstrate that to fraction they will
cover nest of eggs only bring tn m on,
remove them all hut one they will still set,
remove that and you cannot observe the
least effect, take away every straw of the
nest, they are s i'll there hot or cold, wet
or dry they yield to nothing. There is but
one way to stop them from setting in July,
and that is "kiil them in June" | watch
cd one while the Danbury NerS man won
two heats, time l49 days hours 40 min
utes. lost the third heat being unable TO
identify the hen as nothing was left but the
wish bone. But 1 cannot further dwell on
the qualities of hens ! wish 10 advert 10
your correspondent again and state TACT
with an imp easant inference. have an
NuAIAltlNt u llNllN AllA nv NG-' ~ 'A"'
plenty of eggs and no hens, now rs be-
tween ncighhors. what is the inference,
does it initiate against the hen or ncighaor.
1t is true he may claim or live distance
too far to be- styled neighbors, but insist
none too far in this case. \ word with gu
privately who supplies your correspondent
here with ink What kind of an arrange
ment have you with him in regard 10 re-
muneraiion? Do You pay him by the liueat
foot or cubic yard! Whisper. Ii there +,
any balance due him | should like to trus-
tee an account Of board [bored) One
word more, your repur or Wust take IN
few reefs of his cOuceit and not assume "a
know so much OF his noighhors affairs, or
il may lead to some exposure of the rise
progress and fall Of the local express BUSH
ness in this place-three days experience
by hens, II he wants to play its his pitch.
eLATf.