The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-06-11

An Irreverent CIucker.


They have had more trouble at our
Methodist Westinghouse. Last Sun
day Hev Mr.. Moody was Just begin.
ming his sermon, aud had uttered the
words. "Breihrcn. ! wish TO direct your
attention this morning 10 the fourth
verse Of the twentieth chapter OF
Saint-----" when a hen emerged from
the recess beneath the pulpit. As she
bad just laid an egg, she interrupted
Mr.. Moody TO announce the fact TO the
congregation aud he stopped short as
she walked out into the aisle, screech-
ing: "Kuk-kuk- -kuk-kuk-te-ko. Kuk-
kuk- -kuk-kuk-te-ko" Mr.. Moody con-
templated her for a moment. aud then
concluded 10 60 on; but the sound of
his voice seemed 70 provoke her to rival
ry, and so she put on pressure of five
or six pounds To the square inch. aud
made such racket that the preacher
stopped again and said:
"Will Deacon Grimes please remove
that disgrsceful chicken from the meet
ing-hOuse.
The deacon rose and proceeded with
the task. lie first tried 10 drive her
toward the door, but she dodged him,
and still clucking vigorously, got under
the seat i'm the front pew. Then the
deacon seized his umbrella and scoopet,
her out into the aisle again, after which
lie tried - ''.hoo" her toward the door
but she Garted into a pew. hoped over
the PARTITION. came down in the opposite
pew, and in the side aisle. making n
noise like steam plaDing-mill The
deacon didn't like 10 climb over after
her. so he went round, aal lust as he
got into the sislc tho hen few over into
the middle aisle again. Then the bows
In the gallery laughed. and the deacon
began to grow red in the face.
At last Mr.. Binns came out Of hi.
pew TO help. and as both he and the dea-
con made dash at the chicken from
opposite directions she flew up with a
wild chuck TO the gallery and perched
OH the edge, while she gave excited ex-
preston to her views BY emitting about
500 clucks a minute. The deacon flung
a hymn-book AT her to scare her down
again, but he missed her and hit Billy
Jones, a Sunday school scholar, in the
eve. Then another boy in the CALLER,
made dash al her. and reached so fal
( over tha. he tumblcd and fell on Mrs
Misaey's spring bonnet, Whereupon sh.
said ont loud that he was predestned e
the gaIlOws. The crash scared the hen
and she few over and roasted on thu
stove-pipe that ran along just under m,
ceiling. faiily howling with fright. ~
order 20 bring her down The deacon anC
NJ. Binns both beat on the lower par
OF the pipe with their umbrellas. and Al
the fifth or sixth knock the pipe separa.
ted aud about forty feet of ii came dowi
with q crash. einptyimg barrel or two
of SCOT over the congregation. There
were women IN that congregation who
went home looking a If thev had beer
working in 4 coal mine. ana wishing
they could stab Deacon Grimes without
being hung Tor murder. Tie ben came
down with the stove-pipc. aud as ali,
few by Mr.. Piuns ne made dash NJ hei
with his umbrella aud knocked bel
clear through a fifteen dollar pane y
glass, whereupon she landed in the street
and hoped OIL clucking insanely. Tier
Mr. Moody adjourned the congregs ton
They are going 20 expel the owner o
that men from church whom they dis
cover his Identity Max Adelsr to N
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