The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-01-18
observations of Men aad Things,


O6- aTy ationa of Men f.ad Things
~ OF L GEORGE.
pHf HTN. The hen was hrat di.,ol cred in
A7ia, She was discovered syrat. hine up the
early corn. hen will cratch worse than 4
billiard player who jH,t learning the ZANE,
and that speaks Wrl for the hen Hen never
enjoy The itch. The di-ra-,, cannot oct ahead
lat enough 10 make it interesting i.r her
The hen i, sometimes called l!lr .Do plant
1t commence T." bear the liI>t year. early IN
the winter, and continue. tii Hue IA the
spIm&. me fruit i oval in .h,p- amt has 4
haf, white skin. Il i about n, liroc Hs a
lhItr cent lennon. and II soIl Nv the ,lo<nn
eleven /" the dozen unlrse Nou count Them
Yourself. when they hold out better
Hens are a. mach i sign of civilization Co. IT,
an old hat stuck i'll aWindoW, N place OF 4 pane
| o1 Gia>> Wherever YOU seen u hem YOU MAY
know that humanity resides in TIN, ~ame lotai-
Iiy. They are not nj expensive luxury. They
are willing 10 I'VE in the barn anl WORT, tor
Their board, finding their own clothes.
Scientific men have puzzled their brains 10
discover whether the e@g makes the chicken or
the chicken makes the egg. never saw a ruiz.
that worked both ways any better than shi
does. II comes the nearest 10 perpetual mo-
ton OF anything yet discovered. Ny own
opinion is that the chicken was made first. for
don't think the Creator would have deprived
the hen Of the pleasure OF laying the first ree:
and He must have been amply repaid for His
trouble when He heard the hen carkle after
she had laid it, for there is nothing that appar-
emily appreciates good job 50 fully as :: hen
when she has laid an egg. She always tacklcs
aS 7! eggs were worth Il dollar .ani Il halt
| dozen, and | have often said they were. i'm a
hens hearing, just to encourage her. When
knew they We're only worth A cent Il piece
| Hens lay between 500 and 400 co.'s, if tb.y
have good lack, These eggs are All NH hln
the hen in Il concentrated form, and it takes
the hen about three years to run out the sup
| ply. Some hens are ambitious that they try
and lay two eggs 4 day. but that is like 4 man
| trying to do too much business ON his capital,
| he generally fails, 1t il a good plan to keep a
| piece OF chalk ana mark down the eggs is fast
rs they are laid, and when you have chalied
| down about 300 then Kill the hen No matter
| 49, " = Z" 'io ~ ''''F' Us N""il Us
' i 'e'' sue Is " spring chicken. II N"H
''i "'''efe '"'s' 20 l''lo the market ana Try
'"0 "''A al o'u men, ana lei me Know how you
| succeed. When death does accidentally over
take hen, IN the pride Of her youth. and She
IS TRANSPORTED into 4 chicken pie. hold myself
'''''"' !" ''Fi' II l'i' "n" !" d'hhFF
On that day. and viii strain every NERVE in
! helping to destroy that Pie
~ n'n Is "lcolh'hohiy sci |" her way OF
'''i''''"S'' '"u gan If@'tr an ldel ottI OF h't.
Que ""i SUCK 10 "h opinion a Ioh@ H. It bad
h'''ie VIII 10 Il man. men she feels that she
| ms i'in ''h"tit egg enough I" pay for her
| "''i''' AiF wants 70 ~ ami having made up
her ihlhd u thi~' Hhr throws her Whole soul
mt" the business. ~''a don't seem to care
what IS IN the nest il she cam only sit there.
| nave known hen to sit a couple OF weeks on
Il iol OF china egg, under the deIuson that she
could hatch out set Of di~he-. If She Is al
lowed TO picis out her own nest, lty her own
EGGS and %lt ON them WheA she Eets ready, She
WI NV Eo"I b"hh7 " match 0ul every r"T.
Nhr Will mortgage ~ hrr properli q vet mon
'E - lrt ~ the iiiili ltshiI anu ~Elh generally
WINS. W h2h man steps in sin hla aupeuor
"I:'io ana fflfN to ASH t her, y"u can't get her
10 bet = cent ON the result. 1t is almost mros-
sibIe TO discourage 4 sitting hem | have known
one /" ut three Weel1 and MT hatch eul a
chicken, and, when he discdyc cred that the
eggs Were All rotten, to leANr the nfst and
never change color nor She'd a tear. Her -rlf
control IL wonderful.
lhr Importance Of the co. AMI tie lrft il
plays IN society can hardly l'r estimated. eN
''r' Nv iltr insurance a'tHa!S- SapP"HT
'iiFI" were liz more F.&~ 10 DE- hId, What
charm would llff hold "ul i" nH' The coffee
""iid u" muddy ana uhSrliiedi irled ham
"o"'' N'iiiSh ir"ih me ta'Hr; Iht d"uHhhlt
Womb cease 10 bfi me l"hlptih, tnNIard amt
squash plr would laa and die, and tie ever
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'''' !" 'l''Nf aft "liN i ~" 81 ING h't'S1t-
reS OF life biit enough 10 cause Il shutli,l to
run iowa our backs ts We, think of if
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/" ''' IGNORED. II hoInS the same p"Hitl"h /"
society that gun powder does to the world II
Owes rs ln,tAr ln.tu,a, hot,o, o,.tor, hett.r
,.
entertainment OF ~ KINGS. y Ho|fh 'o"-
drmned eggs ju,licoasly disposed Of, viii have
, tndn,..,. ~ .,la,.,t, th ,,,. Of o., u,,l,;. 4,
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'cr'ahmeh' more imam i "l"'' ro'""'h VI 'r'''
icSm in daily paper. \ rotten cg& is an ad-
mir,hle critic
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