The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-08-19
"sockery- Setting a Hen.
From the Poultry MOnthly.l

From the Poultry Monthiyl
MEEsTER VERRIs:-I see dot mosd
efferpoty wrides something for de
shicken bapers nowtays, and / fought
praps meppe In can do dot too, SO L
wride all apout vot dock blace NIT me
lasht summer; you know--oder uf you
dond know, den dells you-dot Kat
rina IDIOT is mine vrow) und me, ve
keep some shickens for long dime ago
und Won tay she salt 10 me "Sockery"
(dot is mein name), Ivy dond you put
some uf de aigs under dot olt plue hen
shickens, / kinks she wants 10 safe"
"Vell," / salt, "meppe I guess / viii"
SO / bicked oud some uf de best aigs
und dook um oud do de paru fere de
olt hen make her nesht ia de side uf
de haymow, pond fife six veet up; now
you see / nefeI was ferry big up und
down, but / vos booty pig all de way
around in de mittle. so koodn't reach
up lill 1 vent aud got psrrel do slant
on; veil l klimet me or Go parrel, und
ven my he'd rise mp py de nesht, dot
olt hen she gif me such bick dot my
nose runs all otter my face init plood,
und ven todge pack dot plasted olt
parrel bet preak, ind / vent town ker-
shlam, py cholly, didn't tink / kood
90 insIte parrel pefore, put dere vos
und | ~ 80 dite dot / koodnt git me-
oud eaerway, my fest (vest) vas bushed
way mp unter my arm-holes; ven L
fount / vos dite shtuck, holler Kat
rinal Katrina!" und ven she koom and
see NEE shtuck in de parrel up to my
arm holes, init my face ali plood and
aigs, DIV chOlly, she chust lait town on
dc hay ind laft und laft, till got SO
mat salt; "Vot you lay dere und laf
like a olt WOOL, ell? Wy dond you koom
bull Tue oud?" uud she set up and salt,
"Oh, wipe off your chin, und bull your
fest town." den she lait back und laft
like she wood split herself more as ever.
Mat as vas / fought to myself, Kat
rina, she sbeak English booty goot, but
| ouly salt, nit my greatest dignitude,
Katrina, will you bull me oud dis par
rel?" und she see dot ] look booty red,
so she salt, "of course / will. Sockery,"
den she lait me und do parrel town on
our site, und / dook holt de door sill,
und Katrina she bull on de parrel, but
De first bull she mate yellot, "donder
und bitten, shtop dat, by gollp; dere
is nails IN de parrel" you see de nails
bent town ven / vent IN, but ven L
koom oud dey schticks in me all de
way rount; veil, to make a short shtory
long. / told Katn0a TO go und dell nay
por hansmau 90 pring a saw und saw
me dis parrel off; veil, he koom und he
like TO shblit himself, nit laf, too, but
he roll me Offer und saw de parrel all de
way round off, und git up nit half a
parrel arount my waist, den Katrina
she say, "Sockery, vait little l get
battern of dot new oierskirt you haf
on, a" but l didn't salt wort, shust
got nife oud und vittle hoops of und
shling dot confronted olt parrel in &c
voot pile.
Pimepy ven 1 koom in dc house, Kat
rina she said, 30 soft Ike, ''Sockery,
dond YOU go in TO but some aigs under
dot olt plue hen?" den | salt, in my
deepest voice, Katrina, uff you effer
say dot to me again II git pull from
you, help me chiminy gracious" und i
dell you. she didn't say dot any more.
Veil. Mr. Verris, ven step on a parrei
now, l dond step on it, git pox.
Very drooly yours,
SoCKERY KADAHCCT.