Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-10
Another Queer Fowl Story.
A Lady's Battle With 6 Rooster, ana
 Hts Result.
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| ltron the Hartford IlmsS.1
 | One day last week lady of this cit
 had really an earnest battle with 8 rooster
 She had two focks of about dozen hens an, | one rooster each with @ separate rum fo l each squad, and the hen house is pertitionet
 through the middle, with window iu tn | partition.
 | Almost every day the lady visits the henner, | and usually stops to stroke and pet the feath l cred favorites. Under this treatment th, 1 fowls have become quite tame and never be | fore had she such an experience as we ar.
 about to relate.
 The lady. as she tells the story herself, hat
 passed through the first division of the her l house and stopped to pet the fowls in the oth- | or half, and while she was thus engaged she
 noticed the big old rooster in the other domi | ole had taken position where he could zee | the lady's operation through the partition win. | dow. He watched her with jealous eye.
 Directly the lady reached out to take in he, hands hen, but it evaded her and ran of with frightened scream. At this the locker on in Venice-the old rooster-became unduly
 excited, rufH ed his feathers, elongated his neck and showed he was 'as mad as could be- He looked as if he wanted to tackle the lady, and sure enough when she entered the room | to pass out he did make most determined
 onslaught. He rushed at her fairly bristlina
 with indignation, and snvageiy struck at he. with his spurs. The lady, rather pleased than
 otherwise, lifted foot to poke him away and did give him 8 vigorous shove. But he re- turned and let fly his spur mounted heels and gave the lady's No. gaiter a lively crack, leaving quite stinging sensation. And from this time out the lady and the plucky old rooster had regular pitched battle. She says at first she rather enjoyed the sport, but be. fore she got through the fowl wRs so terribly in earnest it did not seem like fun, and she determined to end the fight by taking the old fellow by the neck and holding him suspended In mid-air until the fight WAS all taken out of him. The next fly he made at her she clutch ed him, and yanked him from his feet, but be struck at her several times with his spurs in rapid succession and in 0 most spitefui and ugly manner. He got in ons blow on the back of her hand and wrist that left 8 mark three inches long, and she was glad to drop him. But now her woman lander was up and sheWss bound to conquer. She turned cn him and kicked at him with one foot and then with the other, following him around the little house, he fighting gallantly as he re- treated.
 He would fly at her, catch her by the dress with his bill and crack would go the spurs with as much vigor as if the old fellow had a rooster's head in chancery. Again and again the old lady grasped him by the neck, choking, twisting and shaking him, but he would com pol her let to go by the rapid thumps of his tough, hard old spurs.
 After the fight had lasted fully ten minutes, the lady thought as there coulc not be much honor in conquering rooster, ard rather ad,I miring his pluck, she thought she would with. draw and let him enjoy his crow of victory But as she turned to go the onslaughts of tie | plucky fellow were fiercer and fercer and ste | was compelled to retreat backwards and kpt | her face employed in trying to keep him at | bay. When she turned to open the exit yhor | the rooster, as parting salute, flew up afher | waist high, and gave her belt a crack. Twas | 8 fowl blow but the lady did not stop toslaim | the victory on that account. She huriadly | closed the door and the determined fellow actually gave the door dip and looked dis gusted because the lady dad got out of his | reach.
 The writer saw seve-al marks on tta lady's | hands and arms ss tn. result of the encounter and has told the story as nearly as ptssible in her owd language. It is no uncommon oc- currence for a rooJter to tackle man or | woman, but we lave never heard of 8 case | where the fowl showed so much pluck and | persistency in carrying on the unequal fight.