Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-11-05

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without reaching any decision. The subject
OF sspring chickens was also considered
the committee being inclined to think that /
chicken, once thrown upon the market MS Q
spring chicken" was to be considered and
exposed to sale as such until it was sold, i
1t died of old age in the meantime.
The sanitary committee reported no dimu
milton in the sudden and alarming NOR
tality, even in the best barn yards, from the
gath of December to the LIST of January in.
elusive, and invited discussion on the sub.
iect OF prevention.
Shanghai Sal said it was the result Of
many years OF her experience, that the NOR.
tality among chickens during the week OF
the annual M. f. conference far exceeded
the Christmas epidemic. The Christmas
mortality could be avoided, to certain de-
gree, by roosting high, but this didn't seem
to be OF any avail during conference week.
She lost brood of nine last conference, al
though she herself had driven some of them
up the lightning rod on the house, and the
rest onto the weather vane of the barn.
She herself had fortunately escaped by
Dorking Ann interrupted the speaker to
say that if Shanghai Sails body was as tough
as her egg stories, the reason for her escape
was obvious.
Leghorn Liza wanted to know if this
convention was to be brow-beat and bull
dozed in this shameful and tyrannical man
ner by this fabulous egg engraver of Lee
county, The delegation from Lee county
seemed to come here with rule or ruin reso-
luton, and she thought the protection of the
convention should be extended over the
delegate from Polk county, against this sec
tional intimidation.
Shanghai Sal thanked the convention for
It's kind and catholic spirit, but she could
take care of herself. She was not afraid of
the deiamer of honest eggs from Lee county.
She could lay more eggs and bigger ones,
with better and longer Inscriptions for Gar
field and Arthur, in one day than this cud-
dler of procelian nest-eggs and yolkess
bureau knobs from Lee county could lay for
Hancock and English in weak. Loud and
countined applause and cackles of"You bet
your lifeP Lay one nowwl
Atthe conclusion of Shanghai Salsspirited
remarks the president reminded Dorking
Ann that this was not a political convention,
and forbade her, on pain of expulsion, from
introducing any more political topics
Dorking Ann must remember, the pres-
dent said, severely, that she was not in
Georgia, but in Iowa.
The convention went into committee on
the hole in the fence, on the question, "Has
man with kitchen garden any rights that
hen il bound to respect?"
After spirited discussion, in which all
the speakers were all on the same side of the
question and fence, and all sides of the gar
den, the committee rose, and resolution
sustaining the negative was reported to the
house.
Birdie Bantam then read a paper ON the
question, "is full grown hen able to whip
a cow" in which she took strong afflrma-
tive view, backing up her arguments by
many personal "reminiscences, and declaring
that she would fight sea serpent if it came
fooling around her nest.
Leghorn Lucy, of Powesheik county, re-
ported from the committee on "labor and
wages, in favor Of six eggs week, instead
of an egg day as a fair weeks work from
May /, to Nov. /, and from none to two or
three eggs a week, according to weather and
circumstances, as all that could legally be
expected from hen from Nov. /, TO May l.
Unanimously adopted
The amendment to this report was also
adopted, declaring that in the interest of
good government and patriotism no hen
should, and from this date no hen would,
lay an egg on the 22d of February or the
18th Of July.
The country delegations worked hard TO
have the amendment also cover all days
when the circus was in town, but they were
outgeneraled and defeated by the town and
city representatives.
The convention then went into committee
Df the whole on the state OF the barn-yard
md by unanimous cackle, Shanghai Sal was
invited 10 address the committee, She said
hat while she could point with pride 10 the
)roods for which she had scratched twelve
lonrs day in years gone by, still she viewed
With alarm the dangers that threatened her
coming broods, and herself in her old age |
Jet US, she said rising to the occasion, |
ct US glance calmly over the field. What
re the questions OF the houry The waste
I'll and wickedly hasty custom Of thresh-
ng out the grain in the stackyard before the
lens have had IL chance b go through the
tack, IL subversiye Of proper economy, de-
tructiye TO domestic content, and ruinously
evere on poultry. Applause and cackles
lens | infer that you sec as | do, the dan
ers that threaten this country under Demo-
ratio rule. Hancock, soldier and for
who, ask you, suffers from for
ging parties IA hens do--is the
Dorking Ann here arose again TO ques-
on Of privilege, but before she had time ~
late what il was, was crushed by n vote Of
ensure passed upon her for Professionally in
'oducing political topics into the conyen-
on.
And shortly after the committee rose and
10 convention adjOurned..-Lju HdUkeye.
MACHINERY. Wonderful Is the power Of ]
Machinery! Under It's huge hammer the .
AIDES have fallen, one by one, until they are I
Ow represented in little more than name.
he cooper who fifty years ago went through
ith 70 many processes TO produce II barrel,
ow buys the slaves, heads, and hoops al. !
,ady made by machinery, and has nothing !
do but 10 drive them together. The black '
NTH buys the nails and shoes all ready for !
e foot Of the horse The shoemaker sets a
} shop IA cobbler, but buys ready made c
Q boots and shoes that be offers for sale v
be carpenter has little else % do than put
= material together Thousands ~ houses
ade by machinery ARE sant hundreds Of y