Smyrna times., 1880-10-13
WHOLE NO. 1919.

degree, by Toosting high, but this didn't
seem 10 be OF any avail during conference
week. She lost brood of nine last con.
ference, although she herself had driven
some OF them up the lightning rod on the
mousse, ana the rest onto the weather yanc
OF the barn. She herself had fortunately
escaped by
Dorking Ann interrupted the speaker TO
say that II Shanghai Sails body was as touph
as her egg stories, the reason for her cscann
was obvious.
Lcghorn Liza wanted to know if This
convention was to be brow.bcat and bnlI.
dozed III this shameful and tvrranicaI man.
ner by this fabulous egg encraver of Ice
county? The delegation from Lee county
seemed to come here with a rule or min
resolution, and She thought the protection
OF the convention should be extended over
the delegate from Polk county, against this
sectional intimidation.
shanghai Sal thanked the convention for
ITS 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 big.
ger ones, with better and longer inscrin.
tons for Garfield and Arthur, in one dav
than this cuddler of porcelain ncstepGs
and yelkless bureau knobs from Lee county
could lay for Hancock and English in a
week. Loud and long continued applause
and cackles of :" You bet your life p "Lav
one now! -
AT the conclusion of Shanghai Sails
spirited remarks the president reminded
Dorking Ann that this was not a political
convention, and forbade her, on pain of
expulsion, from introducing any moro
political topics. Dorking Ann must remem.
Der, the president said, severely, that she
was not in Georgia, but in Iowa.
The convention then went into a commit.
tee on the hole in the fence, on the cues.
ton, Has a man with kitchen garden
any rights that hen is bound to respect?"
After spirited discussion, in which all
the speakers were on the same side of the
question and fence, and all sides of the
garden, the committee rose, and resolu.
ton 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 a strong affirma
tive view, backing up her arguments by
many personal "reminiscences, and declar-
ing that she would fight a sea serpent if it
came fooling around her nest
Leghorn Lucy, Of Powesheik county,
reported from the committee on labor
and wages. in favor of six eggs week
instead Of an egg day as fair week
work from May |, to Nov. l, 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 !. Unanimously adopted.
An 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
4th o! 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
E representatives.
! The convention then went into commit
tee of the whole on the state of the barn
! yard, and by unanimous consent, Shanghai
. Sal was invited to address the committee
She said that while she could point with
:, pride to the broods for which she haC
scratched twelve hours day in years gone
by, still, she viewed with alarm the dangers
), that threatened her coming broods, anC
q herself in her old age. Let US, she said
rising to the occasion, let US glance caml,
. over the field. What are the questions o
the hour? The wasteful and wicked,
! hasty custom of threshing out the grain il
. the stackyard before the hens have had
= chance to go through the stack, is subver
+ sive of proper economy, destructive It
= domestic content, and ruinously severe or
: poultry. Applause and cackles of "hear
" hear ~ ago on !" CHATS sou Hens,
!. infer that you see, as l do, the danger
4 that threaten this country under demo
; cratic rule. Hancock, a soldier and {
= forager-and who, ask you, suffers from
\ foragng parties as hens dds the
Dorking Ann here arose again to ques
!. ton of privilege, but before she had time t.
: state what it was, was crushed by vote o
i censure passed upon her for persistentll
; introducing political topics into the conVen
: ton.
I And shortly after the committee rose anC
= = the convention adjourned Burlington Ha'ok
eye.