Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24
A FOWL NERO.

over by large, proud old roos-
ter. He has for two years DON'T
neered over all the leaders otthe
flQcks round about, noally kill
ing any ambitious young roos-
ter that dared to crow near his
fence line. He has been a sort
of. a tyrannical old Gar who
needed Nihilistic diciplining to
let him know that other fowls
had some rights that he was
bound to respect. But IN all
his imperious power he was
kind and gentle to the hens OF
his flock. One in particularly, a
fine white Leghorn, was the
pride Of his lordly heart. He
never seemed to tire of the COM
pany Of his favorite, and for
two or three years she has reg
ularly reared little families OF
chickens under his protection.
But about two weeks ago the
hen seemed to have incurred his
displeasure in some way. In
what manner is a mystery.
But the mouarch went'deliber-
ately to work to kill her by
pecking her to death; and a
very remarkable feat in the
case is that she seemed to VOL
unfairly give herself up to be
murderer. She did not try to
get away from his deadly
blows, but sat down compla-
Gently in a way to conveniently
receive them, and the rooster
began savagely and spitefully
to peck the top of her head.
The white feathers was crimson
ed with blood and the head was
badly mangled. The hen made
no effort to get away, but con-
tcntedly received the blows up
on her head, as if she had
agreed to take them, and was
determined to carry out the con-
tract. AS the foul work went
on she hardly gave a disap-
proving wink. The owner drove
off the rooster and shut up the
hen; but in a day Or two she
escaped from the coop, and
when next seen she was again
crouching by the barn door,
with the rooster standing over
her pecking with all his might
at the wounded head. The
partly healed wound had been
opened anew, and deeper down
had gone the spiteful bill until
all the top part of the head and
part Of the neck were laid bare
to the bone. Still the hen
stood still and took it like q
martyr-nots so much Us q peep
in complaint.
The owner lifted that rooster
about ten feet on the toe Of his
boot, and took the hen in his arms
again to shut her up; but the
rooster despite the kick, came
back and flew at the hen in the
mans hands. What singular
understanding was it between
this lordly rooster and his life
long favorite that induced the
former to turn eNecutioner, and
the latter place Ter head in a
convenient position that the
decree OF death might be inflict-
ed upon her in the speedicst
and surest manner And what
instinct or reason was there III
) these fowls that held them, at:
ter several days Of PREPARATION
and reflection, to the plan that
they had evidently decided up
on-the one to be eNcutioner-
the other to submit to the pen
atty and die as the Indian war
rior dies, stoically and without
an emotion? For three days
the rooster has walksd up and
down in front of the coop where
the hen is confined, patiently
waiting an opportunity to car
ry out the decree Of death; an /
the hen frequently attempts to
get out in order to give herself
up to immolation from the dead
| 1y blows of her old lover.-Hart
ford Times.
Go to Sweetman & Friends
for a refreshing glass of soda
water.