Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-29
THE MEN VS.. SCIENCE.
How the RaYn-Y lard May be Cared
of the Desire to Incubate9
BIZ Nye. Laramie Boomerang.

Bill Eye Laramie Boomerang.
Dear reader, did you ever wrestle
with hen that had q wild, uncon
trolable desire to incubate? Did you
ever struggle on, day after day, try
ing to convince her that her mission
was to furnish eggs for your table,
instead of lowering all day on q door
knob, trying to hatch out litter Of
front doorsg
Vim. II. Root. OF this place, who
has made the hen study, both in
her home life and while lying in the
embrace OF death, has struck upon an
argument which the average hen will
pay more attention to than any other
he has discovered in his researches.
He says the modern hen ignores al
most everything when she once gets
a notion that she has received a call
20 incubate. You can deluge her
with the garden hose, or throw UNI
brollas at her, or change her nest,
bat that don't count with the firm and
| stubborn hen. You can take the eggs
ont of the nest and put Hooded
build or q nest of new-laid bum
ble- bees in place OF them, and she
will hover over them as assiduOusly
as she did before. William II. Roots
hen had shown some signs Of this
mania, so he took out the eggs and
let her try her incubator on a horse
rake awhile, just so she could taper
Oft gradually, and not have her mind
shattered, Then he tried her at
Matching out four-t tined forks, and at
last her taste got so vitiated that she
took the contract to furnish the coun,
try with bustles by Matching out al
old hoopskirt that had gone to seed
Mr.. Root then made an experiment
We we're one Of Il board OF scien,
lists who assisted in the consulta.
ton. The owner OF the hen got
strip of red flannel and tied /
around her tail. The hen seemed
annoyed as soon as she discovered
Il. No hen cares 20 have a sash hun.
on her system that doesn't match he
complexion. A seal brown hen witt
, a red flannel polonaise doesn't seen
to harmonic, and she is aware OF
/, lust as much as any body is. Tha
hen seemed to have thought OF some
thing all at once that had escape
: her mind before, and SO size wen
q away. She stepped about nine tee
g at a lick on the start, and game
!. time as she proceeded. When sh
bumped her nose against the corne
: of the stable she changed her min
q about her direction. She altere
a here little, but continued he
y rapid style Of movement. Her ey
began to look wild. She got so pref
L ty soon that she didn't recognize til
g faces of friends. She passed Nj
d Root without being able to distinguis
i him from a total stranger. Thes
peculiar movements were kept Il
y during the entire afternoon, till til
: hen got SO fatigued that she crawle
n into length Of old stovepipe, an
J. the committee retired to prepare
= report. 1t is the opinion Of The pre-
10 that this is triumph OF genius
= the line Of ben culture. 1t is not ST
Is we're, though firm, in its treatmen
3 and while it, OF course, annoys al
- humans the hen temporarily, it is s;
lutary in It's results, and at the san
i time it furnishes pleasant lit
er matinee for the spectators. We ST
IL to those upon whose hands timehan'
:, heavily these long days that there
nothing that soothes the rnffled mir
~ and fills the soul with glad thrill
D. pleasure like the cratic movement
ne of decorated hen. 1t may not be
i, high order OF enjoyment. but it a
" fords great deal oflaughter to tho
who are not very accomplished, al