The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-06-23

And am thine in life and death,
For thou art strong, she saith
Ahl well, my Love and
Have tender thoughts like these,
While children at our knees
Bring sweet content when they are by
My boys, my Love and /.
-Gcorve r. Lelcis. On N I. Independent.
THE NARRATIVE OF AN EDUCATED
FOWL.
Somewhat over a year ago n very
little girl was quite i'll, and, during her
convalescence, a pretty bantam hen
Matched out a brood Of chicks, and to
amuse the child some of the tiny, un-
fiedged creatures were brought to the
child 10 look at. When the chicks
were about being taken away the lit
tie one begged to have one left for her
to play with, and. to humor the invalid
a chick was left. it being the intention
of the mother to return the chick to the
hen as soon as the child went to sleep.
Somehow the child went to sleep, the
chick was forgotten, and both were
found well next morning. Then the
little girl insisted that the baby chick
en- should belong to her and live with
her. This was at first thought to be q
cruelty to the little bird. but the foster
mother was so gentle and painstaking
with her adopted child that the chick
was allowed to remain. For some ten
days the chick nestled in the bosom OF
the little girl, and was fed on bread
crumbs soaked in milk, with an occa-
sional mite of hard-boiled egg. Once
it was rescued from death, when the
little girl was in the act of giving il
some of her medicine, which had been
left on the table by the bedside. As
the patient grew stronger and had .beei
jelly, the little chicken partook of the
same dish. By the end of May, 1880,
the little chick had grown considerably,
could scamper all over the room, but
would, invariably, when any one came
| in, run to the side of the trundle- bed,
and intimate that it wanted to be taken
up, and the little girl would lower an
arm, and the chick would get into the
hand and be transported into the bed
where he would hide, for he was lit
| tie bantam cock. The illness of the
little girl continued, relapse followed
and her life was in serious danger
The presence of the chicken in the
bed was inconvenient, and an effort was
made to remove it, but the first act o.
returning consciousness on the part o
the child was manifested when she
said, "Please don't take away nv deal
Garibaldf' the child's mother wa,
an Italian, and Garibaldi was the little
girls hero. Accordingly, Garibald
reigned supreme.
Then health returned and the cir
could sit up in a chair. Whenever sh,
was motionless, for the poor child coulC
hardly stir hand or foot for month, tn,
bantam never left her, but let her show
the least movement and away went tn,
chicken. Now as the chicken gained
strength his perching qualities wer,
displayed A picture about seven fee
from the floor became at first his roost
ing-place. and he would fly from chai
to a dressing-table, thence to ga
bracket, and then to the picture; 6u
the little girl declared that she wa
lonely with "Gari". so far from her, an,
he was induced, by the removal of tn
picture, to roost on the back of chai
alongside of the bed. Now came
series of lessons which the little girl i'm
parted to the chicken, who was nov
fully three months old. If she held on
her finger he would fly from the Sroun
and light on it, and would take piec
of bread from her mouth. His first in
| dA eANoiheO CAOW neAs oOOh ehiJCk ucslEO
and he was taught to crow at the wor,
of command. and he never would Gro,
unless by special permission. Tn
hardest task was to teach him to brinl
any small object, such as penny or
nickel. when dropped on the floor
When a heavier piece of money, as
half-dollar, was given him, h
never would touch it, and n
amount of persuasion would max
him do it. He became an adep
retriever with handkerchief
and collars, though with trailing
handkerchief he would often trip u
and tumble. Occasionally he woul
develop q spirit of mischief, especiall
il bit of red ribbon was exposed
With this in his mouth he would scam
per around until he reached the graf
of furnace, which was in the room
and here he would drop it, pushing
out of sight with his beak. He wa
never allowed to go into the bed of hi
own free will; only when the little gil
spoke to him and held out her hand
then he would come with wild huttel
but always waiting to be lifted il
Then the only place he would take wa
poised right on the child's head, when
If called on to crow, he would Gro,
and crow again. His period of cor
fnement in the room was limited {
four months, and so far he had neve
seen a chicken. because his brother
and sisters and parents were in tn
yard in the back of the house, and hi
little mistress lived in the front room
Still he was conscious that some of HI
relatives were near him. for he coul
hear them. The cluck of his ow
mother seemed to affect him, for h
would sometimes start toward the dool
bent, apparently, on seeing the outsid
chicken world. at last he was give
the opportunity, on the occasion of th
little girls first going into the gardeI
Carl was perched on her head. Fo
moment he gazed with outstretche
neck at his comrades. Instinct was to
strong, and in an instant he was ami
his relatives, and in a moment aftel
ward was in fight with his ow
brother. His mistress tried to prever
it, but CARTS blood WAS up. HON
training had made him probably poe
fighter, though it had not deprived hiI
OF his courage. Half dozen times h
was knocked over, but still he came u
smiling to be pecked and spurred agai
and to be upset on the grass. II
might have died right then and theI
had not his mistress rescued him an
carried him into the house, declarin
that =. he never should be bad that wa
again." and that "his brothers wei
wicked, wicked things" Carl wf
watched for two or three days, h
wounds cared for. and he rapidly n