The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-03-22
Bawaiiar Gazette.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH %. 1852. .
The Hen VS.. Science,
nov THE BARS-YARD MAY BE CURED CT mi
nEsIRF re INcuBArF


Dear reader, did YOU ever wrestle with a
hen that had wild, uncomfortable desire 4o
incubate? Did you ever struggle on, day after
day, trying 10 convince her that her mission
was to furnish eggs for your table, instead Of
towering al day on door knob, irving 10
hatch out a litter Of front doors
Wm. H. Root, Of this place. who has made
The hen a study, both in her home life and
while lying IN the embrace of death, has struck
upou an argument which the average hen Will
pay more attention to than any other he has
discovered in his researches. He saws the
modern hen ignores almost every thing when
she once gets notion that she has received a
call to incubate You can deluge her with
the garden-hose, or throw umbrellas at her, or
change her nest, but that don't count with the
firm and stubborn hen. You can take the
eggs out of the nest and put blooded ball
dog or q nest Of new-laid bumble-bees IN
place Of them, and she will hover over thea as
assiduously as she did before. William Il.
Roots hen had shown some signs Of this
mania, so he took cut the eggs and let her try
her incubator on hOrse-rake awhile, lust SO
she could taper of gradually, and not have
her mind shattered. Then he tried her at
Matching out four-tined forks, and at last her
TASTE got 50 Initiated that she took the contract
to furnish the country with bustles by hatch
ing out an old hoops1rt that had gone to seed
Mr.. Root then made an experiment. We were
one Of board Of scientists who assisted in
the consultation. The owner Of the hen got
strip Of red flannel and tied it around her tail.
The hen seemed annoyed as soon as she dis
covered ii. No hen cares to have sash hung
on her system that doesn't match her COM
pleXion. \ scal-brown hen with red flannel
doesn't hrrfnrr-r.
IS aware of it Just as much as any body is.
That lieu seemed to have thought Of some
thing al at once that had escaped her mind
before, and SO she went away. She stepped
about niue feet at = lick ON tic start, and
gained time as she proceeded. When she
bumped her nose against the corner of the
stable she changed her mind about her dirCc-
ton. She altered her course a little, but con-
tinued her rapid style Of movement Her eve
began TO look wild. She seemed 10 be losing
her reason. She got so pretty soon that she
didn't recognize the faces of friends She
passed Mr.. Root without being able 90 dis
tinguish him from a total stranger These
peculiar movements were kept up during tine
entire afternoon, till the hen got So fatiguCd
that she crawlcd into a length oi OH stove
pipe, and the committee retired 10 prepare "a
report. Tits the opinion Of the press Ina, this
IS triumph Of genius in the line of hcu cUl-
turo. 1t is not severe, though irm, IN its
treatment and while il, of course, auuoys and
humans the hen temporarily, it is salulary 10
lts results, and a. the same time IL furnishes q
pleasant little matinee for the spectators. We
say to those upon whose hands time hangs
heavily these long days that there is nothing
that soothes the rutiied mind and fills the soul
with glad thrill Of pleasure like the erratic
of a decorated hen Il may not
be high order Of enjoyment, but it affords
great deal Of laughter to those who are not
very accomplished, and those who laugh at
things and then consider its propriety after
ward.-BW Nye, Laramie B0gm-Jnag.