Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-14
Both Useful and Ornamental.

l. j. very easy To say that the ,'rrcra-
tive mani. leads our women To waste
time and To def.ce cr"krrr and other
objects Instead Of thus riiicuinr
those whom We should treat with the
utmost tenderness. Whl do W.. not tahr
them by their respective hand~-ti rira-
lively speaking. of course and lead
them into fields where their passion for
decoration can be- exercised in Il WAY
that will be of real benefit t. the race?
That this can be- done ira> been pr;sr-
tictllv demonstrated by Nh Simeon
Brewster. OF West Middleton. Mas.
and his example deserves 10 he h"!d up
10 the imitation ot hi fclioWmen
throughout the country.
Miss Sophoni>ba Brewster has for
some time delighted in decorating the
family china including the preserve
Jars and the porcclain-lincd preserve
kettle Mr.. Brewster regarded his
daughters labors with great di,d.ti.
but. unlike most men. he knew that
ridiculc would be- of no use. Whether
he had in view the train of consequences
which followed his suggestion that So
phonisba should decorate "our new
toned the rooster because he imagined
that his daughter would regard the bird
as beneath her notice. is not positively
known. but i'll view of the fact that his
daughter believed the proposal To be
made in perfectly good faith. and pre-
pared to carry it into execution. we may
assume that he made it with a full
knowledge OF what would follow.
Mr.. BrewsterS pottltrv-vari at the
time in question contained but tive
fowls--the new rooster and a venerable
hen. and hence did not Weld large
daily crop of eggs. Miss Brewster, in
accordance with her fathers wishes,
caught the rooster. and binding him
firmly, so as to prevent him from strug
Cling, decorated him with admirable
taste. Her first operation was to paint
him rich dark blue Is a background.
Upon this she spread designs in white
or in gold-such as golden heads OF
grain, golden grasshopperS pure white
lilies and arabe>ques of mingled gold
AMI white. The appearance of that
fowl when completed would have drawn
tears OF admiration from the most hard
ened naturalist. He was simply mag
nificent, and when he had surveyed
himself in 4 mirror, thoughtfuly pro-
vided for the purpose. he expressed his
own appreciation of Miss Brewster 5
work by triumphant crow.
The bird when turned loose in the
yard soon became the subject of TN
restrained admiration on the part OF the
hens OF the vicinity, who came to the fence
and. peering through at him. remarked
20 one another in 4 cackle too plain &c
h misunderstood: Isn't he just too
too, too. too. too utterly uttcr?' Motto
ing their admiring chances. the decorate
fowl flew over the fence and Strollet
down the street, followed by his en-
thusisatic adorers. He returned II
dark in company with twenty-sevei
hens. all of whom had evidently >worI
to follow him to the end OF the world
The hens occupied the Brewster wool
shed during the night. and on the mex
morning laid two dozen eggs in variou
available localities on the Brcwste
premises.
In the course of the day the owners O
the hens appeared and carried then
away, but before night the decorate,
rooster went fourth and brought back
new harem OF thirty-fonr facnated hens
all Of whom furnished the Brcwste
houe.aold with eggs on the next MGR
ming. Once more the neighbors cam
for there missing hens, and having dis
covered that the decorated Brcwste
fowl was irresistible in the eyes of III
females of his species, no less than fv
leading citizens induced their daughter
to follow the example of Mis-
Brewster and to provide their fon,
parents with blue and gold roosters
The new rivals of the original deco
rated rooster were sufficiently gorgeou
to retain the allegiance of their harem>
and three of them challenged him t
single combat, and whipped him :
thoroughly that the discouraged Dir
pcisistentlv remained at horne an
Stunned all female society. Mr.. Brew
ster. however, was not discouraged
He sent to Boston for = gamc-cock G
demonstrated proves, and on the al
rival of the fowl Miss Brewster deco
rated him in the Pompeiian style. wit
black wings and rcd body, picked O;
Thus decorated, he was far more bea,
tiful than his predecessor, and Nj
Brewster, after keeping him shut up +,
lew udNS, tUiitu liii tobSc, iIilt
with pair of long steel spurs.
That night the game-eock rct;irnc
home, at the head of :. procession ,
three hundred and eleven hens. In fac
as was afterwarl learned. there WEI
not six hens left in the whole TOWNSHIP
who had not yielded to the fascination
Of the gallant Pompeiian strange
Furthermore, he had fought and killc
thirty roosters who had rashlv venture
to defend their marital rights. sr
among the dead were the five decorat,
roosters. the work of the pious daugI
tiers OF West Middletown. Mr.. Brewst,
now reaps an average of Il hundred eg,
every morning. and though the ncig
bors constantly come and take aw:
their hens, the Pompeiian gamc-cot
never fails to lure them away from the
duty few hours later.
Thus We see that woman's fondne
for decoration may if properly drecte
be made source of much profit to j
telligent and upright men.-N
Times.