Nebraska advertiser., 1882-04-20
Both Useful and Uf....

objects. Instead of thus ridiculng
those whom we should treat with the
utmost tenderness, why do we not take
them by their respective hands--fgura-
lively speaking, of course-and lead
them into fields where their passion for
decoration can be exercised in way
that will be of real benefit to the racep
That this can be done has been prac-
tically demonstrated by Mr. Simeon
Brewster, of West Middleton Mass,
and his example deserves TO be held up
to the imitation of his fellow-men
throughout the country.
Miss Sophonisba Brewster has for
some time delighted in decorating the
family china-including the preserve
jars and the porcelain-lined preserve
kettle. Mr. Brewster regarded his
daughters labors with great disdain,
but, unlike most men, he knew that
ridicule 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
rooster" or whether he merely men
toned the rooster because he imagined
that his daughter would regard the bird
rs beneath her notice, is not positively
hhONhs buN III Nlth VI int ldtl Nilut Ills
daughter believed the proposal TO be
made in perfectly good faith, and pre-
pared to carry IL into execution, we may
assume that he made it with n full
knowledge of what would follow.
Mr.. Brewster's poultry-yard at the
time in question contained but two
fowls-the new rooster and u venerable
hen. and hence did not yield large
daily crop of eggs. Miss Brewster, in
accordance with her fathers wishes,
caught the rooster, and binding him
firmly, so MS to prevent him from strug-
Cling, decorated him with admirable
taste. Her first operation was TO paint
him rich dark blue as background.
Upon this she spread designs In white
or in gold-such as golden heads of
grain, golden grasshoppers- pure white
lilies and arabesques of mingled gold
and 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 a mirror, thoughtfully pro-
vided for the purpose, he expressed his
own appreciation of Miss Brewster's
work by q triumphant crow.
The bird when turned loose in the
yard soon became the subject of un-
restrained admiration on the part of the
hens of the vicinity, who came to the fence
and, peering through at him, remarked
to one another in cackle too plain to
be misunderstood: Isn't he just too,
too, too, too, too utterly utterP" Motto
ing their admiring glances, the decorated
fowl flew over the fence and strolled
down the street, followed by his en-
thusisatic adorers. He returned ut
dark in company with twenty-seven
| hens, all of whom had evidently sworn
TO follow him to the end of the world.
| The hens occupied the Brewster wood
shed during the night, and on the next
morning laid two dozen eggs in various
available localities on the Brewster
premises.
In the course of the day the owners of
the hens appeared and carried them
away but before night the decorated
rooster went fourth and brought back
new harem of thrty-four facinated hens,
all of whom furnished the Brewster
household with eggs on the next NOR
ming. Once more the neighbors came
for there missing hens, and having dis
covered that the decorated Brewster
fowl was irresistible in the eyes of the
females of his species, no less than five
leading citizens induced their daughters
to follow the example of Miss
Brewster and TO provide their fond
parents with blue and gold roosters.
The new rivals of the original deco
rated rooster were sufficiently gorgeous
to retain the allegiance of their harems,
and three of them challenged him to
single combat, and whipped him so
thoroughly that the discouraged bird
persstently remained at home and
stunned all female society. Mr. Brew
ster, however, was not discouraged.
He sent to Boston for game-cock of
demonstrated prowess, and on the ar
rival of the fowl Miss Brewster deco
rated him in the Pompeiian style, with
black wings and a red body, picked out
| with geometrical figures in dead gold.
Thus decorated, he was far more beau
tiful than his predecessor, and Mr..
Brewster, after keeping him shut up for
II few days, turned him loose, armed
with pair of long steel spurs.
That night the game-cock returned
home, at the head of n procession of
three hundred and eleven hens. In fact,
as was afterward learned, there were
not six hens left in the whole township
who had not yielded to the destinations
of the gallant Pompeiian stranger.
Furthermore, he had fought and killed
thirty roosters who had rashly ventured
to defend their marital rights, and
among the dead were the five decorated
roosters, the work of the pious daugh-
ters of West Middletown Mr. Brewster
now reaps an average of hundred eggs
every morning, and though the neigh
| bors constantly come and take away
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