The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-07-07

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tuals, and the next we are screwed
down in a box, a few words are
said over our remains, q few tears
are shed, and there is = race TO see
who shall get back from the ceme-
terry first, and though we NAV
think we r an important factor
in the worlds progress, and some
times feel as though it would be
unable to put up margins and have
to stop the deal, the world goes
right along, and it must annoy
people who die, to realize that they
don't count for game. The great
est manin the world is only = nine
spot when he is dead, because
somebody else takes the tricks the
dead man ought to have taken.
But, say, who is dead at your
housel"
"Our rooster. Take care, don't
you hit me with that canvassed
ham," said the boy as the grocery
man looked mad to learn that there
was nobody deed but a rooste-,
when he had preached such a GER
mon on the subject. Eyes, how
loon we are forgotten when we are
gone. Now, you would have
thought that ROSTERS hen would
have remained faithful to him for
q week at least. l have watched
them all the spring, and l have
never see a more perfect Picture
Of devotion than that between the
bantam rooster and his hen. They
e. constantly together, and there
was nothing too good for her. He
would dig up angle worms and call
her, and when she would come up
on a gallop and saw the great big
worm on the ground, she would
look so proud of her rooster, and
he would straighten up and look as
though he was saying to her, Pm
a daisy and then she would look
at him as if she would like to bite
him, and just as she was 3 going to
pick up the worm he would snatch
it and swallow it himself, and chuc-
kle and walk around and be full of
business, as though wondering why
she didn't take the worm after he
had dug it for her, and then the
hen would look disappointed at
and then she would look re-
signed, as much as to say, Worms
are too rich for my blood anyway,
and the poor dear rooster needs
them more than l do, because he
has to do all the GROWING" and she
would 60 off and find a grasshop-
per and eat it on the sly for fear
he would zee her and complain be-
cause she didn't divide. 0, | lave
never seon anything hat seemed
me so human as tho relations
between that rooster and hen. He
seemed to try and do everything
FOR her. He would make her stop
,ackling when she laid an egg, and
ne would try to cacke, and crow
over it AZ through he had laid it,
and she would get off in a corner
and cluck in a modest, retiring
manner, as though she wished to
convey the idea to the servant
,irlS in the kitchen that the roos-
er had to do all the hard
work, and she was a useless ap-
'endage, fit only for society and
company for him. But I was dis
,usted with him when the poor hen
vas setting. The first week that
he sat on the eggs he seemed to
ret along first rate, because he had
couple of flower beds to dig up,
which a press of business had caus-
d him to neglect before, and a
ouple of neighbors', gardens to des-
so he seemed to be glad to
ave his hen retire to her boudoir
nd set, but after he had been
hooed out of the gardens and
beds he seemed to be ner-
Gus, and evidently wanted to be
and he would go near the
len and she would seem to tell
i'm to 60 and take a walk around .
he block, because she hadn't time
leave her business, and if she
idn't attend to it they would have
lot of spoiled eggs on their hands, t
no family to bring up He
Tould scold, and seem to tell her
hat it was all foolishness, that for
is part he didn't want to hear =
1t of chickens sq~uawking around.
10 would seem to argue with her
nat q brood of chickens would be
dead give-away on them both, 6
nd they would be at nee class {
As old folks, while if they were
lone in the world they would be
chickens, and could 90 in