The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06
Democratic Hens.

*UemOcfaJIc Hens.
THE INFLUENCE OF CLEvELAND's ELEc.
TIoN ON THE NATIONS OF THE BARN
YARD.
N. O. States.
A reporter Of the States was
this morning plodding along
Magazine street and in passing
by a prominent commission
store, saw on the sidewalk in
front of it several large coops
filled with chickens, and observ-
ing one of the proprietors stand
ing in the door ventured TO ask
in a modest manner the price
of the fowls. six dollars per
dozen,n replied the commission
merchant.
Reporter" That seems to be
a rather costly price, fifty cents
each for chickens by the whole
sale"
G. M" Well, it may seem
SO to you, but when | tell you
that they are old hens, and lay
ing hens, and more than that,
Democratic hens, you will, upon
being informed of their superior
merits, no doubt come to the
conclusion that they are being
sold far below their real value"
Reporter" What do you
mean by Democratic hens?".
G. M. Why, sir, you see
those coops yonder they are
filled with hens from Tennessee.
These in front of you are Louis
lana hens, from the country par
ishes, and down there is the
Mississippi brood; and, in a day
or two, we will have a large
number from Texas, Arkansas
and other Southern States"
Reporter" But all that don't
explain what you mean by Dem
ocratic hens.'
C. M Well, / will inform
YOU about that. You see that
ever since Cleveland became
President of the United States,
all the hens in the Southern
States have been spreading
themselves in d tremendous eff
fort, not only to lay eggs in
large numbers, but of immense
and uniform size You just go
look in the grocery stores and
markets of this city, and see
how much larger the eggs are
now than they were in the days
of the Republican carpet-bag-
gers, and then look at the differ
ence. IN price; fifteen years ago
eggs were not to be had for less
than seyenty-five cents per doz-
en-, and they are now plentiful
at one-fourth of that price ; and,
as far as Matching and raising
young chicks, these Democratic
hens can beat any hens in the
world
Reporter-"I see you have
thousands Of hens here, but no
E 4.4 ~
ROSTERS ; how is that 7"
C. NJ. Oh, with these hens
you dom need any real live roos-
ter. You just turn them loose
il your yard, give them straw OF
hay to build their nests, and
hang mp the picture of a Demo
cratic rooster where they can
see it, and they will at once go
to making nests and laying eggs.
/ am Il sound Democrat, and
take great pride IN the patriotic
spirit of these hens. As for the
ROSTERS, we will, no doubt, have
a good supply Of them i'll u few
weeks. You see, they exhausted
themselves veEy much Of late
growing over our late victory,
and need some rest.
Tue reporter passed on, Won
dering where that commission
merchant graduated as a-well
0ZTs5F%#
salesman.
Philadelphia is rich in rich
colored men. Robert Purvis is
worth $4,000. William Still
lis stir richer, and has cleared
$500, 900 selling coal. Isaiah G.
Wears, once a poor barber, now
has soap to the amount of 500
900. John Mckee is a real es-
tate dealer worth 100000.
The widow Of Henry Jones has
$4,000 which her husband
cleared as q caterer. Thomas
Boiling, i -four merchant, is rich,
$50 is William G. Harvey, and
several m61e colored men il the
Quaker City are we'll to do.
why cannot women make
0nad iawSars asks an ex-