The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1886-12-23
HEN FRUIT.
A Short Chapter on Eggs.
A Fruitful Subject for the Holidays.

["Punkin Pize" i'm Goodall's Sun.
Not one among all our varieties oi
Spring vegetables is more useful than
the egg.
And as society is now constituted
and human nature put together the
hen is a tremendous power in this
land of ours.
In the forcible language OF Bulwer,
''the hen is mi ghtier than the sword"
| presume Mr.. Bulwer made this
comparison after watching a Blue
Island hen that had sword away over
the fence to be on hand for the NOR
ming meal in order that she might be
able to do her duty as promoter of
eggs.
One popularity of the hen is that
she has crop which never fails while
the lamp of her existence holds out to
burn.
The corn crop, the wheat crop, the
potatoe crop, the fruit crop, the grass
hopper crop, the hay crop may and
sometimes does fail. But the hens
crop failcth never-any more than the
crop of liars or office-seekers.
Everybody is more or less interested,
directly or remotely, in the question
of eggs-no matter what may be his
or her usual dietetic habits.
The bashful man when called upon
for speech desires to be eggs-cused.
The happy wife or daughter is liable
to think her new spring bonnet is
eggs-quisite.
The poor wretch in the grip of the
rheumatism or the gout is very apt to
declare that his tortures are eggs
cruciating.
The man of sedentary habits express
ses desire for more outdoor eggs
ercise.
The man of passion often becomes
very much eggs-cited.
The person who reads GooDALLs
SUN that shines for all, if capable of
appreciating good thing, will pro-
nounce that paper an eggs-cellent
periodical.
The radical, impulsive man is liable
to mout hobby and ride to an eggs
treme.
The self-conceited person is sure to
make display of egg otism.
The ambitious person longs for
eggs-altation.
The precise person demands eggs
actness.
When a member of church or
other society behaves badly he or she
must be eggs-postulated with; and
unless there is a speedy reformation
he or she is liable to eggs-communi
cation.
hope none of you, my beloved
brethren and sistern, will ever have to
be struck by that kind ofeggs.
The man whose wife is a termigant
may feel as if there is no real, peren-
nial, all-wool-and-yard-wide hap
piness in his eggs-istence.
On the other hand, the wife whose
husband comes home intoxicated is
justified in wishing there was no such
thing as egg-nogg.
The preacher who does his duty
will fearlessly eggs-pound the truth.
Not only SO, but he will set for
others a good eggS-amDle.
In fine, warm weather people are
likely to indulge in eggs-cursions.
Your pastor always breaches without
notes, and eggs-ternporaneously.
Products sent out of our country
are called eggs ports.
When we hear or read what we do
not understand, we may call for an
eggs-planation.
The hopeful person is likely to have
great eggs-pectations.
When a man is called liar he is
likely to feel eggs-asperated.
And unless he can control his
feelings there is sure to be an eggs
plosion.
Thus you see how much our
existence and characters are interviewer
with the egg.
And we should bear in mind that
the egg is the fruit of the hen.
Like the fruit of the vine it is purer
and more harmless when unfermented.
We owe the hen debt of gratitude
for her egg producing faculty and hel
| willingness to oficiate as feathered
benefa1or of the human race.
We are also indebted to the egg fol
| producing the hen.
To meet these two Indebtedness il
may be necessary for US to ISSUE
bonds. The bonds should draw
'steen per cent. interest and be bull
SO as to run until they get tired, aftel
which they can be used as hasis for
new banking system. OF course the,
should be eggs-empt from taxation
and we will be eggs.cused from eve
paying either the principal or tn
interest. We should not be eggs
pected to pay them-any more thai
the hen of the period cackleateth t
lay two eggs day when her write