The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-10
A Truo story.


Lot me toll vuu "A lullc storv-a
true. SWEET little story-abaut our old
iarm. said the passenger from ludia-
Ma 'Ou our farm We have big
barn. tu,l To the raucrs with the frac-
Z rant hay, aud back OF the barn i a
fragrant horsc-pond. My iatber-no-
bic old man. with gray beard. kindly
cyrS.a pleasant word to every b ,dy.a and
one >u'pendcr supporting pair of
bagSS otecch'S patched with rcd-my
dear Old Ia her. with his watcnul eVo
for the economics Of agriculture. CON
c'udrd that tue fragrant horse-pond
thrt glistencd in the sunlight and
sm'lird toward heaven would be \
good place to raise geese. ) l., lac bought
goose OF ncignOor aud set her on y
dozen eggs, IL happened that one OF
THESE eggs was a hen egg, and it
hatehcd out rooster Iuis Young
rooster survived the perils of infancy
mamps, chicken cnojora, rats. stones.
and too BIZ dinner OF potato bugs
and paris green, and grew To man
hood $ estate Il bumplious, Growing,
ambitious young rooster HIS ha,f
SISTERS just loved him, and the tale of
family affection which | now tell YOU
Is the preIllcst thing ever saw in ma
turc; with all her wOndrouS examples
for men. This young rooster got to
feeling very we'll Que day. He thought
he was about seven feet higt, aud that
he cuulsl lex the best Rooster that ever
walked dunghil in that township.
He crew on Tho manure pile, aud lbs
crew on the corncrib. and he crew on
the cowshcd, aud he asked one OF his
sisters TO feel his muscle. Then he
started in tho direction OF neighbor,
where he had heard Il young rooster
liltng up his voice. He found that
Young rooster, aud they called each
other names, and made faces ut each
other, and questioned each others ma
ternlty and lnlegrily fora few minutes,
Tncn they jumped up into the air aud
came together. The Dirds twiltcrcd IN
the tree-lops aud nodded in thuir nests,
the humble bee hummed toward his
home, the sun sank alow down in the
reu west, ana the boss COWS told the
steers this was the time to she'd But
those gallant young ROSTERS fought on.
Feathers flew and blood spalterud, aud
combs and gills disappeared. but still
the battle ragged. Finally one poor
young rooster was seen emerging from
the smoke of battle. There WAS u
dazed look in his eyes. What there
was lett of his Tail dropped in the dust.
He walked rs if he were tired. aud Jolt
II trail of blood behind him. IL was our
young rooster, ami tho other rooster
was after him. He, too, had blood on
his gilis, but there was also blood in
his eye. He meant business, but stopped
u crow.
"lhen it was, sir, that those fowls of
the 0arnyard gave ms an illustration
OF the tact that kindness knows no
kind, amt that tho tenderness OF the
female is confined by no ifnus If breeds
Two OF those sweet young goslings
woUbled up 10 their beaten and bruised
haii-broiher and gave han succor, Gao
got on one side OF the sucker. aud tho
other on The other and they braced
hun up ana pushed him along toward
nome. Othcr sweet half-sislcrs came
Out and guarded the rear of the re-
treating column. They jumped upon
that victorious rooster. told him ho
should take somebody OF his size. aud
tnat he ought 10 be ashamed Oi him
self, and threatened TO UlaD to his fltn-
or. Our young rooster was brought
home. washed in the horse-poad ANA
put 10 sleep under Manager. Every
word oil this is true. | saw the wnoic
thing with my own eyes, and the last
man thai called mo liar is sill in the
hospital. Have you got u cigar about
your clothesP" -,h, cdgo Herald.