The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-02-12

cake and om".'t lay scattered along that icy
hill in WHY to draw tears from yaur eyes.
| Ebcnezcr ) tail, SHrigginS' feet and Lizy
AIMS sparc-r'om c'vcrlci were all hlcndcd to-
| gethcr in that dazzling true suHhur-oraucc
tint which fashionable mil'iners woald give at
| least half Of one eye t" catch.
Still there Wasn't enough seat 10 hold all OF
Ebcnezcr. lie laid the rest "f himself upon
the chicEen-co"p. lie didn't look around very
long about II, either.
Next followed crash AMI sr'!ntcring and q
sound like the sudden wreck Of senatorial
hopes IN OHIO.
lhe OLD white hen, IN spite Of her rheumatic
knees, escaped to the roadside, and lay mo-
mcnt h"t'er'ng upcn her back. Then she gave
one Hop and all was over. She died Of heart
disease
with wild scrocch the Shanghai rooster
uar'ed out from The o'heT side. Sprogsins
shanghai had been beauty in his day. In
the year lNN" he hat been selected TO head the
'riumphal Democratic procession tha. was TO
ccleorate the presidential election. But the
clec'ion wen' tothcr way. and the Shanghai
was lett In lnSlor'ous retreat. The diSappont-
meht struck III on INN somehow. From that
u"y hc uroopcu, or mostly lost the use of his
wings. For n year he ha'! been too down-heart-
eu 70 ny upon 'ne ro"S''
In moments "i violent shock the dumb have
oceh known 10 talk the bind to see. Even so,
IN inns supreme instant. oil Shanghai flew oTt
ol mat doomed sIciFh rs :iry as spring
quicken. Far CT tn" "ide cNpansc of snow,
from held 10 heid he flew, shouting to all the
world as he went
"kookle, Rookie, okoo.
Still the sleigh shot mally on.
The rest Of the fcathcrel crew that were not
crushed were set free Each instan, one aud
another made its escape: : now froa, the ton Of
Sproggins fur cap now from Lily AIMS
shoulder, and now from this side and that. like
shooting stars each shricking as i, 20, on, of
that:
"Quackc quacklc, quack k-ouack ~
1t WAS the most cxnrcssiYe hen talk ever
heard IN those parts 1t reused the caun.ry.
Take it in oil its features, the animated Picture
was a scene for q great American chrome.
Ebcnczer's nerves were not soothcl Ly these
proceedings. lie made frantic struggles to get
free. And here was the tip-nn nc, Of the cir
Gus.
Sproggns brain had whirlcd aroun,; f,r hal
uf'" ~ INV ''"'' s''''"s ''2"'
=, - y" ,'', Was 'u""'"S' away
"S ''.'" '''u mare Pr0'ec'or' lie he'' last by
49,, .,,;. ''''N0" "e"
called Ebcpczer fran,;coiiv - ..w,n,
AS tne Sleigh snv. ras,e. ""a r.s,v.
pale but determined the blessed old idiot still
sf"srea inc ne''n anu s"on'e1;
vor or1 c,o, wo,. '''' yer P'''er
Once Ebenezer looked arrounl with an cx
preston of infinite disgust. as if TO say:
Maybe you'd like to wo' your self, wouldn
you:
i"e' '"'"e" '"e 0o''''" '' '"S' N0ood'
rhonozo,s ,;rn;,v 10, ,oo, rm., ,
rcicmp,on. He looked no, around lie rav,
a bound and snort and disappeared down tn,
roal Ills head was nr, anl his tail was stand
ing out horizontal Thus he vanished from
| "u.''" N'" ,'' MAS never o''" "'''ra OIL
| p,,,,,,,oot pon,,, ,ho t,now;nc ..o1" - 49,,
SrR,yrp--> white ,uuI, .ix,.cn h,rd. ,i.,, u,,
| on IN" hlni legs.
""t course " was "ne1rec''nslike to him
''"' '"'' ''''e' P'oss'''S
No CHANCE FOR TIE purs,prycy
| ,>t =, ~, ,,c, =,
cubriously the other dav \. he laid down
volume of h;ocr,nbic,I ,Lo,cbos or ,h,
Presidents, + don't believe IN ever he
president. amt cot the chance. 7 WASH,
brupo nm rioht,