Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
IN NEW works. "LITTLE FRANCE.

A Rooster Chase in Westchester County
Exciting Amusement.
The Polish orphan turns out to be a
wise and remarkably entertaining young
person. Her language is an entertaining
mixture of Polish, English and French,
and it flows in a stream Of amazing
rapidity. importing much sound knOwl-
edge and many startling facts. Her
conversation relates principally to the
Bronx river and to the chickens. She
consents with 11-year-old frankness to
help dispose of your big bottle of wine
and gives it as her belief that the white
rooster is a hypocrit. No one can blame
this poor rooster for getting what pleas
ure he can out of life, because he is only
one of lot of common American
ROSTERS brought in boxes from New
York to be run after.
The Polish orphan was about to tell
what the life of a rooster "to be run
after" was like, when a party of young
FrenChmen came out into the yard with
the host close behind Those young
men, the orphan said, would explain the
ROSTERS fate right away.
The unlucky rooster, who had been
industrlOusy eating, was cautiously
singled out from the flock by the Polish
orphan, and, before he knew what was
going on. the crowd of five young
Frenchmen dashed at him in furious
attempt to catch him by the leg. The
poor ROSTERS eyes filled with terror, and
he fled sQuawking through the garden.
The regular flock gave no sign of
sympathy or interest They had seen
lots Of strange ROSTERS suddenly appear
only to be chased, and they took 1t
philosophlcally.
The chase after the rooster was very
eXcising, and while it was going on the
host explained the principle underlying
the hunt. Whoever caught the chicken
spent the rest of the day free from all
expense, and sort of Mugwulnp gener-
ally. The other had to pay for his din
ner, and it was his privilege to cut the
rooster up when he was caught. 1t was
a rule that the rooster must be caught by
the leg. That made the chase last longer
1t gave the young men a fine appetite foi
dinner, and, without being as dangerous
as bull fight, furnished Just as much
amusement and excitement
The efforts of the young men to catch
the tieet-foOted rooster We're interesting
Many a one had fall, and one wrecked
an elaborate pair Of trousers by making
an ugly rent across the knee. At last
the rooster resolved to seek safety outside
the premises, and spread his wings to fly
over the garden fence. As he rose int
the air a nimble Frenchman made bold
dash and captured him by the leg on the
fly.
a minute afterward the Polish orphan
was calmly cutting the ROSTERS throat
in an clubhouse. There was something
pathetic even in the manner of this poo
ROSTERS death, for, instead Of having hi
head cut off, as every free American
rooster expects in the natural course o
events, the Polish orphan stuck knife
into his throat under the ear, and later
he was served up to those young French
men with his head still on. Sometimes
the Polish orphan said, the young mel
would catch the rooster and let him go
taking the regular dinner that wa
served: but usually they We're deter
mined to have the game which they haC
brought down, and it became necessar,
to increase the ROSTERS sutferings by add
ing the painful knite-thrust to the ter
rors of the chase. New York Sun.