The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-28
A CHICKEN STORY.
Some Poultry Experiments Tried by Geor.
gian by the Name of Smith

Some Poultry Experiments Tried by Geor-
gian by the Name of Smith.
Atlanta Constitution.
~"Dyou ever know Teller by the name o.
Smith, he suddenly inquired with his right
forefinger on the picture of a Shanghai rooster
''Absolum Smith was his full entitlement. but
body called him Alb for short He lived
down here in souwest Georgy. He was hum.
mer on chickens He had chicken farm big
gest thing O. the kind in Georgy He never
made much money, though cause the cholery
had way O. whackin' the life out o. his chick
ems jest fore they were ripe for market. He
beat the world on 'sperunents, an some O. 'em
had the most 'sprisin' results ever you heard
tell o."
In the impressive language Of the feminine
novelists, was as ''silent the grave" The
inhabitants of the land of Nod were still holding
my close attention.
'.Ab had a notion" continued the other fellow
''that he could git up some sort O. new-fan gled
towels by settin' hen Oh duck egg He tried
il, but it was powful long time fore the hen
got done settn. I disremember 'zactly how
long twas, but it was nigh onto four months.
When she did git done, there come out O. the egg
towel that was chicken on one side an duck on
tother.'
"What became of the monstrosty2r l asked,
exhibiting feeble interest
Why" he replied, when the towel was three
weeks old the duck part was bigger than the
chicken part One day the two parts had fight
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water an the chicken part didn't The duck
part boin' bigger pulled the chicken part into
the pond an drownded it. do know what be-
come O the duck part"
returned to the inhabitants of the land of Nod.
''There was another Experiment. tried by Ab,"
said the fellow, taking fresh start, IAN it was
a success He took hen and stripped all the
feathers off o. her. Then he set her on the big
gest egg he could find. In zactly three weeks
an three days, she Matched out chicken that
didn't have a sign o. feathers on it, an what's
more it never has had When the weather gifts
cold he wraps the chicken up in red flannel rags"
The inhabitants of the land of Nod ceased to
interest me- turned around and listened
lab had acommon Georgy rooster" continued
the fellow. that a curiosity. 1t had three
legs Alb lowed he'd try a sperment with it
He got dozen eggs, put 'em in a nest an tied
the rooster down over 'em. In about four weeks
the twelve eggs were twelve ROSTERS, an I'll be
everlastin'ly besmoodled if they didn't ev'ry one
o EN- have three legs. They was the most
curious towels ever | saw"
'Did Alb try any other experimentsp / asked.
ION, yes" was the reply, The beat the world
on sperimeEts He had an old hen that was
always wantin' to set on sweet po;aters. Shed
leave nest o eggs any day~in the week TO set
on sweet potaters. Alb got tired o putin up
with her foolshness, an so one day in Janry
he put her to settin on two dozen sweet potaters.
Long about the middle o May, Alb went an
looked at her. She was away up in the air,
about foot an ahalf from the ground. She'd
Matched tremendous lot O vines out o. the sweet
potaters an they'd pushed her up. They WASH t
sech very big vines, sort O. Slips you know. Alb
give EN- away TO his neighbors, 'canse he was
'fraid IL he planted em hisself, they'd come up
chickens"