The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-03-19
Tr.E CHICKEN BUSINESS.
A PastiIne Which Excels All Other Popular
Amusements.

n E1BLlm6 w men Excekb All obheT opul8&
Amusements.
1t does beat the Dutch how closely
great men are watched.
By some means the world has pos
sessed itself of the knowledge that own
an incubator, and the result is that / am
now having excellent opportunities for
compiling catalogue of persons desir-
ous of becoming rich in the poultry
Scarcely day passes that I do not re-
ceive letter from somebody wanting q
slice of my golden experiences in the line
of speculative knowledge, that begins
with an old hen and generally ends in
the poor-house, if persisted in; and to
save hard work and postage have con-
cluded to pad this column with little
information that, if judiciousiy applied,
will stave off old age and keep wrinkles
in the next county.
There is money in chicken-raising il
you know how to 60 about it, but like
every thing else, certain amount OF
"know how" is necessary to induce
eminent success to come your way. The
man who can't tell a chicken from
gosling had better remain behind the
counter, or stay in bank until he
learns something.
My advice to the novice in poultry
raising would be: Follow it simply for
pleasure until you acquire knowledge
that will tell you to 60 ahead.
Anybody can hatch chickens with an
incubator, but it takes large amount OF
science and eternal vigilance to raise
| them. Patrick Henry never said any
| thing more true than his memorable al
lusion to the price of spring chicken
and the cost of liberty being one and in
separable. Patrick no doubt kept few
| hens himself.
But to the man who goes into the
employment and lots of pleasure, say:
$50 it-you'll get there in both re-
spects." When the motive is not mer-
cenary the pursuit is an unbounded sea
of bliss, with islands of pure delight
scattered through it in great luxuriance.
1 don't think ever did any thing out
side of religious duty that gave me
greater Joy; though it must be admitted
that I made close carrom toward bank
ruptcy while doing it; and joy, although
nice thing to have around when you
want to write poetry, is not equal to salt
pork for keeping man up when he has
hard work to do.
If you want to be happy and get youl
pay as you 90 along, raise chickens
unless your neighbours division fence il
bad-but if you want to salt down some
thing that can be used as collateral aftel
awhile, don't do it.
I began by trying to raise chickens
for sordid gain that could be jingled il
the pocket, and more miserable mai
you couldn't have found with a consta
ble's warrant. then gave it whir
simply for fun, and felt glorious righ
away. 1t makes all the difference il
the world whether your incentive
moonshine or money.
When I heard the first chick chirp i
my incubator, and realized clear dow
to my boots that l was mother, an
had the documents right there to prov
it, in spite of the cold, unfeeling fac
that was regarded by the world as
bald-headed man of much sadness. l fel
as though I was worth million dollars
but when, six months later, / had t
pawn my overcoat in mid-winter t
buy corn-meal, felt that / had bee
blessed with altogether too much pre-
fuseness to suit the size of my flour bal
. rel.
/ long at times to sit down and med
: tate ON things that have made the worl
: gnaw its beard for ages, but no ma
, with loaded incubator can take muc
time to muse, unless he puts cotton
his ears, or gets dreadful reckless abol
consequences.
S An incubator is one of the most +
s morseless things outside of boardir
4 school, and for keeping man fro
! loafing with the clouds it can discoul
= both a failure of crops and an iron-cla
chattel mortgage.
When you see a man with hollo
t eyes, haggard cheeks, unshaven face al
lifeless hair, shambling around in {
g aimless, homeless sort of way, lookir
n as though he hadn't slept, washed
combed himself for month, bet eve
: cent you can raise that he owns an i
: cubator, which has just begun to fire
! possibilities at him with desperation
a energy that will kill him if he don't bic
u the light out.
s. That's what it means to monkey wi
e hen-roost on scientific principles, a
u as love all mankind want every bo
: to know it. When somebody tells y
e that the easiest way on earth to get ri
u with quickness is to buy an incubat
n and plunge into the chicken busine
y pull down the corner of your eye a
le Immediately give him a front view
e e your back.-Lige Broaon, IN Chico
~ Ledger.