The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-05
JOB DEPARTMENT..
A HEROIC ROOSTER.
no Is Death OH Hats and Terror ia
Hawks.

Hawks.
at no time, 10 matter what season
of the year il might have been, has
any one passed John Carlry's barn. on
the Sackett Pond road, during the past
two years, says a letter to the New
York SIN, without seeing from half !,
dozen to Il dozcu big rat skins nailed
on the side of it next to the road
These si.ns are all taken from r":.
killed by Il rooster that bosses t..
poultry harcm on the Carley far.
Th" breed OF this rooster is not kmu,, .
as he was one o! II brood Of 3-wo..
Old chickens that CAREY bought t;!rv
years ago from Il nci@.bori.:. fmrn:u.'.
f;ow long the rooster lr,,i he'n !.
rattlcr before his owner discovered the
fact is not known. but one day, when
the Rooster WAS about 81 year old.
Carlry was walking iiong by the l,arn-
yard aud heard Il great cacklus
amon:. his hens. with whic!, nuis.. the
loud Slurtlinr uf !: rat WAS mixed up.
Carlcv stepped to the fence To S,.e what
the trouble WAS aiI about. and Saw the
Rooster ;ng.%,iug away like mad a, Il
rats tail, which he had evidently
caught in his strong lI! as the rat was
Sc'n'ryimg iutu Il hole ,s..l,r the barn.
The rooster gave two or three strong
jerks ut the tail. anl Succeeded in puiI-
ing the rat ont Of the hulc. Quick as
flash the rnos,er swung the rat above
his head and brou.rh. it down with I'LL
his might against Il stohc in the fou,,-
dation of the barn. lie gave the rat
! three whacks like that aud then tossed
ii among the i,arn-yard litter. as dead
as IL stone and limp rs Il disl,-ra-.
Within short time after that twentv-
three dead rails. evidently killed in tin.
same way that this one had been that
Carcy saw dispatched by the rooster,
were picked up at intervals in The
barm-v;lra. Then when anv one on
the farm went near the l'arn-vard they
got To looking nj the projecting stone
on the barn foundations. Ii there WAS
fresh spatirrimg OF blood on it they
knew the Rooster had killed au. .tLrr
raj. Then they took To ,kinuinc -
dead rats and mailing the prI;s on ~:
barn to display ,hr prowc>s and skill
OF the biz Rooster to the public. and
from that day he has always had :, frrs;,
scalp or two 10 add To the collection
every day or 50.
If amy one should pay IL visit To this
famous chicken lust now he wnu.l
find the great rlttcr somewhat bare OF
feather, about the neck, i,,ck.
aud wings. one of the latter hci,,r
also badly crippled. This rather dis
figured condition OF the rooster il the
result of what Farmer Carlcv CALI:
"tlc incest tnssle h." ever see" 1t
seems TINT during til" last week Il very
large rhicken-ha"k had been hov.rinu
over the farm, with an eye continually
Oh Carl"v's barn-yard. One dav last
week Carley saw The hawk drop down
from great height directly into The
barn yard. The farmer started ON the
run for the yard. and when he reached
il he found that the rooster. believing
himself equal To any occasion HADN'T
hesltalcd tu pitch in and attempt the
same tactcis on the hawk that hal
stood him in such excellent servico
rs II ratirr. lie had the hawks meek
firmly inrlosrd by his powerful bill,
and, as Car!ey declares. '.hc was swat
tin the hawk down a.'inst the stone
like an old woman might wlacli the
dust ont OF Il door mat"
The hawk WAS nearly as big il, b ,dv
as the Rooster aud had an u::nn,,S,.
spread OF wing, and the rooster soon
found that he hadn't tackled tl... LIGHT;
wasted, slueakins rat. The ;twi.'
tllrashed its wings about and r!awrt.ss - y
with his talous, aud tine ROSTERS fca,!.-
ers flew around like dead leaves of :.
tree. But the big chicken had the .yrip
of his iron jaw on tho hawks throat
and he kept it there in spite of ,h,
punishment hr was receiving. and bv
and by the hawk. being unable to
breath, grew weaker and weaker and
the Rooster wllackcd out what life there
wat, in him.
carl"y i, having tho dead hawk
mounted :tnd will keep ii rs the yrcat-
est scalp his Rooster has taken up to
date.