Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-30

prosperity knock the sense out of a roos-
ter so soon. He lost my sympathy at
once, and resolved to let him carve out
his own career as best he might.
Gradually his tail feathers grew gray
and faded, but he wore his head high
He was arrogant and made the hens go
worming for his breakfast by daylight
Then he would get mad at the food and
be real hateful and step on the little
chickens with his great big feet
But as his new feathers began to come
in folks got on to him, as Justinian has it,
and the other ROSTERS ,)egan to brighten
up and also blow up TIER biceps muscles.
One day he was especially mean at
breakfast. A large fat worm, brought
to him by the flower of his harem, had
a slight gamey flavor, he seemed to
think, and so ne got mad and bit several
chickens with his great coarse beak and
stepped on some more and made a per-
feet show of himself
AT this moment a small bantam wear
ing one eye still in mourning danced up
and kicked Summers eye out Then an
other rival knocked the stuffing for a
whole sofa pillow out of Sumner and
retired. BY this time the surprised and
gratitied hens stepped back and gave
the boys chance. The bantam now
put on his trim little telegraph climbers
and, going up Mr.. Summers powerful
frame at about four jumps, he put in
some repairs on the giants features, pre-
sented his bill and returned. BY 8
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enough left for a Sunday paper. He
looked as if he had been through the
elevated station at City hall and Brook
lyn bridge. He looked up sadly at me
with his one eye as who should say,
''Have you got any more of that there
red paint left" But shook my head at
him and he went away into little patch
OF catnip and stayed there four days.
After that You could get that rooster to
do anything for you-except lay. He
was gentle to fault. He would run
errands for those hens and turn an ice
cream freezer for them all day on lawn
festival days while others We're gay He
never murmured nor repined. He was
kind to the little chickens and often
spoke to them about the general advant-
ages of humility.
After many years of usefulness Sum
ner one day thoughtlessly ate the re-
mains of salt mackerel, and pulling the
drapery of his couch about him he Law
down TO pleasant dreams and life's fitful
fever was over. His remains were given
to poor family in whom take great
interest, frequently giving them many
things for which l have no especial use
This should teach us that some people
cannot stand prosperity, but need a lit
tie sorrow ever and anon to teach them
where they belong And oh. how the
great world smiles when a rooster who
has owned the ranch for year or so and
made himself odious gets spread out
over the United States by smaller one
with less voice.
The study of the fowl is filed with in
terest. keep fowls late years instead
of garden. Formerly my neighbors
kept fowls and 1 kept the garden.
1t Is better as it is.
Mertie Kersykes, Whatcom, Wash,
writes as follows: ''Dear Mr.. Nye, does
pugilists ever reform? They are so much
brought into Contax with course natures
that do not see how they can ever, ever
become good lives or become professors
OF religion. Do you know if Such is the
case to the best of your knowledge, and
answer Soon as convenient in this paper,
which we all read with Avidity, and so
no more at Pheasant