Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-08-04
COMMUNICATIONS.
How i Made My Fortune with M
Incubator.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
'Tis said that lit is easier to make a for
tune than to keep it," but the first thing is
to make it.
knew that other famous women, not in
history as of yore, but right here in our
midst We're getting rich, and why not L!
1 didn't expect to become Joan of Arc
or a Queen of Sheba but thought could
run an incubator.
We had moved out of the city into the
suburbs, thereby gaining the advantage of
quite piece of ground, and here was my
chance; / would raise chickens! / had
heard there was a fortune in it, i
little disconnected one morning when my
husband announced his intention to culti-
vate said ground. The fact is that my
husband and never did think alike, but
carried the day this time; husband yielded
for once and sailed in.
|. / purchased an incubator: first-class
one of course; in fact the best and only
one worth buying, because it was the most
expensive one in the market. IL was duly
set up and put into running order, and al
though husband disapproved. he very gre-
ciously assisted me in securing the conn
try around-f for the right kind of eggs, that
is the big kind, and paid enough for them
to insure me they Were the kind to buy.
Then l proceeded to make my fortune.
After having carefully studied the di-
rections secured the right temperature,
and with a beating heart filed the cases
with the six hundred possibilities, placed
them in position, closed the doors, and,
like Mary's lamb, Fingered near and wait
| ed patiently about for the next three
| weeks.
The first day went off quietly. and l
| was congratulating myself upon being a
rich woman without much trouble, but at
the dawn of the second day descended tn
the resting place of the possibilities TO
| give them the attention according to the
! directions, when, to my horror, L found
| the mercury several degrees above the pre-
scribed limit | remembered that you
must sprinkle the eggs when too hot; sc
with trembling hands | drew out the case
of the choicest eggs, and in my excitement
lost the equilibrium, and they rolled over
| and over each other and went tumbling tx
the floor. CONSERVATION overcame me
and with one wild shrek for help l showed
the rest back and gazed in dismay at the
debris. Well, there was only half of {
case broken, which was some comfort.
1 found upon investigation that the boil
er leaked and sent for a plumber, who sale
the pipes must be emptied. Accordingly
commenced to draw pail after pail of wa
with hot water in the evaporating pans
and of course failing to do it. This stat
of affairs lasted fol two mortal hours
while the plumber complacently mende,
the boiler. When everything was de
clared all right. with aching head and feet
| began to realize that it was going t
prove more of job-this running an in
cubator-than had anticipated, bue m
ardor was not dampened, for there wa
| Al tba fntn r
after this that / must pay closer attentio
to business, so | arose twice in the nigh
and perambulated the house, night lam
in hand, to the incubator quarters to kee
the right temperature, but in spite of a
caution the boiler sprung aleak in anothe
place. when the plumber was called agai
and the same experience repeated. How
5 ever, l kept up good courage, for hu'
bands eyes twinkled. So l climbed stain
enough to have reached the top of th
Tower of Babel, and slept with one ey
omen for three weeks while the mercur
rose and fell beyond limit at its own swet
3 will.
At last was rewarded with the SCUM
of a peep; blissful sound Perhaps yo
can imagine my ecstasy when heard ths
, peep. Then l waited patiently all nigh
yes, in fact ali night for other peeps, bu
they were not unanimous; they were scat
tering.
Finally I-spied bright little eye peel
ing out of hole in one of the shells; tn
shell cracked and out rolled the pioneer i
all his pristine glory. 1 placed him wit
flowing hands into the brooder, which b
the way had cost a little penny, and in
short time he was meandering around il
roomy apartments, monarch of all
surveyed"
Then / seated myself beside the glas
doors to watch for other successes. Her
and there I saw what seemed to be futur
, brooder, but when they appeared upon tn
stage of life sorrier looking set of chick
, you never beheld, and as luck would hav
it husband appeared in the grey dawn c
morning to hunt up his spouse, and wit
/ an I-told-you-so look upon his face, brok
, into loud ha! ha! and really could nc
blame him, for there they We're, some ly
ing on their sides gasping their last gasI
while some were actually trying to stan
on their heads and Hopping about, verits
, BILE crazy chickens, fit subjects for a chicl
/. en- lunatic asylum or for Barnum's circu
With weary, beseeching look at m
t husband, which am happy to say
s melted under, crawled from the apar
ment to my room, utterly disgusted wit
chickens in general and disheartened
d my trial to get rich in that line of bus
o. ness. So, with visions of plumbers bill
and diminished bank account, 1 saI
:, into an undisturbed and profound slee
IS the first had enjoyed for . month.
l. NARY MARCH,