The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-05
F0ULED THE FOWLS
L Massachusetts, Man Lays Cut
His Neighbor's Hens
Il Was Not Case e ss@srss. Hat Szls
Was Used In the Frcc~eG.2S Aa&
the Law Teck tie Part OF
she Ssssfe-.

As a stirrer-up Of litigation and =
promoter Of quarrels and divisions oe7
tween next-door neiEhbors the suburb
al hen Is without an equal. SAYS tas
Baltimore sun. She illustrates most
forcihly IN her daily lie and practices
the rePrehensible habits which 1T. Paul
so strongly condemns IN women ShG
Is u constitutional buSvbotly. always
eager 70 be gadding abolst. and con-
sunled with an unquenehable and in
Satiable curiosity. No matter how big
yard she has 90 her own, she "a
never satiSfed until she can get into
the adjoining premises and diSccves
what Is going on over there. II theEa
are any other hens there. nothing deS
lights her more than 20 create a feeling
of jealousy in their hitherto peaceful
and happy home, or TO involve her huS
band IN mortal coDbat with Sonse
neighboring koirast IL the spurs X
there are any SewS-S, fruit or vegeta-
bles, she derives the keenest enjoyment
from their destruction Then stones
and other missiles darken the sky, tho
atmosphere grows sulphurcus with an.
complimentary epithets and there is a
personal collision. or law suit be-
tween the neighborS, while the hendiSh
cause OF broken friendships and IN
rltated tempers flies safely back to hei
own lot and goes indnStriously q
scratching as IL she had never been of
the premises and had been devoting
her entire attention and thought u
preparations for numerous family.
BIt sometimes suburban hens mals
q fatal mistake, as they die in Maiden,
Mass, the other day. A poultry
fancier there had stocked his ward
with some very aristocratic fowls Of
the feminine gender, but no amount of
good blood can drown feminine curiosi,
", and so these well-bred hens acted
just Is Inbred ones would have done.
making frequent excursions into tho
a. Joining yard. ,E.he neiyhboring pro-
Prietor did not like hens, and a. they
would come where they were not
wanted. he spriniSled salt all over his
premises The hens. like Eve. alto
greedily and death was the result
Too much salt Is fatal To hens. but they
do not know il, and they viii eat IL tin
they expire when they can get it.
Possibly the habit rs due TO an urr-
selfish desire To salt their eggs 50 well
In advance that their masters will
have no trouble about the matter at
the breakfast table, but we ara rathes
inclined to think it proceeds from =
desire To do precisely what they should
not.
But 10 return 30 The saft-eating henA
Of Maiden. When their proprietor
learned how his hens had been salted
down while still alive, he sued the
salter. whether for assault or not u
not stated he got nothing. however.
not even pinch Of salt, for the
learned Judge Pettingfll held that a
man has right to scatter salt On his
own premises, and that hens should
stay at home and mind their own busi
hess II they go. abroad and get on
salt spree, and then 20 up salt river
their owner must accept the result OF
their rsshness. To prevent such un.
pleasant occurrences IN our own
suburbs aInnteur Baltimore poultry
men would do well To have good
fences around their property sud To
cut one wing OF the too inqu!sitivs
female fowl In addition II might ba
veH 10 send for Prof Hanerik, Of ths
Peabody fnstitue. who IL said tn -
cOnversant with hen
language. and get him 10 lecture ID
the assembled e9g-pSoducers on tba
sin and danger Of scratching In tho
next yard, enforcing his remarks witty
the tragic story Of tho Maiden hens