The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-07
A LYNCHING IN OREGON.
WESTERN JUSTICE ron "JIMMY NO
GOOD, JIMMY HI-YU

How . Ose-Eyea Rooster from sawmin Camp
Played Havoc with the Egg Crop OF the
Wilson Hcns-why tho Eatons Kept No Hens
-Red-ueaded Jimmy Wilson Revensed.
The wilson. kept hens. The Eatons did
not. although they took q lively interest In
poultry Just the same. The Wilson h"ns
wero KIN own and esteemed In the little Oregon
village for their regularity and prodisality
as layers. The Wilson's hons eggs bore =
reputation as enviabio as Mrs. Wilson's fried
chicken or raised cake.
Little red-haired Jimmy Wilson. the 1o-ysar-
old. know not only all the hens. but all their
nesting places. lie had figured out the extent
Of tho egg crop OH tho Wilson place. and whom
his mother or sister Mary called for fresh sup
PLEA. II vas Jimmy's proud privilege To act -
egg puryeyor to the household.
No better behaved hens could DO found In all
Oregon than those OF the Wilson's That Is.
until tho Eaton folks moved into the ncigbbor-
hood. Tho Eatons came from somewhere down
East. u few Years after the Wilson's moved up
from California. Old man Eaton. 30 all hands
agreed. was mighty close. and the other Eatons,
big and little. trsiIed right along after him.
Tho EAtons lived q short distance from the
Wilson's. on the school house road. As has
been said. they kept no hens. Mrs. Wilson had
broad Western ideas Of neighborliness. and a
luhtluHulO pElu IA AVA Ne'
one morning, shortly after tho arrival OF the
Eatons, Mrs Wilson made . ns'ghborly call
She carried with her . basket heaping full OF
selected Wilson eggs, and rendered this rs q
gift to the newcomers.
Mrs. Ea.on returned the cal-but not tho
basket-some days later. Them eggs OF
~your'n.' sho said 70 Mrs. Wilson. was 80 GOOD
Pap allowed he'd never eat nothin' that SO raised
tho spirit Of covctouAnoss In him."
Jimmy came homo from school one afternoon
with this bit Of news:
MON. Bill Eaton's folks We got Q rooster.
Bill told mo at recess His pop got IL for noth-
In, he said, from q man who was Quittin' saw
mill Camp. Amt II funnyf Just one rooster.
and II they lose him they amt got none"
Still the EAtons kept no hens. That rooster
was a queer bird. Perhaps he was lonesome.
He couldn't have been proud Of bis personal
appearance. for. to put It mildly. he was rag
xcd. homely. and Lad lost one ere. But TO this
day tho Wilson's believe that rooster was q
trained cappcr for q clever game run by old
man Eaton, aided and abetted BY ninty-faced
Mrs. Eaton ard the pop-eyod Little Eatons
from down East
The one-cYed rooster from Bawmin Camp
had not been In town moro than q week or
two when he began dill visits TO the well-kcpt
Wilson place. He would strut MP and down In
the dooryard. scratch gravel. and crow.
Gradually he seemed TO hypnotic tho Wilson
hen ,; a: they say , sTS5g s chicken S.a isr IN r;
groups, tho hitherto faithful Wilson hens
meekly followed the once, ed rooster and made
visits. of VARYING length to tho henless yard Of
the calculating EatOns.
Day by day and week after week tho egg
crop on the Wilson place shrank perceptfbly.
At first Mrs. Wilson blamed Little Jimmy and
accused him 81 shirking his duties an nest hunt
er. Sister Mary venturod to gay:
MAN, Lerhaps some Of our neiGhbors are
ashamed TO borrow any more eggs. and so they
| juet sneak around here and rob the nests"
This insinuation against tho Integrity OF her
ncighbors was NOT tolutated by. good ara. Will
con, who contented herself by. administer
ing large doses OF Patent egg food TO her hens
and admOnishing Jimmy TO search the barn.
the wUoashed, ard the hold for tho new merit
ing places which she was certain her feAlh-
cred treasures had established.
Meanwhile the Eaton rooster continued TO
exc mis- mys,eTioas p3wers OF fase,nation
his footprints 10 Ito yard of the EsNons. and
TIE kAtons no Longer borrowed eggs II ON the
Red headed Jimmy, b~oy.iike. did consfasr-
abe %freiting, and some tall thinking about this
time, one day lie sonhdsd to his sister Mary
MARY" said Jimmy. "lIl lick thar Dnl
Eaton flst chance I, get. He told, me in the
school yard to-day that his folks had ramed
their darned rooster Jimmy. after me. because
its got q red top. And what's more. ! think
these Eat,n boys are robbing our hens nests"
Tho very next day. as luck would have II. old
man Eaton took all his family for u days out.
ing In the woods beyond sawmlll Camp. That
eng chaser at home stood him in good stead.
Ho got into the Eaton place over lhe back fence
and searched under the house, In the wood
shed and barn, along by the fences. and In every
nook AMI corner where the barnyard fowl
nirht make u nest. lie found no hens. for tho
Eatons Kept none. but he found egss in surpris-
That night. Jimmy. his brother John. si,t.r
Mary. and Jimmy's chum hold a Whispered
place. In that conference tho fate Of tho ono
eyed rooster was settled. Long before day
and awakened Jimmy. Johnny. and Jimmy's
chum, who had spen! the night q; the house.
]" q , .Sr. mo on n SS. o sl..cr M i.sv and the 70 sh rec
Eaton place up the road. Jimmy took the
lead after they mad got in tho Eaton yard.
rco.,, on the wOcassoa roof. I'll climb 10 On
the woodpile. You boost me. and I'll catch
Barefooted, and with heart humping, jim
my climbed after his namesake. one-eyed
Jimmy. the hypnottst, was oblivious TO dan
convuisive ;hoEing sound, and the Eaton
rooster was no more. His strutting was over.
their way home, bearing their booty proudly.
At the. Wilson gate A.ary said:
"ltll never do to let nam know this. You
boys pick that rooster anu clean him. I'll
make n tro and put tho big iron DOT on the
''cys and Wen cook him and eat him; too"
yard, will her"
When Mrs. Wilson descended to the kitchen
that morning she found Mary. Jimmy. and
Johnny. Jlmmy's ohum. and Wah Leo. the
Chinese boy servant, Rlumly peering Into tho
iron pot. Mary, TO divert suspicion. Qui"kly
told her mother that being unabls To sleep
and feeling hungry, she had told the boys TO
kill q chicken for break fast.
Just here tho boys and Wah Ice sneAked.
johnny. alone returned. While his mother
was trying the chicken with a basting fork he
tackled a piece OF pal ar to the door leading to
tho dining room. Mrs. Wilson remarked in
SUI prise;
why, Mary, my child. how on Garth do you
expect TO eat this chicken II won't cook
through for hours and hours. ! can hardly
get a fork In H.. Whatever is happening TO
my hens and Chickcns?"
As Jimmy entered. his face ready to break
into n grin. Mrs. Wilson saw the pa,er which
Johnny had tackled on the door. II read Just
as the Chinese hoy had expressed his view OF
tho IN ton rooster:
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Jimmy No Good, Jimmy HI yn Torgh