Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-04-14
S1-9g- 90 DO &C DO DC 9o-S.,
| THE BOWSER TROUBLES !
Nr. BOwssr Experiments With Hens, d
Z and Hls Some NovefSehemes 4
y TO Make Them Lay. d
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Copyright. rsPs.
By M QUAD.
'6-a0 90 DC 90 o-Me-o0-G

After returning 20 his Brooklyn home
Mr. BOwser determined TO try the ex
pertinent of keeping a few hens in his
'aIack yard.
"Did you get any fresh eggs this
'anorning2' he inquired, as he sat down
10 the breakfast table week after he
thad bought the hens.
mo, DEAR" answered Mrs. Bowser
1.-THE heus came over TO us only three
days ago, aud they haven't begun lay
aug yet. They must become wonted to
che new place, you know"
'Wontedl What has hen got to do
with being wonted? That's all non
eseuse. II was their business to go To
Gayjng eggs right away. That's what
"a hen is for. I'm not going to keep ~
eIens loafing around here to grow fat
,ou my corn. I'll see TO it after break
Gast!"
"lut il hen won't lay, what can you
do?" asked Mrs. Bowser.
MAKE her lay or get out!" he an
severed. "Let hens once get The idea
'dhat you don't care whether they at
send to business or not and eggs will
aDe worth dollar apiece, I'll give 'em
60 understand that this is no hospital
Tor stlperanuuated old hens"
'rm-I'm afraid you don't under
stand all about FOWLS" said Mrs. Bow
ser. after a bit,
"0h! { don't! wasn't gathering
eggs five years before you were born!
What I don't know about fowls-par-
UicularIy hcus--you nor nobody else can
aeach me. I've studied the hen from
so different standpoints, and she can't
gut up no job on mel"
After breakfast Mr.. Bowser walked
snut TO the coop in which the flock was
set confined. and after sizing up each
GowI in rotation he turned TO Mrs. Bow
.ser. who had followed him, and said;
ITS Just as | thought, They have
'seome over here hoping to have good
cline at my expense, and not an egg
will we get until they come to under
stand the situation. Get me some
string"
What are you going TO do?"
"Hang 'em up by the legs for awhile.
That's trick we used to practice when
was a boy, and It always brought
eggs, didn't go TO all the trouble and
expense of bringing the hens here to be
PIayed upon by them. Where's the
striug?"
Mrs. DOwser protested and refused to
get 1t. and Mr.. Bowser went into the
5,oUse and got n ball Of sheep-twine
Entering the coop, he caught seven or
sight hens and tied their legs together
aud hung them up 20 the roosting poles.
There was a great fiutter and cackling
.a0d his neighbors looked over the fence
.nad shouted;
''Ohi you were in thar, Ell? Didn't
S<now but that skunk had got among
YOUR chickens and was KILN right and
eeft in the daytime. What's the trub-
I1le, naybur?"
"They won't lay" explained Mr..
Gsowser.
And what ye dom to emp"
udUBtu em up DN lne legs
wall. swow! That's new idea
90 me. and I've had hens around fur
90 years. I'll stop in tomorrow and
8 esee how many eggs you've got"
'U'he suspended fowls didn't like the
- position at ari, and set up a doleful
squawking from the first. When this
: aiad continued for half an hour Mrs.
EEOwscr began to protest, but Mr.. Bow
-.serauswered her:
''You just attend TO things around the
house and Ill see TO the chickens. Well
seither have all the fresh eggs we want
aor I'll take "a crowbar and walk into
THAT coop aud knock the life out O.
everything ia i'll"
At the end of an hour he cut the
strings and let the fowls down and the
2Oise ceased. He visited the coop again
IOst before dark and was much disap-
pointed not TO find single egg
81 don't see how you could expect to-"
pOt in Mrs. Bowser. "How could the
I1eus tell whether they were accused
OF murder or you wanted 'em to lay
Snggs?"
ATS their business to know. A hen
Us neither a COW nor a hog. She's
hen, and as hen she must do her duty
s0v suffer the consequences. If there
,are not at least five eggs here in the
snoring there'll be row in which
asome one will get hurt!"
Nothing further was said until the
E,our for retiring. Then Mr.. Bowser
seemed bit conscience-stricken and
said:
'There may be something in what
you said about hens taking time to
%et wouted to new place. l know it's
so with cows and other animals"
''0f course it's So" replied Mrs. Bow
ser. "After few days we're likely to
Gave all the fresh eggs we want.
You'd better let the hens have the run
OF the yard tomorrow"
They must be kind o lonesome out
shere in the coop in the night"
Perhaps So"
~ can remember that when father
Sised TO get strange hens we put can
Siie in the coop for the first few nights
NO let 'em see each other and look
zsround. guess I'll take one out now"