The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27
THREE DUCK ORR
Sapicnt Fowls of Wrentham and an Almost
Equally Knowing Expressman.
Ernln III, Rnsknn Ertninn Trnn,cr1n,

From The Boston Erening grdnscrfpt.
In the ineffable old town OF Wrentham a
great business is made OF raising ducks. and
the eNuberant fancy OF the native inhabitants
consequently turns itself loose nowadays on
duck stories. Perhaps the most remarkable
ducks in the town are those that belong to
Mr.. Greening. the storekeeper. Mr.. Greening
keeps his fine white Pekins in a small pasture
or Enclosure through which tri .kles-or did
trickle-a rivulet of water. Mr.. Greening. Of
course. erected about this Enclosure a high
chicken wire fence so that his ducks could not
get out. But on the lower side of the pasture.
where the streamlet went through. there was
space enough between the wire screen and the
water for the ducks to get through and escape,
and so Mr.. GreeninE drove down some stakes,
side by side. into the bottom Of the stream to
prevent the ducks from getting out. Then the
They, discovered in these stakes. Put there
merely to restrain their liberty. the foundation
Of great, happiness They assembled in the
died. the bottom OF the stream with their
webbed feet; they stirred up the mud and
they made a, dam which caused the water 10
back up and create for them a. beautiful
astute ducks may be seer. gayly swimming on
q fine. smooth eNranse. OF wafer which u is the
result Snd OF 2et th ihis Nv no sn tIs @oa1 rs talent: ~. n
stance Of the intelligence Of Wrentham ducks.
There Is another breeder out there whose
Of Witch i'G they are s' VERY |p proud. Last iaIr. R %hsn
the cold weather came on. the pond began to
tSdaa over wis. With With! a t thin dGir1stin rsd Of tb ice. Now
50 readily; and in order that their pond tas9G should ouff
ing in and coming out OF the water. and SO in
cessqntly troubling IFS surface that it could
not freeze! The proud owner Of the ducks.
having been out at a lodge meeting. discov-
cred them, thus engaged at about midnight.
ana STAYED UP q while 70 watch them. After
and as H iSoEe ID o Ssa Of e the Se1 Wiu aSS sif tse d hnd got %e ap
still industriously waddling in and climbing
out of the water. The result, was that next
frozen UP. and their possessors wandering and
quacking, disconsolately on the banks. these
wise ducks were ,eomplaeehtly floating and
their charming lakelet.
re me y duck story - not OF the @intelli;
Eo d, 81 ducEs, put Oh that OF man as related
started for Boston early in the morninG and
reached home late at night and. who ,conse-
the road, on the way TO town In the morning.
He would hang. up his reins and his, horses
would jog placidly and safely on while he
curled mp In the corner OF the seat and slept.
After the duck business was started this I'M
fortunate expressman generals had to bring
and thew fhSTn m %a ms sny Tasp pac Z sra Siib q tb EYE d d1eEs,
Ing that he couldn't sleep. He reckoned that
re would get used TO the noise after a while.
sleep, As, he rode along, he Wondered upon
means OF keeping the ducks still. and one day
when he was In own he bought a lot Of stout
Next, morning he stretched, one OF these rub
Der bands over, the bill OF every auckland
pressman slept the sleep OF the lust all the way
70 the city after that. but the ~clatter which
those poor ducks made when, at their loHr-
Is said 70 have been alnlos enough TO wake
the dead in the city cemeteries.