The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-01-10
smsIiburg JottIngs.

good, travel has almost ceased.
Scott Vaught and Tom Prit-
chett took probably the last
heavy freight into Custer. and
returned bringing out the horses
sixteen in number, belonging
to the Mining Co., to winter on
Lost river.
The first failure of mail through
here occurred the 4th, no stage
down in the evening and none
up, the morning of the 5th. Sal
mon, Yankee Fork and the old
time Jordan" are still hard
roads to trabbel."
A great deal is being written
nowadays about the egg-and
eggs are an interesting study.
Efforts are being made by
scientific breeders to increase the
product from the present aver
age say, of about one hundred
and twenty per annum, to two
hundred from each hen.
When you kill a hen in the lay
ing season, you will find from
ten to twenty round, yellow
globes varying in size from that
of good sized marble down to L
bullet within her, the coming
yolk coated with a thin film or
skin. no white nor shell. The
suddenness of the of the forma-
ton of shell is surprising, as one
complete egg is produced every
day, and so on, each following
the other with regularity and
precision. Whence this produc-
ton comes is one of the wonders
of nature. and the philosophy of
Democratus is we'll nigh correct
in the Atomic Theory, that every
thing on earth is derived from
the smallest particles of appar-
emily nothing.
While the desire prevails for
more eggs, does it ever occur to
any one that in case of an over
SUP lly, the hen could not be shut
oiI-might as well try to stop
men from wanting Office.
An individual passed through
Smallburg the other day with
the air of an imposter written on
his brow.
/ K. ID. Williams had telephoned
US from the Hot Springs that we
should beware, as a dead beat
was on the road alone. We took
our position accompanied by a
No. 10 shotgun and the dog,
near a post which bears the re
ceptacle for the Smallburg
rural mail delivery" system and
waited.
The man passed through with
out word. We Immediately
notified Con. Sullivan, (who
keeps the Hot Springs below
here), and have since heard the
following
Il have travelled a long way,
Sir; am tired and hungry and
would like to rest over night;
have no money. but in return for
my supper, lodging and break
fast would impart some valuable
information | understand you
keep hens, and 1 can aid you in
your business by Increasing the
product of eggs. Now, you know
a queen bee is said to lay about
three thousand eggs in twenty
four hours, and
"Rold on, says Con-; where
the devil are you drifting to. and
what are you trying to get at i?
Il have discovered a method
by which a queen be, can be
grated on to a hen and make
her lay"
Biff bang then the talking
machine run down and we heard
no more.
The egg, as a food, cannot be
excelled; the finest constituent in
pastries; the equal of meat in
more than one respect, as there
are no | o les or tough pieces to
contend with, and when cooked
properly. always palatable and
healthy.
Eggs are useful in many ways.
appreciated by the connoisseur
in glass of sherry or old port,
and valuable when in an anti
quated state for squelchipg fake
showmen and stump speakers
when they displease an al6isnce.
We have heard the terms
''good egg" and "bad egg" APP
piled to persons and never dis
covered the sense thereof. There
is no analogy between men and
eggs unless it be they are so
easily mashed" RUBAIYAT.
VIM. Branca. of Clayton, did
business in Challis last week.
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