The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-10-05

A bee may possss lever brains tha
any ether snimal OF her hsii, bat 20
seoid ihilk sbe might nske some use @
The iew she has Yes . mao might rosso
ably expect that much OF her, st suy rate
snorted Boseiss. Is he limped inio ih
bouse. rubbiog his head with one hsns
and nursing his knee With the other, ans
dropped heavily into chair.
Why. what hiss = hen been doia TO yoi
nov, HinmH Hsint biz you, has she
demanded Mrs. Bossles. looking up IRON
her ssxips.
Bit mel Ever hear OF q hen biiiu 90,
bodyf Rett,r wait until they get teeth tt
bite with. observed Boggles. ssrosstieslly
between srosns.
Well, ~hst hss she been doing theni
persisted Bogsles' better ball.
Better ask what she sin't been doin'
TSouldl't take half az long to tell what
she hain'i been doin' ez what she has
Remember that ysller hen traded 40
go, Of Bill Jones lass fall for bushel Of
turnipsf
Yes.
Well. I've spent the most oi my time
chssin her of nests an tryin to keep her
from settin fer the past levep weeks or
thsrAbouts, ez nigh ez | kin fsger 1t With
one eye shut. I've csugh. her settin 90
on door-knobs, pieces OF hardware. goose
eggs, hen-egse, chunks OF chalk, chips,
croquet-bslls. an once found her setlin
on the cosl-scuitle tryiu to hatch out 3
ton OF coal. Well. ez said, | ohased her
of, an sent her scootin' about her business
or what orter have been her business
OF lsyin eggs every time run across her;
but she tnslly found . nest With one egg
in 1t of out OF sight under the barn some
where. where | couldn't get at her, sn at
last she has succeeded 10 her Efforts to
hatch out something. She's got one little
measly ysller chicken day old M about
ez big ez the nub end OF nuthin; 90 I'll be
swizzled il that hen 'hsin't gone up into
the very top OF the bisgsst an tallest
apple.tree on the place to roost. On she's
been squattin here 90 limb fer the last
half honr cluoking away like all possessed
tryin to call that chicken up the tree after
herl
Why don't you cosI her down, Hiram
so she can take care OF her chicken as she
ought to2 gently ing aired Mrs Bogsles.
I'd coax her down 10 q hurry II | bad a
pole long enough, grated Bosgles, be
tween his olincbed teeth. A ben Of that
kind oug ht TO be cosXed into the middle
OF neIt week or q pot pie, on lett there. l
tried to point out the error OF her why's to
her with q club bot the frtt time threw
il at her 1t came down an raised g lump
on my head tz big cz q fall pipip. an the
next time tried it IL struck one OF the
lower limbs OF the tree an bounced back
30 give my kues.csp such q rap that it
has been siugin. "Hail Oolumby" ever
sence, an
And the hen is up 10 the tree yet, is
she2 broke 10 Mrs. Boggles, anxiously.
Yes; and she's liable to stay there fer ell
Of mel answered BosgIes. She csn keep
90 roostin right there TIL the COWS come
home or the north pole is discovered. fer
III l care. I'm through cfliciatin as dry
nurse an general overseer 10 . hslf.bsked.
no.account brindle hen IN one little,
measley. two-cent chicken. That's the
way feel about that il any body asks you.
An now, Hsnner. il you will trot ont the
,rpica.bottle 90 douse some Of it on where
/. will do me the most good, I'll be OBJ
eeged TO you. 1
And Boggles sat down and prepared to
,rosu while Mrs. Bogeles rubbed on the
lrnici.