The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-08
.uBuRN's FIcmTING ROOSTER.
All Corners untII knock
ed Ont la "a scrap With two HUT

From the Lewiston Journal
Auburn % the proud posseasor OF "a
wonderful rooster Miss Nellie H. she 1T
tie daughter Of Mrs Bisbee 81 the Auburn
waierworks told the tale 10 the Journal
this morning and it Is worth repeating
That lady has "a friend In Warren who
has two little chlldron-a hoy and a girl.
one Of the ncighhors kept hens and about
two years ago setting Of chickens was
Matched The old mother hen selected one
Of the chicks and fired II out OF the brood
Under No circumstance whatever would
she recognize or own a. The outcast was
nuaily presented 60 the iisfle daughter Of
Mrs Bisbee'a friend. who uursed and car
ed for Il until u grew 10 be quite chick
en- Finally u became too large 20 keep
IN the house and WAS put outdoors. A.
the istle girl could no longer care FOR n
az before, she aold II 90 her brother for
nve cents with this change Of ownership
the chicken began 10 develop new traits
of character The new owner plagued -.
and the chick soon grew surly. ana finally
puguacious
Wen. the young birds disposis lon did not
improve like wine with age ~ steadily
grew worse one Of the ueiRhhors had
garden but n any member ~ the family
attempted 10 gather any Of the vegetable
the vOunR rooster would ~ - him with
such fury tha, ne had 10 give up The ioh
and nv himself The result was that che
rooster had the garden 20 himself aud
the relations hef ween the two families be-
came strnined a lady from Rocklnnd
came over one day and said that she
would no, be afraid 10 - into the garden
and pick some string beans. The rooster
N on her head. tore down her hair, broke
her eyeglasses and made mincemeat Of
mosa o. her nnery That ended the hat
tie
The victorious bird hnnliy began 20 stop
people on the road and turn them hack.
I, would chase them clear into the VII
lage. n half mile distant The neighhors
~or,pIained thas life in that section was
becoming unbenrnhle Cats. dogs and eV-
ervtbinr else would hy ~ ~ approach.
Matters az last reached q climax The
law was threatened unless the obnoxious
bird should be removed. Finding y imp"f-
slbie 10 restore harmony IN any other way
u was al lac, decided 10 ship the rooster
away
cons,,i,eb her Auburn friend. She WIS
assured that Auburn had some hght'ng
hlooa and could care for herself even with
tbis master % the are. The young son ~
Alderman Vickery wos selected 20 take
charge Of the bird and humble rs proud
spirit
In due time the rooster reached the
shoe city aud wac installed IN ~ new
quarters IN Minol avenue For . r." -,
Inc hird remained quiet. ! was simply
st,dving the situation and taking -
bearings Then IL opened up again.
series OF unbFoken trlumphf followed To
rand succession Young Nlckcry WIS
niaee.i bora de- combat Mrs Nlckery r.
eiared that she would never he driven hv
a rooster-so sailed forth 20 meet her al
versnry Alas she met the fate 81 ah
syho hnd trodden tho same path. ana soon
retired lngloriously from the field. Tho
city father took up the cudgel and met the
same fate.
one morning the rooster was among the
missing Tho groceryman soon came 90
and said thnt h. had witnessed haftle
thar morning between the rooster and two
big bulldogs For long time victory had
iremblcd in the balance. but finally mad
perchod upon enc banner % the dog
'rhe bird war loft Tor dead upon the heit
But mere vas where all calculations
failed
The supposed corpse was found and
brought back to the house. Few tears
were shed and the family INDUCED in
mutual conRrttull Hons. but. alas tho
rooster was not dead but sleeping He
was simply knocked out. An experiment
soon restored and brought him 90 "a realik-
iue sense Of nia defeat For the nrst limo
he had been whipped. bur his honor wa
sfii intac, 4 few days rest and he was
again ready for battle The neighborr IN
thns section Of the city are now trembling
between hope and fear. They hope that
the battle between the rooster and the
dogs may be renewed but fear that enc
dogs may go under the next time At
present he fighting bird Is IA strong
barred cage and when fed the alderman
and HE son come with a big club and
shotgun. Tire csse r. exciting much in-
terest IN Auburn. and scores Of people
visit and look OF the bird with mingled
feelings Of awe and admiration.