Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-03-22

HARDSHELL
SERMON.
"xhar the Hen Scratcheth, Thar
She Expects TO Find a Bug.

The following comes to us purpor,ing
To br portion Of sermon delivered by
Rev. EOSlw. recently from Flat Greek.
Ind. The sermon Is said To have b-cn de-
iiveTed at ihcibcTry school house Beaver
Hollow last Sunday
My respective hearers, tOslay ] wont
take no text from the Bible bu, from
tatnr and human natur. My texts reads
,husly: "whar the lien Sera,che,h thar
She RSpecis to find Bng."
Many times In the spring. brethren
and s.s;eEs-ah. you've seen n dominickcr
hen and - chickens out in the fresh
piowci groani-ah. You've noticed how
the old hen scratches like NIL posscs,.
scn,lin' the ground ilukin' and a caliin'
oV the chicks to hc around handy To gr;
a bitc.ah. Tia, hen means business. She
ain; scratching the ground for iun-al,. for
Whar the hen Scra,chc,h thar she Es-
poets to find Eug.
Now. my brethren and sis,crs-aii,
there's Il power Of human na,ur In hen.
ah. You've noticed the poli,icioner, how
lie shakes hands with them as lie dcapi.cs.
ali. kisses dirty faced babics-ali. and tell.
the women ,ha, their sosgy biscui, arc a
regular dream Of rs;in' '.aii. for W7har the
hen ScTa,chc;h ,isar she Expects To find
u hug.
An brethren and siS,sfs.ah. ,hars the
s;orckccpcr-ah. lie SAYS howfy' how,ly.
to cycryboiy.ah. lie tells the women
that their babies are the pcrtycss he ever
Saw-ah and invites everybody 10 make
his store their headquarters on melon
day-ah. for Whar the hen Scra,chc,h
thar she Expects to find bug.
An tiinrs the real estate man. lie gifts
the hes; rig in the livery stable aud shows
the Illinois man the fine faTms-ai. aud
Crowlcy's orcliarl.aii and the sugar fac.
;ory.al. An II the day is like unto one
OF the pcricc,cst days Of Juneau. he'll
tell the hoincSccicr that in tile Rocky
Ford country VIC have go days just like
this every vcnr-aii. for Wiiar the hen
Scra,chriii thar she Expects TO find q
Bug.
MY respective hearers, i'iITs Congress
man nc.l.ah. n ssndin' in the mail print,
cd speeches OF hiE,cn which was never
Srokc-ah, nn' in the next mail q scndin
I fivc.crrt bags of lettuce. onion ard tur.
nip sccd-ah. for Wiar the hen Scratclc,
thar she Expects TO find bug.
An. brethren and sis;crs-ali. thhrs tho
, farincr-ali. n gciiin' up airiy au worsin
ia,c-ali. an plowin' and liarrowin' and
n pinntin' ov sugar bccts an q tliruin' %,
'ciu with the help ov hTunrtt Mexican
ali. for WiIar the hcu Scra;clfc;h that
site Expects to End u Bug.
An tlIlrs the Enterprise nian-ah. =
prin,iu' about John Smiths fine birn-ali
and Bill Ioncscs big crop OF sugar bccts'
ali, aud Pete fuckers Sioo an acre crol
OF can,aloupcs-af And lie prints about
the handsome bridcs-ali. aud the iarmcr's
wifcs fine dinncrs-nli. an keeps tclliu,
the Missourinns and Jayiiawkcrs tina, the
Rocky Ford country is the best on
ycar,h-aii. for Whur the hen Scratclict!i
thar she Expects 10 find Bug.
! An, my brethren and sistcTs-ah, thGrs
the Young doctor who aint got many
ipaticnts to practice on-ali, he gives the
sexton four bits to call him outcn church
durin' the sermon Sunday mornirg-ali,
for Wliar the hen Scratchcth thar she
Expects to find Bug.
An, my respective hcarcrs-ah, tliars
my friends the saloon kecpers-ah, may
their sliaddcr never grow 1css-ah. They've
always got an eye OH the main chancc-ali.
You ought to seed 'crn at Rocky Ford
totlicr night-ah. The city fcllcrs had n
corkus to pick out the fittincst men to
run for officers III Aprile-ah. An when
| it cum to votin' for marshal you ought
to have seed the saloon crowd rrrsliin' up
to and putin in votes for Joe Wright-ah,
| for Whar the hen Scratchcth thar she
Expects to find a Bug.