Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-10-18
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The Esss~r cse<ht In th~ Aef. Win
Chicken Feathers Bstwe~n ut< r~esh-

- - nu{ Often tuAf ~narN oft@k$
isse a mans henroost and steals biz
chickens. such case. however. - ON
record at P0lnte-a-ia- IIache. Emmet
Hinge told the story a. he showed a
visitor around his fathers hack yard
which was suil a lively and inteiiIEent'
young chickens. Mr.. Hingie has only
had Few years experience as law
yer HIS vcracity "a therefore unxres-
toned. ~ introduces fhe matter by
rcmarking
we lost great number % our
chickens last year by a shark"
White or ccloreds~ asked the visitor
incredulously.
a shark. man-a shark from the
Culf eight fcet long
"D.d he walk an che distance or
come in Ssh carr
The affair Is noe az lmpossihle a.
Won are Inclined fo believe remarked
NJ u'ngle in an agsreivei tone You
notice fhe ievee in front ~ the house.
Wen each year during fhe equInocflat
season. a strong southeast wind slows
The waters ~ fhe Gulf into Fa.nte-a-la-
Uacnc and floods the town. The water
Is three or four feef dcer We lare Co
50 I'M skis from fhe 'FRONT.' ~ fhe house
to fhe lcvfe. Last year. a. lsrnl when
tie foods commenced we drove an our
chickens into the big henhorse Nat
uranv. when the Hood became deep
rhes could rot come down fo eat fn
order fo ferd chem rre riEzefi un n rope
parallel fo each rno-f. ant slowly
pulled basket 90 corn from one end
f fo the other ln fhls way fhe chickens
f had ro elt standing up.
n did nor know fhlt chickens ever
are sitting down OF in reclining posi-
ron. nfrrierfei thr visitor How
ever char may have been their custom
during the DAYS 20 rhe Romano
"It wasoulv method 90 expression. -
continued Mr Hngie n meant that
the chickens stood ON the roost and ate
The corn as DO passed before them in The
basket Well We had been feeding
them ln this way FOR few days when
W. noticed thar they had begun to 81
mini-h in number. We then began 20
count each morning. and found that
four err hvc disappeared each night.
We dnallv decided to watch. ! rigEed
myself up % platform in the chicken
house and went ouf fs spend rhe n' Eht.
From lo o'clock unt nothing hap
pened. and 2 was becoming pretty weu
tired. thinking probably rhaf che negro
who had been rohhlng our henroosr
had seen ms lll would moe make an
other attempt while q was There A.
the gray light began fo dawn how
ever. Z heard a series of suiashss. lnd
jos. D.
shark Jumping fhe frncrs 49, be- they
had been hurdles. Naturally VAS
very much surprised When the shark
had Jumped our fenre be- disappeared
under fhe water was lnok.n- al
around for him when q heard a noise ia
Che henhouse. aud lsokIng down Z saw
fhe sharks Sic lal couis In uv lIvInl
through thc large hole through which
oar chickens hat gone into fhc ynrt
when they awuke In the morning Nol
T may Imagine mV CONSERVATION wal
alone in IA heuhouse with IL chicken
eating shark. AMI q had no adequate as
P -urauce char he was nor also "a maj
s. eater The shark d'l NOT wait ror a'
Introduction. balancing himself upo
y h.s tau he -rahned % chicken from th
roosf lud swallowed if whole lle 81,
b peatel tla fcat until h. had eaten sir
. and taen. diving through .hr hole. wen
ID leau.ng over fhe feuce~ again. evldcuri
very much pleased he had faled 2
-ee me- otherwise hc mI -ht have bite
me .n the leg
-Wch to make long story short
continued Alr Hn1l- ~w. waited q,
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