Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-17
SOME HEN FRUIT LORE.
The StOrekeeper Was What Nigh
Appropriately BE Called a Reg
ular .sEggcyeIopedia."

ular ''EggcyeIopedia."
Seized with turn for investigation.
the reporter stopped in front of
West side store, the show window of
which was filled half way to the top
with nice, fresh-looking eggs He en-
tered the store to see if there was any
thing he didn't know about eggs, re-
lates the New York Times.
What is there new in eggs to-day"
the reporter asked the storekeeper.
well" said the storekeeper, picking
a sad-looking article of hen fruit from
a basket and handling it with care,
in this particular egg L would be will
ing to bet a flock of hens against
red-headed woodpecker that the new
est thing is a chicken. The chicken
is new, but the hen is old. Did you
want some eggs?''
No." said the reporter. 81 am seek
ing knowledge. What is the largest
egg you put on the market?"
'Oh, the Brahma is the biggest of all
eggs, and the yallerist. The next, as
to size and yaller, is the Houdan, with
the Langshan rolling up mighty
close third. The favorite white-shelled
eggs are the Leghorns, Plymouth
Rocks, Hamburgs, Dominicks, and the
game chicken eggs. have 'em all, and
1t won't take but minute to put you
up dozen or so of EACH"
do you know what the outcome of
the different varieties of eggs is when
they cease to be useful as eggs and go
forth to encounter the dangers of the
WIDE, wide world as chickens?" in
CURED the reporter. ignoring the ex-
ceeding bad taste of the man in talk
ing shop.
The man put the dubious egg eau
tiously back in the basket and leaned
thoughtful against the counter.
DO you know" persisted the in
vestigator, (which egg evolves the in
gradients for the deceptive fricasee
Which one is responsible for he weak
ness of the chicken soup that pales the
boarding house tureen? Which egg
contains the germs of the unrelenting
assailant of the gastric juices, the in.
sidious potpie?"
The storekeeper changed to his
other foot and gazed up at the cell.
ing.
Can you tell me" the reporter went
on, against which egg will the allega.
ton lie that foists the gutta-percha
spring chicken on the, confcing and
unsuspecting summer boardcr? Are
you on to all these possibilities of the
authenticated egg?''
And the reporter paused for reply
The storekeeper put the basket OF
suspicious eggs out of reach.
Am L on to emp he exclaimed
well, somewhat. I'm what you
might call an encyclopedia. Now, as
to broilers, sonny, the Plymouth
Rc?ks and the Brahmas hatch out the
most promising, and you can put your
money on the Wyandottes for second
place. a Brahma or a Plymouth Rock
youngster will be ready for the grid
iron eight weeks after he knocks a
hole through his shell, but it takes the
Wyand Otte couple of weeks longer
before he is fit to sizzle over the Goals
The Leghorn is hardly big enough to
split for the iron before four months
have passed over his head, and by that
time he is tolerably well fixed as to
sinew, and there amt any more Juice
in him than there is in a nutmeg. He's
the chap the summer boarder gifts to
gnaw. l should reckon, and shouldn't
wonder but what, in the rough, so tc
speak, he stands for the supineness
and the pallor of the soup that has
placed the boarding house menu in the
hall of fame. The Leghorn wasn't cut
out for meat for man to eat. The Leg.
horns destiny is eggs.
But then! Age is the great leveler
after all, when it comes to that
There amt much choice among any OF
the breeds when they have got along in
years. One will make as uncertain a
fricassee, as exhausted a soup. as in.
digestible a potpie, and as rubbery
spring chicken as t'other one viii
when age has stolen on.
and let me tell you this. sonny. as
to eggs. When they are in the glad
heyday of youth is the time for YOU
to grab your eggs! If you wait until
tomorrow it may be too late! l can
put 'em in paper bag"
No. Not to-day" said the reporter
as he walked away, stuffed with egg
lore. and the Storekeeper didn't seem