The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-09-23
The licM and Vic rl.s

brooklyn Tfmes; 'iile old saw nh,n, ~.
setths hen has heen s.y,d;y ILLUSTRATE,
on 'he cast end OF Long lsiand recentl,
those VINO nave had the m.sIortunc to a.
,e"pt me impossible feat OF preventing =,
hen from sett,ag when she had fully m,,N
uh her mind 10 do the act VIII a,nre,j,,s
The story.
Melvin r. Halsey of Water Mill ovps ,h,
hen, and is proud OF the fact. III, ,,so
mas u me Litter of infant pigs, and Tho
No"''i'aCon oil tho two fartnyard products
'"'s caused much wonderment in that pref.
" summer resort. The hen, some weel,s
ago. decided that her MISSION in lice do
naiioed that she proceed TO iay a do,e,
! eksS ana evolve from them a progeny Of
"o''ets' She sought far and wide for ,
n"t''''' place TO begin operations. and
thaliN decided to invade the domain. AZ
'ne l"ss and there lay the eggs. Her de-
'isioh was IN reality meat and dr,nI, to tbe.
SUI Digs For as fast as she lad an egg IN
was deVoNred in toto by the pig thai FIRST
discovered Al.
NV constant disappearance of the eggs
pi"Seu upon the mind of Nine. Hen and
caused hey much sore reelection. The al
iot'et tlme had come for her to sit. and
''isfe We're no eggs to sit on. She wan
uefe'i aistricsdly about the premises. and
MANY became Il on the sub
- 'iNi's VIII DAILY she would visit
''e pig sly and stand gazing down on the
scene Of her JOSS. perched on top of the
renee on one leg. AS she thus watched one
"aN' dreaming of the pretty lsttle brood of
'"Nhs' winch might have been hers she
SouaoAtS started, blinkea her eyes and
S'"ea IN astonishment. -Four little white
PISS J"st Dorm. came toddling out of a
~ ana curled down right under where
=" stoca. With a glad cackle of joy she
re" down, clucked around the tiny piye.
- Stuhted IN reply, and then deliberate-,.
~ over them and did her best to y
cover thein with her outstretched wings
'''tahSe as 1t may seem, the pigs seemed
;" enjoy IL, and nestled contentedly undert
her warm feathers. The hen had evident
~ WINE brooding over her misfortune
teasoheu tilat AS she had lad the eggs
someone had stolen them TO cut her on.
nv evolve chickens from them. When the
me niue Digs appeared it was all plain TO
fer. She had laid the eggs in a nip-stv
AZ naughty pigs had stolen the eggs and
.,''enea thein, and the result had been
80 '".e, out strange. piggish-looktng
CHICKS Now she would cut the had n;gs
out and appropriate her own So fo,. n.
past week she has tenderly cared ror no.,
'lueef brood. and tired to adapt berself IA
heir strase habits.
II surely was an awful trial to her tn
'aNe .nem root around so and get all
covered with nasty mud, but she would pn
ailef each recaicitrant "chick." drive II
o"' Oh 'he mud and peck off the dirty s,ufr
rom ls llttle white back. The funny narr
~ 'a.hs IS me way the mother pig act
- N-eehtiy the bsg pig was somewhat
'i d new woman" in her dul, way. for
she did not 80 much on household dr,,dy-
and realized that in the hon She b5d
/ capital nurse. So, after a cursorv s,,,.vev
~ ncf istsf OF young and their odd nurse
''te wound go calmly off and let the hen
NV heF place The one unfortunate part
:. 'Ht affaisement IS that the little pig
's-"isS4es are necessarily 'bottle-habias,
tt'"sh thelf noisy protests to the hen
''ise ihaicate the displeasure at this .new
oinah style OF doing business. The hen
oa'u seem 10 understand their plead!ngs
would rush out and scratch gravel
ike Lightning. turning I'M many oba,aa
sof"' ana frantically cluck.ng for tha,n
come. But alas! that kind of food baa
~ attraction for the pigs. and tbev o,en,
""it a'ld leeple TIL one of them d;scov-
IVY" nv trough where the skim milk was
CURED Tor their larger brethren. Hero
80 "o"io 90 a dozen times an hour. the
oof men distractedly Wandering ahout
IN Oh+y when they had drank their fill
'onid they listen to her plead;nps ANA
N'NNi4HS wings. Then it
as shat her joy would be complete and
-tl "atclful eye she would guard her
aeef brood from the :nquisitiyeocss or Y
~ 's PIGS Who would occasionally co-->
pslhs ABOUT to see what it all meant.
now long the hen will c%ontinu. bcr
range mlnIstrations is p~roblemate,I
ioush indications po:nt to a .ong siaae
VIII soon, howeer, be impossible far tba
to cover more than one Of
.h-cks, as they are rapidly CROWNS
y Tor any one hen. The few SUNNI
'oPle VINO have invaded the o1iet ra-
eals ABOUT Water Mill and have he.r,, Of
-; i1alseSs odd hen drive up TO the Ms
n ana gaze with astonishment M ~
ieer CONDITION OF affairs. III the con,hT-
'u,o touiu De transferred to some New
yfh olfne museum 1T would draw crowds
~ presents one OF the oldest fre.ks AZ
lure ever witnessed on quaint Tonr
iihd or anywhere else and the hen ,,,I,S
lrsed a brood of pigs until they hno ana
IRIS mans and homeless bacon VIII H.,
or the legends. hardly believed viii,
alch the Long Island farmer vii, for
my years regaie his summer guess
lose kho"ledge of the country is mostlv
niined to the Central Park 100 and ~
uleFafd scorchers. The Westchestar
story of the COW who gave cor.
iseu MINK - outdone, and the VILLAIN
!. - Mao evolved himself into prime butl
- ou &c Ifere are stranger things
ne piiiiosopiy OF the Long Island her
'ratio, IMAM We're Ger dream of by m.
w Jersey mosquito fiction artiat un
,isey should and does feel proud "a"