The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-02-16
SAMMY BoYo's Men BUSINESS

sammy h0tG wrnt MO ihe hSh hss'u''
Ia iut arsi place he lacked cspitAi, h.'l'
lstt Invested meet of he money 10
eycle Thea he had DO proper fsesii'l'
~ tss Bo,ds llped 10 a. upper tsntm sni
somewhat efosd,d ci'y street Al
lhiidy. he kne~ nolhirg whatever aoo'
ben,.
10 cn,si these drAsbsek., be had plen'
Of c1ta suce 10 hInself sId periistet'
tbs, had seldom met d,fsai.
Whist do you sUpplte Sunny hss take
inia II bead nos asgrd Mrs. Boyd OF b.
husbspd, ~ be ct tered the house orc nish
Well. Ito bens he read In q new'psp,
sb Ut some boys grA' lueeest Ia ke' pin
bens. sbd be Us Il,y bouud TO 90 Lotto III
b9slpes, himself.
| Hppt' .xclilned Mr. u yd, derisiytly
Where 10 10 ihe world W uld be ke' p thea
Why, be ihIi X, he car X ep them up o
the roof, where We hsng tut our eioths,
Tta.s nonsehse, you know He Nigh
a. well give up that idea st once.
But you kooS Sunny never will Rlss d
a. idea. Aud the worst Of II Is be has al
ready begun.
Begut What to keep heus
Wei, yss, to keep hen. He has trough
oae heme that be says he picked up al
birgaIr. and he Is out on the roof now
hII < W COZ p for her out Of dry good
box.
III put step to that In short ord / h'
declared, with some emphasis. III gt
right up and see Sammy now.
But sitter be had seen Sammy be decided
as he told his wife, that perhaps be had bet
ter LET the thing run along for day or two
and die natural death.
Meanwhile Sammy was fu,l Of enthusi.
asm for his new business. He did not find
an egg the first day, as he had hoped, but
he was willing to allow reasonable time,
when however, the second AID even the
third dsv went by with nothing to the hens
credit, he thought II was time TO try GER
tain condition" powder, which he had
seen displsyeu in store window, and
which, according to one OF the claims set
forth upon the wrspper, would make hens
lay.
But fair trial OF this powder, Liked In
about equal parts with the breakfast cereal
that the hen had regularly for her morn
ing meal, failed to produce results, and
S immy Concluded to make change 10 his
plan. As the hen was not in the mood for
lay Ing, she might as well srend her time
hstcbiDg chickens.
With Sammy, to think was 10 act, and he
proceeded forthwith to the nearest grocery
store. Here he found eggs in different
boxes, with placsrds showing grades and
prices. One box WAS devoted to fresh eggs
another to strictly frsh eggs, and a third
eggt-,he last named being the
owest in price.
Ga reflection, Sammy decided that for
ais purpose, eggs Of the least freshness
would be the most desirable, as 1t was
.easonable to suppose that they would
latch out In the shortest time.
HaveL't you any cheaper eggs he if qulr-
ID Of the grocer.
Well, more that we should want to recon-
mend, WAS the reply.
don't want very fresh eggs. Sammy
explained. | am not buying them to eat,
'ou see. All said the grocer in some sur
'rise. Well, III see what can do, and he
ucceeded In picking out dozen that he
vas able to iler at a satisfactory discount
rom quoted prices. After reaching home
,mmy coon found that coercive measures
would be necessary In order to have the
zen perform the part assigned to her, ard
when left to herself she would not remain
,nteptedly on the eggs.
50, fl lding a soap-boY Of suitable slz,, he
ov red the bottom with straw, put Ia his
ggs, placed the hen on them, and after q
truggle, succeeded 10 fastening down the
over.
1t was close Il for the hen, although
ammy hal thoughlfuly cut hole In the,
OK, through which she could thrust her
esd. Oa the whole Sammy WAS well
leased with bis work, and he ran to cill
II m jther to tee It,
But when he came back he perceived at
ace that all was not well. The box was
Ioylng about In a j.rky fashion over the
,o', the hen was utteripg harsh notes Of
Is pleasure, snd there was reason to believe
,st che had broken some OF the eggs
nier the circumstances, Sammy could
D nothing | 50 than release her from her
,nfnemeut; and as he did go he conceived |
II mome nj, something like distaste for
d. hen buslnets. 1
You ought to have known, said Mrs
uyd who 10 such matters WAS little, I
though not much better informed than I
II son, thst you couldn't hatch eggs with ,
at hen. You have TO hav, what they call !
".etting hem. Thereupon Sammy con- ,
uded to return, for the present, to the t
her branch OF the busintss.
! really with that you would speak to q
.mmy, said Mrs. Boyd, almost In tears, .
hen her husband came homs the next I
ght. Somebody has told him that hens q
on't lay unless they have q chance to G
rstch H. the dirt, aud since he came home b
ON school he has been carrying up coal I
,diul after coalhodful Of dirt. and spresd.
z II about on the root, ana It's tomorrow
at Ars. Murphy comes to wash. d
Ill attend TO II 10 the morning, taid Mr.. !
oy d; and be was confirmed in bis puu ose !
the fact that bri,k shower came up Q
the night, leaving the roof 10 very un.
,iif.ctory eondition. I
Nos, sammy, this WON'T do at Al, be '
sed. the neIt morning. The fact ~, we
We no plsce to keep hens, and you want :
give IL up like good boy III tell you