Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-03-24
HARDSHELL SERMON NO. 2.
"Whar the Hen Scratcheth, Thar She Expects
to Find Bug"

miis-ah. Really remarkable doins
round a grave yard. This grave yard
Is not like unto the real thing for here
good people like To come and stay for
Whar the Hen ScFateheIh thar She
Expects 10 iind "a Hug.
An thaFs the men teachers and the
school maFtns who are NotkIn hard to
get an eidieation into the heads OF the
bays and siEi-ah. and teach them good
moral principles at the same IImS-ah
They don't want their pupils To- be
bTushin aEin boozers as comm and
sOln from srhooi-ah-thsy want things
In good shape to give the youngsters "A
sOod start for the right kind OF iiVin-
an, when they get 10 be men and No-
men. consequently all the teachers
viii vote the No License tiek"t-ah. for
WhlF the Hem sscFuIchslh thar Sib,
Expects tn ind u Hug.
An there's pssss-i OF young f-iiers
what nin'I no good for themselves or
anybody else VIII" are ch-win the ras
about Rocky Ford not being fittin
place "a liyv In without four saloons
all. All Of en- viii vote the citiz-ns
iickrI.sh. for Whnr the Hen S-ratehrth
thar sh. Esp~c's To ind Bus.
An II they catch the bug they ur-
after they will md IL pixsn.
And thatE them as says the saloons
would bring happiness to the wimmin
folks ana the little kids-ah. or course
babies cry for u and Ma she's wishin
AllAh tnp Nbhth ntsty out u Nttlr titrt
nnd spend a little more OF the wages
she needs an come home broke with
a cuHa and blow-nh. Hut still. my
beloved friends. the women almost TO
q utHn are u woTkin. and n hopin. and
will b. found Voiin the other way. and
you may be sure that whnr n Hen
scraschcIh thar She Expects to ind "a
Hug.
An ihara John Smith with his two
kiiH ard tiiii Jones with his three kids.
Both rot lots of store by their boys
and want -n to b. some account ia
ghr world. Roth Smith and Jones have
seen considerable nf the world nnd
rrcn many prpmizin boys knocked
clean autCn the ring by whisky md
rambiin. They want to get all the
Nnn-H they cnn ont - the r'r,nm where
the boys mist ruidiw their canoes and
both of en- VIII vote the No License
ticket. for whnr the Hen Sctnichcih
ihnr She Expects to Ind hug.
Ttnrs the nvc Rocky Ford preach
"rr who nrc n wnrkin. an rrnvin ms
u rv~Grht'I to got everybody To live
ruT"r rni 10 hnrpisr-ah. They want
the towns EurrnuuiinH slrh ~ - mnNc
u cNHv for tho tpyH To do right and
Nr-t .nr cfn 90 do wrorg-ah. Every
Nn'v expects she preachers IN no iu
fl"N- NJ what iu T-nri M unliftin-uN
''"'- 7'"rvc@ ~ the blamed fnpi u-inir-
isr - the '-nr-ci who has vpni word
~ $50 HfiNNnH-nh In tryin to ret
T''-'1'f"i" IN bc rood the r-cn~hc-F
have -ai hl- contract on their hands
r7f nHHi pii the helm thrv rrr r-St-ah.
n-i "'H-, nii r'ruittIr hiari'n rlri;"A
n"t nf ~" vrny-uh. md rii I'VE NJ ON
rrn hooF'in for tn" No Lirens" Ticket
~. 80 "t~r ''~ ff"N rrr1schcih thar
Shs E~ncctR To find n Bug
An thRrF the gnmbicrS-thc fciicrs
thg; nivrvs get something for moth
inr-auh then potuc-Fh They've found
out ih1t when tn. hoys have hnd few
drinis they think they know nH much
nbout ook"r na OLD Ho:!e-ah. but real
ly can't MAY tho rune any bcttcr'r n
Jack rnhhit-nh. when thnrE n little
whisky in III" boys the gamblers have
vot dead easy cinch on tn. sugar
compnnv'a rnv chcct-nh. and every
loose dollar they've rot I'm their rock-
ats-nh. md the gamblers nrc ali n
wnrkln for tho Citizens tickct-nh. for
Whnr the Hen Scrntchcth thar She
Expects to find Bug.