The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-23
Poultry and PoIltlcs-LOcaI Option
and E9GnOe Chickens.

The article which appeared in last
Fridays issue on "Poultry Breeding, +"
was willfully misunderstood. 1 will give
this little appropriate quotation
"Honi soft qui NAL y pense."
Narrow minded people should never
dabble with scientific problems.
AS an experienced poultry raiser 1 al
ways advocate discarding imperfect
birds, and when l see that birds are not
fit for breeding purposes Gull them out,
which every breeder should do as soon
as it comes under his observation.
Changing male and female birds some
times produces good results.
remember about five years ago send
ing to Rhode Island for Rhode Island
Red male, and after testing the eggs
that l received from the pen that l had
mated, found them to be untertlle.
! at once purchased Rhode Island
Red male bird from w. H. Hulsizer, of
Honesdale, and mated with the same
pen, and the results proved very satis-
factory.
The Republican party at our last gen.
eral election had candidate for the
Legislature who believed in supporting
Local Option, and j think it is high
time for the people of Wayne county to
find substitute, before it should ever
come to pass and be enacted upon as
law, but before writing the substitute 1
will say that the voters acted very wisely
in voting against that measure, as they
could readily look into the future and
see that there would be more sin com
mitted by putting things out of mans
reach than by allowing him a chance to
take or to refuse according to his own
personal judgment.
From the very foundation of the world
the laws that were made by the Creator
were to place man where he could have
free access to everything that he wanted,
but there was a penalty attached to the
law if he took of certain things he would
have to die.
Cannot we find some other way to
check the liquor traffic than by forbid
ding its sale in certain localities?
''Train up child in the way he should
go" would seem to me to be far better
and much easier than to say to man
there is another commandment, "Thou
shalt not drink"
1t is all right to make amendments to
certain laws for our county and State,
but if we search the scriptures diligently
we will find that to him who taketh
away or adds thereto, some of the
plaques that are written in the book will
be added to them. say let us as men
use our beverage in moderation, by
observing the law in not getting drunk
and making ourselves a public example
upon our streets and highways; more es-
pecially on the Sabbath day, and then
there will be no need of the Local Option
people taking away that freedom which
was given to man from the very founda-
ton of the world, but in case it should
come you will find the following SUBJ
stitute which was mailed to me on April
18th:
"Eggnog Chickens for Dry Territory"
A shipment of eggnog chickens will be
made tomorrow, from the farm of Mr..
-. They will be sent to the eastern
shore of Maryland, where no saloons are
allowed by law. The eggnog chicken is
most modern product, due to the sci
entific efforts being made by poultry
raisers. In appearance it much re-
sembles the ordinary or garden variety
of chicken. The difference comes in the
egg product. The egg of the eggnog
chicken is both food and drink. One
dozen such eggs go as far as a quart of
rye highballs, and do not leave any bad
effect the next day. This wonderful
chicken was obtained by carefully select
ing fowls which fed on the refuse of
creameries, and crossing them with fowls
which had picked up their living at a
distillery. 1t was found that the new
chicken took an interest in its work, and
laid itself out to produce hen-fruit that
would attract attention. Considerable
care must be used in the distribution of
the eggs. For instance several got into
a cake sold at church fair, and some
old ladies who ate slices of the cake,
carried on scandalously.
JOSEPH STEPHENS.
! White Mills, April 22, 1909.