Cañon City record., 1911-01-26
HE KEPT
CHICKENS

NJ
II was vvantine who laid the trail
of powder and applied the u.atch. He
did It last April when Mcqueen was
explaining for the fftieth time that the
country place he had just purchased
over IN Michigan was without excep-
ton the greatest bargain ana the7pret-
uest gpotso earth
You are going 70 keep chickens. OF
sourse7" suggested vantine. in the
tone which demands an Affirmative
answer.
Why" said Mc<tueen, who mp 'to that
minute hadn't thought anything about
It at all. @vhy. yes.sof course! Wen
have cur scSsn fresh eggs. OF course.
/ am going TO have the finest poultry
yard IN The state1 aChickensi Well.
I should say SOL
Before he moved ms family over to
, the new nome in May Mcoueen had
invited every body he knew TO drop in
any time during the summer far ayeek-
end Everybody was most deeply in
rtereste6 In McQnesn's chicken yard.
which he had been to busy to see
q HADOuI - -tk- II EtEAAt1 " 1--~~
mis- friends took malicious delight In
slspping him on the back and spread
Ing the newa
rHeiist" they woaie say. 5oyiany.
''Poring over catalogues. | suppose.
picking cut your chickens ana stun?
Why. didn't you know. Chester, that
Mcqueen here. has huge chicken
farm ovs- in Mlchlsauf Aw. you're
Just modest, lfeQueen-You knew you
hsNs, Fresh esgs at esery mezd'"
AZ the face Ct all this Mcqueen was
In nervously desperate straits when he
landed with two friends AZ the country
) in June. and his wife. IN response TO
bis frantic inquiries. plAeidly SAID the
chickens had coz1s-at least. six hens
{ had No there weren't Any eggs yet
Ther she was startled TO see her hus-
band turn pale ard apparently have
eome sort Of q fis-
But be gDt es1. finally. Chester
and ysntine ksyen't done a thing all
the way across the lake but talk about
4 the fresk eggs they are going TO have
and the fried chicken dinner am 90
sset Up ssndayl whs. those b<ns have
got TO lay"
Nov. Benryi- sAin his wife. awake
81 last 10 the emergency. they'n
nsssr KNOW the direrencei sot real
nice eggs from the grocer Who sends
. wagon around. and I've NO dosie: ss
can sell chickens. too.-
well. for goodness sake. doux let
he fellows know they're not from our
H~aw~~~ tn
rsisss
He ezpioiasa the sppsncnt paactty
Of hens 70 his friends by saying thai
be had sent back q lot that vereux
satisfaetary. and thcn be Ense color
to his action sholt his chicken yard
By giving the mas of all work lasiah
orders ss so placing chicken wire.
McQuceu. still nervous from his mar,
row escape resolved when he got back
to town 10 buy and ship ali the avail
able live poultry. so he might breathe
In peace yantine and Chester vent
back shouting praises Of their chick
an dinner and their breakfast omeietE.
Then the rush began. SO many friends
wanted to drop over TO Michigan with
Mcqueen that 81 looked ~ though he
,,oold have TO issue checks
-Fresh eggs and real home grown
chickens sounds good 10 US" they
would say. piainuvely.
Mcqueen neglected his business
hunting up material for his fatal chick
en- yard. He tried srtfuily 10 talk
the virtues of lake bAss and butchers
meat and breakfast bacon. while his
hens were al busy getting acquainted
with their new home that they did not
attend to their duties. but everybody
put up protesting hands.
What" they would exelAim. No
nsh. no bacon for Us. We came over
here especially for fresh -xss and
friend rhickeni No steak. thank you"
So the Mcoueens squandered uu-
told gold on the grocery boy and scour-
cd the countryside for eggs. All OF
AeQueen's week ends resolved them
selves into n.ghtmarss OF showing de-
tsrmined guests about his chicken
yard lie never got time TO 20 any
where else All OF Mrs. McQueen's
midweeks were devoted TO hunting up
. fresh supply OF eggs and chickens
10 feed to the weekend crowd. shs
couldn't have any OF their own chick
ems killed. because they were supposed
so lay eggs.
BY fall Mcqueen had bought ten aif.