Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-02
HEN AND THE JEW L
ccNTRADIcTs ALL FABLES, e .s
CONDUCT OF THIS FOWL.
boyle County Farmer Removes : nc
From Crop Of Chicken With Ali
OF Scissors, and Egs-Pro-
ducer Receivers.

A Boyle county hen swa.loyrt' y
5000 diamond ring which the o. er
had left lying on a table on a [ ok
porch. The incident indicates G. re-
Iessness In tho ring owner and also
on the part of the hen.
Once upon time wise old roc er
scratched up 4 diamond in a nick
heap, but he did not swallow II. He
inspected II minutsly and then re-
marked that whereas some Ter ms
might esteem such things very hir! ",
ne personally wouldn't give a gin
OF wheat for bushel basket full of
them. II the Boyle county hen had
oeen Ts wise as this rooster, which
Aeeop or some other able writer tells
about, she would have saved herself
much suffering. But this Boyle CO. rty
hen was foolish bird. and she swired
the jewelry.
"hen the less was discovered, and
the hen -iso. with a guilty look on her
oountsnance and suspicious bulgr IL,
ner craw. II didn't require much Sher.
lock Holmes business to make a
shrewd surmise AZ to the whereabouts
OF the ring. The hen was mildly hut
nrmly requested to submit to a seF"cb
ana she hai such n poor way or re g.
inS that the investigation was cuic ly
under way Any remarks th,t ne
might have felt like making un,ler dIf.
fsrent circumstances were repressad
perforce by sufrocatinE sensation In
the glottis superinduced by abnor mi
distensfon OF the thorax The hen was
caught with the goods ON her. Tie
ring was unmistakably inside of the
craW. Its owner could see it's outline
ana could feel 1t. He~didnt feel II rs
strongly as the hon did, but he knew
with all the faith that may poss,Sly
oe acquired from the substance of
tnlngs hoped for and the evidence OF
things not seen that the ring WAS
there. and that the hen was doing her
best to conceal 1t.
once upon a time-to revert to Ae.
sop-a man owned a goose which laid
golden egg every day. This nm
wan,e" 10 get rich quick, and as he
could not find any sort OF condition
powders that would hurry up the lay.
Ing process. bc decided to kill the
goose and POSSE 81 himself of the gold
mine Immediately. II not sooner. The
goose was killed, and it appeared that
the mint had suspended operations at
about the same time. There was moth.
ing doing In the golden egg line for.
ever after, but the goose slayer WAS
kept busy lodging the fool.kiiler for
the rest Of his life.
The Boyle county hen did not meet
the fate Of the goose that laid the
golden egg. She had never laid any
golden eggs. but she had produced a
pretty good line Of the plain everyday
brand. It looked to her owner as II
she would be good for several years
laying II her life could be saved and
the family Jewelry kept of the back
porch. A simple surgical operation
with pair Of scissors and n needle
and thread solved the problem. The
ring was recovered and the hen is re-
covering.
There is not much chance to ring In
a moral here or to ring out one. "Haec
fabula docet" doesn't apply because
the story Ia not fable. II may be
taken. however, as an illustration of
the fact that while Boyle county farm.
ers are little careless with their
jewelry at times, they are exceedingly
careful witt tf.-hb '>sus.