Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-03
HEN AND The JEW L
coNTRADIcTs ALL FAeLEs. c IS
CONDUCT OF THIS FOWL.
soyis County Farmer Removes E nc
From Crop Of Chicken with kii
OF Scissors, and Ess.Pro-
duceO Receivers.

Boyle county hen swallowed a
$500 diamond ring which the ow er
had left lying on a table on a b, ok
porch. The incident indicates cYre
lessness in the ring owner and also
on the psTt Of the hen.
Once upon a time a wise old roc er
scratched up diamond in a mick
neap, but he did not swallow It, He
inspected 1t minutsly and then re.
marked that whereas some .rer.c ns
might esteem such things very hieHly.
ne personally wouldn't give a ain
OF wheat for bushel basket full of
tnem' the Boyle county hen lad
oeen rs wise as this rooster. which
Aesop 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 suired
the jewelry.
When the loss was discovered, AID
the hen also. with a guilty look on her
countenance and a suspicious buIg, f.,
her cTaw, II didn't REQUIRE much Sber.
lock Holmes business to make a
snrewd surmise As to the whereab b., ia
OF the ring. The hen was mildly but
nrnly requested to submit to a spf~:h
and she ha! such poor way' Of re 8.
Ing that the investigation was ,ui, "
under way Any remarks th~t le
might have felt like making urtar d;f
lerent circumstances were represS Nd
nerforce by sufrocatins sensation In
the giottis superinduced By abnormal
olstension or the thorax The hen u. IA
caught with the goods on her. Tie
ring was Enthusiastically Inside OF the
craw. Its owner could see its outline
and could feel It. He didn't feel n IA
strongly as the hen did, but he knew
with all the faith that may possibly
De acquired from the substance of
things hoped for and the evidence of
things not seen that the ring was
there. and that the hen was doing her
best to conceal II.
once upon time-to re-art to Ae.
sop-a man owned a goose which laid
golden egg every day. This r:~n
"anteu TO get rich quick, and as le
could not find any sort Of conditio ion
powders that would hurry up the lay.
ing process, he decided to kill the
goose and poss IS himself Of the gold
mine imme !lately, II not sooner. The
goose was killed. and 1t 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 dodging 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
pretty good line OF the plain everyday
brand. 1t looked to her owner as If
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 a needle
and thread solved the problem. The
ring was recovered and the hen is re.
covering.
There Is not much chance to ring I'm
moral here or to ring out one. "Haec
fabula docet" doesn't apply because
the story is not a 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 ti-h, '~suB.