Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-17
HEN AND The JEWEL
coNTRADIcTS ALL FABLES, DOES
CONDUCT OF THIS FOWL.
Doyle County Farmer Removes Rins
from Crop Of Chicken With Aid
OF Scissors, and Ess-Pro-
ducer Receivers.

A Boyle county hen swallowed a
$500 diamond ring which the owner
nad lsIt lying on table on . back
porch. The incident IN icates cate
Iessness in tho ring ownor and also
on tho part OF the hen.
Once upon 4 time a wise old rooster
scratched up q diamond In q muck
heap, but he did not swallow It. He
inspected 1t infinitely and thsu re.
marked that whereas some persons
might esteem such things very highly.
he personally wouldn't give a grain
OF wheat Tor bushel basket full Of
them. II the Boyle county hen had
been as wise as this rooster, which
Aesop or some other able writer tells
about. she would have saved herself
much suffering. But this Boyle county
hen was a foolish bird, and she swiped
the jewelry.
When the loss was discovered ara
the hen also. with 4 guilty look ON her
countenance and suspicious bulge iH
her craw. 1t didn't require much sher.
lock Holmes business to make q
shrewd surmise as to the whereabouts
OF the ring. The hen was mildly bu,
nrmly requested to submit to n search
and she had such poor way OF reGus.
Ing that the investigation was quickly
under way, Any remarks that Ishe
might have felt like making under diff
ferent circumstances were repressed
rerforce by suftocating sensation IN
me CLOTHS superinduced by abnormal
"ls'enslon or the thorax. The hen was
caught with the goods on her The
ring was Enthusiastically inside Of the
craw. Its owner could see it's outline
and could feel II. He didn't feel II as
strongly as the hen did, but he knew
with all the faith that may possibly
be 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 a time-to revert to Ae.
sop-a man owned a goose which laid
golden egg every day. This man
Wanfe" 10 get rich quick, and as he
could not find any sort Of condition
powders that would hurry up the lay.
ing process, he decided to kill the
goose and possess himself OF the gold
mine Immediately, 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 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
COLLEEN egg. She had never laid any
golden eggs. but she had produced
pretty good line OF the plain everyday
brand. II looked to her owner as n
she would be good for several years
laying n her life could be saved and
the family jewelry kept OF the back
porch. a simple surgical operation
with a 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 in
n 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. rs an illustration OF
the fact that while Boyle county farm.
era are little careless with their
jewelry at times they are exceedingly
careful witt 'i.h '>'us.