Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
The Inquisitive Hens ~ y ~
" ~ ~ ~ of Bounty Land"
A FABLE.
(By Mrs. ia spor Doylo.)


When popular ooh,
perplexing 0 declare,
For the season was late for toggery new;
What they had we'll tattery,
Twas branding the be dressed
Heads bobbed and nearly naked about the breast;
And woud have been we'll had their husbands been
TO convention of neglected.
Now, the had arrived, had those Hens
Quite ready they to make all amends,
For the first had left the
Leaving always others t. upbuild boost"
Now some of the guests would come from affair
For instance. from Plymouth would come Mrs Bar,
About whom poultry
Mrs. Red OF Rhode island would be on hand too.
All local members had 'd0cd up in their best
They who'd been long sitting deserted the
And really they shabbiy
And the prospect OF change made homwondrousy glad.
All powdered and mmcd, they arrived on the scehc--
There lean
And Mesdames Shanghai, Langshan and Cochin, China
Who on no other occasion ever felt any finer,
Although their odd Il positive
Clean down their rajamas,
Mrs Spcck, whose lineage decline here to
Was there, her odtashioncd comb
wing all fe-
(lmt don't mention this fact for it might stir up strife)
And there Mcsdamcs Cornish. Minorca Bramer.
And pretty Miss Bantam, petite it became her,
And numbers of others-too many to mention
All clad in their best at this grand Hen Convention
Mrs Wyandotte, chairman, called the order;
Beside shorthand
When the object of the meeting then briefly stated
Some looked quite demurely, while other
For needed buy school equipment,
Such as desks seats &C. which would be big shipment;
Some looked at the furnishings, but never let
they to on
'Tis the world
rcssmisM to Progress is vcncnation.
The majority
With much all
This business disposed the
On political questions then turned its attention, ".
uproar
You have heard in life before.
Order being restored, in turn each proceeded
To mention such changes :hc
Mrs Game who first to arise 20 her
Declared politics 'ro:tcn' a Cheat
said il she county
That the would be a bounty
And with much postulation
To emphasis, she hoped
audcnce) pray you remember
such conduct quite unbecomng gender"
"Ncver boast Of great deeds have
Lest should
Discussions for this simple
Emulatcd a of menfolk.
lnuuisvencss, info ion
AS to why school teachers the hardest worked
Should be ruthcssly robbed of hcir
"Why school laws and those disobey?"
Next. "I1ow present incumbent greed,
Holds government positions and to
For this thing OF 'feathering" ones
Is too Oft ovcrdonc, be
Then the policeman his
And not without just provocation peradventure.
Mrs declared OF
Which vitality the condition,
Were abused THAT who hunts
Lacks the sense to escape the hangmans moose.
q arad Of bcing
Answered. 80 Boss. my goods is done been tested"
Go! soils chaps,
craps
"I"! He Iobody
-" done hold
I alters ngencry keeps 1t kibbcrcd de groun'
N"sc dc women folks is so bad to keep nosn' around"
N@nyInorc why's and "whcrcforcs' proTcred,
Ana opinions
he on has
How i a in raid
lie acknowledged the "corn" how could
Just slnuggcd it, and meant to say no more about
dreaming the the press,
Thereby causing him dis'rcss,
NoWwhy cant VIC send men who the Office would honor
10 uphold, guard, and keep unsullied
on what
roi the wisdom Of
20 deceive them twoud e thanfo to
Tho convention adjourned