Judge — November 10, 1894 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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292 THE CHICKEN. “ Hackensack, New Jersey. “Epitor JupGe — The intelli- gence of the canine species has been admired in all ages, but I assert that the dog is not in it with the chicken— at least the kind of chicken that pre- vails in this park-like village. When | settled here a month ago, chiefly for the purpose of raising my own veg- etables, I was warned against the Hackensack chicken, but I laughed scornfully, assumed a David B. Hill air and said, ‘lam a New-Yorker.” To- day I am ready to confess that even a New-Yorker does not know everything —about Hackensack. “TL spent my first day here admir- ing my beautiful garden and asking the names of the green things in it. 1 also kept an eye oa the adjacent garden, which is owned by an old gentleman who, I had been informed, kept three hundred and twenty-one chickens. 1 did not see a single chicken that day and I slept peacefully. “Next morning I arose at four o'clock and sat on the back porch to await daylight. At four-thirty o'clock T heard a subdued * Chick. chick,” from the next yard. Springing to my feet, I peered through the lattice-work. This is what I saw. The old gentleman was standing on his porch with arms extended as if in the act of pronounc- ing a benediction ; while from all parts BUSINESS TERM. ‘A monthly: statement.” Deacon Harpciner— SODA-FOUNTAIN CLERK—' Deacon Harpciper —"* Don't try ter fool yer uncle, young man ; I seen some in ther wi va ** Good-bye, Augusta, good-bye ; Wp Wi hi ff WOULDN'T BE DECEIVED. der. of his yard chickens seemed to spring out of the earth and hasten toward him. ‘They did not rush pell-mell, but ran up the narrow walks, taking care, it seemed to me, to avoid touching the vegetable beds. When all were gath- ered in the grass-covered space in the rear of the house the old gentleman said, ‘’Sh-h-h! and profound silence followed. ‘Then his lips moved as if he were whispering, and the fowl seemed to drink in eagerly his every word. Finally he pointed toward my garden, made a gesture of dismissal and said, he chickens went, carefully as they came; marched, yes, actually marched, to the end of the yard; 1g. through a break in the fenc into my garden and began a furious at- tack on some green things which I had yy. bub, gimme a little red-eye.” We don’t keep whisky.” HE COULDN'T TEAK HIMSELF AWAY. one more parting embrace. And the bell rang twice. been assured were cabbages and to- matoes. I was too much astonished to protest ; I could only look on, speech- less, till the three hundred and twenty- one chickens had finished their break- fast. I might have made an effort then, but curiosity got the better of me when I heard another ‘Chick, chick,’ and saw the chickens begin their march home. I watched and saw them return to their rendezvous without touching a leaf of my neighbor's garden, Then I saw the old gentleman extend his hands again, while the chickens bent their heads. If he was not saying grace it was more like it than anything Tever saw. “When he had finished grace, or whatever it was, he said, ‘ Judson’s to- morrow,’ and the chickens dispersed to a near-by field. “I discovered afterward that Jud- son lived around the corner and that the chickens took their morning meal in his garden next day.” THE SECRET. cas ‘a woman a secret keep? There is one such, I'll engage, As the years upon her creep— ‘Tis the secret of her age. A FRATERNAL RENEGADE, Hometess Har clothed me dis morn’ hand on yer fence dat is de greates’ return in me power fer (feelingly) —"* Lady, you has fed an’ ‘willingly. [derefore leaves. litile short- oopsouL—"* What do the marks signify ?” Hometess Harey— de house, t'ree savidge dorgs in de yard, an’ dat you won't be trubbled by any hungry gents as long as dem hyerloglifics is Mornin’, lady.” It signifies dat dere is two men in comicbooks.com