Show in bitic every democratic newspaper has on hand a cut of a rooster in the set 0 crowing this is invariably pricel a ahe head of a column announcing t party victory the custom originates in indiana in according to cal americanisms there were doubt as to the result of the local election the editor il the indianapolis sentinel chapman by name was accused of premature crowing by alie rival whiff sheet the expression crow chapman crow being used as a Le adline returns showed that the alleged crowing was justified and mr chapman in his next issue printed for the first time the emblem that has become so popular an evidently victorious rooster with the ir gend we crow printed underneath there are other versions of alie roosters birth but the foregoing appears upon the whole the most trustworthy |