Salt Lake Tribune | 1907-06-30 | Page 16 | Hen Chews [Illegible]

HEN CHEWS TOBA'C :tj Must Havo tho Weed or Ejj Ceases. When "Sandy'; Hicks con village of Macwamoc, Mc.,jl day and told how his star Left Lucy, had become so far civil she could chew spruce gum an the folks took the tale wiW of salt. . . t ,. t "T reckon seein' is beJieYU i I'll show anv of ye that a cfi "Sandy" declared. s John Hedges and Borat Fnj much to do except fish, so-$ along out to " Sandy V pla they were greatly surprised t Hicks was no nature-fakcr "There she is," said "Baa tioning to a motherly old henl of straw. "She's sottin. and way I can lceep her on is to,; all the gum and weed. she wan "What's she chowing no "Gum." replied "Sand' A shift. You watch " Jl Taking a bit of fine cnt tobj his pocket Hicks rolled it m the size of a pea . and i ow Lucy. With a cackle of joy t gulped down tho gum and j mouthing tho morsel, working the way a man works his jaw "T shouldn't think she coj without teeth," observed Hedj is, not gum." , "Well, she can,-' replied Hi sort of lets the gum soak toil and then chews it real lively the tobacco, that .'s easy. Wb, a hundred men without even sw who just doto on the wood. Toothless Lucy seemed tol sedative and the last IHck?. neighbors saw of her that day Swing away like a voteraaj hatched out lier clucks. j