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Show More Efficacious. "In a few days, Mr. Grimm, you will have no further trouble with my chickens," chick-ens," said Neighbor Yaw. "I am working work-ing on an invention which is calculated to discourage them from scratching. It is an attachment which fastens to the fowl's leg and has a prod projecting project-ing out behind. When he or she, as the case may be, attempts to scratch, the prod strikes the ground and kicks him or her forward. A few scratches, and he or she kicks himself or herself clear out of the garden." "I do not expect to wait for your chickens to kick themselves out of my garden," replied Gaunt N. Grimm. "The next time I catch them in there I'll grab you by the neck and kick you all over this end of town." |