Logan Republican | 1904-06-29 | Page 8 | Tore Feathers from Hen

TORE FEATHERS FROM HEN. Dog Had Much Fun with HI Barnyard Barn-yard Companion. In his sprightly book, "Animals That Have Owned Us," Walter Henries Pollock tells a funny story of his dog, Douglas, and a hen, Betsy. "One time when we came home after a fortnight's fort-night's outing," he says, "everything was as usual, with ono exception. Betsy was as bare of feathers as was the parrot In the monkey story. There is perhaps one fowl to which she might have been not quite improperly compared, and that one the apteryx. Tho servants, being questioned, reported re-ported that Betsy and Douglas, tho dog, had had 'great games.' Further questioning brought out the fact that Douglas' gamo was to chase Betsy and pull out her feathers, and that Betsy, far from resenting It, fell completely com-pletely Into tho spirit of tho game. This last statement camo from the Devonshire cook who, by tho way, always called Betsy 'ho,' nnd was once heard reproachfully saying to her, 'Yo naughty bye, why don't ce lay?' Nothing Noth-ing more naked, despite her enjoyment, enjoy-ment, than Betsy could be Imagined. My wife, scorning tho Intervention of nn expert, applied vaseline freely, nnd in three weeks Betsy was In full and beautiful plumage."