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Show Hens Victims of Old Fogy Notions. "My son and myself," Fald Dr. E. F. Hodges, "took nn automobtlo run to Martinsville. He was the chauffeur; wo did not return by tho same road. I don't know how many hens we ran over going nnd coming. We did not stop to count. "It is a dry timo and the roads are dusty. So much tho worso for tho hens. I suppose It Is different with hens in tho cities nnd towns, but along tho country roads they hnvo not yet learned to mnko proper calculations calcula-tions for escape from the nutomoblle. The hen Is of a mathematical turn of mind. Sho rolls In tho dust of tho highway nnd no horse-druwn vehicle was over Known to run over ono. She figures closely, but always escapes. Now, It is different when sho comes to tnko tho automobile Into consideration. consid-eration. She expects to cscapo by tho length of a horse. Tho horbo Is not there, and she falls under tho wheels of tho juggernaut, a victim to old fogy notions not In nccord with modern mod-ern speed devices." Indianapolis News. |