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Show LEFT HENS ON NE8T8. Firemen Used Old System Rather Than Dltturb Them. Thero Is n story of nn old Now Hampshire doctor who, on taking nut a wagon that had not been used for dome tlmo, found that n ben was sitting sit-ting In It. He merely "hnrnessed up" without disturbing her, and he nnd biddy mndo a series of calls. Tho Doston Herald offers this truo story ot tho town of Amesbury, which owns a small 11 ro apparatus: Outside the tiro limits Is a small community that, on petition, received an appropriation for tho purcbaHO ot a "hand-tub." It wns Installed In nn abandoned blacksmith shop, whero It remained for two years, used only for decorative purposes In strcot parades. Ixs t Bummer a stroko ot lightning started a small tiro in n farm house near by. Tho volunteor department rallied at onco, but when thoy nrrlvod at tho cnglno bouse, tho foreman stood nt tho door. "Don't touch her, boys!" cried ho. "I'vo got two hens settln In tho box-. Lot's uso tho buckets." They agreed and tho hens wcro allowed al-lowed to pursue tholr Incubating ways. |