Show caught his chickens our readers remember that last monday a gay party of salt lake and brigham Brig haro city people met be here res preparatory to a jaunt up aden valley abl whither aher they went in quest of buttermilk doughnuts grouse deer elk bear and other pio products ducts of the valorys and the mountains were set upon chicken gallinaceous game waa was their alas the tender prairie rairie fowl and the toothsome quail were not overabundant over abundant and many a shot sho t wasted its sulphurous fragrance on the desert air phil especially the great philharmonic philanthropist was intent on slaying the plumed biped but alas fate was against him and his ammunition but he had friends who took pity on the despair of his soul and who contrived to still the yearning of his heart wild chickens could not be shot but tame barnyard fowl could be got t for U S coin hence ilene C they procured five liens and to make sure that phils shoot shooting in iron would not prove faith leiss they tied the fouls to a fence on came the thespian nimrod F fell ell was his design and his design at once fell on those chickens quietly quiet lahe i perched erched on a ara pa ff went cut t bang it sounded two chickens flew off ou their moorings but three of the fouls dropped dead among the wheat shocks imagine the pride that s swelled welled phils manly bosom and heaved his ills dia diaphragm in antici anticipation pation of the glorious feast on wild game and fancy his disappointment when he lie discovered the gross error lie had committed in ornithology but never mind tho the chickens tasted all right nevertheless |