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Show 3n Oown 1 By FRANCIS FOSTER , ,hirken business isn't what it Tt0 Sad experience of Niels "- ps to show how true this r Nelson set two hens on 30 eggs !. nring Fifteen of the eggs were ftZn but to his discouragement trC! Tie ut two pullets in the "how cockerels would make VrSs'sothe poultryman took fme fnes cQckerels thrived and or three good fries appeared on 2 flock was reduced to half-a-S and the cats thrived. g gs took a turn for the Je last week. A nest egg was Shed, and out marched a furry tittle chick. St But more problems came, u-Mn u-Mn that the two hens both had En the lone egg, and both claim-ri claim-ri the credit. A fight over the chick vSd and it proved to be a case for a Solomon. i This problem was overshadowed ' by another setback-the biggest in e poultry venture. The beautiful u 1 rooster-sleek and proud lord Cl o the yard, and (being tame) a ecial pet of Mr. Nelson-fell into perthe clutches of hen-house robbers the grey rooster occupied the place of honor at a chickery. 5D:, Mr Nelson is wondering if his W chicken venture turned out very well.. -J SOFTBALL CASUALTIES Softball has provided good sport for more than one hundred Ameri-ican Ameri-ican Fork men during the summer, but has taken its toll of casualties. W Most recent is the swelling of Russell Rus-sell Bates' hands, from "laying the .$5'? wood on" too heavy. Russ says he V " ,has difficulty milking his cow, not being able to close his hands because of the swelling. j Other major casualties through mwthe season: Leo Nelson . . . Cut and SSJ blackened eye. (hit with bat). Kennedy Ken-nedy Thornton, O. DeVere Wootton, Tom Reece, Wells Anderson, and H Wayne McTague, sprained ankles. Henry Chipman wrenched shoulder. Russell Bates, Charley horse. y I A classic of name-calling indulged :in by editors in Kansas, after 1854, 'Is cited by Kenneth Lewis, in an art- icle in the Quill magazine. The f ol-.lowing ol-.lowing paragraph is quoted from the gjjt'Dodge City Democrat: i "The brain-rotted scullion who is ( j.-!in some mysterious way permitted to tei- ooze his slime through the columns jjjjj. 'Of the Panhandle Journal takes oc-j oc-j jJcasion to malign and vilify our coun-fT coun-fT k'ty attorney. The following is writ- mar-ten to sllow wnat a sniveling puppy, gp'ho does the clipping and counts the j,bull teams that arrive for his part-t part-t . pier's paper (a sheet generally issued ojon brown wrapping paper contributed contribut-ed by the butcher and baker), "j stoops to do. . . ." Irs. In those days, the article says, ' ftVThey wrote with vitriol in the ink thet and a gun across the desk." |