Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1912 — Where the Chicken Got the Axe [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Where the Chicken Got the Axe

chlckeneoop ' Is crowing loud and long. And all the broilers, large and small, Are joining in his song. The Leghorn and the. Wyandotte Are laying eggs in stacks. For the Chicken Trust has got it Where the chicken got the axe. The egg-nog and the omelette A bright new era see, And share congratulations ' With the chicken fricassee. The trust had long oppressed them With a most outrageous tax, But now the trust has got it Where the chicken got the axe. No wonder now the'bantam cock Throws out his well-filled craw; His enemy at last has felt The terrors of the law. A million wishbones cheer today The laws they thought were lax. For the Chicken Trust has got it Where the chicken got the axe.