Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1912 — Poetry and Prose [ARTICLE]

Poetry and Prose

The poultry editor of a country paper received this letter from a poetical Summer cottager: “Dear Editor —What shall I do? Each mom when I visit my hen-house I find two or three fowls on- their backs, their feet sticking straight up, and their souls wandering through fields Elysian. What is the matter?” The prosaic editor replied by return of post: “Dear Friend —The principal trouble with your hens seems to be that they are dead. There isn’t much that you can do, as they will probably be that way for some time. Yours respectfully.**