Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1915 — Chickens Confess Their Guilt. [ARTICLE]

Chickens Confess Their Guilt.

F. M. Sackett and H. K. West, of Stevens Point, Wis., are neighbors. Sackett made a garden this spring and West’s hens—well, anyhow West was unable to believe that his hens, which are well bred, would go ing where they were not invited. So Sackett scattered about his garden groins of com, to each of which was attached a thread and from each thread a small placard. They bore such legends as these: “I have just been scratching in Mr. Sackett s yard,” “My owner does not feed me enough and I have to visit the neighbors.” Wheat West paw these cards dang Mpg from the bills of his hens he admitted Sackett’s proof was convincing.