Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1915 — THIS CHICKEN WELL DRESSED [ARTICLE]

THIS CHICKEN WELL DRESSED

Idaho Biddy Has a Full-Dress Flannel Coat and Seems to Be Proud of it. The proudest chicken in Boise lives on West State street The bird has no medals for pedigree, no certificates for being a champion layer, no diplomas for good behavior, or unusual size. Yet without any of these attainments, this fowl is the observed of all observera Citizens go blocks out of their way to see the bird, which struts with pride before their view. This fowl claims the distinction of being the only bird in Boise to possess a swallow-tail overcoat. Its owner takes a personal interest in all her hens, and it was with some concern that she noticed during the summer that one of the late spring chickens failed to develop any feathers on its back. z When the cool evenings came on last fall the bird seemed to feel the cold, and its owner made from an old flannel shirt a unique coat, modeled after a full-dress coat, with no front to speak of, but plenty of back and tail. Slits were arranged for the bird's wings, apd the fowl seems to others in the coop to be particularly proud of the costume.