Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1901 — A Brave Hen. [ARTICLE]

A Brave Hen.

Au Oregon woman is the owner of a hen that she would not trade for an entire flock of poultry. A Philadelphia daily declares this hen to be the only one in the United States that ever fought and killed a hawk. The hen was tending her brood in the usual way, when a chicken-hawk made its descent The hen did not squawk and run, but with a fierce and welldirected blow buried her bill under the hawk’s left wing. It may have been a chance blow, but It did Its work. The hawk seemed surprised and dazed. It rose feebly, flew aimlessly against a clothesline and dropped dead.