Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1901 — A Rooster in Harness. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A Rooster in Harness.

The Rev. Charles A. Long of the York (Pa.) German Baptist church, when not occupied with the duties of

his charge, finds diversion in the raising of fancy chickens. The pastor’s pretty little 6-year-old daughter is very fond of her father’s chickens, and she has displayed a peculiar ingenuity in taming and teaching a number of the fowls to perform tricks. Several of them follow her where she wills and are frequently her only playmates. One handsome Black Minorca rooster, harnessed to a wagon, takes a staid old hen for a carriage ride, with little Iva manipulating the reins, as shown in the photograph. The same rooster and several others have been taught to play at see-saw, and they also have other accomplishments. *