Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1886 — The Stray Hens. [ARTICLE]

The Stray Hens.

A couple of Hens having Wandered away from Home and Entered a Strange Coop, began to cackle loudly. “Why is this thus?” inquired one of The Old Inhabitants of the Coop. “6li, it’s on Account of the Egg we Haven't Laid,” was the reply. Their Cackle Presently Becommenced, and Another Inhabitant queried: “Is this for the Egg you are Going to Lay ?” “Oh, no. This is for an Egg we have already Laid." A third time the Cackling Disturbed thefCoop, and Inquiry was made: . “What Great Thing have you finally accomplished ?” laid a new shell Aronnd a Spoiled Egg and worked it off on a Confiding Public as a Good Thing!” was the enthusiastic reply as the Cackle grew to a Riot .—Detroit Free Press. yj—. '■ ' Thebe appears to l>e an. agreement among recent medical writers that water is fattening, or at least, favors a fullness and roundness of the body. It should be drunk at its natural torn perature and in consider able quantity.