Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1896 — THE PROUD ROOSTER AND THE MODEST. GOSLING. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE PROUD ROOSTER AND THE MODEST. GOSLING.

A Story of Fnso and Feathers.

I. Oh, the Helds were green and the skies were blue. For the spring had come again; And over the. fenee a rooster flew, A rooster proud and vain. - His coat ana feathers were fine and new, And shone-in the Sun with Ctaangtng bus, “Cocky, doodle, doo!*’

,\1 '■ , 11. And a little gosling with coat of yellow Stood there In the, warm sunshine, And the rooster laughed at the little fellow—- “ Comparing your coat with mine. You look like a punkin ripe and mellow. Why, the sight of you It makes me bellow “Cocky, doodle, doo!”

111. “Call those feathers?” said the rooster. "Yah!” And the gosling hung his head; The rooster laughed like a proud Pooh Bab, As he flapped his wings and said; “Was that suit marked down? Hoi ho! ha! ha! ry Young feller, you'd better run home to your ns, r —= '• “Cocky, doodle, doo!”

IV. Out from the house came a prety maid. And the rooster he turned pale; Good cause had he to be afraid, For she pulled the plumes from his talL On crest and wing she made a raid. She took every one go proud displayed With hta “Cocky, doodle, doo!"

V. For feathers are style this spring, you know,, And goslings they have none; And the maid had enough for her Easter boa, When the plucking all was done. And then she let that rooster go, Who hurried away nor stopped to crow . “Cocky, doodle, doo!"

VI. Yes, a very sad roster he crept away, Bedraggled and plucked aud bare; And he hadn't another word to say To the gosling musing there; “Better,” he thought, “by far to stay Modestly clothed on a bright spring day,_ Than to lose your feathers so bright and gay— Cocky, doodle, doo!” _ - v~