Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1869 — Reynard and Chanticleer. [ARTICLE]

Reynard and Chanticleer.

Once on a time theft liras a cook who stood on a dung-heap, and crew and flapped his wings. Then the If ox came by. [ “Good day,” said Reynard, “I I heard you crowing so nicely'; bus j can you stand* oiV’bne leg and erow, and wink your eyes?'*, 1 * ■ “Oh, yes,"'sai<ft!h«ntickper. “I can do that very well.” '■‘’So he stood on one leg and crew? but hi winked only tirith one eye, and when ho had done Chat he made himself big and flapped his wings, as though he hard done a great thing. “Very pretty, to be sire,” said Reynard. “Almost as pretty as whtln the parson preaches in church; but <!an you‘stand on one'leg and wink both ydur eyes at once? I hardly think you can.” “Can’t I though?” said Chanti-. clcer, and stood on one Rgi and winked both his eyes, and crew. But Reynard caught hold of him by the throat, and threw: hipi over his back, so that he was off to the wood before he had crowed hia crow out, as fast as Reynard could lay legs on the ground. ’ When they had come under an old sprued fir, Reynard threw Chan-' ticleer on'tho ground, set hljs paw on his breast, and was going to take a bite! “You a hesthen, Reynard,” said Chanticleer. “Good ians say grace, and ask a blessing before thfey eat.” Bntßeynard would be no heathen. God forbid! So he let go his hold,and was about to fold bis paws over his breast and say grace—but pop! up flew Chanticleer into a tree.

“You shan’t get off for all that,” said Reyhard to himself. So he went away, and came again with a' few chips, which the wood-cutters had left. ChatatieWr peeped and peered to see what they could be. “Whatever liaVe you got there?” he asked. -! “These are letters I have just got,” said Reynard; “won’t you help me to read them, for I don’t know how to read writing.” “I’d bet so happy, but I dare not read them, now,” said Chanticleer; “for here comes a hunter; I see him, I see him, as I sit by the tree trunk.” When Reynard heard Chanticleer chattering about a hunter, he took to bii heels as'quick as he could. * This time it was Reynard who was made’game of. * w -. *“ ‘ ‘ \ L OSPSome gear’s ago, in the country of Penobscot,’ there lived a mad by the name of H., whose greatest pleasure was ip tormenting others. Oue cold blistering night, he retired to bed at an early hour, hie wife being absent at a neighbor's. Some time after, when returning, finding the door closed, she demanded admittance. “Who are you ?’’ cried Mr. H. “You know who I am; let me in, cold."** ~ ~ “Begone, you st'rdlltng-veguhondi I want nothing of you here!” “Let me in!” “What is yon’r name ?” “You know my name—it is Mrs. II.” >t- i “Begone! Mrs. 11. is a very likely woman—she never keeps such lats hours as this.” Mrs. H. replied, “If you do not let me iu, I will drown myself in ths well.” “Do so if you please,” he replied. She then took a big log and plunged it into the well snd returned to tho side of the door. Mr. H., hearing the noise, rushed from the house to save, as he suppor sed, his drowning wife. She at the same time slipped in, and closed the door after her. Mr. II , almost naked, in turn demanded admittance. “Who are you ?” she demanded. “You know who I am—let me in or I shall freeze.” . “Begone, you thievish rogue; I want nothing of you here.” , “But I must come in." “You knew my name—it is Mr. H.” “Mr. 11. is a very likely man; he don’t keep such late bburs.” Suffice to say, she, after keeping him in the cold until he was satisfied; opened the door and let him in.< . Hi CdgTThe St. Joseph (Mo.) Ga*sU» says a gentleman called in at one* of the prominent dry goods stores of that city, and entered into conversation with the employes.— While thus epgaged, one of ths boys, for the purpose of having u little fun, pinneV on his coat tail the business card* of the houses-* The gentleman, tbps unconsciously decorated, went out, but in a short time returned, and stepping up to the clerk who had appended the appendage to his “parrative,” politely asked if he had 12.30 about him he could let him have. The latter immediately resjjopded to the request by shelling out the req* , uisite amount. Tho victim of the trick verv coolly counted the currency over, folded it up, put it In his noaket, quietly remarking, “It is all right, that is iusttfce’amount I charge for advertising you* house,” deliberately walked out and marched qff up street. . »