Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1874 — A Turkey Story. [ARTICLE]

A Turkey Story.

• I From Fontainebleau, in France, comes an account of an amusing lawsuit lately tried there, which was decided according to scientific and Solomon-like principles. Monsieur C had for a neigh- ' bor a farmer named B . Hd also pos- : sessed a turkey-hen which, a few weeks j ago, hatched out a brood of fourteen ; little ones. ’ Soon after their birth these new-comers suddenly disappeared, much ; ter the" vexation Oftheir owner, who sought in vain for them in every spot : whither they could have strayed. One ! day the mother's oft-repeated calls were answefed by cries from the barnyard of Farmer B . The police were called i into consultation, and on the suspected premises found a cage containing ten little turkeys, which Monsieur C —- j ■ swore were his property. B and his : wife both protested earnestly that they j were innocent of any wrong, but the j . matter was brought into the courts. At , the trial the Judge was puzzled how to i proceed, but, acting on the advied of a i naturalist, he set the chicks in the pres-.; ence of the hen belonging to B . She ! instantly flew at them and pecked them. ; The other hen was then, led into the ■ arena, and the voice of nature was loud- | ;ly eloquent. Spreading her wings, the i old fowl called the brood and they took ! shelter in their accustomed place' uttering loud cries of joy.. The mother inarched off in triumph; the court proi nounced this proof decisive; and Farmer ' B*— and his wife were arrested, tried , and condemned to two months' imprisonI nient. . > I Take three carrots and grate them; pl.ace in a vessel and corer with lard, I without salt if convenient; boil thoroughly, strain, and add sufficient beeswax to make a paste. This is a most jnvalaable ointment for cuts, burns, scalds, or wounds of any kind. Farmers are like fowls—neither 'will get 'Tull crops without industry.