Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1908 — Barnyard Repartee, [ARTICLE]

Barnyard Repartee,

“They’ve reduced me to half rations,” grumbled the old hen, “and they still expect me to lay eggs ! Well, I’ll fool ’em!” “What are you going to do?” inquired the rooster. “I’m going to lay down!” squawked the old hen. From which it must not be rashly inferred that the common or barnyard variety of domestic fowl is slangy. The old bird may be merely deficient in a knowledge of the finer points of grammar.— Chicago Tribune.