THEY HAD BETTER.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 322, 21 December 1910, Page 2

THEY HAD BETTER.

An American was spending his holidays in county Donegal, Ireland. He was the "clever" type of Yankee, and when he came across Mick Boolan, who was feeding his hens, he remarked : "I guess you haven't as good hena here as we have in the States." •'Perhaps not," said Mick. "I'll tell you," said the Yankee, "about a hen my mother had. She went out one day and ate a feed of corn, and returne-d to her nest and laid 1 twelve eggs. She went out next day, and ate a feed of corn, returned, and laid twelve more eggs. She wsnt out the third day, and ate more corn, returned, and laid twelve more eggs. She sat on the thirtysix eggs, and hatched seventy-two chickens out of the thirty-six eggs. Now, that is the kind of hens we have in the States." "Well, said Mick, -"I'll tell you about, a half-blind hen my mother had. She ate a feed of sawdust, thinking it was oatmeal. She went to her nest, and laid a plank 12ft. long. She ate more sawdust the next day, and laid another plank 12ft. long. She ate more sawdust the third day, and laid another 12ft. plank. She sat on the three planks and hatched three kitchen four parlour chairs, one armchair, a sofa, one table, and a mahogany chest of drawers. Now," said Mick, with a twinkle in his eye, and imitating the Yankee's drawl, "that is the kind of hens we have in Donegal.'