COCK A-DODDLE CHEW!
The saltier old -alt that sail* t> sea doe- not love a chew of tobaco better than does a hen owned by Hurt Miller, a lawyer, of Young*town. Ohio. Vor more than a \ear past the hen, which was always industrious' and nmuiiera'.ve, has refused to lav her eu*>tomr.:y each day unless her system is toned bv tobacco. |>o each <lav Mr. Biller scLs before h-r a can of chewingtobacco, and she laker, a chew. Th.' word "chew" j* ligurative. for. of coume. nothing is rarer than hen's teeth. This hen pecks at the tobacco in Ihe can, plainlv with great ~njovment. an,l. after holding it in her mouth a while, ejects it.
Tlip Invt* of tobacco must In- ;ni arf|iiin.'«l ta*U» fur a lien. jn»t as jincaviare ami olives for u man. .Mr. -Miller thinks his licit acquired the taste liy eating tobacco quids wliit*h s'he found oil his grounds after hi- man-of-eil work hail no further ih> for them. Tlie hell, it is interestim; to note. \ i chew only the best fine-cut or one j'.i tieulnr brand. She ha.. refused to taste samples »f other brands sent In her b.'j their manufacturers. iv have hail ill uiirid the value of an advertisement reading, "Kven. liens are not happy until they L'et our 'baccy."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 109, 5 June 1909, Page 3
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218COCK A-DODDLE CHEW! Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 109, 5 June 1909, Page 3
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