Charles Wesley McNown

Hen Takes Rooster’s Place

Charles McNown reports that his old rooster died a few weeks ago, and since his death his mate, the old hen, flies to the top of the fence each morning, flaps her wings, and crows in his place. How much a hen is like a woman, after her master is gone she can do anything.

The Burrton Monitor, Friday July 31, 1885. Page 3.