Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

The two and one-half year old daughter of Thomas Barrett is lying ill at her father’s house, No. 51 Ohio street, from the effects of an attack made on her Thursday afternoon by a game chicken, the property of Patrick Crowley. Little Sarah, while playing in the backyard, saw the vicious little gamecock fly over the fence into her yard. Having seen her mother “shoo” the chicken back to their own territory, the child ran toward the cock, crying “Dit out, dit out.” To her great surprise, the rooster ran toward her with outstretched wings. Flying at her head, he struck her with his spurs near the temples and beat her in the face with his wings until she fell to the ground. He then pecked and gaffed the child about the head until her screams brought her mother to the scene. Mrs. Barrett was compelled to seize a stick and make for the chicken before it ran off. The father applied to Justice Kersten yesterday for permission to kill the rooster, but he was informed that there was no ordinances covering the legal disposition of a vicious gamecock. The child will recover, though her condition was such Thursday night that a physician had to be summoned.