The Hen-punchers of Piperock
By Tuttle, W. C.
In the dust-blown cow town of Piperock, two hungry cowpunchers turn a craving for ham and eggs into a wildly impractical business scheme. With razorback hogs, unruly hens, rival entrepreneurs, and a town full of sharp-tongued witnesses, W. C. Tuttle’s comic Western tale transforms frontier scarcity into high-spirited farce. Told in vivid dialect and bristling with slapstick misadventure, this archival short story captures the humor, appetite, and chaos of ranch-country life.
Publisher: The Ridgway Company (in Adventure Magazine)
First published: 1917