

PIGEONS \\: = A.LL ABOUT Til KM. 



An e\pr. - 'iipany let a bird escape for me once, and it 

 took me t\\o years 1 -et the money for it. I had to c, 

 through thive courts before I uot it. and how much does the 



idi-r Mippo>e I had left after paying my attorney :' 



1 \\ ill admit that the danger of losing the birds is not near- 

 ly hat of not suiting the enstomev. 



Whm a regular sale is made, the birds belong to the huyi-r 

 ae BO D a> they are in the Kxpit-- .-thee.and that i> the end 



ot it. 



It' a . 'ireet ceseription of the hirds has been made, the 

 faiieii-i need not trouble himself further. He has described 

 them as they are, and, if they do not suit the particular taste 

 of the buyer, it cannot be helped. 



Little errors are always liable to occur, and then the real 

 ncier" is always ready to meet his customer more than 

 half \\a\ . 



There are plenty of men who attempt to pose as fanciers, 

 \\ho ha\e not the tirst instinct of a gentleman fancier. They 

 are in the fancy as a business proposition, and for what they 

 can make. The u'reat beautv is that thev don't last lontr, 



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and soon drift out of what they have only served to disgrace. 



