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Thus we found upon the ground, the black Poland, par excellence — 

 the white Poland — the golden Poland, and the mottled spangled 

 speckled Poland — all Very beautiful in their appearance, and all court- 

 ing our smiles and approbation, by a touching exhibition of every 

 henroost grace of action and blandishment, but proving incontestibly, 

 by the varied hues and manners they exhibited, that, if no conventional 

 rules had been violated, in their origin, they were born in a community 

 where 



"Love was liberty and Nature law." 



If your committee had not been tied down by an inflexible law of 

 the society, there is no knowing which set of the coquettish beauties 

 before us would have received the marks of favor in our bestowal. 

 We were compelled by this law, to " show mercy to the blacks,''^ and 

 we accordingly gave the premium to those belonging to George Be- 

 ment, as being the handsomest darkies on the ground. 



The fowls entered for premium by Mr. Grosvenor were not found 

 by your committee ; they were therefore a nonentity to us. 



Mr. Skinner's fowls were very fine, but not so large as some on 

 the ground. They however demonstrated that they were not so large 

 that they could not lay^ as one very politely presented us with an 

 egg as we came round — as much as to say, we are not above our busi- 

 ness^ although among the great ones. 



Mr. Robinson's fowls were not examined by a full committee, for 

 this reason — they had taken to themselves wings and cleared out. 

 Some heavy bottomed loafer had taken the liberty of using their coop 

 as a means oi rising above his neighbors^ and the foundation not being 

 designed for such base purposes, gave way, giving leave to the loafer 

 to come back to his former low estate, and the fowls the " liberty of 

 the yard" without a bail bond. The good woman, however, who 

 had them in charge, caused them to be re-arrested and submitted to 

 a part of the committee, after the premiums were awarded, which 

 part take the liberty of recommending a gratuity — provided neverthe- 

 less, the funds of the Society will allow it. She called them " Samp- 

 sons," whether on account of their great strength, or because of the 

 crush of the pillars of their prison house we are not advised. 



Mr. Tucker introduced to our acquaintance a tall and loving couple 

 from Java, under the appellation of Black Javas, and another couple 

 that were White Javas. They may safely be called the Giants of the 

 roost, and were propagated by the children of Anak, in the early 

 days of the world ; for the Poland and Bantams of these degenerate 

 times, can no more be compared to them than " Hyperion to a Satyr." 



Mr. Bement presented for our consideration in this departmeat, a 

 variety called the " Ostrich" — alias Bloodgood — alias Good Blood, 

 alias Berks County' — a very fine variety, and when cooked and served 

 up in " mine host's" best style, are no doubt the ne plus ultra of 

 " chicken fixens." 



Your committee regret that in this respect, they were compelled 

 to reason altogether in the abstract, not having the actual thing in 

 concrete before them, although they ardently longed for it. And in 

 this frame of mind they awarded him the Society's premium. We 



