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FANCIERS' JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 



In the new "American Standard" I do not see any men- 

 tion made of this variety of Games. They are as well known, 

 and have been for thirty years, as any variety that can be 

 named ; and the Sumatra Games are noted, like any other 

 established breed, in all English and American poultry 

 books that have been published for the past three or four 

 decades here or in Great Britain. 



Mr. E. S. Ralph is Secretary of the "American Poultry 

 Association" which has given us the late faulty newstandard. 

 Did the Committee on Games desire to shut him out ? "Were 

 they not aware that there was such a breed or variety of 

 games as the notorious " Sumatras?" or else why do we not 

 find these birds among the lists ? Verily, this new revised 

 standard apparently needs a thorough revision ; and it is to 

 be hoped that it may have such overhauling by proper 

 authority. Yours, Twin Spur. 



SUSPECTED THE LAWYER. 



The law provides a defender for every arraigned crimi- 

 nal, no matter how well known his crime, but it will not do 

 for a bad man's counselor to try to make his crime a joke, 

 and try to ridicule it out of court, such a course fairly 

 leaves the lawyer himself open to distrust. 



Counselor Higgins, of the State of , was exceedingly 



adroit in defendiug a prisoner, and would sometimes laugh 

 down an indictment for a small offense. A fellow (one 

 Smith) being on trial for stealing a turkey, the counselor 

 attempted to give a good-humored turn to the affair. " Why, 

 gentlemen of the jury," said he, " this is really a very small 

 affair. I wonder any one could bring such a complaint 

 into court. If we are going on at this rate, we shall have 

 business enough on our hands." 



Higgins then alluded to the " foraging expedition " of 

 his college days, and the boys thought it no harm to take 

 poultry here and there once in a while, when they wanted 

 a sly supply. But, notwithstanding this appeal, the jury 

 convicted the prisoner. 



After the court arose, one of the jury, a plain old farmer, 

 meeting the counselor, complimented him on his ingenuity. 



"And now, 'Squire," said he, fixing a rather knowing- 

 look upon him, " I should like to ask you one question : 

 Which road do you take in going home — the upper or the 

 lower one?" 



" The lower," said the counselor. 



" Well, then, its no matter. I only wanted to observe 

 that if you were going my way, I would just jog on before 

 you and lock up my hen-house." 



C^j^LocjdES, <%c, F\ecei\/ed. 



W: L. Tobbt, Valley Falls, R. I.— Circular. Breeder of 

 Fancy Fowls, Pigeons, and Eggs, 13 varieties. 



Emory Carpenter, 44 Grand Street, Hartford, Conn. — 

 Illustrated circular of Light Brahmas exclusively. 



S. G. Wood, Nashville, Tenn. — Card. Importer and 

 Breeder of pure bred Fancy Fowls. 



Lon. Hardman, St. Joseph, Mo. — Card. Dealer in Sing- 

 ing Birds, Seeds, Cages, &c. 



Dr. A. M. Dickie, Doylestown, Pa. — Price List. Fine 

 Poultry and Eggs. Specialties : White Leghorns, Plymouth 

 Pocks, and Black Hamburgs. Breeding yards at Dyerstown. 



T. O. Wardwell, North Andover, Mass. — Breeder of 

 Dark and Light Brahmas, P. Cochins, and Bantams. 



Wheeler & Bedding, Millbury, Mass. — Fine Games, 

 and Eggs for hatching. 



A. S. Johnson, N. Chili, near Rochester, N. Y. — Cata- 

 logue. Seed Potatoes, Garden Seeds, Small Fruits, &c. 

 Descriptive, and containing some valuable information. 



Charles L. Spragtje, Elmwood Poultry Yards, Hudson, 

 N. H. — Card. Eggs for hatching. Leghorns, Brahmas, 

 Cochins, and Bronze Turkeys. 



F. B. Messer, 58 Main Street, Peabody, Mass. — Card. 

 Breeder of Brahmas, Cochins, Leghorns, and Crested Ducks. 

 Eggs for hatching. 



W. R. Sturtevant, Elmwood Stock Farm, Cumberland 

 Centre, Maine. — Card. Fowls, Turkeys, Grecse and Ducks, 

 in variety; also, Birkshire Pigs. 



H. Burchard, Winton Valley Poultry Yard, Corry , Pa. — 

 Card. Breeder, Shipper, and Importer of Fancy and Do- 

 mestic Fowls, Pigeons, and Pet Animals. Address Box 737. 



W. C. Hart, Clinton, N. Y. — Circular and price list. 

 Over 25 varieties of Fancy Pigeons. 



Eben P. Day, Hazleton, Luzurne County, Pa. — Fancy 

 Poultry, Pigeons, Ornamental and Song Birds, Rabbits, 

 Guinea Pigs, Hunting and Fancy Dogs, and Domestic Pets 

 of all kinds; also, Gold Fish, Aquaria Plants, Bird Cages, 

 and Florists' Articles. 



C. W. Chamberlin, Arlington, Mass.— Card. Dark 

 Brahmas, White-faced Black Spanish Fowls, and Silver- 

 laced Sebright Bantams. 



Chas. Selser, Doylestown, Pa.— Card. Dominique Leg- 

 horns, Black Hamburgs, Silver and Golden Spangled Ham- 

 burgs. 



J. A. Early - , Youngstown, Ohio. — Circular. Sale of 200 

 Choice Fowls, from premium and imported stock. 



PiqEOfJ DEp^TJVlEflj. 



MOORE'S WORK ON PIGEONS. 



(Continued from page 311.) 

 that even kings have been proud to confer the greatest favors 

 upon those who were no more than the keepers of their 

 pigeons. Thus we see how the knowledge of these birds has 

 been propagated and encouraged in most parts of the world 

 at a very great expense, while every observer had still this 

 natural history to obtain in the same experimental and costly 

 way, and was often grossly imposed upon by having a mixed 

 strain put into his hands instead of the real species ; yet, 

 notwithstanding all this, and the ease wherewith it might 

 have been accomplished, I find an almost profound silence 

 among the naturalists upon this head. 



I have, therefore, ventured first to launch forth into this 

 new science, not being insensible that I shall leave much 

 room for others to make great improvements, if any shall 

 hereafter think it worth their while to follow that track 

 which I have only pointed out to them; and I hope the 

 learned world know how to make allowances for a first 

 attempt in the advancement of any kind of knowledge. I 

 am very sensible that proper icons are of very great service 

 to illustrate a work of this nature, but this piece being in its 

 kind new, and not being able to guess at what reception it 

 may meet with from the world, I knew the expenses of exact 



