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(For Fanciers' Journal.) 



Dear Sir : Can any of your readers inform me what is the 



matter with my Partridge Cochin cock ; he has a large, hard 



lump on his gills, but it does not seem to hurt him. What 



shall I do to cure him ? Respectfully yours, 



Meadville, Pa. Geo. M. Orris. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 

 Dear Sir : Having taken your valuable Journal for some 

 time, I take the liberty of asking you if you could and 

 would print the law of the State of New Tork in regard to 

 Pigeons? "What the penalties are for shooting a pigeon 

 that is flying over one's land — breaking into a coop and 

 stealing in the night time, and trapping or catching pigeons, 

 not to kill, but to keep ? Can a person lawfully shoot a 

 pigeon when it comes on his premises, if he keeps pigeons 

 himself? Yours, &c, M. B. K. 



New York, May 14th, 1S74. 



We should be pleased to hear from some of our readers 

 who can give the desired information on the above ques- 

 tion — probably Isaac Van Winkle will enlighten us. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 

 NOT ANY MORE FOR ME. 



I have carefully read the articles relating to the new 

 standard, and think most of the readers of the Journal will 

 join me in saying " not any more for me." 



Space in your columns has been properly given them, with 

 which 1 have no fault to find; but I regret much that in 

 some cases a better spirit has not shown itself. We should 

 never attempt to gain a point, unless we are convinced that 

 it is worthy to be gained ; then we should get on the right 

 track and press forward. In case two parties were striving 

 to reach opposite points — what would it profit them should 

 their efforts be aimed at each other's destruction ? I am 

 aware that many arguments used in this "Standard" con- 

 troversy are well put, but many of them seem to be only 

 intended for personal "hits." When we see faults in the 

 standard, let us present them candidly, and try to rectify 

 them in the best manner. We know that we have labored 

 many years for the improvement of domestic poultry, and 

 that our efforts have been crowned with success. I hope we 

 may continue to work in harmony, and not check the pro- 

 gress by quarrelling among ourselves. 



Westmoreland, May 11, 1874. J. Y. BlCKNELL. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 

 PROLIFIC TURKEY HEN. 



J. M. Wade. 



Dear Sir : The weekly visits of the Fanciers' Journal 

 have come to be looked for with interest, the only fault 

 found being that there is not enough of it. I wish, however, 

 to speak of a remarkable instance of productiveness in a 

 turkey which I have become cognizant of. A friend of 

 mine, whose truthfulness I can vouch for, had a turkey 

 hen which laid during the summer of 1873 about one hun- 

 dred and twenty eggs, besides partly rearing a large brood 

 which she hatched. The exact number of eggs laid cannot 

 be stated. An account was kept of her eggs until she had 

 laid ninety-six, after which she laid two sittings of about 

 twelve or fifteen eggs each, though the exact number can- 

 not be vouched for. She began laying early in the spring, 

 and laid until quite late in the fall. She was part of a flock 

 of ordinary black turkeys, but was of a different color, and 



rather below the usual size. Wild turkeys are quite abun- 

 dant in the vicinity of the place where they were kept, and 

 she is supposed to have been the product of a cross with the 

 wild birds. L. Wright says, in regard to a similar statement 

 of a turkey which laid ninety eggs, that he can scarcely 

 credit it, but of the truth of theabove I am well satisfied. 

 Respectfully yours, 

 Lewistown, Pa., May 6, 1874. J. L. H. 



1 J E JVI S. 



g®» A prize of $125 is to be given for the best baby ex- 

 hibited at the State fair in Manchester, N. H., next fall. 



8®= Maple sugar is so plenty in Vermont this season, 

 that the girls are twenty per cent, sweeter than usual. 



Egg?" The old gentleman who spent a fortune in endeav- 

 oring to hatch colts from horse chestnuts, is now cultivating 

 the egg plant with a view to raising chickens from it. 



Agp" A landlord who died a year ago in Eichford, Vt., 

 had owned a black-and-tan dog for eighteen years. During 

 his master's sickness the dog was shut up in a stable, where 

 he whined and moaned pitifully. After the funeral the dog 

 was liberated, and as soon as he found his master's grave he 

 lay down upon it and would not leave the spot for three 

 weeks. He was carried home and kindly treated, but 

 nothing would induce him to stand up, and he has not walked 

 a step since. He seems to be slowly dying from grief. 



B@" Scientific Delegates. — Henry Phillips, Jr., Esq., 

 Secretary of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of this 

 city, and Dr. Joseph Leidy have been chosen for the sixth 

 time as members of the International Congress of Anthro- 

 pology and Archeology, which assembles in Stockholm in 

 August next. There are only thirteen delegates from the 

 United States. The Congress is under government patron- 

 age of various nationalities, and the meetings are held annu- 

 ally. 



ggg* Suicide — A Dog Watches his Dead Master.— 

 The unusually quiet town of Dedham, Mass., was thrown 

 into a state of excitement, recently, by the news that 

 one of her most respected citizens, Edmund Thomes, Esq., 

 had commited suicide. The facts in the case, as related, 

 are these : After dinner, on Monday, accompanied by his 

 dog, Mr. Thomes started out for a walk. Not returning at 

 night, inquiries were made for him by his family, in a quiet 

 way, but diligent search was not made until Tuesday, when 

 his brother, John W. Thomes, Esq., sheriff of Norfolk 

 county, in company with a Mr. Daggett, hearing that he 

 had been seen going towards a piece of woods owned by the 

 deceased in "Sandy Valley," started out to see if they could 

 find him. After arriving at the edge of the lot they whistled, 

 in hopes that the dog, if near, might answer. In this they 

 were not disappointed, for as soon as they whistled the 

 faithful animal began to bark. Going in the direction of 

 the noise, the searchers soon came upon the lifeless body of 

 the missing man. Upon a closer examination there was found 

 a bullet wound near the right ear, and a revolver lying by 

 the side of the body, with one chamber unloaded. From 

 the situation it was evident that the deceased had fired the 

 fatal shot while in a standing position, and fallen on his 

 forehead, as his hat was crushed over his face. When the 

 hat was removed the poor dog licked the features of his 

 master. 



