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and they congratulate the gentlemen who hare sustained 

 this enterprise upon its success." 



They did ample justice to this Wild Bengal Injun Hen, 

 that is certain. The Cochin-China trade received an 

 impulse (after this show concluded) that astonished even me, 

 and I am not easily disturbed in this traffic. And I have no 

 doubt that the people who paid their money to witness 

 this never-to-be-forgotten (by me) exhibition, were also 

 satisfied. , 



The experiment was perfectly successful, however, 

 throughout. I forwarded to ail my patrons and friends 

 copies of this Report, beautifully illustrated ; and the orders 

 for "pure-hied chickens from the premium stock " rushed 

 in upon me, for the next four or five months, with renewed 

 vigor and spirit. 



This first exhibition at the Fitchburg Depot Hall proved 

 to me a satisfactorily profitable advertisement, as I carried 

 away all the premiums there that were of any value to any- 

 body. But then it will be observed that the " Committee 

 of Judges " of this show were my '.' friends." And, at 

 that time, the competition had got to be such that all the 

 dealers acted upon the general democratic principle of going 

 " for the greatest good of the greatest number." In my 

 case, I considered the '•' greatest number " Number One ! 



