62 THE HISTORY OP THE HEN FEVER. 



pair of my best "pure-bred" Cochin-Chinas, without 

 flinching, without any fuss, outright, freely, "in aid of the 

 Society's funds." 



Liberal, generous, benevolent, charitable, kindly Mr.' 

 Smith ! You did yourself honor ! You were one of the 

 kind of men that I should very much liked to have had for 

 a customer, about those days. But, after due inquiry, I as- 

 certained that you did not keep, or breed, poultry. You were 

 only a " friend" to the Society with the elongated name, — 

 the only friend, by the way, it ever had ! Heaven will 

 reward you, Mr. Smith, sooner or later, for your disinter- 

 estedness, but the Society never can. Be patient, however, 

 and console yourself with the reflection that he who giveth 

 to the poor, lendeth, &c. &c. The Society with the long- 

 winded title was poor enough, and you cannot have forgot- 

 ten that he who casteth his bread (or money) upon the 

 waters will find it, after many days. You will find yours 

 again, I have no doubt ; but it will be emphatically ' after 

 many days." 



The second show closed, the expenses of which reached 

 the sum of one thousand and twenty-seven dollars eighteen 

 cents, and the receipta at which amounted to one thousand 

 and seventy-nine dollars eighty-four cents, exclusive of the 

 above-named donation. The Society had now a balance of 

 two hundred and two dollars sixty-six cents in hand, and it 

 went on its way rejoicing. 



