118 THE HISTOKY OF THE HEN FEVER. 



lowing scientific prescription. The learned writer is talking 

 about rovp in fowls, and says : 



" This is probably a chronic condition, the result of fre- 

 quent colds. . Give the following medicines : Aconite, if 

 there is fever, hepar-suUphuris third trituration, or mer- 

 cury, third trituratiofi, for a day or two, once in three or 

 ibur hours ; then pulsatilla tincture for the eyes ; antimo- 

 ninm, third trituration or aisenic, or mix vomica, for the 

 crop." 



Is n't this clear, reader ? How many, poultry-raisers in 

 the United States are there who would be likely to compre- 

 hend one line of this stuff? We advise this -writer to try 

 again ; the above is an "elegant extract," verily ! 



We now come down to the fourth and last exhibition in 

 Boston of the Mutual Admiration Society, alias the Asso- 

 ciation with the long-winded cognomen, which took place in- 

 September, 1852. 



