248 THE HISTOKT OF 



press understanding, awe? no ^ other ^ that TTe should each 

 share the honors and proceeds equally. On Friday it was 

 announced, in the lecture-room, that he had taken the first 

 premium on the best pair of Asiatic fowls, of whatever sub- 

 variety. I went to him, at once, and expressed my dissat- 

 isfaction, and reminded him of his agreement. He then 

 agreed to see the secretary and all the reporters, and pub- 

 lish, or cause to be published, a card, stating that I was 

 equally entitled to the premium with himself) as the hens 

 were raised by me ; and he furthermore agreed that his 

 name should not be mentioned or published, in relation to 

 the premium, except in connection with my own. How was 

 that agreement fulfilled ? On taking up one of the New 

 York dailies the next morning, I was surprised to see a puiT 



laudatory of Mr. C , while nvy name was not alluded 



to, — which puff, report says, was paid for with a rooster. 

 On my return home, a few days afterwards, I found that he 

 had volunteered to make' the following assertions : ' Well, 

 I have laid 'em all out. I took the first premium on every- 

 thing, best pair and all, and I can beat the world.' When 

 asked how it was done, he said, 'I will tell you, some time, 

 howTplayed my card.' " 



But Mr. C , with that reserve and indifference 



peculiar to gentlemen in the hen-trade who have accem- 

 plished a "neat operation," did not see fit to explain the 

 process, and hesitated to inform his "friend" how he 

 played his card. And so the aggrieved party resorted to 

 the newspaper, and come the "power of the press" 

 upon Mr. C , as follows : 



"Mr. C— — stated that my stock was 'mongrel,' and 

 inferior. Whether it be so or not, is for the thousands and 



