THE HEN FEVER. SST 



because I should feel assured, after reading such an adver- 

 tisement, that (hat man was a professor of religion ; and, 

 even if he had the chance, would never fleece me — over 

 the left ! 



Other fanciers, in their utter desperation (as the feVer 

 so positively and now rapidly begun to decline), resorted 

 to the printing of the pedigrees of their stock ; and the 

 following advertisements made their appearance late in 

 1854: 



" By the influence of Mr'! Ellibeth Watch (editor of the 

 London Polkem Chronicler, and uncle to the Turkish 

 Bashaw with three long tails), I have just procured a few 

 of Prince Albert's famous breed of ' Windsor fowls.' In 

 a letter to me of the 82d day of April, Mr. Watch 

 observes : 



' I have positively ordered a trio of Windsor Fowls of 

 Prince Albert, for you. It is the best breed in Eng- 

 land, and they are much run after, and cannot be. , had 

 without giving previous notice ; but you are safe to have 

 yours. I have engaged a friend to choose yours for you ; 

 and I consider it a great thing to get them direct from the 

 Prince, for you must be aware that persons generally can- 

 not exactly pick and choose feom the Pkinoe's own 

 STOCK. I shall employ an efficient person to have them 

 shipped, etc' " 



In due time this remarkable stock arrived in America, 

 and their pedigrees were duly published;' the advertiser 

 being " thus particular," because (as he asserted) "there 



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