2S8 THE HISXOUT OF THE HEN FEVEE. 



had been so rowch jrapoailiQa upon the publio by irresponsi- 

 ble persona chiming to have made importations'" ! 



Now I never entertained the slightest objections to this 

 sort of advertisement, — not 7, i'faith ! On the contritry, \ 

 dsesa %ll this kind of thing very e^agUent, in its way, to be 

 sure. The more the merrier. " The people " want it, and 

 fet the® have it, say I. 



But, at the same time, though the " Porte-Monnaie I 

 owe 'ems" declare that their unrivalled stock comes from 

 Prince Albert'?, ygtrds, I feel very well assured that all this 

 is a snere guy, it being yery well known that His Royal 

 liighneas k aot engaged in the h;en-tFade particularly, and 

 of course has something elai to do besides supplying even 

 the "Porte-Monnaie Company" with his pigs and ohieken^ 



It was a rare undertaking, this importing live stock 

 (with any expectation of selling it) in the fall of 1854 ! 

 But we shall soon see who were the final victims of the 

 " fever." 



