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But the doctor saw his victims in prospective, probably ; 

 and, though he had run the hummery of the fowl-fever so 

 far into the ground that, in his case, it would surely never 

 know a day of resurrection, still he was ambitious and 

 hopeful; and he flattered himself (and some others) that 

 the last man who bought live stock had 7iot yet turned up ! 

 And so the doctor pushed on, once more. 



The " Blood Stock " of the " Porte-Monnaie I owe 

 'em Company"* was thus advertised, also: 



" IN ADDITION to the genuine, unadulterated Prince 

 Albert fowls, the ' Porte-Monnaie I owe 'ems ' offer pigs, 

 with tails on, of the Winsor, Unproved Essex, Proved Suf- 

 folks, Yorkshire, Wild Indian, Bramerpouter, Siam, Hong- 

 Kongo, Emperor Napoleons, and Shanghae Breeds; most 

 of them of new styles, and warranted to hold their colors in 

 any climate. 



" Also, Welsh Rarebits — bred from their Merino buck 

 ' Champum,' of England (that didn^t take the first prize 

 at the National Show, because Mr. Burnham's ' Knockum ' 

 did!), whose ears are each thirty-three feet longer than 

 those of our best pure-bred jackasses, and wider than five 

 snow-shovels, by actual measurement. 



"Also, A-quack-it fowls; as Swans {Porte-Monnaie 



* I trust that this association may not be confouirded with the " Fort 

 Da Mbina lowt^ Company." The difference irill plainly be seen, of 

 coursa. 



