72 PIGEONS A^D ALL ABOUT THEM. 



An express company let a bird escape fur me ouce, and it 

 took rae two j'ears to get the inouej' for it. I had to go 

 through three courts before I got it, and liow much does the 

 reader suppose I had left after paying my attorney'.' 



1 will admit that the danger of losing the birds is not near- 

 ly so great as that of not suiting the customer. 



When a regular sale is made, the birds belong to the buyer 

 as soon as they are in the Express otMce,and that is the end 

 of it. 



If a correct c.escription of the birds has been made, the 

 fancier need not trouble himself further. He has described 

 them as they are, and, if they do not suit the particular taste 

 of the buj'er, it cannot be helped. 



Little errors are always liable to occur, and then the real 

 ' fancier" is always ready to meet his customer more than 

 half way. 



There are plenty of men who attempt to pose as fanciers, 

 who have not the first instinct of a gentleman fancier. They 

 are in the fancy as a business proposition, and for what they 

 can make. The great beauty is that they don't last long, 

 and soon drift out of what they have only served to disgrace. 



