FANCIERS’ JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 
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THE FIRST OF OCTOBER—PHEASANT IN 
COVERT. 
THE lower animals are fortunate in being apparently 
totally destitute of that faculty with which human beings 
are gifted, which enables us to judge of the future by the 
past, and which, consequently, causes us to anticipate innu- 
merable calamities. Take, for example, those gorgeously- 
plumaged, long-tailed creatures, to whom the first of October 
is a veritable eve of St. Bartholomew, and imagine that on 
the previous evening some ancient cock, who has survived 
the massacre of the year before, should suddenly be endowed 
with human intelligence. With what feelings of anguish 
would he survey the ladies of his seraglio, as they stood 
greedily pecking up their evening repast of barley. “My 
darlings,” we can fancy him saying, ‘if you knew the hor- 
rors that are impending, you would not eat another grain. 
To-morrow is the day on which the human race goes peri- 
odically mad. Dick, the keeper, in his velveteen coat and 
gaiters, whom you think such a nice man, who used to bring 
_you dainty ant’s eggs when you were little—Dick, my dears, 
will to-morrow morning develop into a perfect fiend. Hosts 
of other men will assemble—thesquire, who looks so benevo- 
lent as he walks to church on a Sunday morning, will be 
among them—each man will carry a breechloader in his hand ; 
you know what breechloaders are? sharp-nosed spaniels and 
retrievers will be sent to hunt you out of your most secret 
haunts; suddenly, the air will be filled with fire and smoke, 
and hideous noise, and hundreds of our nation will fall to 
the earth, mangled, bleeding, and dying. 
‘““Hven the Squire’s daughters, who look so gentle and 
pretty, will feel no compassion; on the contrary, they will 
laugh and jest, a few days after, as they eat your flesh, and 
they will wear my loveliest feathers in their hats.” —London 
Graphic. ; 


oe 
(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
Mr. Epiror: Wishing to invest some of my hard earn- 
ings in the acquisition of fine-bred fowls, I would inquire of 
your experienced contributors which plan would probably 
ultimate in the most profit: the purchase of a trio of the 
best, or to lay out the amount of their cost in eggs for hatch- 
ing the same breed. 
Respectfully yours, 
es A. KE. B. 
BALTIMORE. 


VALLEY FALLS, R. I., December 22d, 1873. 
JosmepH M. WADE. 
Dear Sir: At a meeting of the Rhode Island Poultry and 
Columbarian Society, the following officers were elected. 
President: J. T. Peckham, Providence. Vice-Presidents: 
W. E. O. Roberts, South Scituate; Samuel W. Clark, War- 
wick. Secretary: W:. L. Tobey, Lincoln. Treasurer: E. 
B. Whitmarsh, Providence, Executive Committee: T. P. 
Burlingam, Providence Co.; Caleb Wescott, Kent Co.; 
Thomas J. Gough, Washington Co.; John H. Chase, New- 
port Co. 
It was resolved to hold a meeting on Jannary Ist, 1874, at 
10 o’clock. Yours, &., 
W. L. Tobey, 
Secretary. 

Four varieties of fish are said to have been discovered in 
Lake Superior, good, bad, indifferent, and bullheads. 


kes We are indebted to E. OC. Skinner of Detroit, for 
Premium List, Catalogue of Entries, and the following list 
of Awards of Premiums of the Michigan State Poultry 
Association, which we give in full. He has our thanks for 
the same, 
LIST OF AWARDS OF PREMIUMS 
AT THE 
Third Annual Exhibition of the Michigan State Ponltry Association, 
held at Detroit; December 16 to 19, 1873. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS. 
Fowls—1st Premium, No. 18, Goodale & Higgins, $2 00 
2d « “180, W. H. Todd, 1 00 
3d 33 ‘© 477, Wm. Wright, Dip. 
Chicks—Ist ut “480, Wm. Wright, 2 00 
2d it POLS Welt Todd, 1 00 
3d ss ‘6182; ‘W. H. Todd, Dip. 
Best Cock, ‘« 13, Goodale & Higgins, 2 00 
Best Hen “ 479, Wm. Wright, 2 00 
SPECIALS, ; 
23 C. M. Garrison, best Cock, No. 13, Goodale & 
Higgins, 10 00 
43 . Michigan farmer, best Hen, shown singly, No. 
479, Wm. Wright, 10 00 
48 Reid & Hills, best Hen, with 3 trios Progeny, 
Nos. 180 to 184 W. H. Todd, 10 00 
538. M.S. Smith & Co., collection L. Brahmas, Nos. 
477 to 482, Wm. Wright, 10 00 
54 M.G. Smith & Co., best trio L. B. Chicks, No. 
480, Wm. Wright.’ 10 00 
68 Wm. Wright & Co., best brace L. B. Hens. No. 
478, Wm. Wright, 10 00 
DARK BRAHMAS. 
Fowls—Ist:Premium, No: 184, W. H. Todd, 2 00 
2d sh 157185, Wie Ht. Todd; 1 00 
3d ce sc 45, M. T. North Dip. 
Chicks—lst ‘ s¢ 310, D. Allen, 2 00 
Pogue * « “186, W. H. Todd, 1 00 
3d ve “ 530, J. G. Lapham, Dip. 
Best Cock, (6-327, D-; Allen, 2 00 
Best Hen, “ §23, E. OC. Skinner, 2 00 
- SPECIALS. 
39 M. T. North, best collection D. B. Fowls, Nos. 
42 to 46, M. T. North, 10 00 
50 4. OC. Skinner, best Hen, shown singly, No. 523, 
EK. C. Skinner, 10 00 
64 §. R. Woolley, best trio D. B, Fowls, No. 184, 
W. H. Todd, 10 00 
65 Jackson & Wiley; best Cock, No 327, D. Allen, 10 00 
71 A. H. West, best trio D. B. Chicks, No. 3810, 
D. Allen, 10 00 
93 J. G: Lapham, best trio D. B. Chicks, No. 310, - 
D. Allen, 5 00 
BUFF COCHINS. 
Fowls—lst Premium, No. 66, Jones & Green, 2 00 
2d “ . 95, Jones & Green, 1 00 
3d as “ 188, W. H. Todd, Dip. 
Chicks—Ist ‘“ ‘© 67, Jones & Green 2 00 
2d aes “ 189, W. H Todd, 1 00 
sd" ‘© 561, Jones & Green, Dip. 
Best Cock, “ 67, Jones & Green, 2 00 
Best Hen, ¢ 330, Daniel Allen, 2 00 
SPECIALS, 
10 W. H. Chudleigh, best trio Chicks, No. 84, H. att 
i 
M. Thomas, 
