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CLAIRBORNE GAME FOWL. 
Tus is a black-breasted red. In courage, bravery, and 
style they have no superiors. From head to tail and foot 
they show every faculty that is requisite for thoroughbred 
game. They may be killed, but not whipped. They never 
run away. The cock has asmall, round head, brilliant, fiery 
eyes; neck full, well hackled; breast black, broad, and 
full; tail full, wide, and sickled; wings broad, full, long, 
hanging low on the shanks; legs, beak, and claws clear yel- 
low, and will breed true to color. Dr. Cooper says that they 
will carry a three or a three and a half inch gaffle with as 
much ease and sprightliness as an ordinary game cock a 
pound or a pound and a half their superiors in weight. 
The hens are deep buff or dark red. I am now, and for 
five years have been breeding them expressly for the pit. 
Haye never known one of them to fail in battle for want of 
courage. Have often tested them at eight months old. 
They have invariably met their death without flinching. 
Weight of cock, from four and a half to six pounds; al- 
though I have raised one that weighed seven pounds. He 
won three shake-bag matches. For beauty, the Clairbornes 
are superior to all other game fowls. 
S. L, CumMines. 


Stems Muteresting and Amusing. 
gas Foxss are plenty among the hills of Long Island, 

ges~ WILD CATS are plenty in the Catskill mountains this 
winter. 
pes~Tuirty foxes were shot in Camden county, N. J., 
last month. 
B@s°TuHirTY-FIvE foxes have been killed at East Fal- 
mouth, Mass., this winter. 
ges> OTTERS are plentiful in Buena Vista County, and 
their skins are worth $10 each. 
es SIX MEN shot seventy-four rabbits one day last week 
in a single corn-field out west. 
ges~In Dauphin county, Pa., six miles from the Schuyl- 
kill boundary, fifty-four deer have been shot this season. 
kes AN OLD-FASHIONED DEER HUNT took place at Lower 
Blue Lick Springs, Ky., on the 7th day of February. 
g@s~ More than one hundred deer were killed in St. Clair 
township, Westmoreland county, Pa., during the month of 
December. 
ges A. A. MILLER, Oakdale, Alleghany Co., Pa., has just 
shipped to Maysville, California, one pair of Bronze Turkeys 
—Fine Birds. 
bes~ A Sioux Ciry hotel has a black and tan dog that 
killed a thousand rats in a month. This is a good puff for 
the dog, but is hard on the hotel. 
bey" A BILL is before the Ohio Legislature, which, if pass- 
ed, will prohibit hunters from shooting any kind of wild 
game upon any other man’s land. 
peS"SrEps are being taken by some Little Falls, N. a eae 
citizens to provide for stocking the Mohawk with fish, and 
to prevent the use of seines in the river. 
beg- A Dromepary, perfectly white in color, has just 
been received at the Jardin des Plants. This description of 
animal is even rarer than the white elephant. 


y@s~ A. CARRIER PIGEON arrived in Bridgeport, Conn., re- 
cently, which was sent up from the deck of a steamer bound 
for Florida. It was seven hours making the flight from 
Cape Hatteras.—Exchange. (We don’t believe it.) 
B@S>Los AN@ELos County, Cal., owes for gopher and 
squirrel scalps the sum of $10,364, and yet the varmints are 
as thick as ever ; 206,287 have been captured and scalped. 
gay THE Duke of Southerland owns a three year old ox 
which weighs 2,500 pounds, and measurers in girt nine feet 
one inch, It was recently on exhibition in Inverness, Scot- 
land, and attracted great crowds. 
B@s- THE sTRINGENCY of the egg market is painful. 
There is a large falling off in deposits of late; many of the 
hens have entirely suspended, while others are holding to 
their reserves. It is thought, however, that nearly all will 
be able to resume in the spring. : 
ges It is a difficult matter to write about the hen without 
doing so with great her-nest. A Herkimer County farmer 
who has quite an extensive hennery, took especial care to 
ascertain what worth there really was in a certain number 
of hens. January 1, 1878, he selected thirty-six hens, con- 
sisting of different breeds, and kept an account of the harvest 
they would yield. January 1, 1874, he found that the thirty- 
six hens had furnished him with 4,004 eggs, and in addition 
to this he raised forty-seven hens, which are now at work. 
kes A crtizEN of Groveland, Mass., a few days since, 
made a trip to Haverhill in a sleigh. Arriving at the city, 
he proceeded to hitch his horse to a post. As he was about 
leaving to attend to business, one of his hens came out from 
under the sleigh seat, where she had stolen a nest, and star- 
ted somewhat briskly round town on a tour of observation. 
The farmer gave chase, but biddy was too spry, and the pro- 
prietor concluded that that piece of property had ‘taken 
wings and flown away.” Returning to the sleigh after an 
hour’s absence, he was surprised to find the hen quietly sit- 
ting on her nest of eggs under the seat, she having returned 
and found the sleigh. 

DOYLESTOWN POULTRY SHOW. 
List of Premiums. 
(Continued from page 138, No. 9.) 
The following is a report of the awards of premiums made 
by the committees: 
No. 1, Light Brahmas, 7 entries; lst premium, W. E. 
Flowers, Shomakertown ; 2d, W. A. Henry, Philadelphia ; 
3d, Eli Fell, Buckingham. No. 2, Dark Brahmas, 13 en- 
tries; Ist prem., W. A. Henry; 2d and 3d, T. 8. Cooper, 
Coopersburg. No. 8, Buff Cochins, 8 entries; 1st to W. A. 
Henry ; other specimens not worthy of premiums. No. 4, 
Partridge Cochins, 11 entries; Ist and 2d to T. S. Cooper ; 
3d, W. A. Henry. No. 6, White Cochins, 1 entry; 2d pr. 
to B. F. Lewis, Gwynedd; No. 7, Gray Dorkings, 1 entry ; 
2d pr. to B. F. Lewis. No. 11, Dominiques, 4 entries ; 1st, 
W. A. Henry; 2d, Theo. P. Harvey, Doylestown. No. 12, 
Plymouth Rocks, 1st, A. N. Raub, Lock Haven ; 2d, Edwin 
Johnson, Dolington; 8d, Dr. A. M. Dickie, Doylestown. 
No. 12, Mexican Fowls, honorable mention to Reuben 
Keller, Buckingham. No. 12, Jersey Blues, special to W. 
A. Henry. No. 13, Gold-Spangled Hamburgs, 3 entries; 1st 
to Charles Selser, Doylestown; 2d, W. T. Hisenhart, do. ; 
3d, Benjamin Connard, New Britain. No. 16, Silver-Pen- 
cilled Hamburgs, 5 entries; Ist, 2d, and 8d to W. T. Rogers, 
Doylestown. No. 14, Silver-Spangled Hamburgs, 4 entries ; 
Ist to W. A. Henry; 2d, Charles Selser. No. 17, Black 
Hamburgs, 2 entries; Ist to Rogers & Dickie; 2d, Charles @ 
