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Black-breasted Red Game Bantams, Rouen and Aylesbury 
Ducks, and Pea Fowls. 
Of pigeons he has quite a stock—White Fantails, Black 
Fantails (Wade’s stock), Black Carriers, Cinnamon Tum- 
blers, and Pouters. The Fantails are very nice ones, espe- 
cially the Black, and they breed just like themselves. He 
has raised four pair from one this year. He keeps a large 
dairy, and feeds the skim milk to the hens. 
I saw one of Graves’ Incubators. He had just got it, and 
is going to try it next spring. I saw about four hundred 
Partridge Cochin chicks in September, and they were good 
ones. Mr. Hayward says if he was to keep but two varie- 
ties, he should keep Dark Brahmas and Partridge Cochins. 
I thought if he should keep about one hundred Partridge 
Cochin pullets he would not need an incubator. 
Mr. Hayward has taken a great deal of pains in procuring 
good stock; I think he would do better with but four or five 
varieties. December 2d I took a trip to Newport; there is 
quite an interest in fine fowls there. I called on R. S. Dud- 
ley, he lives in the village and has but little room. He has 
bred Partridge Cochins and Games; says he does not keep 
them for money but for pleasure. He has decided tu breed 
Heathwood Games and Black-breasted Red Game Bantams, 
and nothing else, so I kindly relieved him of his Cochins. 
His games are good ones and well cared for. The Game 
Bantams are not mated well, the cockerel not being very 
good, I believe he intends to get another. The pullet (May 
hatch) is about perfect, weighs but eight ounces, I never saw 
but one as good, that was at Mr. Hayward’s. Mr. Dudley 
has a splendid cocker spaniel bitch, the only one that I 
know of in this part of the State. J. G. McKurn. 
SoutH AcworRTH, N. H., December 3, 1874. 


Pes AND JABBIT PEPARTMENT. 

(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
“OLD WATCH.” 
Tue following facts were related to the writer, and 
vouched for, by an aged minister: Many years ago, when he 
wus a boy, he with his parents visited his uncle, a brother 
to his mother, residing within about a mile of Harrisburg, 
which place was then but small. This uncle was a bachelor, 
and kept ‘‘ bachelor’s hall,” and happened to be without any 
sugar, coffee, or beef, when they came, which fact he mention- 
ed to his visitors,‘‘ But,’’ said he, ‘‘it don’t matter, I will soon 
havesome.”? He went to the door and called, ‘‘ Watch, come 
in here!” In answer to his call, in came a huge dog, and 
awaited the further commands of his master, who, after 
writing something on a slip of paper, and tying some money 
in a handkerchief, and depositing the same in a basket, said 
to the dog, ‘‘ Watch, go to the store and fetch me some 
sugar and coffee, and to the butcher’s for some beef; don’t 
be gone long, hurry back,” upon which the dog scampered 
off with the basket, returning in a short time with the arti- 
cles in it. 
While enjoying the hospitality of his uncle, the boy was 
greatly delighted and entertained by the relation of some of 
the exploits of ‘Old Watch,’ by his master, who was a 
great hunter, and in those days the game was abundant, 
and it paid him well to shoot panther, wolves, deer, and 
other large game, as he received a handsome premium for 
the scalp of every ferocious animal which he killed; and 


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could also realize something from the sale of their hides ; 
besides this he furnished himself with an abundance of veni- 
son in the proper season. 
He told his nephew that when “Old Watch” was with 
him he had no fear of any animal, as he was a match for 
any panther. “One night,” said he, “I made my bed on a 
flat rock in the forest by carrying together a large pile of 
leaves, when I called my dogs to me (he had two smaller 
hunting dogs at the same time), and made them lie down in 
their accustomed places, ‘Old Watch’ above my head, and 
one of the other dogs on each side of me, and laid myself 
down to sleep, covering myself and the dogs with the 
blanket I carried with me for that purpose. After sleeping 
several hours I was awakened by the growling of ‘Old 
Watch,’ and I knew there was danger. So, telling my 
dogs to lie quiet, I sat up, and saw right in front of me in 
the darkness two fiery eyes; I took deliberate aim between 
them with my trusty rifle, and fired. Immediately they 
disappeared, and I soon lay me down to sleep, and slept 
until broad daylight. I then arose and said to my dogs, 
‘Come, let us see what has been shot.’ The dogs soon led me 
to the dead body of a large panther, with a bullet hole be- 
tween his eyes.” 
‘‘Another time,’ continued he, ‘‘ when out hunting, I 
found it was growing dark, with the appearance of being a 
stormy night, so I made my bed of leaves, and I and the 
dogs lay down as usual, being covered up with the blanket. 
It soon began to snow. I had slept but a short time when 
I was awakened by the distant howling of wolves. I lay 
awake listening, and found that they were approaching closer 
and closer. It was not long until they surrounded the place 
where I lay, when ‘Watch’ commenced to growl; but I 
lay quietly, and told the dogs to do the same. After howl- 
ing around awhile they began to scratch the snow which 
had fallen upon our blanket, when suddenly I arose aud 
fired at the nearest wolf, upon which they scattered, but 
soon again returned, when, in the same manner, I delivered 
another shot in their midst. After that they left me alone, 
and I slept in peace until morning. When we arose, the 
dogs soon scratched two wolves out of the snow, which had 
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been shot by my trusty rifle.”’ 

















Mr. Jos. M. WADE. 
Iam a subscriber to the Antwerp (Belgian) newspaper, 
called the Pigeon Amateur or Fancier. I am an Antwerper 
by birth, and a great friend of the intelligent breed of the 
Flying or Homing Antwerps; and as there are in this country 
a good many fanciers who would gladly commence the 
amusing sport of fying and racing these birds, in preference 
to the breeding of the fancy varieties of pigeons, which are 
subject to many disappointments and uncertainties, I have . 
thought to send you a few extracts out of said paper. ; 
The city of Antwerp has the reputation of having the best 
