326 FANCIERS’ 
JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 

In the new “ American-Standard’”’ I do not see any men- 
tion made of this variety of Games. They are as well known, 
and have been for thirty years, as any variety that can be 
named; and the Sumatra Games are noted, like any other 
established breed, in all English and American poultry 
books that have been published for the past three or four 
decades here or in Great Britain. 
Mr. E. S. Ralph is Secretary of the ‘‘ American Poultry 
Association” which has given us the late faulty new standard. 
Did the Committee on Games desire to shut him out? Were 
they not aware that there was such a breed or variety of 
games as the notorious ‘‘Sumatras?” or else why do we not 
find these birds among the lists? Verily, this new revised 
standard apparently needs a thorough revision ; and it is to 
be hoped that it may have such overhauling by proper 
authority. Yours, Twin Spur, 

SUSPECTED THE LAWYER. 
Tue law provides a defender for every arraigned crimi- 
nal, no matter how well known his crime, but it will not do 
for a bad man’s counselor to try to make his crime a joke, 
and try to ridicule it out of court. such a course fairly 
leaves the lawyer himself open to distrust. 
Counselor Higgins, of the State of , was exceedingly 
adroit in defendiug a prisoner, and would sometimes laugh 
down an indictment for a small offense. A fellow (one 
Smith) being on trial for stealing a turkey, the counselor 
attempted to give a good-humored turn to the affair. ‘‘ Why, 
gentlemen of the jury,”’ said he, ‘this is really a very small 
affair. I wonder any one could bring such a complaint 
into court. If we are going on at this rate, we shall have 
business enough on our hands.’’ 
Higgins then alluded to the ‘“‘foraging expedition’ of 
his college days, and the boys thought it no harm to take 
poultry here and there once in a while, when they wanted 
asly supply. But, notwithstanding this appeal, the jury 
convicted the prisoner. 
After the court arose, one of the jury, a plain old farmer, 
meeting the counselor, complimented him on his ingenuity. 
“And now, ’Squire,’” said he, fixing a rather knowing 
look upon him, “I should like to ask you one question: 
Which road do you take in going home—the upper or the 
lower one?”’ 
“The lower,’’ said the counselor. 
“Well, then, its no matter. I only wanted to observe 
that if you were going my way, I would just jog on before 
you and lock up my hen-house.”’ 



CaTALoques, &c., Receiven. 


W. L. Tosry, Valley Falls, R. I.—Circular. 
Fancy Fowls, Pigeons, and Eggs, 13 varieties. 
Emory CARPENTER, 44 Grand Street, Hartford, Conn.— 
Illustrated circular of Light Brahmas exclusively. 
S. G. Woop, Nashville, Tenn.—Card. Importer and 
Breeder of pure bred Fancy Fowls. 
Lon. Harpman, St. Joseph, Mo.—Card. Dealer in Sing- 
ing Birds, Seeds, Cages, &. 
Dr. A. M. Dick1n, Doylestown, Pa.—Price List. Fine 
Poultry and Eggs. Specialties: White Leghorns, Plymouth 
Rocks, and Black Hamburgs. Breeding yards at Dyerstown. 
T, O. WAaRDWELL, North Andover, Mass.—Breeder of 
Dark and Light Brahmas, P. Cochins, and Bantams. 
Breeder of 


WaeeL_er & Reppine, Millbury, Mass.—Fine Games, 
and Eggs for hatching. 
A. S. Jounson, N. Chili, near Rochester, N. Y.—Cata- 
logue. Seed Potatoes, Garden Seeds, Small Fruits, &c. 
Descriptive, and containing some valuable information. 
Cuar.zs L. Spraaue, Elmwood Poultry Yards, Hudson, 
N. H.—Card. Eggs for hatching. Leghorns, Brahmas, 
Cochins, and Bronze Turkeys. 
F. B. Mzsser, 58 Main Street, Peabody, Mass.—Card. 
Breeder of Brahmas, Cochins, Leghorns, and Crested Ducks. 
Eggs for hatching. 
W. R. Sturtevant, Elmwood Stock Farm, Cumberland 
Centre, Maine.—Card. Fowls, Turkeys, Greese and Ducks, 
in variety; also, Birkshire Pigs. 
H. BurcHarD, Winton Valley Poultry Yard, Corry, Pa.— 
Card. Breeder, Shipper, and Importer of Fancy and Do- 
mestic Fowls, Pigeons, and Pet Animals. Address Box 737. 
W. C. Hart, Clinton, N. Y.—Circular and price list. 
Over 25 varieties of Fancy Pigeons. 
Expen P. Day, Hazleton, Luzurne County, Pa.—Fancy 
Poultry, Pigeons, Ornamental and Song Birds, Rabbits, 
Guinea Pigs, Hunting and Fancy Dogs, and Domestic Pets 
of all kinds; also, Gold Fish, Aquaria Plants, Bird Cages, 
and Florists’ Articles. 
C. W. CHAMBERLIN, Arlington, Mass.—Card. Dark 
Brahmas, White-faced Black Spanish Fowls, and Silver- 
laced Sebright Bantams. : 
Cu As. SELSER, Doylestown, Pa.—Card. Dominique Leg- 
horns, Black Hamburgs, Silver and Golden Spangled Ham- 
burgs. 7 
TAS Earzty, Youngstown, Ohio.—Circular. Sale of 200 
Choice Fowls, from premium and imported stock. 


















MOORE'S WORK ON PIGEONS. 
(Continued from page 311.) 
that even kings have been proud to confer the greatest favors 
upon those who were no more than the keepers of their 
pigeons. ‘Thus we see how the knowledge of these birds has 
been propagated and encouraged in most parts of the world 
at a very great expense, while every observer had still this 
natural history to obtain in the same experimental and costly 
way, and was often grossly imposed upon by having a mixed 
strain put into his hands instead of the real species; yet, 
notwithstanding all this, and the ease wherewith it might 
have been accomplished, I find an almost profound silence 
among the naturalists upon this head. 
I have, therefore, ventured first to launch forth into this 
new science, not being insensible that I shall leave much 
room for others to make great improvements, if any shall 
hereafter think it worth their while to follow that track 
which I have only pointed out to them; and I hope the 
learned world know how to make allowances for a first 
attempt in the advancement of any kind of knowledge. I 
am very sensible that proper icons are of very great service 
to illustrate a work of this nature, but this piece being in its 
kind new, and not being able to guess at what reception it 
may meet with from the world, I knew the expenses of exact 

