- FANCIERS’ 

(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
Dear Sir: Can any of your readers inform me what is the 
matter with my Partridge Cochin cock ; he has a large, hard 
lump on his gills, but it does not seem to hurt him. What 
shall I do to cure him? Respectfully yours, 
MEADVILLE, Pa. Geo.. M. OrRIs. 


(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
Dear Sir: Having taken your valuable Journal for some 
time, I take the liberty of asking you if you could and 
would print the law of the State of New York in regard to 
Pigeons? What the penalties are for shooting a pigeon 
that is flying over one’s land—breaking into a coop and 
stealing in the night time, and trapping or catching pigeons, 
not to kill, but to keep? Can a person lawfully shoot a 
pigeon when it comes on his premises, if he keeps pigeons 
himself? Yours, &e., Ma Bak. 
New York, May 14th, 1874. 
WE should be pleased to hear from some of our readers 
who can give the desired information on the above ques- 
tion—probably Isaac Van Winkle will enlighten us. 

_—>—___——_ 
(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
NOT ANY MORE FOR ME. 
i WAVE carefully read the articles relating to the new 
standard, and think most of the readers of the Journal will 
join me in saying “‘ not any more for me.” 
Space in your columns has been properly given them, with 
which I have no fault to find; but I regret much that in 
some cases a better spirit has not shown itself. We should 
never attempt to gain a point, unless we are convinced that 
it is worthy to be gained; then we should get on the right 
track and press forward. In case two parties were striving 
to reach opposite points—what would it profit them should 
their efforts be aimed at each other’s destruction? I am 
aware that many arguments used in this ‘‘ Standard’’ con- 
troversy are well put, but many of them seem to be only 
intended for personal ‘hits.’’ When we see faults in the 
standard, let us present them candidly, and try to rectify 
them in the best manner. We know that we have labored 
many years for the improvement of domestic poultry, and 
that our efforts have been crowned with success. I hope we 
may continue to work in harmony, and not check the pro- 
gress by quarrelling among ourselves. 
WESTMORELAND, May 11, 1874. J. Y. BICKNELL. 


(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
PROLIFIC TURKEY HEN. 
J. M. WADE. 
Dear Sir: The weekly visits of the Fanciers’ Journal 
have come to be looked for with interest, the only fault 
found being that there is not enough of it. I wish, however, 
to speak of a remarkable instance of productiveness in a 
turkey which I have become cognizant of. A friend of 
mine, whose truthfulness I can vouch for, had a turkey 
hen which laid during the summer of 1873 about one hun- 
dred and twenty eggs, besides partly rearing a large brood 
which she hatched. The exact number of eggs laid cannot 
be stated. An account was kept of her eggs until she had 
laid ninety-six, after which she laid two sittings of about 
twelve or fifteen eggs-each, though the exact number can- 
not be vouched for, She began laying early in the spring, 
and laid until quite late in the fall. She was part of a flock 
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rather below the usual size. Wild turkeys are quite abun- 
dant in the vicinity of the place where they were kept, and 
she is supposed to have been the product of a cross with the 
wild birds. L. Wright says, in regard to a similar statement 
of a turkey which laid ninety eggs, that he can scarcely 
credit it, but of the truth of the above I am well satisfied. 
Respectfully yours, 
LEWISTOWN, Pa., May 5, 1874. 
L. H. 


Items. 
Bae A prize of $125 is to be given for the best baby ex- 
hibited at the State fair in Manchester, N. H., next fall. 
ges Maple sugar is so plenty in Vermont this season, 
that the girls are twenty per cent. sweeter than usual. 
pes~ The old gentleman who spent a fortune in endeay- 
oring to hatch colts from horse chestnuts, is now cultivating 
the egg plant with a view to raising chickens from it. 
ges~ A landlord who died a year ago in Richford, Vt., 
had owned a black-and-tan dog for eighteen years. During 
his master’s sickness the dog was shut up in a stable, where 
he whined and moaned pitifully. After the funeral the dog 
was liberated, and as soon as he found his master’s grave he 
lay down upon it and would not leave the spot for three 
weeks. He was carried home and kindly treated, but 
nothing would induce him to stand up, and he has not walked 
astep since. He seems to be slowly dying from grief. 
pa@s~ Scientiric Detegatres.—Henry Phillips, Jr., Esq., 
Secretary of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of this 
city, and Dr. Joseph Leidy have been chosen for the sixth 
time as members of the International Congress of Anthro- 
pology and Archeology, which assembles in Stockholm in 
August next. There are only thirteen delegates from the 
United States. The Congress is under government patron- 
age of various nationalities, and the meetings are held annu- 
ally. 
Bes Surcipe—A Doa@ Warcues His Drap Master.— 
The unusually quiet town of Dedham, Mass., was thrown 
into a state of excitement, recently, by the news that 
one of her most respected citizens, Edmund Thomes, Esq., 
had commited suicide. The facts in the case, as related, 
are these: After dinner, on Monday, accompanied by his 
dog, Mr. Thomes started out for a walk. Not returning at 
night, inquiries were made for him by his family, in a quiet 
way, but diligent search was not made until Tuesday, when 
his brother, John W. Thomes, Hsq., sheriff of Norfolk 
county, in company with a Mr. Daggett, hearing that he 
had been seen going towards a piece of woods owned by the 
deceased in ‘‘Sandy Valley,”’ started out to see if they could 
findhim. After arriving at the edge of the lot they whistled, 
in hopes that the dog, if near, might answer. In this they 
were not disappointed, for as soon as they whistled the 
faithful animal began to bark. Going in the direction of 
the noise, the searchers soon came upon the lifeless body of 
the missing man. Upon acloser examination there was found 
a bullet wound near the right ear, and a revolver lying by 
the side of the body, with one chamber unloaded. From 
the situation it was evident that the deceased had fired the 
fatal shot while in a standing position, and fallen on his 
forehead, as his hat was crushed over his face. When the 
hat was removed the poor dog licked the features of his 
master. 
