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by such frivolous technicalities as are contained in said com- 
munications must have a weak case indeed.” 
Mr. S. does not bring forward a single positive statement 
to support his position. His whole action is based on what 
he calls “ circumstantial evidence,” and upon the plea that he 
and certain others “ reluctantly came to the conclusion ,” <j-e. 
What a wonderful exhibition of consistency is this ! Why, 
0 valorous chieftains, did you not take the society of which 
1 was the delegate (duly accredited) to account? Simply 
because you dare not; I repeat it, Messrs. C. and S., YOU 
DARE NOT! Verily Shakespeare says truly of such: 
“ You are the hare, of whom the proverb goes, 
Whose valor plucks dead lions by the beard.” 
One more item and I have done. It is parliamentary 
usage, the world over, that when a delegate or member offers 
a resolution calling for the appointment of a committee the 
mover is placed on that committee, usually as chairman. 
The first resolution at the Buffalo Convention, moving for 
the appointment of ‘‘a committee of five persons to divide 
the members of the Convention into sub-committees,” &c, 
was offered by myself. Mr. Churchman, the Honorable 
President, either through ignorance or a lack of courtesy, or 
from the same motives which prompted his later action, 
disregarded parliamentary usage in this, as well as in two 
subsequent resolutions which were moved by me, and passed 
by the house. The public will please bear in mind that this 
was before that “ very close watch was placed upon those 
gentlemen.” 
I may be prejudiced — it is very probable I am — but I 
cannot but come to the conclusion that if the “ honor and in- 
tegrity of the Association ” are to be maintained by such 
actions, and upheld by such hands, the sooner it is dissolved 
the better. 
I have information in my possession that discloses the fact 
that as early as last fall “ Mr. Sweet was resolved that the 
American Poultry Association should revise the ‘ Standard 
of Excellence,’ and that if the copyright I then owned could 
be obtained, well and good, if not, that the Association 
would go ahead, and that the Association should own the 
copyright of said standard.” 
This is the honorable and upright manner of taking what 
they did not own. It was not stolen from me, however, as 
I sold out my entire right, title, and interest to the said 
copyright in November last — the assignment being on 
record at Washington. Mr. Sweet in conclusion says : 
“ Neither malice nor jealousy prompted him ” in his action. 
Perhaps he has other and more polite terms for these fail- 
ings. Doubtless he imputes to me anger and resentment 
towards himself and Mr. Churchman. He is wrong. 
A. M. Halsted. 
[In justice to Mr. Chas. A. Sweet I wish to state, that 
being Secretary of the A. P. A. during the year 1873, I 
was in close and frequent correspondence with him and 1 
must say that he was a devoted officer of the A. P. A., and 
I do not think he made any move but what he believed to 
be for the best interest of the Association ; and the large and 
harmonious meeting of the Fanciers at Buffalo was due, 
mainly, to the extra exertion of Mr. Sweet ; he accomplished 
that which he has just reason to be proud of. We do not 
remember his using the word I , as a member of the Associa- 
tion, and had it not been for his cool judgment, the Associa- 
tion would have much more to regret than it has. As to the 
personal feeling against Mr. Halsted, the members of the 
Association are best able to judge. It is very plain that had 
there been a kindly feeling toward Mr. Halsted, the trial 
and expulsion would not have taken place. — E d.] 
PodLJF^Y DE|= W pEflT. 
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE. 
One of the most interesting stories of animal intelligence 
and instinct is told by an eminent naturalist. A young lady, 
who was sitting in a room, the door of which was open, and 
led into the yard, where a variety of fowls were disporting 
themselves, was suddenly approached by an old drake, who 
seized the bottom of her dress with his beak, and pulled it 
vigorously. Feeling startled she repulsed him with her 
hand. The bird still persisted. Somewhat astonished, she 
paid some attention to his unaccountable pantomime, and 
discovered that the drake wished to drag her out of doors. 
She got up, and he waddled out quietly before her. More 
and more surprised, she followed him, and he conducted her 
to the side of a pond where she perceived a duck with its 
head caught in the opening of a sluice. She hastened to re- 
lease the poor creature and restore it to the drake, who by 
loud quackings and beating of his wings, testified his joy at 
the deliverance of his companion. 
A HEN THAT WAS A ROOSTER. 
P. A. Cashion, of this county, had a chicken hatched 
about eighteen months ago that was a gray on one side, 
running from the comb back to the tail, on the opposite side 
a deep black. It had a very heavy comb, and a large wat- 
tle on the black side and a small one on the gray; a heavy 
spur on the left leg and a light one on the right. It laid a 
dozen or more eggs, set on them, hatched and raised a brood 
of chickens, as any good hen would. After the chicks were 
weaned it went into the rooster business — crowed regularly, 
fought the other roosters, got a number of wives and pro- 
ceeded to assist them in their domestic affairs, as a good 
rooster should. 
By and by — that is, a week or two ago — it laid down and 
died with the cholera. A post-mortom examination dis- 
closed the fact that on the gray side it was a perfectly de- 
veloped hen, on the black side a perfectly developed male. 
These facts are vouched for by some of the best citizens of 
our county, and there can be no mistake about it . — Dresden 
( Tenn .) Democrat. 
(For Fanciers' Journal.) 
SHIPPING EGGS LONG DISTANCES. 
Editor Fanciers’ Journal. 
The question is asked by a correspondent, in No. 26, will 
eggs hatch shipped by express? and then gives his experi- 
ence with eggs shipped over one thousand miles ;• every egg 
hatching. This is remarkably good success, and all that 
any “reasonable” purchaser could ask. My experience, 
