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FANCIERS’ JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 
I J E [VI S. 
In order to make our “Item ” column as interesting as possible, we 
would be obliged to our readers for contributions of original matter, how- 
ever short — yes, let it be condensed and to the point, in a variety of 
style — facts and fancies interesting to fanciers. 
$3?*" A weasel which by some means got into a hen-house 
at Dubuque, recently, killed 183 chickens during the night. 
The smallest dog yet seen, is one owned by a Hart- 
ford man. It is a black and tan, four months old, and is 
only nine inches long, and weighs one and one-half pounds. 
The poultry propagator writes to “our contributor ” 
to ask, “ When is a hen most likely to hatch?” We have de- 
voted considerable attention to this branch of fine arts, and 
answer unhesitatingly, “ When she is in ’earnest.” [Her 
nest.] 
In Falmouth, the other day, a man could find neither 
his cat nor his young kittens. A Light Brahma hen was 
sitting on a nest, and something peculiar about her attract- 
ing attention, it was discovered that the hen was sitting on 
the kittens and the old cat, and furthermore, she continues 
to do it, and both old cat and kittens seem to like it. 
The old question as to whether lager intoxicates, has 
been settled at last in an Ohio court. A German testified : 
“ If you drink five or six glasses of lager in a little while 
you will feel more pleasant as if you drink five or six glasses 
of water in the same time; and, if you drink five or six glasses 
of water in a little while you will feel more disappointed as 
if you drink five or six glasses of lager in the same time.” 
The jury disagreed. 
A story comes from Fairfield, Herkimer County, 1ST. 
Y., of a music-loving dove. It is said that when the piano 
is played in the house of the dove’s owners, it will fly into 
the house and perch on the head of the performer, where it 
will remain until the piece is played, when it will jump 
upon the keyboard of the instrument and hop about the 
keys, thus producing sounds it seems to enjoy. Friends of 
the family frequently visit the house to witness the bird’s 
strange antics. 
giggr’A New Hampshire Story.— The following true story 
of a rat comes from a New Hampshire village: 
A gentleman’s house in this village was overrun with 
rats. Traps and cats were of no use whatever. After a 
time he succeeded in catching a fine, large old fellow in a 
box-trap, and having provided himself beforehand with a 
bell, he succeeded in fastening it with a wire securely around 
the rat’s neck, and then gave him his liberty. 
The rat scampered away, and during the night was heard 
a rattling his bell, and pursuing his former companions from 
one part of the house to another. The next day, as the gen- 
tleman was in his yard, he heard the tinkling of the bell, 
and looking up, saw the rat walking deliberately up toward 
him, and when within about one foot of him, seated himself 
upon his hind legs, and looked up in his face, asking him, 
as plainly as a rat could, to take off the bell. The gentle- 
man reached down, took up the rat in his hands, untwisted 
the wire, placed him on the ground, and Mr. Rat scampered 
away, without even stopping to say “good-by.” The cor- 
respondent has forgotten to mention whether the house was 
thereafter infested with his species. The presumption is, 
that they have learned to “ get out of the way when the bell 
A faithful dog, belonging to Charlemaine, the Hobo- 
ken suicide, stood guard over the body, and had to be shot 
before the undertaker could do his duty. That undertaker 
ought not to have been shot, but he deserved to be dog- 
whipt. He was more of a brute than the cruelly treated 
quadruped. 
POULTRY SHOWS FOR 1874 & 1875. 
New England Poultry Club. Worcester, Mass., December 
1, 2, 3, and 4, 1874. G. H. Estabrook, Secretary. 
The Eastern Pennsylvania Poultry Association. Doyles- 
town, Pa., December 8, 9, 10, and 11, 1874. Theo. P. 
Harvey, Secretary, Doylestown, Pa. 
Connecticut State Poultry Society. Hartford, Conn., De- 
cember 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1874. Dr. G. L. Parmele, Sec’y. 
Maryland State Poultry Association, Baltimore, Jan. 5, 6, 7, 
and 8, 1875. S. H. Slifer, Secretary. 
Lehigh Yalley Poultry Association. Allentown, Pa., Jan- 
uary 5, 6, 7, and 8, 1875. John H. Hickman, Secretary. 
Maine Poultry Association. Portland, January 12, 13, 14, 
and 15, 1875. Fred. Fox, Secretary, Portland, Maine. 
Massachusetts Poultry Association. Boston, Music Hall, 
January 27 to February 4, 1875. Wm. B. Atkinson, Sec- 
retary. 
Western New York Poultry Society, Buffalo, New York. 
February 10 to 17, 1875. Geo. W. White, Secretary. 
Exc^/\NqES. 
inis ' Advertisements in this Column, op Five Lines, or Forty- 
Eight Words, describing and offering for exchange only, will 
RE ALLOWED AT 25 CENTS FOR EACH AND EVERY INSERTION. 
TO EXCHANGE.— LITHOGRAPHS OF WASHINGTON, copied 
from the original picture, by Guilbert Stuart, 13 x 17 inches, to exchange 
for “American Standard,” and “Wright’s Brahma Fowl;” one pair for 
“ Standard,” two pairs for “Brahma Fowl.” 
Address WM. D. ZELL, 422 N. Charlotte St., Lancaster, Pa. 
GOLDEN SEBRIGHTS wanted in exchange for Golden P. 
Hamburg, Rouen Ducks, Black Spanish Bantams; must be first-class; 
other fowls the same. 
SMITH A BRO., Stony Brook, Long Island. 
FRENCH POODLE.-Apure bred slut — pure white, very small, 
and well trained as a trick dog; value, $30; will exchange for Silver 
and Golden D. W. Game Bantams, or Silver and Golden Sebright Ban- 
tams. Must be first-class. 
GUSTAV DILLENBERGER, 69 Clifford St., Providence, R. I. 
Wm. H. Churchman, Esq., Chairman of the Executive Committee of the 
American Poultry Association : 
Dear Sir: Respectfully calling your attention to Article V, Section 1, 
of the By-Laws of this Association, we, the undersigned, members of 
your Committee, would urge upou you the necessity of calling together 
this Committee at as early a day as possible, and would name Wednesday 
morning, July 22, 1874, at half-past 10 o’clock, at the Metropolitan Hotel, 
New York City, as the time and place for said meeting. We would also 
ask you to cause to be published in the World, Bulletin, and Fanciers' 
Journal the announcement of the meeting, and inviting any one who has 
matters of interest to himself or to the Association, whether they be 
members or not, to be present in person, or to present their communica- 
tions, when in either case they would be properly listened to. We would 
respectfully ask you to send to each member of the Executive Committee 
this notice, or oue to this effect. 
We are, sir, very truly yours, 
A. D. Warren, Charles A. Sweet, Edward B. Smith, 
Philander Williams, Edmund S. Ralph, P. W. Hudson. 
To the Executive Committee American Poultry Association : 
In accordance with the above request, the Executive Committee of this 
Association will meet at the Metropolitan Hotel, in New York City, on 
Wednesday morning, July 22, 1874, at half-past 10 o’clock. Every mem- 
ber is particularly requested to be present. 
W. H. Churchman, President. 
E. S. Ralph, Secretary, 
Buffalo, N. Y., May 28, 1874. 
The Constitution and By-Laws of the American Poultry Association 
will be furnished by addressing the Secretary as above. 
J. Y. BIOKNELL, WESTMORELAND, ONEIDA CO., N. Y. 
I have a splendid lot of young Aylesbury Ducks from my best imported 
strains, not a blemish on one of them. They will be ready to ship Aug. 
1st. Price, $10.00 per pair, if ordered soon. 
XOTICE TO SHIPPERS.— For $1.25 I will send one brass Sten- 
cil Alphabet and Figures, size 1 inch, with can of stencil paste and brush, 
complete. Also, Stencil and Name Plates, all sizes. Letters answered 
same day as received. Stencils by mail, postpaid. 
Address WM. D. ZELL, 422 N. Charlotte St., Lancaster, Pa. 
rings. 
