. Fanciers' journal and land & water . w about three years old. Has two short, well-worn spurs inthe place where the spurs ought to be, and on the inside of kneesalso decidedly horn-Uke, not unlike, spurs. He is unsymmetricaland clumsy ; but his mate is a young hen, of splendid carriage,pure ivhite ear lobes, lop comb, legs lightish willow, and plumage abrownish or slaty blue. This hen, except leg coloring and plum-age, is a grand style Leghorn. The vessel was from Paraguay,South America, and the crew could be hardly understood, but said, He great tunny chicken, etc. The price paid for him is
. Fanciers' journal and land & water . w about three years old. Has two short, well-worn spurs inthe place where the spurs ought to be, and on the inside of kneesalso decidedly horn-Uke, not unlike, spurs. He is unsymmetricaland clumsy ; but his mate is a young hen, of splendid carriage,pure ivhite ear lobes, lop comb, legs lightish willow, and plumage abrownish or slaty blue. This hen, except leg coloring and plum-age, is a grand style Leghorn. The vessel was from Paraguay,South America, and the crew could be hardly understood, but said, He great tunny chicken, etc. The price paid for him is evi-dence enough that he was not fixed up for speculation any way. Now, about that laying hen. Neither Mr. Rogers nor myselfhave found time to go there. Mr. Rogers is indignant to thinksome people are so ungenerous as to intimate that u-e would dis-seminate such information did we not feel satisfied there wasreally something in it. Sworn affidavits of the best citizens ofthe State, Mr. Rogers says, can be obtained, that have witnessed. August 15, 1877. THE FANCIERS JOURNAL. 159 Lady Macduffs efforts. Although I have not seen any of thecitizens that have seen for themselves, jet Mr. Rogers has, and hisword is sufficient to me, for, as I before said, he is not one tocountenance a fraud or humbug in any form. A gentleman wasout here to see me the other day from the citj. I asked him ifhe had heard about that hen. He replied, An acquaintance ofmine peddles wooden-ware in that neighborhood, and on one ofhis trips a friend asked him to go a little ways with him, hewanted to show him a curiosity; said he went, and found about Jifti/people standing around a hen; staid two hours or so, and she laid foureggs while I was there. As I got it, so give I it unto thee. As soon as possible, I shallendeavor to unravel all, and ocular demonstration shall convertme, and that only,—for I should not otherwise be satisfied to sayfurther to your readers—no matter how well 7 may be satisfiedpersona
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