American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-01-20
ESTABLISHED IN 1926

| FATNaklHG FONLS.---li ~ ~ Cotlroo 70
fatten fowls in q vsry short lime, they
should be confined in email coops. Baily
@ys; "A coop fortEeits fowls | tDorkings)
shOald be thirty inches high. three feet
long and twenty two iuchss deep; II should
stand about thres fect from the ground the
front made Of bars about three inches a.
part; the bottom also made OF bars about
an inch and half apart to insure eIsanIi-
ness, and made 10 run the length Of the
coop. so that the fowl constantly stAnds,
when fee ling or resting, 10 the position Of
pefchipg the sidss. back, and top may b (
made the same. or back may be solid
Some writer's think il better 10 make halfof
the floor little incIine', and TO eoyet with
a board. Troughs, Tor feed and water !,
should be fastened around the edge Of the
coup. and tie whole placed in an out
building. as q barn or shed. away from
other fowls. For The. frst twenty -four
hours give water but no f;od. On The
second. day commence {, ediDg regularly
three times daily with The most ntitfitious
boiled wheat, 20. De-. The tkonghS
should be cleansed daily, and plenty Of
flesh clean sstsr given. aad Tia fowls
must be fed very early in the morning, and
they will eat at all Gmts. 10 from iottf-
teen to twenty days they viii be in their
best condition, when they should be Killed
Tor if kept longer they soon bs0Oihe dls-
eAsed.
Dorkiug. Spanish. Game, H.mburg aud
P.lish chickens Katchsd tie lA<t 3: Msy,ln
latitude 43,will DO wei 70 fatlen, when
three months oh. but Shanghai, Malay and
Java chicks should be at least month
older Chapter on Poultry in the Annu-
q Register fOr 1881 .i.,.l'.a., !, ",,1'
The DevIL's Tea KErrLE.-Thers Is
probably, no portion Of the eoninent
which affords wider fell for geological
research Ll$n the Great BASIN Of DeseEeI
or Utah. In that solitary Enexplorsd re-
gion are many curious salt lakes the ves-
tiges Of los. o can, the v .t,rs Of which
are so strongly imprssna'el with saline
matter that they are little hss than inn
mnenss reservoir. OF salt in lntion. Vast
rivers meandsr for hu.drsd, Of leagues
through sterile solitudss AID at length
mysteriously disappear in the thirsty dss-
ats. Immense depo its Of dAcadse The
water 10 some bc atoms. TO seethe and eff
feruesce like boiling canIdrons. Springs
of sulphur and springs Of boiling hot vat7
or, mountains Of snow and burning plains
smiling valleys and vast deposits of SUBJ
tefraneau ice. those and thodsaHd, other
wonders are 70 be sesnin the. Great Amsr-
lean basin. Lieut.. Sawtelle; Of the 10th
Iuf.ntry. while on the recent march across
the continent. at point about lorty miles
from, where the overland route first strikes
tho HumbOldt. saw very singular natursl
curiosity. which par oompliment, We will
name .'the dsyil's tea kstlle." On the
very apex Of eonieal shaped mound a.
bout Ell thty feet in hsight, was an unfath-
omable miniature lake OF warm wafer,
which had no apparent outlst or inlet.T-
The water was Quite tepid and perfectly
tlOnglucent, and its surface was ueariy on
level with the top Of the cone which con-
tsined it. Various attempts were made 70
fathom this curious tasin, but no bottom
could BE- found. AT the distance Of forty
feet from the base Of the mound. were a
number Of gushing fountains the %Stet Of
which was intensely hot. Can any ode exS
plain the mystery Of the ''dsTil's TED kettle.ii
Il PtacsrUiile Dtmoy0f. IA, d, 4liiry