Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-23
SIisabsts Gully @onitor,
PUBLISHED AT 1855 BROAD STREET. BY
J. MADISON DRAKE.
CoRRY O'LANUs, EPTsTLE.
ON THE POULTRY SHOW.

| ON THE POULTRY SHOW.
| Feeling deep interest in chickens, /
went to the recent Poultry Show in
New York. ....;t
| Horace Greeley was there, also,
| Horace, as an agriculturist, takes an
interest in poultry.
| I am very fond of chickens.
| Either boiled, roasted, or fricasseed.
| can contemplate the stately rooster
with satisfaction, and the cackle of the
maternal chicken is music to me.
We kept chickens once, but local cir
cumstances were unfavorable to the pur
suit. r.a
Our dog used to eat up the eggs, the
rats ran away with the small chickens,
and the hens had an uncomfortable pro-
| pensity to scratch up the garden, which
interfered with Mrs. O'Lan us horticul-
tural designs. a
So we gave up the attempt to raise
chickens, dined on the stock, and have
since relied on the grocer for fresh eggs
and the butcher for spring chickens.
Which, if you live in the city, is
about the cheapest way :of obtaining
those luxuries.
Mrs. O'Lanus' is passionately attach
ed to country life, having lived in the
city, and she cultivates hope that we
shall one of these days become wealthy
aud retire to farm, where we can keep
chickens, COWS, ducks, swans, turkeys,
pigeons, horses, lambs, and deer of our
own.
Z, It is surprising how much agricul.
tural knowledge Mrs. O'Lanus has col
lected and laid by for use when that
time comes.
She knows how to milk, aud is going
to teach Miranda.
And how to make butter. .s
She won't have any sheep, only
lambsd al
They are so much tenderer, and their
wool is softer. a.H
| And the only kind of pigs she will
have will be Guinea pigs
Our farm will be principally devoted
to fruit.
We shall raise strawberries, bananas,
oranges and pineapples.
And Themisticles is to have garden
spot to raise all his own peanuts.
Mrs. OLanus wanted to know what
kind of fowl laid egg-plants, and
thought we might find out at the poul-
try. show, but Greeley in his opening
address didn't say anything about it.
| But to return to the show 80. r.,
| 1t was very interesting exhibition.
| There were all sorts of fowls there,
from a weathercock to tailors goose.
| There were also various domestic
animals, dogs, cats, canaries, fawns and
rabbits. o. ai.l 4laoe t.E
| like rabbits, WEIGH rabbits and gol-
den bucks in particular, taken on toast.
AS you entered the menagerie there,
o general cackle salated your ears, like
the grand swell of an orchestra to.
wards the close of an overture.
never saw SO many chickens togeth-
er before, in Fulton market. ~ d 81
| Besides American chickens, there
were chickens from England, Ireland,
France and Germany, all growing and
cackling in their native tongue, which
| gave singular tone to the chorus.
| Most of these foreign birds have
come over expressly for the show %
| One smart-looking Irish rooster had
already become citizen and kept his
naturalization papers under his left
wing. .EIH@ -.
didn't ask him what ticket he was
going to vote knew by the redness
of his gills that he was a sound Demo
GRAFT. .g.1rss.
He crowed with quite rich brogue.
A sweet German accent was observa
able in the cackle of a matronly hen
who came from Hamburg.
There was a French rooster, who
strangely reminded you of Napoleon.
He strntted about with good deal of
dignity, and occasionally crowed def
ance to pair of Bismark bantams in
coop opposite. -e
One mistake about the show was,
they didn't have any cock-fghting.
1t would have made the show more
interesting to have had few mains
between the different nationalities rep
sehted. .sn. a.ln l..a H
A fight between pair of English and
Irish ROSTERS might have settled the
Fenian question.
In case there had been any entry
made, L was going to take over little
bantam rooster kept by neighbor of
o yer the way.
You ought to see that bird.
He isn't bigger than a pint of cider.
But he is as gritty as soft shell CLANS.
He fights every thing that comes along
dogs, cats and chickens.
He won't stand any nonsense from ii Q
boys in the street, either, if they come
to close quarters.
His last street engagement was quite
original. er & HR8
A young lady came along the street.
She had the Grecian bend and pan
nier, and / suppose the little rooster
must have mistaken her for an ostrich,
or some other wild fowl.
AS she approached he made set at
her, bounced up and down, tapped his
wings with other indications of fight.
Young lady tried to shoe him off with
her handkerchief. sae
| Rooster wasn't to be shoo-ed off, but
grew fercer in his onsets.
The situation was embarrassing.
| That is, to the young lady-rooster
seemed to enjoy it.
Several small boys attracted to the
spot, bet tops and marbles on the roos-
/ to-. fif q.