The union Democrat., 1870-06-25
FROM MARK TWAIN.
mere Di..iacsiea.

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I have received the following notice:
Tas WESTERN N. Y. porLrRY SoclerY,
SEQ BurrALo, June I, 1870,
Mark T.caia. Esq-Sir: AT recent
meeting of the Executive COMMITTEES of The
Western New York Poultry Society, you
were elected an honorary mep.her ef the So
ciety.. f. C. DEANE.
Es4R# fA Recording Secretary.
..It never rains hnt i, pours" Neither do
distinctions begin to fall on man in a sprin-
he but very sho,tly they increase to food.
Within the space Of one short month | have
been raised to the dignity of honorary men,
hership in Agricultural, Horticultural and
Vim cultural S.~ieties in the States Of iowa.
Indiana, California. Massachusetts, Mary
land and Persyivania, and now IA a cnlmi-
mating grandeur, have become an hnhor-
airy member of the Western New York Poui-
try Society, and nay rsvenous ambition is
satisfied.
Seriously, from early youth I have taken
especial interest in the subject Of poultry.
raising. and so this membership torches a
resdy sympathy in my shreast.. Even as
school-hov, poultry-ra;sing was study with
me. and may say without egotism that as
early rs the age of seventeen Twas acfuant-
ed with all the hest and speediest methods 'of
raising chickens. from raising them off
raost by burning lucifer matches under their
noses, down to lifting them eff a fence on a
frosty nigh: by in>inuating the end OF a warm
hoard under thei- heels. Bv the time | was
twenty years old. l really suppose l bad
raised mare poultry than any one individual
IN oil the section round about there. The
very chickens came to know my talent bv and
L. r. L.. 4
the earth fer worms, and oh roo>ters that
came t" crow remained to pray when |
passed by.
have had so much experience in the rails
ing &C f,wls, thatI cannot hut think tha.
few hints from me might be usefnl tn the So-
riesv. The two me'hods have already
touched upon are very simple. and are only
used in the raising Of tie commonest class Of
fowls one il for winter. In the cne case
ven start uut with friend along, nhout IL
o'clock on snmmar's night. tnm later, be-
canse in some Staies--especially in Caiifnr- !
mia and observation-disclosures always rouse up |
Ut midnight and crow from ten to thirty min
utes, according tn the esse or difficulty. they |
experience in. getting the public walked up,
and your. friend carries w.,h him a sack. |
Arrived ut the hen rnost, (your neighbnr's. |
not your own. ynu light march and hold II |
uGder frst nne and then another epuHet's
nose, until they are willing 10 go into that
bag without making any trouble about it.
You then return home, either taking the bag
with yoI or leaving II behind. nrcording ms
shall dictate N Bal hucel
seen the time wien il was eligible and appre-
nr's'e TO leave, the sack behind and walk
off with considerable velnriry. without ever
leaving word where to send il. @'a saH ks
In The case ofthe either n,ethod mentioned
for raising poultry. your friend takes along
covered vessel with a charcoal fire in it, and
YOU Garry long. slender plank This is a
frosty night. understand. Arrived at the
tree. Or fehce, or other hen-roost. fvour own.
;f you are an idiot. Won warn the aend Of
your pia"E in gour friends fire vessel. and
then raise alnft ard ea.e il up gently against
& slumhering chickens foot If The subject
of vnur attentions is trBe bird, he viii in
fallibly return thanks witha sleepy cluck nr
two and step and take up quarters on the
plank. Thus becoming go consp:ceusly acccs-
sorv before the fact to his own murder as to
make il q grave question in our minds. mn il
once was in the mind of Blackstone, whether
he is MT really AMI deliberately committing
suicide in the second degree. Bnt yor en-
ter into contemplation Of these legal refine
mpnts subseqnen,lv--not then I t9. 4a'
When vo,i wish to raise fine, large. dom
key-voired Shanghai rooster. YOU do il with a.
|asso. inst as yn,I wou ID y hall II ia hsca use
he must he chrked, and 1choked effectuallv.
ton. II ia the only gnhd. certain wav, for
whenever he mentions q matter which he is
cordiallv interested in. the chances are nine
fv-nine in hundred that he secures somebody
alse's Immediate attention to it too, whether
t he dav or night eai baa teah& - -
The Black Spanish is nm exheedinelv fine
bird AMI costly one. Thiriy-fve dollars ia
the usual figure. and fifty a mot uncommon
price Cor specimen. Even it's eggs are
worth frnm dular to dollar and a-half
niece, and vet are so unwhalesomea that the
,ity physician seldom or never orders them
for the work house. Sill. | have once or
vice procured as high - dozen time for
nothing, in the dirk of the moon. The best
xay 10 raise the Black Spanish fowl, is to go
ate in the evening and raisa ceop and all.7
The reason | recommend this method is, that {
he birds being 50 ahsurdly valuable. the
'wners do mt permit them 10 rocst around
hut put them in a coop as
trong a. 7firp-proof safe. and keep il tn the
'irchen at aigtt. TIE method speak of is
rot afwavs bright and satisfying success
ind vet there are so many little articles of
'ertu about a kitchen tha. rif vnu fail on the :
'oop, You can generally bring away some
hing else. brought away q nice steel trap
me night. worth fifty cents. Il!
Bnt what ia the use in my pouring ont nv
vhole intellect on this, suhiecf have
hown the Western New York Poultry Spcie-
y that they have taken &c their bosom par +,
Y who ia not ASPIRING chicken hv any means.
mt man WIN knows all ahont poultry, and !
= Just IA high M in the m,.st efficient methods
'f raising il rs the President of the institn-
ion himself. / Thank these gentlemen right +,
and heartily for the honorary men,- 4,
,ership they have conferred upon me. and
hall stand at all times ready and willing 10
esfifv nv good feeling and nv official zeal
" deedsIas well as by this hastily penned ad- ,
ice and information. Whenever they are
eadv 10 go 10 raising poultry, let them calf
or me just any evening after e:eyefl O'Clock
md ehall be on hand prompsiv. Haaeh daia /
.sfa MARK TwANs alI'
p. S.-Ta the Recording Secretary: /
,now two or three good ulaces. s.- s,s,s Il