Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-08
The Poultry show.


Noisy? "Well, yes, reethcr so" to use the
language of the precocOus Bailey. In point of
| confusion poultry shows beat town meetings all
| hollow. All try to ''holler," generally, in both
| cases; but never until wOman's rights are fully
| established, can gathering of politicians so
nearly approach pandemonium as a mscelane-
GUS collection of fcathcry scrcechcrs. The
seventh annual exhibition Of lthe New Eng
land Poultry Club, which began at Horticultural
hall, yesterday, bids fair to be the biggest and
the noisiest one ever held here. 1t beats all ere
| atOn-this ,inharmonOus and unceasng din,
this cOnglomeratOn of every known sound, from
a Brahma steam gong to Bantum fife, from a
bronze turkey earthquake to a dovely COO 1t is
the intention of the club to continue the cxhibi-
ton four days; but if it does, something will
| burst or else the spirit of emulation and strife
among the ROSTERS must die out.
Horticultural hall is filled halt way to the
ceiling with hen residences, and from there
up with sound-CrowS direct, and echoS of crows
g0bbles stincd and gobbcs unrestraincd. The
coops are arranged in avenues; eight avenues,
thickly populated, and the residents always at
home. No family in the whole feathered city
knows enough to keep quiet but the ducks, and
we half suspect that their silence is owing more
to sheer laziness than anything else. Oh yes,
there is another household that keeps quiet
the dear little doves; the nice little pigeons; the
amiablc little cheats that pinch each other with
all the spite of a sour-tempercd old setting hen,
but never squawk, and consequently maintain
the reputation of being the most peaceable little
birds that ever engaged in Olive-branCh trans
pOrtation and lovc-letter carrying. Some of
the pigeons on exhibition are really the pretticst
ones ever shown in these parts. There are
all styles of beauty among them, but for
genuine prettiness give us those pure
white specimens, with tail-feathers stick
ing every way, and looking for all the world
as though they popped into eXistencc-likc a
kernel of corn after having undergone the pop
ping transformation. Then there were dcmurc
little chocoate-colored doves, with ruflcs around
their nccks like the lace around Queen Eliza
beth's in the "HistoTy of English Queens"
The carrier pigeons didn't seem to 70 so much
on style, carried no unnecessary plumcs and,
in fact, didn't seem TO carry anything of inter
est; but they were undoubtedly all ready and
anxious to do so.
About the real hens, it's hard to tell; the best
way Is u 70 u INC coops ana read the fancy
names on the cards, then you'll know how it
is yourself" and feel satisfied. There are "lots
of 'em" in the hall. Brahmas Black Spanish
IOudans, in calico dresses, Creve Coucrs, Sultans
WIN he'uS ike snow Dals, numbering big Buff
OochlilS, ana, IN TACT every breed that ever had
,,,I. III,
"''nic auu Solhe WITHOUT speaking OF hens:
ucht'e reauer' uld you ever see "Rumplcss"
men; IL not, hasten 10 Horticultural hall, (show-
ing your ucket 10 the doorkceper as matter of
polcy when you pass in) file right, and come
u II hait before the thlrd or fourth coop on the
east Slue OIL tue mouse, prepare your nerves for
he SHOCK, ana then gaze on the homclicst hens
ana roosters that were ever permitted to attend
al poultry SNOW Inc front view is all right,
""u' S''"nse Us II may seeIn' you can detect
III 'he open expression OIL countenance no trace
oi thoruhcatioh OF SADNESS ut being cursed for
'Nei Nanu llelr ciiurch childIeh) 10 wander
"'o"' "i'"o"' '"li til't ornament Oh whlch
'"o Po'coeA "ot alolc Is Nain' Inc truth
iot ~ "lcheuiS Stlhe' VIC rise 10 explain
''"' NV i'" GU" Vi 'ulnpi neh Slopes OH as
Sniootu "S 'he pate Oh oaldheaded IDIOT.
l" '''e WoSt ahte-room' IN company with other
cheap l"oor' were TWO heathen Chinese geese,
VIII" pumps oh thclr hcads IKE ornamental
souruS' anu VOICES resembling thousand pairs
vi nc" cowniuc pootS walking IN concert up the
uii9arfeted alSleS oil a country church, while
thousand INCREASED OK carts were passing out
SIDE FOR what these CRITTERS" were peculiar,
we nave not the remoteSt idea. Of all the fowls
IN TINS world that we should think, according to
carly teaching, would delight in the pOmp and
splendor OF a poultry show, the peacock would
be the one but here we sec one of these stylish
olrdS' with gorgeous tan, boxed up away
at the larther end OF the hall, with as
little chance OF displaying its superior dress
as the much-apused Cinderella had of 90
ing to the oall, and with its GROWING glory
hanging Oack over inc hclShDoring coops, as
useless ana as much out OF place as trailing
SKIRT at cohlion party 1t is quite likely,
however, that tins obscurity will not continue,
and doubtless the managers Of the show will
give this vain bird an opportunity when, in the
MIDST oil their numerous duties, theyfnd time. 1t
seemed necessary TO say something about the
Dlrd, so IN fhS appeal for fair play. Where
oh where are the guinea hens, with speckled
backs2 and why do we see these white ones in
thelr stcadF Just because the Plymouth Rock
olddies have stolen the design of dress from
the old kind, must we be deprived of a coop