The New York herald., 1872-11-19

ing DOWN e the Seasn q a the full grown Cpoasn asn
HIM easily into the subject OF the chicken disease,
and that's Just what he was after.
the a n
disarmed all suspicion as TO his true character.
'what in the deuce is this chicken disease hear
The elderly man hastily showed his hat to the
back Of his head, crossed his arms over MS manly
Ss pns s looking the Straight IN
eye, uttered the monosyllanle
His innocent interlocutor waited quietly for some
thing more definite, but the elderly man had ap-
parently made up his mind that the mOnosyllable
reporter after awhile, by repeating the question in
different way, was treated with longer reply.
II was again Sst Win .re .ne me- xprd o
sensen seemed to strike some hidden key in the
rosy checked young mans breast and, suddenly
take a sudden goodby to the mustache, near which
they had all along been keeping loving companion
Yes. sir it's ali stun and nonsense. The chick.
ems have got no more disease than l have" and at
this he to dead stop, as II to let the reporter
his own sanitary condition. The reporter, how
ever, made no attempt to do anything OF the kind,
whereupon the youth continued, as MS hands again
the mnstacne, "The newspapers started this
story to
The reporter made manifest by holy look OF
horror his detestation of such thing as a news
paper seeking to ruin anybody, which seemed to
give the young man courage to proceed. And he
did proceed thus:-"They have done it before, and
and they won't this time neither, viii they 'n The
gueery which wound up this obituary OF the news
papers was s addressed to the elderly man, who,
PUTTING DOWN THE LAW
about stun and nonsense, was ready to JOIN in the
conversation again, so ne remarked ScQtcu-
tioualy without committing himself, about the
dreadful purposes OF the newspapers
"As said before this talk about the chicken dis
ease is stuff and nonsense. Pve been in the p0ul-
try business goin' on torty year, and ! never re-
as is here in the market now. There Is inspectors
here who is experts, and they'll tell You the same
thing, and tney don't get paid for it neither Now
lremember some time ago there was great talk
but the messe ana hat to make
over lem after; but never seed any measly hog
meat in this market. Fact Is,
THE MEN IN THE MARKET
toners IS not to ss meat as
=, And here :,e .ae young man broke in and took up
...v .dea the older one had just put forth.
antly, "peope here are as particular as can be-.
Then the Old man added, "Now this chicken
disease Is all talk I've seen chickens have what's
called the pip and many Ov 'cm die ov 1T;
sas ' SsT" % Tsie So @
JlItb Ill Vic hEhALD dUoub IHc HCtus vi
the hens gettin' sweled up didn't know much
about chickens,n and the old gentleman laughed
aloud at the very thought OF hens head beng
swollen. The mention OF the HERALD appeared to
excite the young man to q wonderful degree, and,
losing hold Of his knees and bringing his right hand
energetic slap that well nigh startled the reporter
out OF his wits, he exclaimed:-
.CHICKENs WITH SwELLED HEADS!
We'd ju,t like to see one OF those HERALD re-
porters down here, we would. reckon the boys
would % make him have swelled head in less than
This threat made the reporter feel more than
usually comfortable, but, not feeling over anxious
for a scrimmage, he quietly suppressed his inciina-
tiOn to throw Off his igc00., and thereby he the
blessed means OF creating lively time among the
stalls and remarked
$50 the boys would go for' the HERALD men,
would they 2''
The young man threw back his head savagely
caught hold OF his knees again IN the old way and
ler&ed out through his clenchCd teeth, as il he'd
like to have one OF the HERALD reporters for o
meal, They wouldn't stay long # they'd come
sick that they'd leave this market alone for some
time," and the murderous emphasis the young
man put on the words 80 sick" was enough to
make reporters blood run cold
"Do you think the newspaper men want to ruin
yon people here ~ asked the reporter.
"Yes, | do. l know they do,'' said the young
man, growing more savage in appearance by
degress "they want to have this market pulled
down. They've been at it for years They've ALL
Market up town, and they think tney can put us
out OF here SO Wen 60 up there. But they can't,
ttiSJ dilu JuSI mere Iuc young uldH lOOk u
long breath and then wound up by excaiming,
"rney can't; because
THERE'S TOO MUCH MONEY HERE.n
The reporter at this stage OF the conversation
changed the subject to the price OF chickens which
he ascertaincd, with savage growl from the young
man, woudn't go down cent on account Of the
disease talk" He then bid the stall keeper good
by and trudged along quietly through the market
and in the poultry districts just as though there
was not price on his head and Washington
Market was not in New York.
THE RAvAGEs OF THE DISEASE
1t may be said. by way OF conclusion that during
his travels in Fulton Market the reporter ran
across a gentleman residing at Roselle, N. j., who
informed him that, despite the denas of the poul-
try dealers in the city, the disease was making sad
ravaReS among the poultry In that vicinity and
elsewhere that he had obtained reliable informa-
tion about. neighbor OF his lost twenty nine
chickens on Saturday, and he had heard OF another
who had large hennery who had lost ten and
had nearly all the rest OF his stock SICK He also
gave it as his opinion, from personal observation
having lost all his own chckens-seventeen all
told-that the disease was caught by the chickens
been sick of the epizooty. "You see,u said he,
"the food was saturated with the poisonous fluid
tnat ran from the horses noses, and in eating IL
they got naturally sick They also get 1T by pick
ing in the dung heaps where the soiled straw the
sick horses stables--whch was more or less in
fected-was thr0wn.n
THE REMEDY.
"What is good remedy Tor the disease ~ he was
asked.
Il don't know what ought to be done for the sick
foWs,' he said "but II those not already sick are