The Republican journal., 1876-11-09
No More Frauds or Thieves!
Centennial Notes.
Correspondence Of the journal.

| uOS snow was lunnV anu noisy enough but tnlS
| beggars definite description. You walk up and
| down amid the secmingl ly endless coops, twist
| ing your heck alternately on this side and that,
till you envy the fcvibility Of the birds cervi-
cal JOINTS: you wear perpetual grin of sur
| prsed amusement, and meet precisely the
same expression on every face about you; you
! make a confidential comment to the friend of
| YOUR soul who was at YOUR side an instant ago,
and discover that you are addressing an entire
| stranger, while the said friend has Jagged be-
| hind to examine some specially attractive hen;
You grow weary Of saving II BEG your pardon"
TO the people who cannot help hustline, and
meantime you listen 10 the grand Wagncrian
| chorus, rising and falling on all sides. Now it
| Is the deep, majestic solo of some gigantic
| Shanghai, who could very easily pick anything
| from your mantel; then the shlill clarion tone
of 1.-The cock who croWed in the morn,'' and
who was mixed up with "the house thai Jack
| built" III very praiSe-Worthy manner. His
| challenge is answered by a hundred equally
! piercing cries, and then comes fierce "@ob-
| bic" from the region where Turkey hold, sway
| without the slightest fear of Iu sian nteryen-
ton. 4 feeble attempt to be heard announces
the presence OF the Bantam crew; the geese
hiss, the ,lIlcla Wadde and quack the canary
birds try to sing, and the pigeons keep up an
| incessant cooin@, which is under the cream
| stances very a9graV ating But O, what beau
ties there are in the pigeon coops. There are
those of the ordinary tint and shape, there are
others a4 white the driftcd snow. one coop
has a pair OF exquisite birds cunnn@y putting
their dear little heads together and showing
blacl, wings closed over white bodies; then
YOU see Il long proccsSio Of the loyelest, soft
est brown mingled with white; a cluster Of the
| pretty f:tn-tailed species makes you pause to
watch their strutting, and the Jacobins, very
much rultled to their crests, shake their
| heads ticrcely ~ the reyolltioniSts for
whom they are named. The poutcrS in all
colOrs puff themselves up extremely, looking
rs il they suffered with uoitye;: and o dear.
those wretched routers destroyed for me one
OF my pet illusions. have always believed in
the sweet temper and angelic behavior of
doves. The very name is synonym for gen.
tleness; but yesterday | beheld Il conjugal al
tercation of the tierce>t type between two
d0reSi 1t was exceedingly funny to see Mrs.
Dove retire into her corner, rs if entirely sub
dued by the sharp remarks of Mr.. Dove, who
walked about in stately fashion, winking at us
as who should say, .'l'll tolerate no rebellion
in my houses you see how easily can settle
her. and US he turned his back the meek Mrs.
Dove, swiftly and silently rising TO the occu-
sion, would rush after him, "gettng in'' three
or four specially vicious peclls before his high
ness could even turn round. OF course she had
to ''take it, the next minute, but the thought
of her own executive ability was very comfort
ing. The Carrier Pigeons are the most inter-
esting, though by no means beautiful as
some others. Their plumage must be superb
in the full sunlight, and they carry their dainty
heads in :, most knowing fashion. Round the
ewes and bill they have singular pink eNcres-
ccnces, like little rosettes. One pair was val
ued ut $500 vet the birds We're only Ii fancy
breed. utterly useless The genuine Antwerp
carriers had Il basket of their own but ii was
so small that the pretty creatures seemed sad
| IL crowded. What marvellous stories they tell
"f their professional flights. A gentleman who
seemed to be in authority informed Inc that
their ordinary speed was forty miles an hour,
though sixty was no unusual feat, and they had
been known To fly utuetN That sounds like
| Baron Munrhausen, doesn't il The idea of
sending messages by such poetic posts is
charming. Fancy opening your window some
sunny morning with the name of your best be-
| loved on Your lips, and meeting there the rush
ing wing of the carrier dove bearing his latest
| missiVc! Would it ada to YOUR pleasure, fair
| maiden, or would the very presence Of the bird
distract Your attention from the all-engrossinY
| delight contained in the written SCROLL | IA
ther think the livered poatman who gives his
authoritative pull to your bell is quite as salts
factory. after all.
| The silver and golden Chinese HhCasantS are
more brilliantly colored than any other birds,
and the vain things know it, They are con-
stantly whskino back ana forth, pretending to
listen to some distant sound that they may take
| striking attitudes, and picking away at their
food with d;slainul airs; but some of the more
useful kinds of ordinary poultry have very
lovely plumage hearing the closest inspection.
| There are SO many beautiful shades OF brown
| and gray while others, notified adj over with
| a regular distribution Of black and white, show
! wa1tles and crests Of the most vivid scarlet.
But it, no use; | can't even mention the amaZ-
SIX hundred coops flled Just what relation
| cats, rabbits and Guinea pigs bear TO the poul-
try yard | leave You to determine But there
they are at the show, attracting us much atten-
ton as anything else. The rabbits are pulest
white, with long eura whose pink lining matches
their funny ro>e-eoored eyes; pussy, is Il Nal
tese beauty with the doWniest fur, and the 1roll
| little guinea pi%S are an exceedingly lively
| @ronp in whom the children take extreme de
| light.
Various aud sundry gentlemen exhibit As
many different batrhin% arrangements, more
elegantly termed "incuba;ors.' | examined
one Of them which is said to produce chickens
! from eighty per cent of the eggs entrusted to
| its fostering care. The eggs are placed upon
| cloth screens stretched between two shallow
| tanks. One of these contains cold water; the
| upper one is full of water heated to 10lA by An
| ingenious outside affair looking very like 4
nursery lamp. When the temperature rises
| higher tEan 1872, it SO expands Il composition
| band that Il ventilation is opened and the heat
| shut OIL; when reduced TO the desired point the
| same intelligent band has contracted far enough
| to close the ventilator and again apply the heat.
| a shelf above the trays and tanks is to receive
the newly Matched chicks till they are dry
enough to be transferred TO the " artificial
mother" close ut hand. This unique invention
has glass covered play ground for the infant
brood and warm shelter to which they can
retire when they need nothering. In this cosy
retreat strips of fluffy canton flannel are sus-
| pended like a cloud of feathers and the poor lit
| tie deluded morsels rush round among them
uttering their pittul peeps" but meeting
never the long low gurglinS answer with which
| the real mother so tcnderly responds. Eggs
is eggs however, whether they are treated
sentimentally or practically; but if was Il hen
| wouldn't waive my naenable right to "set'
for anybody and | rather think no amount of
moral suason would keep me from brooding
my chicks, if science trus "agin' it,.
| FLUTTERING or ANOTHER SORT
has been going on in the French department.
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