Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-08
How Canarics ere COIOred

| According 10 the London Times no bird has
80 much attention paid 10 it as the csDary. /:
c,me originally from the islands that nave given
it its nama ; low the chief in portations are said
to be from S.. Helena, though we should have
supp 1sed tia, little brsiness was done in that
way, sitco .he birds arc 81 prolific when ,mes.
ticaled. MIR. Backs.on re IS us thai !hei; first
introduction ijIo Europe is believed TO have
been early 10 ,:!c SIX ccut;l century, Th7n snip
| clnlRiplng cInolgnDeJt ct Ihcm WIS cast
| away upon E "a.
The prisoners escaped, 10 he gradually re.
captured AID thcp cauGries became au Rrtlcie
of trade from Italy to Germany, where, from
| the f s., they were taken ioto general favor
] 10 Englaud, NJtwich has always held lis place
az the heac q lartcrs Of canary fsnoyinc, aud the
birds ere supposed to have ben brought there
by the exnairiateG Flemncs, who hsd from the
prosecutions Of Alga. To this day the Norwich
canary s'ill stands pre- cuiaeDt among those
| whose specially is color. Oilers Of the c1!gred
olass arc the LIZ rd-so r2mcd from s0me-
what fsrfetched rcscm hlarc3 10 s VaElagated
tnts to the Glistenlne rlpes op the back OF tue
reptile and the London Fancy" which ia
comparatively rare a5d not much sought after.
3 1t notbipg is more curious ID tho his orY OF
c,uary breeding than the romaik bic processes
of artificial co!crng, witch arc among tho dis
covaries Of very recent umes Canavlcs were
brought up for I1bitior; those showing lalut
" "a :cifu variations re supposed at hrst TO be
mars aocIdeots in the breeding; eRi il was
understood hat the WY tn p"rp,tuate or Im~
prove UPON any psrtlcurr bucs was to DO c:re-
'ul 10 selccting suitable parents. Even then,
and under The most favorable conditions, 1t was
|, cg ,ho H. bo
very much matter Of chincc. 1t occurred.
however. 10 c,r.:i1 Intelligent fanniers that
colors NIGH be ;hlo1ced by mo9 i,Mions 10
the diet. Many prescriptions were tcled With
thai oil cl-anoog orhcrs. marlcad hjwers,
strong sJlutiou of satf oo. c1chlnCa, nort vine,
bee, root mus ard seed etc., bu, With very i'm
peIfec results; when, suldeoly exhibitors
came into the ieId with SUCCESS that startled
enyious rivals. Suspicious were ai0uscd and
accusations freely iniugcd 10.
L. was said tnaI the C llorS ware the rosu'. OF
skillfu! dyeiug though the very auiaeIty OF
any such attempt should have raisci pre-
sumption for the Innocence Of the cxhiol ors.
10 satisfy The OH ors 50 fa5 as possible, the
birds were suh ;cted to severe rieats, b,lng
half stripped 10 tho process OF testing their
feathers But experienced judges like Mr.
Bsctston were satisfied and gave their aw rds
10 favor of these phenomena. Fioaly. one OF
the breeders of rich red birds, who had under
tsk,n to multiply them almoss to order
successfully proclaimed his scc'et ~ tho world.
1t consisted simply 10 feeding on cayenne.
Some birds will color readily, Others apparently
will hardly o!!9r q al AMI 10y slpayl0g food
from 9hic'' aIlOr ca b, socrates we ASCERTAIN
what birds have aad have not :he cpacly OF
doiug that. lhe Manifestations ct which consti.
LII ,lI,7;, lam ar
A HAUSTED HOTEL IN CANADA "A dis
patch from Montreal, dated October 4, says
'The spirits are ct work in Hudson, q pretty
village on the sh ,res of The Lake ofTWo Noun.
tains, Ottawa riv:r. forty miles from hcre, and
thc authorities ,th spiritual AID temporal, are
appealed to by the afffightcd people, who arc
mainly French. The Hudson Hotel. John
Park, proprietor, for two weeks past has been
haunted The manifestations occur 10 broad
daylight. Closed doors are throwa violently
open by unseen agency, and turnlturo, beds.
lioen, cooking and farming uulemonts and
food engage IN o general wal and are badly
o. 4 up. o. Friday afternoon last tho e7l!
genius held high b ,lidsy in ono o. the bed
rooms, notwihs andinG the pTeaeDoo Of several
work of the nDaeeu agent. Al hour later two
successive fires W re started 10 tho stables. but
were ex,ipguisbcd with slight damage. "a
Friday night the revels increased to such an cx'
tept that early on Saturday the pri s; Vas sum
moned and exercised the demon Pace reign.
ed supreme until the departure Of the clergy
man at abou. II a. N. Theo tie bottles OF
liouor 10 the bar showed great vi, atty, and
| fire broke out iu the hay loft Of the stables,
which we're burned to the grcu ID. The sur
| rounding outhouses we're saved aih difficulty.
| Ga Sunday The priest, assisted by clergy from
the Iodan village of Okla, just sclo5s tbe lake,
again exercised the demJu, who remained pas
sive until after Dighifa, when he oophocd bis
antics to the upper h:s. A strict watch is set
to di. yer if pol Ole the uc.us csuse OF the
distu: b noes and to pre7eD: 6cc. as shou ID tho
hotel be fired tue whole village would be co.
daneered