The History of The Hen Fever Part 31

{ on those same trees "next season"! }

Pall Bearers. [ HIS COFFIN, BEHIND. ] Heirs to his estate.

Aids, { BELIEVERS THAT COCHITUATE WATER IS } Aids, 12 Respectable { WHOLESOME (in a chaise) } Board of Physicians. { } Commissioners.

15 { Chicken Fanciers who _didn't_ buy their eggs } 15 Marshals. { of me, and who _expected they would hatch_! } Marshals.

{ (Four thousand strong.) }

Aids, { A body of Express Agents, who never shook up } Aids, the { the eggs intrusted to them (though they } the Conductors. { occasionally shook down their employers). } Brakemen.

BAND.--Air: "_O, I never will deceive you!_"

Flanked by { "_My friend_ THE PRESIDENT," } and the the Subscribers { In the carriage presented to him } "mourners" who for _that_ { by "the people," drawn by that } _didn't_ obtain "Double Harness," { "_superb_ pair of $1500 horses" } fat offices.

{ which we read of in the papers. }

Motto: { } Motto: "_I'll see you in the Fall._" { BANNERS. } "_Save me from my friends!_"

Full Band.

{ The Hatch Grey Shanghae Express Co., } Aid, { with the latest news from Nantucket } Aid, BRa.s.s & CO. { and "Marm Hackett's Garden." } THE "COLONEL."

{ _Motto_: "IMPORTANT, IF TRUE!" }

Aid, { Holders of _Second_ Mortgage R.R. Bonds, } Aid, Two { 24 deep, in 2400 sections. } One Presidents. { BANNER. } Treasurer.

{ Motto: "_There's a good time coming._" }

Aids, { The owner of the first "Brahma Pootra" } Aids, 5 Regular { fowls in America, with a map of India } Faculty of Doctors. { on the seat of his pantaloons. } Ripum College.

Aid { The original members of the } Aid, Lucy Brick { "WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION." } Abby Fulsome.

{ BAND.--Air: "_Why don't the men propose?_" }

Aids, { The "wreck of Burnham's character" } Aids, The First { caused by the _powerful_ newspaper } The "Porte-Monnaie Premium Fowls { a.s.saults of one } I owe 'em { THE BEE MINUR, A.SS. } Company."

BANNER.--Motto: "_Don't_ he feel bad!"

No { The Poultry Fancier who had found out the exact } Too far aid for { difference between a "Cochin-China" and a } gone!

him! { "Shanghae." }

Unpaid { Delinquent subscribers to northern } Disappointed Compositors. { _Farmers_, twelve deep, and three } "Press Gang."

{ miles long! }

Marshal. { The "editor," suffering } Marshal.

{ from a severe attack of _roup_. }

{ Dr. Bangit, } DAVID. { with the unsold copies of his Poultry-Book, } GOLIAH.

{ in a huge baggage-wagon, drawn by 14 horses. }

{ A battalion of victims to the Hen Fever, who } Aids, Aids, { had bought eggs that "didn't hatch" and who } 15 friends 15 Sisters { were waiting patiently to have their money } to the of Charity. { returned! } Insane { } Poor.

Marshal { My _legal_ friend (on a mule) who promised } Jail Keeper and { to spend a thousand dollars in prosecuting } and 4 Deputy { me for selling him _Shanghae_ eggs for } Constables.

Sheriff. { _Cochin-Chinas_! }

Aid, { Fat Johnny Jiles, with the head of a _pure_ } Aid, Barnam. { "Black Spanish" crower on a salver. } Burnum.

{ The men who _didn't_ take the first premiums } Marshals. { (when I was round) at the Poultry-Shows } Marshals.

{ (in deep mourning). }

Aids, A { The political remains of Frank Pierce, } Aids, "Cabinet" of { in a toy wheelbarrow, with BANNER, } His own Curiosities. { on a "sharp stick." Motto: "_Veto._" } Opinions!

Aid, { Victims who purchased Minor's } Aid, Editor of the { "Patent Cross-grained Collateral } GEN. BANGIT, _Northum { Beehives," with Motto: } of the "Nauvoo Farmer_. { "_Burned child dreads the fire._" } Legion."

Aids, { _Customers for_ "_Ozier Willow_," } Aids, The Sellers. { in two sections, _one man deep_. } The Victims.

{ BANNER.--Motto: "_I rather guess not!_" }

Marshals { A huge concourse of "Copper Stock" and } Marshals.

{ "Agewuth Land" owners, in deep sables. }

FULL BAND.--Air: _Dead March._

BANNER.--Motto: "_You're sure to win--if you don't lose!_"

==> A smooth-skinned _pure_ "Suffolk" Pig, _imported_. <==>

Twenty-four Sewing Machines, "_warranted_."

Aid, { President of the "PORTE-MONNAIE I OWE 'EM } Aid, Secretary. { COMPANY," as Richard III. on horseback. } Treasurer.

Nine "Bother'em Pootrums," rampant.

The few { The identical lot of "pure-bred" fowls that } The unlucky { Bangit, Plarsterd, Minor, Humm & Co., } Believers Buyers. { _imported_ (over the left) "for the Southern } in this { market," in 1853! } story!

The Hen that lays two eggs a day!

Treasurer of the "Mut. Adm'n Society."

Defunct Hucksters, in a tip-cart.

Four empty Hen-Coops, on wheels.

==> Breeders of _pure_ Alderney cattle! <== who="" furnish="" pedigrees="" with="" long="">

An effigy of the LAST MAN that will buy Shanghae chickens (in a strait-jacket).

Police { Purchasers of Live Stock who bought of my compet.i.tors; } Sheriff and { with BANNER. } and Aids. { Motto: "_We got more than we bargained for!_" } posse.

The Hen-Men who "pity Poor Burnham."

MY OWN CASH CUSTOMERS, 10,000 _strong_!

CAVALCADE.