Paris, and am much pleased
with it. I sometimes raise 1,000 chickens a season. I sell them
at prices all the way up from $1 to $3 apiece. You must remember
that they are full-blooded, and I always have my stock
replenished. I keep the best and sell for the highest prices.
They are generally sold to private families, who wish to get the
stock, and I always sell them alive. They are not much trouble to
raise, provided you know how, and have the accommodations for
doing it. I feed them corn, milk, meal and water, and pay
particular attention to their being properly housed. The eggs of
this breed are very rich, and I charge one dollar and a half for
a setting--that is, thirteen eggs.

"I have some three or four acres of wheat growing and it is
heading out finely. Oh!" said Mrs. Thomas, becoming more
enthusiastic, as she reviewed the incomes from the cereals, cows,
and chickens, "I am making money, and money is a standard of
success, although there is to me a greater pleasure than the mere
financial part of the business, which comes from the passion I
have for the life. I wish, indeed, that young ladies would turn
their attention to this matter. To me, it seems to open to them
an avenue for acquiring a competency in an independent way; and
to one who would pursue it earnestly, I know of no avocation
scarcely worth being classed with it."

"And you are not lonesome out here?"

"Oh! no. I never was lonesome an hour in my life--don't have
time; I have a great deal of work to do, and am always ready to
do it. Indeed, the only people I pity are those who do not work,
or find no interest in it. No, no; I have plenty of visitors, and
last week Jennie June, Lucretia Mott, and Anna Dickinson paid me
a visit and were very much pleased while here. I have two
grown-up boys, one in New York and the other in California; and
have reared thirteen children besides my own family--colored,
French, Italian, and I know not what nationalities."

Mrs. Thomas, who is certainly a remarkable woman, is a thoroughly
educated one; has traveled extensively both in Europe and this
country. Herself and husband have been intimate acquaintances of
many eminent men, among whom were President Lincoln and Secretary
Stanton. The activity displayed in managing the estate indic