The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-05-14

- - etA@s NNNN pair 81 NfMn
black. birds. 10 had selrcIed the Tori
81 q partly deesyed iima very high n
the tree. as place 10 bniId their nesI
and rear their yaang. Having in NV
Juvenile days sane prejudice against
tbs bird. As Mss taught that y in
The Grow i would dig up The newly
spFouird carn. and commit sundry
uihfr depredaiians. 4 therefore view.
ed them with suspicInns eve a.
saS them In company from day "a
day upon my newly planted grounds.
husily eagsged IN helping fhrmselsrs
70 shst they liked best. satisfied
myself soan. hawevsr. that they had
bren vilriy slandrrtd. aud that they
Arrr friends and not enemies; il was
evident that they were clearing nv
grounds Of grubs aud worms st a
great rsir. They so,n found thai /
~ss no enemy 10 them. and cnnse-
qaenily became qsite tame aud fs@i-
iiar, ipllouing the piough ar harrow
With nearly as much confidence an
The damtsiic fowls. u appeared tia,
there VAS . gnud state Of feeling a.
mnng the numerous tribes thai inha.
i.blird the tree. consisting as they did
81 many families. embracing the rob.
~. the blur-bird. sparrow. golden
robin, and variety Of Others. and
things sesmtd % prosper smnng lLem
aud 60 on we'll, until the night before
old fashioned i. 'IecIion," "a fatal day
TO Tie fraihered tribe. During that
night there Was a very high aiud :
rariy ~ the Morning wss awaken
ri BY an uhusual clsmor among tie
birds. and rose 10 ascertain The cause.
Lluud that The decayed limb. on The
iotk of which was the crow black.
birds nest. had been brSken of by
The Hind. and the nest and contents
Tive young ones, precipitated 10 the
ground. and that fsur OF them were
dead or dying. The surviving one Mas
nearly q eyed, aud could ily a little.
picked il up from the grass and pla-
ced u Ia secure situation, Surprising
the distressed parents would take
care Of IT,. The old ones coniinued
their clsmor al the morning. which
With the sympath'ziug cries Of the
other birds, formed a melancholy
CONCERT.
While The black birds had psrehs.l
upon neighboring tree near The road,
stii: giving vent 10 their sorrow. a boy
passed With his gun, fired and brought
them bpih 10 tic ground and carried
them away IN triumph /; luckily for
The boy, | did not Witness the barba.
rons dyed. but II was noted by one Of
The family and reported 10 me. Asi
had become omewhat interested in the
unfortunate orphan, proposed TO my
children that they should feed it with
worms until il could take care of IL.
sell, and accordingly placed il in q
pen under the tree, and returned 10
my work near by. II was not lung
before heard rum the young bird its
peculiar mule which il uttered When,
us parent brought fnod, aud on louk.
ing up. saw that il had huppcd up on
10 q .jnisi 10 which the beard fence
was iastcnrd, and TO my delight and
surprise. beheld a blue.bird in the act
of Feeding II. That beautiful passage
of Scripture flashed upon my mind
+" Are not Eve sparrows sold for tuo
farihings! aud n0t one Of the IN is for.
gotten befure God" My curiosity
was raised TO see What would be tie
issue. and | spun found that any far
Their care on my part would be super
tinnns. fur the young chap had fallen
into better hands. II was with tue
deepest interest l watched the move
ments Of this desoted pair Of blae-
birds 10 their adapted lone, for il ap.
peared that both male aud female had
taken part in this v ark OF disinterest-
ed benevulcncc. and devoted them.
selves With unremitting attention 10,
its wants. until II was able TO take
care of itself. For couple OF days
il remained near the spot here | iirst
saw the birds FEEDING il, and being
near a window, had a good pppor-
tunity to see how things went on be.
tween ihem. u appeared that the
young one kept his brnefactors pretty
busy; Tor their incessant labors could
scarcely satisfy the young german
dizer. as upon an estimate after much
attention, he received pofliun of
food every two and half minutes.
during The day, which appeared 10
consist of worms and grubs. The.
black bird probably weighed twice as
much as bolh blue-hir,is, and when il
opened its cspscicns mouth TO receive
the food. il seemed as though its kind
friends were ~ imminent danger Of
being Swallowed whole. The blue
birds appeared alternately with the
fnoi. ami liz down a few ieet IN front
nr tha hirh nm the fanras and slowed