Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-05-29
THE MUSIC OF BIRDS.
FIEEp NorEs.-The Phinky.


nd melody of note. he has many suPeriors. But -
,ere "a another old friend associaIcd with my ear
est reeoccii1ns. whose song should be happy
, record with your permissOn. do not know me 9
ano assigned to him ~ W,iisa or other Ornliho- c
gls,s and i'll did. would not run the risk OF DIS
racing him (asI feel the Robin has been, and per-
ops he is,> by using II against him. He was hrsi
Introduced TO under the humble but enJeaung
osuo'nrn Of Pkinksy." and. as such. now reeog-
a-e him. and cherish the memory of his toreia,her,
\ 18th the waTmcsi affection. He ia a small. anims-
ed merry, spenky luo fellow. friendly and conf
ling aad 50 fond Of seeing and being seen by the
EASING world nv generally 10 be found neal the
Oad side selecting ia preference to all others. the
'weet briIr. where. IN the earliest spring, he may
be fonld aiding his wife IN repairing the old nest,
or buiIdins new one, ard taking a bnsy share IN
al matters "about house" His dress is striped and
,peckled gray. aud. unlike most birds. he has the |
god ,a,lc no To finer colors Than hse wife; |
and in fact. closely resembles her. that but for
little red sire the sides Of his m0niero shaped
cap, YOU wOuld scarcely Distinguish them. HIS
note is heard almost az early that OF the Blue
Bird and is spirited and animaiing. lie Is fond
of fun iiO.ic himself, * takes especial pleasure m
watching the fun aud froc Of Others; and, though
not ecidedly iaiilcr (or he does not gad oboui.)
yet he cannot Tor his life refrain from telling what
he sees. HIS greatest pleasure seems 10 be in watch
iny the little "Ground sparrow" Whom he hceii
ouSly calls "Iiils Joe" and then, from the t"pnOst
twig OF his own brar bush. you " ~ hear his song
the first notes brilliant and melodious. termins.
ting in a species Of lIsping siacatU; and then.
he sings % cherly. rry-sec-sco-
sec-Liuc Joe-LiulcJ c-Iittle JOe-kiihin Ju-
dy--kithin Judy--kiihin J4dy--see-sce-ser;
and Ihrn down hs drops into his sweet hfiar bush.
and hdion 10y ITS fragrant flowers aud foliage. tell,
the rest OF The story TO Mis- Phinkcy.
FIELD NOTES.-The Boo Link
FROM THE n. II. KAGLE, ASH NEw YORK AHENIcIS.
Our old friend Robert Lincoln. the celebrated
musician, better known by ths a5brevation OF Bob
Lincoln. or Bohnk. is on hi annual visit and just
now making the reeds, bushes. and trees vocal
with his re melody. We saw one Of these "fra-
Ihcrcd voluptnarics' the iopmosI bough ufan mp
pie tree the other morning. shaking his vsreEaled
sldes WI IN laughter. and amusing himself IN IuS.
ing his pipes, 4 TO catch the right pitch; nj
/ times striking "B and nat" and again a semi
tone approaching &C sharp" wearing ssual. the
summer costume Of his father and grandfather. and
do not know but that Of his great grandfather too
| black satin vest and paEtaloons and white round.
about jacket Just then his old faVorit-, Mary
Lincoln ia = dark russell n'ng dress started from
a tul Of high grnss. on n shipping excursion when
Robert alive TO the duties Of gasnIrY. instantly
offered his services "wingfully' and "sougfuly,
aud the ar at once was filed with his delicious
melody "in linked sweetness long drawn out" tho
same time cherished" note, and line. nnl word,
prec seiy ~ heard in Childhood. For the ia or.
nation OF some of your readers VINO may not have a
copy Of Robert LIHcOins song, now 'sanscrihe AZ
and # they want 10 hear At sung. let them go % the
hay fields
THE s1No.
4" MARY Lincoln. Mary Lincoln. swreirsi. sweet.
est woa'i you wajt Tor Bobby I.iucului I.,Uk
Mary L.ncoIn' Don't you see Bobby IIruln sai.
~ panialoons and summer Jacket Not - fact. not
- fast Tackle - Mary Lincoln. I'll follow
Ghte-rouud about c!oN er.lop, duck-wced and apple
tree Bobby Lincoln never leiI Mary Lincoln al
about alone with iIirry Htuse, rnI ckis wea.
yer; nor shall sao marry Michael Alangel wurl.
eel"
! We are NJ, cnnnui>scuu in bird language. and
cautrI ,ay, ihcTctpTc. whether Jhrs he a genuine
trIt.saII0H -: B,bilJkE ecsuI'v song hut, d u DO
repeated rapidly. aud wl,. ear H. Bpt-liri. n.,.
&c. u certainly pr'duccs something like the .,uu!
tIILD NurEs-- UHcylaca nU1c 81 Sp-iac
(AyrIOR UNKNuwN;
! "Ebv soa"rou- the voices "i SplIEE prrcocd .u.
} from every LV'ug thing IN the ur. u.d among ,il,
reeds uf The Dr,US. Jusl i;s;cu There - IA old
hu!i-ir"s, "u tie margin of the stream, viii uI.s
+ lee ~ ils w,ier Ivy WY ola cpr!rr. INV b,
/ ihrumS away on hi- bass y"l--IAuHg--ihU
! ihOng-!hung-;h That it'll,
irogrcss opposite plays the treble to a charm with
Oui scarce opening her mIuIh--'Ie.we,l--Ir.Nre
ihirr--rr--rr--ic-y,oel And down she darts il,:,
the water. her greai-Ioc aw!ully munplcd With Z
suns from cruel boy-bui boys. I!Is ia - ruug
Then there's the old lradcr--hai green eyed mon
sIef. dressed in yellow brceches and a while sa.i
rouni him. Hear hun. rs he stands up - mnjesiI
I caiiy against that rcea--'paddy got dfoDnk-pad
/ dy got drJouk-SpI drJuuk-uOuk-unk.' An,
down he goes 10 wet his whistle. Then huttcrs
chatierng chorislcr over head. calling upon hi
tribe TO go am watch their sick marcs--.boaiink-
bOhirnk-stngy-s,ing GO md see Miss Phllesy-
Pnilcsy-sO swccI-swcct--she'l die sOon--uh
dear -pshaw-chYck." thrills the ihras!
or. 'Mew--nncw--mIew. r1neuks the cat-bTt
'Who---whippoor-wi cr.es onri 'Katy-did-
kaiy-did,' teris another iii c,me md sec
! wIll-wili--Nill, rings the yellow.bird And .
sung hey all. in their unwriiirn music. wi,hou
perhaps. discordant note"
FIELD NoTes-Or ODeBing Of SusImsr
lsT a NEW coSTEIsUroB TO THE ESIcKENsocI
i ER yuE 1900
J when spring-time came. | vas in my old haUn
lon the cliff, observing Nature she proceed 9
dress M her fair scenes for tho gay season. an
greeting leaves and AOwers they cams laughin
10 their places. watched the arrivals by ever
soft south wind. I thought recognised mony
constant pair Of old birds. who had been to me lik
fellows dodgers the previous summer; and deiec
ed the loud. gag, carousul song Of many rioio,
newcomer. These were stirring times in N
wOpds The robin already hard NJ work c
his mud foundations. while many of his neighbo
were yet looking about. and boihering their head
among The announcement turks or cruiches. The y
gncous old woodpecker was going round. vIsiir
the hollow trees, peeping into knot holct, droppn
IN to inspect the accommodations and then putin
bis head out TO consider the prospect; and oil N
while. perhaps, not n word was snid 10 mode
little hlao bird TIM, stood by, and had been cIPec
ing TO take The premises. observed, too. pair
sweet hulo yellow birds, that nppea mig IKE
young married couple just setting up honse kecpir
They fixed upon n bough near me. and soon b.
came interested in their plans; and. indeed. fe
quite melancholy as beheld The troubles they Fl
couniered occasionally. when for whole days. the
seemed 70 be At a stand still ~ last. when the
ulo honey moon cottage was fairly finished. On
softly lined. they both got into II by way Of ira
and when snw their little heads snd bright ey,
, just rising ouer the top could not held ihinkin
that they really had lille hearts Of flesh that wcr
absolutely beating IN their downy bosoms'
TRANCENDENTALIsM correspondeni Of
New York paper asked with great carnestneas an
proprIeiy. The meaning Of the word rranccndc
alism.' which is considerably used At present vii