Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-06-29

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Amidst the mists of even, sss
They MARBLE on, as II they drew
~ Their music down from Heaven. ~
And when their holy anthems
I 3 .ss Come pealing through the air. e'
~ Our hearts leap forth 10 meet them,
With a.biessing and prayer.
But alas like the free voices Of fresh
youth, they come not on the city air.---
Thus should it be where mammon i'm
prisons all thoughts and feelings THAI
would fly upward their winged types
"a should be Ia cages, 100. Walk down
Mulberry street, and you may see. in one
b small room. hundreds of little feathered
asongesters. each hopping about restlessly
in bis gilded aud garlanded cage. like a
sa. dYspeptic merchant 10 his marble mansion.
- IalwaysiurnImy head away when pass
for the sight Of the little cap;ives goes
j through my heart like an arrow. The
darling liule creatures have such visible
J + delights in freedom eas
ise "ln the joyous song they sing
tGX In the liquid air they cleave
= 10 the sunshine; in the shower;
In the nests they weave"
I seldom see bird ENGAGED. without be-
ing reminded Of Potion, a truly great m In,
the popular idol Of Haiti, as Washington
is ofthe United Slaies. n 800
.pr9 While Peiion administered the govern
= ment OF the island, some distinguished for.
eigner sent his little daughter beautiful
bird, in very handsome cage. The child
was delighted. and with great exuItation
exhibited the present to her father. ut is
indeed very beautiful, my daughter" said
he. but It makes my heart ache TO look
i att. ! hope you will never show i to
me again." @oes IA
With great establishment. she inquired
his reason. He replied. !" When this is.
land was called ST. Domingo. we were all
slaves. Il makes me think of It to look al
that bird for ne is slave" nal
-, The little girls eyes filled with tears,
and her lips quiyered, as she exclaimed
"Why, fatheri he has such alarge. hand
som cage; and as much as ever he can
eat and drink" i,
sand would yon be slave" said he,
Z If you could live ia great house, and be
fed on frosted cake2"
4, Ailer moments thought, the child be.
gan to say, halEreuctantly, (" Would he
be happier, il l opened the door of his
cage2'' = He would be free" was the
emphatic reply. Without another word,
she took the cage 10 the open window ;
and a moment after. she saw her prisoner
playing with the hummipg birds among
the honey -suckIes.
;. One Of the most remarkable cases ofin-
stinctive knowledge in birds, was often re-
lated by my grandfather, who Witnessed
the fact with bis own eyes. He was at.
- tracted 70 the door, one summer day, BY
troubled twitlering, indicating distress and
terror. A bird, who had built her nest ia
a tree near the door. was flying back and
iorth with the utmost speed. ulleIing wall
Z ing cries, as she went. He was at first at
z loss TO account for her strange move
'ments; but they were soon explained, by
the sight Of snake. slowly winding up
the tree. t.
Animal magnetism was then unheald Of;
and whosoever had dared 10 mention il,
would donbtlesshave been hung on Witch's
Hill, without benefit Of clergy. Never.
theless, marvellous and altogether unac-
-., counlable stories had been told of the
snakes powerto charm BIRDS NV grand
sss~f father. having mind to.test the truth Of
such stories, th5uebt he would watch the
progress Of ihings; but, being humane
! man. he resolved to kill'ihe snake before
be tespoiled the nest. The distressed
mother meanwhile, coniinuel her rapid
movement and troubled cries; and he
~ soon discovered that she went and came
continually. with something in her bill,
from one particular tree-a white ASH
The snake wound his. way up; but the
instant bis head came near the nest, his
iolds relaxed. and he fell 10 the ground