Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-02-23

I plans that had ever seen. or heard Of being
| tried in such cases. Though, of soaking the
seed Coru in tar, bnt that was rlit OF season;
ahsusht Of buarGs cut into vari"u< mic f.
gu,es. pninted aud hung up. To he asitnied by
| the wind; though; Of new Tin reflec.ing the
sun rays, dc .,u, all these plans required
! some delay. and my case was urgent was
| aboliio give IL up. when. raising my head my
eve restrh upon desk. wherein was promis-
cucrisy de- osi,ed all the newspapers had re.
ceived FOR wears The n!ea struck me-ha !:
Mr.. Editor do you smell il now' yrs. the idea
! struck me 10 use these papers IN frightening
the birds from INV field We'll. gathered m
urniu'of the papers, without regard 10 religion
or politics; excluding from the honor. oniv
such as. by their form. were not suited 10 such
an en,"rprizc | also pocker.d L gross OF small
iacks. and pm, "nt" by the way. CT, with
INV pocket knife. quantity OF small poles six
or eigh; feet long. leaving u horizontal branch
al the top. or. " that wns wanting bent the
top square 10 one side. no that The papers might
hang perpendicular and square. the better To
resist the action of wind and water. Thus
equpi. arrived at the field. Before proceed.
Ing further. will state how confined the pa
prrs TO the stakes: donbied the paper near
the edge a time or two. Ia give il sufficient con.
sis,cncy for the lacks Ia hold i, firm Ia the
wood; | then laid ,i,c edge aluig on the hrarc!,
left for i's reception. and cnntined ii witt, three
or four ,ncks was particular. III putin: them
up for the paper 10 han: squire. In this way
they nil survived The influence Of the weather,
urt long after they were necessary for thr
protection of The Corn And now (nr the re-
suit: am wiring fac.s. Nr. Editor. as | ,oM
you IN the outset. But. sec that crow now
as h. darts through the air. IA ii-5ut no. 80
fast. when arri, ed al the field. the wind was
blowing brisk. The frs, paper stuck up was
an Z" American Baptist .is | stuck the pole IN
the ground. heard crow. the only onc in the
firid believe. about IJ0 yards of. You know
Mr Editor. tina. crows have peculiar kind 0f
biwl. whrn their mcS,S ARE disturbed. or when
they are attacking "wls: Nc.-and Inns IL gave
notice: c.u.w-and n the wini nippcd the
paper hr CAME on, III broad and Iengih.ncd Gu.
dencc. caw.aw.sw. Dad you ever sec u crow
fired nj. by keen rifle. aud Iist missed: well.
# you have. You may form suaIc idea about
how he left the place; he uttered not another
sound. but. putting himSefin complete trim.
he dlfIed through the air, with au,nsi III" swift.
,,csS ui an arrow. nor did see ary crows in that
field, from that lime. n''Il the Corn was OIL; ni
dagger. with one exception, aud That was on n
portion Of the field where | obtained good
stand at the outset, and put no papers then
proceeded TO put up all my papc;s. without any
incident worth relating, except terribly fright
ening a dove. with Phiiaderbln Saturday
Courier" at which would have given the hon.
or oil this discovery. io have had somebody 10
help me laugh. Mr. Editor. snppose might
speculate u lii,le rs TO the relative merits of The
different papers, sc, up. as scare crows; hui I
will only say. far as I recollect. ti;c
Temperance Advocalr" looked modest, the
Edgeic!d Advertiser" appeared I" huvr good
will tor the cause !; the Biblical Recorder"
showed war front; aud the Brother Joi n.
than covered 4 large space. The artual merits
OF two others have already been mentioned;
hut To conclude repau,ed INV Corn again; it
was not nolesicd and made n pretty good
crop. though. from its laicness. IT was light
Farmers OF Edsc!irld. .aka good papers. rcld
them, and L you have occasion Use them rs
scare Crows. j. oi II.