Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-04-02
PrOn wdsrp. Roots.
The Birds offspring.
Or wAsnISoroS IRYISo,

lbeSS, none eI6 ulOIt uekHklut NHuH kuS HIsN HVNS
or The bitds.-rhsre is Que modest little sad'coI'
OF, d bird, much resembling wren, which came
about the house Just on The SkitS Of winteL when
not blade u eraSs was 10 be seen, and whan i
p,smatuIely wonn doy had given flalLeIing fote'
taste OF soft weather. lie sang early in the dawn
ling, long before SUHr Sc, and late IN the evening
iuSI before ls closing in VI NigLt, his natIn aud
his yeSner hymns. II is tue, he sang occasionally
Throughout the DAY, but Of these still hOufs his
song woS more remarked. lie sci on a ltaliess
| Tree, lust belJte The window, and watb.ed lOTlh
his notes. few and simple, but singulsIly sweet
with something Of ptalntiYe tone, that height
eued thru effect.
The fist InOtninS that lie was heOrl, was Joy
Gus one among the young lOlEs u my hou;ehOsI'
The lUng death like sleep Of winter was OIL al eHui
nature Wos once mote aEening; they now Prom
ised themselves The nhlhetiile appearance Ct buds
AMI blossoms. was I, minded Of The tempest
tossed ctew Of Columbus, RhetI, alter tLeiE long
dubious voyage, The field bills came singing fou"d
the ship, though still TT At seS, teiOlgns them with
! The belief Of the immediate ptoAlnltyIo Land. q
sharp return VI wiulet almost sllence' my little
sonsSief, aud dashed the hllanly oil lie households
, ret sill he poui.d forth nOw aud then lew
| ploinl:T notes, between the ftosty piping VI Tue
Lreeze, like CLEANS Of sunshine between wlR'Iy
| clouds.
! have consulted my book Of orniIht lOsyin vain
10 fad out the name OF This kindly little hid, who
certainly deserves honor and favor fat beyond his
! modest prelensions. lie comes ike the lOwly
/ yluiet, the lnOst unprelendins, but welcnlesl VI
AJwetS, breathing lie sweet promise Of the early
I year.
Another Of our feothered visitors, who follow
cloSe upon the steps Of winter, Is the Pe.wtt, OF
Pe.weG, or Phoebe blrji iOt he is called by each
a. NkRaa fam Al
/ tU The sound OF his mo5OtonouS note. lie IS
sucial little being and seeks tie abilation Of men.
| \ pair Of them have built beneath my porch, aud
have reared sevsru GIOUjs there G0f two yeats past,
their nest Icing never disturbed. They arrive
early IN tile spring just when tie crocus oRdtte
sIowdIOp beSIn 10 peep forth, THEFT first chIip
ssndi slIdneSS through the house. Tie Phoebe.
bit&s have cUlnel is heard on oil sides; they ate
welcomed back like members Of The familyj and
SpeCuinionS nre HaJe upon whsre they have been
and what counties they hove seen, during theft
long absence. Their utivai is tie more cheerins,
as il is announced by the old weathef.wi!s PEG.
pie Of the county, the sure sign that The severe
ltOsls ate OF an end, aud that tue gardiner may
resume his labOts with confidence,
! About this time, too, arrives the blue.bird, so
POLITICALLY described BY Wilson. Ills appearance
sludJens tie whole landscape. You htat his soft
huluIt III ChGll Hclu' lle SbStWull
your haGltalon, und takes up his residence in your
vicinity.
The hhppiest bird Of our spring, however, and
one that rivals the European lark ~ my e$lmaiion
is tile BoUlincon, OF llOUlink, os he is commonly
called. lie nrfi'es al that choice portion Of our
year, which in this latitude answers 10 the desctp'
lion OF the month Of May SO often given BY the
poets. With US il begins about tie middle u
May and lasts until nearly the middle Of me -
earlier than this, winter is likely ln return on its
traces, nRd 10 blight the opening beauties Of the
year; and later than this, begin Tie patching, and
painting, anil dissolvinS heats Of summer. But IN
this GENIAL interval nature is IN all let freshness
anil ffagianeej the tainS are over aud zone. The
iOwerS appeal upon the earth, tile time Of the
singing VI buds has come, and tile voice Of Tie
turtle is head in tic land. Tie tees are now in
their fullest III lage and LrlghleSt vetdUfe; The
woods ate gay with HE CLUSTERED nUweIS Of The
lSnreI tie CIT IS pelfhlRrd by the Sweet'LIrE and
Wild fO!e; The meadows ATE emNmt lied wi clovet.
blossoms; while tie young Npple, the peach, aud
the plum. begun 10 swell, and Tue chiefly 10 glow
; amJHc the gteen leaves
This is tie CHI sen season OF tevelfy Of The Dob
link. lie CONES a.nI'St the rUIp aud lilItance Of
, The SeaSOr; his lI'e seems all Sen$iOily anh Ell.
ynenl, I'll song and sunshine. lie is IL be found
IN the soft hnsOnS Of the freshest AMI sweetest
meadow 81 aud is most III sung, WIEN tue oluyet is
: IN blossom. lie etcIe i III the iUpHlOil twis OF
,re an Sllls lCns Haunting weed, aud aS lie iiEeS
, aud SINKS Nth the hret u. IONrS tuIill success
sion Of itch llnEng noteSj CtOwJimg one upol
another like The onlpOurins melody Of The Skylafk,
AMI possessing the sane rdplutons cllatacer.--
sometimes he pitches from summit Of ite' he.
guns his sung rs SnOn as lie gets upon the wing, aud
! lul'efs IfemuiOnsy down 10 the eatlh as II hvet.
. cOne with ecSlacy At his own ltuyic. Sometimes
he Is in puisulI Ol his plEaInVuEi always III full
, song, rs u he would Win hrf by his nelOdV AMI
, always With the same uppeari1cs Of lhtOAIcau0n
anil delight.
5 OF oil the birds Of orr rroVes and meadows, The
, IiDlink was the envy oil my boyhuUd lie CLOSED
my path IN the sweetest weather., and The sweet.
est season Of the year when all nItuEe called To-
the fields aud the rural feeling lmOhbed in every
| bosom, hut wheG L. luckeSS uIChn! was doomed
To be mewed up, during tile live lDns day, III that
purtatoy Of bOyhUUd, school room, il seemed rs
lI( the YaI,et nDCkei al ne, as lie flew 10y IN fail
, SonS aud sought 10 iauUi NE with his haFpirt lot.
Oh, how ehYiel Im No lessons. no task, no
/ hateful school; nothing but holiday IrOllc, gteen
I fields, and fine "eathet. Had been mOre vessel
I, in poetry, might have addressed him in The WOtdS
J OF Logan 10 The cnCkOO:--
Sweet bid! ihy how,r Is ever green,
lhy shy is ever cieIti
Thy hast 10 SORROW IN thy nOlei
Il NJ winter Ia thy scar.
i Oh! could If, I'D fy With theei
We'd mike On iOYiUV wing,
Our aunIll visit round tile globe,
Companions Of the trilnGl
Further observation aud experience have given
me efficient idea VI this little eathete'l vouPu
aiy, which, will " RtUre to Impart, (Ot the bene'
ii Of nv schCOI, Joy rea'lets, who may feEatl him
! with The same unqualified envy ond admiration
which once INDUCED. hive Slnwn him only
rs saw hin al first, in what may call the poet.
zeal part Of his cateef, when he IN minnet devu.
ted hTself to elegant pursuits and enj YIneIliS,
i aud was hid OF music and song, and taste, and
senSiLiIity aud refinement. While THIS lasted he
was sacted ftCm injury; the vtEy school boy would
7 not n!Mg store al lin, and the mefeSt rustic
would pauiet 10 listen TO his stain. But mIk the
dilIrrsnce. As the year advances, oS The clover
blossoms disappear, anil the sping fades into SUN.
Ter liz gtadualy gives up his elegant aud his
y Spnng habits; dolls his political suit OF black; as.
SUmss russell dusty Sarh, and sinks 10 the Rto$S
enjoyment OF common vulgar birds. His notes no
longer viblate on the eat; he is stufins himself
with the seeds OF the tall weeds on witch 10 aie.
" swung and chaunted SO melodiously
: lie has become "bon want" q "sOntmand,"
with him now there is nothing like the "jOys Of
tie table," In little while he gfows iifed Of
plain honely fare, and Is OF on gasltOnOmcai
tour 10 quest Of foreign luXuries We next heat
Of him With lnytiads OF his kind, banquetng
among The reeds Vi nelawatei and grown corpu.
lent with go,d feeding. lie has changed his name
in trIyelins. llOJInicon no mofe-he IS the Reed
bird now, the much sought iUr iillit Of Pennsyl.
vania ePcuresi the rival it uhlucky flnle Of the
oItoIan! Wherever he goes, pop! pop! pop! every