Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-04-25
" Pe-wit-Pe-wit-C hickadee-dee.

"Pe-yit-Pe-wit-C hickadee-dee."
Halloo! hallool Boy, avast there!
Don't shoot that bird and you old boy,
hold up your gun, or turn it other end to-
Yo1 act as though the father Of old boys
va,in you, II you want to make the
feathers iy," 20 into the barn yard and
,hoo, the chickens or other fowls there, or
let drive at your mothers feather bed;
then YOU can have fuss and feathers
too. BesiIe.you will only offend the family
tsea. Now, providing about these fields,
idGug your time and Prematurely check
ing The song Of the little warblers that
have jus; leaped from the frosty arms OF
viB.er into the lap Of spring, you offend
against nature-you offend the God that
enables YOU to WELD that weapon; and
If these considerations do not reach you,
we viii add thar you ofendevery humane
principle within your breast; every emo
ton there save such as belong to brutes.
Hark, now, and look ayOnl. The dark
shades Of evening are shutting close
down upon U.S. the time when the " fowls
Of the air. usually retire to their nests
+. long passed. Yet see that red-breast
bird. How impatien,ly she fits from
post to tree, and from tree TO root. How
plaintive is her wall; how lonely her cry
how void Of cheer is all her utterance.-
How inteliigibly does she speak to the
fynpathising ear her doubts, and hopes,
and fears, for her mate; how earnestly
she strives to make him answer her call
bow restless, sleepless, is she; how hel
l,;le pit-a-pat heart throbs against it
walls rs if the tide would burst its barri
e-s, and what forlorn and chilling sens
does its ebbi0g food leave in her heart
And look yoa. what have You here, q
vour feet? The dead mate Of wido7
Rsd-5reast, and in his beak feather I
warm and tighten their nuptial coucl
It's only bird say you? True, an
murdered waa;oniy only by brute
Why don't You break the violin, the sof
toned flute, the guitar, and the "instrl
nents Of ten strings" which the art
nan. has made i, rau wnpld crush mus
rc.aln music ana are vet bent on destru
tiveness, still, why not break these moe
ing, faulty imitators Of that pure, ric
Inimi.ab!e melody which God has fl
nished 10 your fields and woodlands. tr,
and shrub, without money and witho
Price?' II your eyeis panied by gaud
coloEs, and you have malice toward the
IN your heart, 60 first TO the galleries
art aad the dwellings Of refined tas,
and there destroy the miserable daul
which man has made in hopeless effort
ape the varying plumage with which
Divine Hand has clo;hed the fowls
the air. II YOU fear the quantity Of We
1a.n, Of noxious insects. Of worms AZ
creeping things in the world may be :,
r2uch diminished lest you devote II
birds that destroy them, why not let yor
public spirit prompt YOU to destroy Il
money you exPend for ammuniti,
and the time YOU use in felony On Il
birds, 70 the establishment Of nurseri
for such insects and creeping thing.
Spare, spare the birds, boy, and by tn
We mean not only boys Of the first degre
but also such men as are only " BOYS
larger growth" Do this and YOU VI
toon have more Of money in your poe
cts and more Of divinity IN your hearts
a world without birds would be
cherries world to live in, we think. &
If you wou!d Ike such, since the biz
vii not migrate thither, suppose you 81
with Dr.. Kane IN the next Arctic Exp
Union ana try the country around Il
North pole a while. Folk say Capita.
Cook once caught q bear in the act
climbing that pole, but we think no BIZ
has ever yet Perched on It.
50 much Is soft words and grass. bo
Now for word in your ear. The L
gisla'uFe Of the State, in 1851, provid,
some stones 70 be used If other pursu
mons don't avail The law is that if AZ
person shall Kill any Of the small biz
be shall Psy fine Of one dollar Ar
costs for each offence, 10 any person wi
may choose to prosecute for the sam
Nov, have a care boys, that the fun
killing birds don't cost you more than +,
is worth.