Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-07-09

mice. and we therefore leave them % their
fate. The cedar bird Is very annoying in
cherry time, and few charges Of small sho,
nav no. hc out Of place IN giving them no.
tico TO quit. The rcd headed wooi.Vcckor,
the bluc,ny, and even that gentle warbler,
the robin, have occasionally vcSod us beyond
bearing by their petty thefts in the fruit
r-,rlcn and orchard, and we have been
tempted to treat thcm uniusily. For though
thSsc bird. love hll fruits in their SEASON and
out, and The two former greatly delight in
scoopus on, the inside Of the tcndcrest ap.
pIos. and Yet we have fully satisfied our
selves that those birds DO earn their wages
ten time. over. And We have not the
least question. from actual experience. that
if ihc former will set tbc pi0w agorng, the
moment his corn /, uP, the hlackbird will
follow the new furro~, and gather up heaps
OF noxigus grub., instead OF following the
corn row. u pull for the soit kernel at the
base OF the plant, and which j. byno means
- ic,inb.c backbiri dclicacy - would
le a .ucy cut-w5rm, or large iat grub
the ar,C Of s1me dangerous insect.
. 1, has BEEN admitted by practical farmers
that it wall pay well O. SO a man At work
to collect the cut.worms in the hills Of corn;
and it wall most certainly pay to employ
mcn % destroy re, bug,, caterrillars, bur-
en-, curtulios, etc. etc, IN the garden and
orchard. 10 fact, II We disP,use with birds.
haul.pickiuc j. our only alternative IN most
cases. And will any ono venture 10 ny that
a few nest, OF birds will not prove more ci.
flisn, than the labors Of man, and come
much cheaper. too1 Nature has given the
bird perespsiyc faculties in connection with
tins insect killing vocation. never cQuailei
BY man and then the bird labor. Tor his
own family's su'tsnance, and works with a
will as well as an " instinct
There is n, mistake about IL; birds ar
the horticuliaris,s hes, friend, and he can
better dl,pcns, with th, hblrs Of animals
than De can .pirv the help Of birl.-and TO
the farmer they are equally necessary and
much ls,s annoying.
And yet birds arc still wAn,5nly destroy.
cl, or arc victim, q our isnoranc5 OF their
worth, and prgulic1- against some of their
ycual act. Tncrc have even been laws en-
acted ilr their destruction within our time.
and our Pilgrim fathers, We believe, eSac,ei
tax Of - many h.rls heads of every citi.
gen. Aud 70 thi, day the mos, useful birds
DIE o.. dil ,he S,lem witches, the victims Of
ds,us.1u, or a prejudice made powerful by
time and 0ll custom.
IL is very easy t, secure the services Of
birds; plenty Of low irce., thick shrubs.
hedges, etc. but really n, least oh,c,i5ua.
tovill readily appear only when y5g con
,,7.f b,usr, io- 'ism such ary tho martins,
swallows, bIuc-b.rl, wrcn-. etc, and these
are among the most useful OF our birds.
Tbcrc i. yet another aspect IN which to
view this suheci-in connection with the
grace AMI beauty OF the fca,herci tribe,
their social and couflru- habits, coniugal
Gieli'y aud care cor their young, pni many
more amiable traits, from which man might
well take lessons while enjoying their de-
lightill society.
spare the birls. good friends, and provide
fitting homes Tor them, and grud-, them
not m5rsel Of food from the stores they
help % save from insect enemies.
We copy the above from the Atlantic,
Published a, MiIle,own Point, New Jcr.
sey.
Tho fr,, law passed BY a state legislature
f1r the protection of birds, was that enacted
by the State Of New jersey, since which
,imr. many other states have passed similar
laws. butwhil' Other inccuiiaries are view
ed as unworthy the commiseration Of the
farmer, the shooter Of small birds is permit.
tel 70 offend these laws. scarcely without
notice The thief who steals your shovel or
axe, if detected, is sent . prison, while the
7 law.brcaking biped who is SHINING equally
against the laws or God and man, by killing
email blrjs, calls himself n Sportsman, and
i permitted % pursue his cruel amusement
without being int'rfsred with.
/ Laws cease % be useful when not respect
"a and until the farmers with one accord
will see the law applied to these fool hardy
maraudcrs, the country at large will contin-
ne to pay a tax probably as great as the to-
tai earnings Of ,tis bird.killins gentry.
/ In England, France, and elsewhere, gun
ners are abridged in number, BY being re-
quired to purchase a license for even shoot
in. birds on their own grounds, or those Of
friend. pcrmiltin; them to 90 80. No such
thing Is seen there as strollins gunner
shooting small birds.
D., On the arrival Of these foreigners here,
however, they imagine they have the right
Of shooting where they please, and our as
riculturalis,s are ap. to permit them to do
20.
f, Nothing IS mo-c common in our neishbor-
hood than 10 see gunners drossed in a uni-
form, comprising shooting .heket, buttons
oruamentsd with foxes heads, birds claws,
etc, etc, carrying game bas in which is
placed chiPPin b rd.. wrens, and any other
small birds which may venture to come near
enough the public roads to be within their
reach.
u We have no mercy on such fellows, and
Whenever their names eau be asceriained,
shan endeayor TO SEQ the law enforced.