Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-05-30
fmm the Gesman.
The White Sparrow.
+" s-ep !. the worst II thieves.
lie steals hall oar lives"


The pr.n,ng oi 'his pro,erb f. not. at
frat -ieb, - app.rsn, ss that of some 9th.
ers that circulate amons., u-. such as"Er.
ly habits max. the man" Z" llone-'y !. the
te.t policy" 10 hot tho moral si.niGcs.
uon IL u intended to convey j. M, ,hs les
true and important I will. therefor" here
relate the story connected With is origin.
even a. received !: myself. from an old and
yalucd friend.
There was an old farmer with whom ey.
ery,hIns appeared to grow wor-. from year
/ 90 year. Ills cattle did one by one. and
the produc' of hi. land M. no, the hair III
What !, oogh, to he; IN fact. all h. proper.
" wa'. TO use a familiar expression. 'eoinc
~ the log. IL short. scarcely = week
paused by that either the tax ga,herrr or
the pawn'hroksr did no, como TO hi. win
dow. and addressing him with a conrteou.
how. say;
IL Am really very sorry. Herr Ruekvar,.
to h" compelled tn put you to Inconvenience,
bu, | am obliged ,o DO nv du,v."
Tie old friend. of Herr Ruckwart a'.o
tried to DO their du,y 70 him They aisi.
I ed. they en'rrated. and they hslpei him.
but all in vain and 80 on one after smother
gave him mp in despair. declaring with n
sigh. ,ha, a. for poor Rueswsr', there va.
no use in irwin, to help hIm-he was pas,
+ icing helped.
/ lie had one friend. however. who-e hear,
was in the right place. and who vas no, on
! ly n good man bat = very clear sighted one.
i This friend thought he would MT give Herr
/ Ruckwart W altogether. without making
on" mor- attemp, % save him - ons lay
b. l-d the con,er-aiiOn. Ne II ac''llrntllly.
10 the .uhrct Of spsrrovr. relating many
anecdotes Of ihess Birds. fu ob-erving how
greatly they hai mult tr.ied OF late. AMI
how very cunning and yJnciou, they had
. bccnms.
I Herr Ruckwart shook hi. heal crnVely in
answer TO ~, observation. and sni--
"Th,y are. INDEED. most destructive crca
tnrr.. For nv part, have not do"hr
that II !. manly "a ing 20 their depreciation.
that nv harvest has OF late year. been 80
unrroluoi'vc.
To this conj,c,ure III. old friend made m
rejpindsr. bu, after few moment'- r,n.e
+ he continued the conversation by another
+ in,srng,'ory-
N-ighbor. have you ever seen q white
sparrow ?"
NO." replied Rnckwsr'. ",hns, which
alsht in my fields are all the common grey
sort"
That l. very probable. too" rej'inei
nv. fIioni. The hahit. OF tho white srar.
row are peculiar to ii.elI. Onlv one CONES
into III" world e'ery year, and h'inr 80 diff.
'rent frnm hi. fellows. other -parrow' take
l dislike for IL. and peek a, 1t when Il Hp.
b pears an,or. them For his reason IL seek.
for its food early in ,h, morning. bc'ors tie
rest Of the fcl'her'd tribe are a.iir. and then
s1c. hack 10 its nest where il remaih. for
rest Of the day
1 That Is very strange" .aii Ruckwar,.
~ mus, really try and GO, a sight Of iha,
-psrrow-and " possible, l will catch Il.
too."
On the morning following this convern
,ion the farmer rose with the Sun, and al
lied forthwith INTO the field. III" walkei
around HI. farm. searching hi. farm y.ri in
every quarter. examining the 2 'oi OF hI-
garner. AID the tree. ~ HE orchards. TO see
II he ccali discover any traces of the won
derful white sparrow But the white spar.
row. TO the great disappointment of the Tar.
mvr. would not .ho witseif, or .tIr from it,
imaginary nes.
Wha, veIsd the farmer still more, how
ever. was that although the .an stood high
~ the heaven. by the time he had 'onclnt'd
hi. round, not one Of the farm l,bprer. w.s
a.ur,-they, too, seemed resolved not iostir
IRON their nests. Meanwhile the cattle
were believing in their stalls with hunger.
/ and not soul nsar to iced them.
Herr Ruckwar, Was rejecting on the dis
advantage of this state OF things. when sud-
denly he perceived a lad coming out OF the
hous,. carrying q sack Of wheat on his
shoulders. lie seemed to he in great haste
to ee, out Of the precincts OF the iarm. and
Ruek~art soon perceived 'ha, bis .ier. were
ben, toward. q pu5lic house. where Ci.per
hal unhappily a long scora to ray. Tie
FASTENED after the as,oni.h,d youth. who
te.ieyed his master TO be s'ill In the enjDy-
ment Of his morning nap. and quickly re-
leved him oi his burden.
The iarmer next bent his steps 10 the COW
house, and peeping Ia ses whether perehancs
the white sparrow had taken refuge there.
he discovered, 20 hi- dismav. that the milk
maid uas handing = liberal PARTON "f milk
through the window To her neishbor, to mix
with her morning eaPof codse.
"a pretty -or, Of housekeeping this i','
thought the farmer to bimseli, ne he hast
sned TO his w,iss spar,msnt and rou'ed her
from her slumbcrs. I" AZ sure as my nsms
10 Raekwart," no exclaimed In an angry
tone. f" there mu.t be an end To ihss' lazy
habits. Everything 10 growing wrong LOT