Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-04-08
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
THE GROWING BIRD.

TdE -ChSw1N INT o1tO.
Mr.. EDITOR AS this is a period noted
for remarkable discoveries, it may not be
amiss to keepyour readers posted up in re-
gard to the wonders of the age. There has
been a discovery lately made of bird that
caps the climax, aud throws the mysterious
eggs completely in the shade. This bird
was first discovered about the 2lst of March,
on the premises of the writer; it isa species
of the mocking bird, and resembles the
robin very much, though smaller; it imi.,
tates the notes of all the various birds very
correctly, but the great curiosity about it
is its Growing propensity, which it performs
perfectly. Il commences its daily ayoca.
tion early in the morning, while the fowls
about the yard are leaving their roosts, and
begins by mocking the various birds, and
winds up by growing several times very
distinctly-this course it pursues during
the morning, and occasionally through the
day; it renews its labors again late in the
evening, with the same routine of the morn
ing. 1t is daily visitor, and its peculiar
warblings are very Interesting to all who
have heard it. The above statement is no
humbug, but it is really fact, that can be
attested to by many who, though iucredu-
lous before, have seen and heard this strange
bird. As the writer does not entertain any
superstitious notions about it, he does not
think it any omen of good or evil, but looks
upon it merely as curiosity in the works
Of mature. The writer not being versed in
the science of Ornithology, history of its
species will not be attempted and as its
language is foreign one, it cannot be as
certained from the stranger whence be came
or his destination. In this matter, We are
left to conjecture, and, in the absence of a
better one, the following will answer for the
present: In noticing this bird, it has in.
yariably been the case that when the other
birds come near its perch it skedaddles
forthwith, hence the conjecture that it may
be native of Lincolndom. Itis well known
that King Abram the LIST has for some time
past deprived his subjects of the freedom Of
speech and the press, and it was said of hin
4 that he passed an edict that the fish should
not 20 South be this true or not is left fol
the people to ascertain with the same pro
priety the King might have passed another
edict that the birds should not sing the
songs of Dixie, and the bird in question
has made its exit South to enjoy its favor
its pursuit. As the feathered tribe are no.
calculated to do much harm, but are Otter
beneficial to the farmers in destroying va
ricus insects that infest his crops, we vii
have no objection to their migration among
US, especially the songsters. The climate
of the South is favorable for them, and pro
duce an abundance for their subsistence
but in regard to the biped race of Abram''
dominions, the climate of the South is yer.
dangerous, and has proved fatal to thous
ands. The atmosphere being 30 strongl!
imrregnated With gun powder, lead an'
iron, the inhabitants Of Lincolnaom aannp
survive its deadly effects this malaria ha
been very fatal in Virginia, Tennessee
Charleston, and various other places Q
rebeidom, apd its fatal effects are daily in
oreasing to 40 alarming essept' Our ad