The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-21
From the Yorkville Enquiries.
THE GROWING BIRD.

Mn EnIToR As this is a period noted for
-.markable discoveries, it may not be amiss to
been your readers posted up in regard to the won
3ers Of the age There has been discovery late
" made of bird that caps the climax, and 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 is spe-
cics of the hooking bird, and resembles the robin
very much though smaller; it initiates the notes OF
all The various birds very correctly, but the great
curiosity about it is its Growing propensity, which
it performs perfectly. It commences Its daily
avocation early in the morning, while the fowls
about the yard are leaving the roosts, begins by
knocking the various birds, aud winds up by crow
ing several times very distinctiy-this course it
it pursues during the morning, and occasionally
through the days it renews its labors again late in
the evenng with the same rotine of the morning.
1t is daily visitor and its peculiar warbngs are
very interesting to all who have heard it. The
above statement is no hunbug, butt is really
fact that can be attested to by many who, though
incredulous before, have seen and heard this
arrange 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
: II merely as curiosity in the works Of nature.
The writer not being yersed in the science of Or.
anthology history of its species will not be at
tempted; and as its language is a foreign one, it
cannot be ascertaned from the stranger whence
he came or his destination. In this matter, we
are left to conjecture, and, in the absence of
better one, the following will answer for the pre-
sent In noticing this bird, it has invariably been
the case that when the other birds come near its
perch it skedaddles forthwith, hence the conject-
ore that it may be q native of Lincondom. Ii is
well known that King Abram the LIST has some
time past deprived his subjects of the freedom Of
speech and the press, and it was said of him that
be passed an edict that the fish should not 90
South; be this not is left fol- the people to
ascertain; with the same proprety the King might
have passed another edict that the birds should
not sing the songs of Dixie, and the bird in ques-
ton has made its exit South to enjoy its favorite
pursuit. As the feathered tribe not calculated
TO do much harm, but often beneficial to the
farmers in destroying various insects that nfest his
crops, We will have objection to their migration
among us. especially songsters. The climate of
the South is favorable for them and produce an
abundance for their subsistence, but in regard to
the biped race of Abrams domnions, the climate
Of the South is very dangerous, aud has proved
fatal TO thousands. The atmosphere being so
strongly unprecedented with gun powder, lead and
iron the inhabitants of Lncolndom cannot survive
its deadly effects; this malaria has been very fatal
in Virginia, Tennessee, Charleston, and various
other places OF rebedom, and its fatal effects are
iny increasing to an alarming extent Our ad-
vice. therefore, to the inhabitants of the land of
King Abram is, of two evils choose the least; risk
the tyranny OF the King in preference to the dead
y rnasma of Dixie land, as it will prove certain
death 10 you.
Trko, S. G. DARBY.