Litchfield enquirer., 1865-01-19

oeciared that we had only cut his little tong
 py craving Gut the f'amenis of cotton and tn
 ne would do well enough in time-as it afte
 ward appeared he dd-for from that time the
 Was no more bleeding. In the course of Il
 second day he began to take short flights abo . the room though he seemed 10 prefer to retui
 10 us- perching on our fingers, or heads
 shoulders. and sometimes choosing 10 sit in tn iway for half an hour at time. These erea
 giants, he,s seemed to say to hi nself .are n.
 bad people after all they have a comfortab
 way with them; how nicely they dried an
 warmed me Truly bird might do worse tha
 te live with them.'
 So he made up his mind to form fourth i the little company of three that ..,-uuify aH read, worked and sketched in that apartment
 and We christered him m' Hum. the son of Bug
 lie became an individuality. a character, who's little doings formed 3 part of every letter. ant
 some extracts from these will show what son,
 of his little ways were.
 Hum has learned to sit npon nay finger ant eat his sugar and water out of teaspoon witt
 most Christian like decorun. He has hut one weakness-he will occasionally jump into the spoon and sit in his sugar and water. and the, appear to wonder where it goes to. His pu-
 mage is in rather a drabb!etl state. owing to these performances. I have sketched him as he sat to-day ou bit of Spireea which | brought in fer him. When absorbed in re- fieciion. he sits with lis bill straight up in the | air. as have drawn him. Mir. A--rpasls Macanlay to- us. and you should see tho wise 1 air with which. prrched on Jenny's thumb, he cooked his head now one eide and then the other. apparently listening with most critical attention. His confidence in ns seems un- ho lot his feathers. without q flutter; and is never better pleased than sitting. as helms been d,- ing all this while, on my hand, turning up his hill and watching my face with great edifca- tion.
 I have just been having sort of maternal struggle to make him go to bed ir his box |: 'nt he evidently considers himself sufficiently convaiescert to make stand for his tights as bird and SD scratched indignantly out of hi. ~rappings. aud set hms-lf np to ronst on the edge of his box, with an air worthy of. turkev. at tine very least. Having brought in H l,mn ne has opened his eyes round and wide, and sits cooking his little head at rn~ rcf.ctiy,ly.'
 ben the weather cleared away, and the sun came out bright, Hum becarne entirely we'll, and s' emed resolved to take the meas ure Ot his new life with us Our windows wera closed m the lower part of the Sash by fraIres with mosquito gauge. 50 that the sun and air foun'i free admission and yet our little rover could not pass out. On the irst sunny day he took an pxact survey of our apartment from ceiling to floor, humming about. examin- ing every point with his bll-;.ll the crev,ces mon!dngs, each little i,lrntati m in th,. bed posts. each window pane. pachrhair and stand and as it was u Very simply far,ishel seaside ap'h tmeHt. hts scrutiny was soon finiSh-d. We wondered. af First. wtTur .ai,..,,t hui "n watching him more closely. we found taat he was act,ve,y engaged in getting lis living. hy dar,ina out his long tongue hithrr and hither. and drawing in all th" tiny flies and insects which ir summer time to be found in an apartment. In short. we found that. though the nectar of flowers was his Iresert yet he had his roast b-ei and mutton chop fn look after and ,ha, his bright brilliant blu,.i Was not made oai .,f.a sn,,ie ,s...,ar,nn diet Very shrrwd and keen he Was, toJ ln measnr- ing the slZe of insects b fore hn attempt .J to swallow them The smallest class We're wiI'sk- ed off with lightning speed hut about larger ones he would sometimes wheel and hum for some minutes, daruny hither and tni,her. and surveying them Warilv: and if satisfied that they could be carried. b. wnu'G come down with a qu' ok. central dart, which would finish the unfortunate at snap The larger hes seemed to irritate him- especially when they nti'natp'l to him that t,s plumae- Was sugary, by settling on his wings and tail. when lie woult lay about him sIitrfully, wi-l.iIng his bill like d sword A cr,sshoppel that straved in. and was suunins himself on the window seat . gave him great .liscomposure Hun evi- dently considered him an intruder and seemed to long ,o make dive ut him; but, with characteristic prudence, confined himself tu threatening movements. which did aot exactly hit. He saw evidently ,ha. he could not swallow him whole, and what might ensue from trying him piecemeal he wisely forebore to essay.
 Hum had his own f,vorite places and per. ches Prem the first day he chose for hi: nightly rpost a towel-line which had been drawn across the coruer over the wash stand where heeveiy night established himself with ons claw in the edge of the towel aud the oth. CT clasping the line, and, rufaing up his teath CTS til he looked like a little chestnut bur. he would resign himself to the snundest sleep He did not tuck his head under his >cwinp. bu, l seemed to ank it down between his shoulders 1 with his bill almost straight up i,, the air. One evening, one uf us, gong tu use the tow~i 1 jarred the liHe, aud soon alter found that Hum 1 had been thrown from his perch, and wai hanging head downward fast asleep, still cling. in. to the line. Another evening, being dis ! composed by somebody coming to the towel l line after he had settled himself. he hua,ered of; but so sleepy that he had not discretion to P Mse himself again. and was found cl.rging like htte bunch of green floss silk. to the mosquito netting uf the window.
 1 A day after this we brought iu large green bough, and put it up oyer the looking glass - Hum noticed it before it had been ther.. five minutes flew to it. and began a regular survey peIching now here. now there, till he seemed to find N twig that exactly suited him; and after that hs ruo.te,l there every night. Who does not see in this change all the signs of re f-ction and reason that are shown by Us i, thinking over our circumstances aud trying [, better them? It seemed to say in so man, wrds: That tow, line is an unsafe place fol a bird get fright. ned. and wake from bad
 dreams to find myself hea,i downward; so will find a better ro0st on this iwig.'
 When our little Jenny one cay put on clean white muslin gown, embelished with
 rtd sprigs. Hun flew towarns her, aud with
 n Dill made instant examina,ion of these new
 appearances and one day. being very aff-c
 r!onaleiy disposed perched himself .n h.u
 shoulder. and sat some time. On another oc } casi0n. while Mr. A. was reading, Illus, estab lslled hin'selt nn the top oi his head, just ove
 the middle Uf his forehead. in the precise plac, where our young bellies havs lately worI stuffed humming birds, m.skiny him look as i dressed out f,r party. Huns mo-t fayor;, p.,rch vvaS fhsa hack nf th.. trra,.. r.l,: