Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-01-07

dvidualty, L Gcbuf1a0cier whosae Iittie d1ioe
formed part Of every letter, ehd som
extracts from these will sbox what som
Of his little ways were N,ash hl'i s22i
Hum has learned TO sit D pom my 6ueef
and eat bis sugar and water out OF atea
spoon with most Christian .lil:e detoruno
He has but one weakness ,Ahe will orca
sonally jump into the spoon and sit 10 BIZ
sugar aud water, and then appear Il
wonder where it goes TO- His plGmage Il
10 rather drabbed state, owing ote these
performances. III have skslched him as hs
satto,day 90 . bit of Spiles which ]
brought in for him When Absorb bed in re-
heciion, he sits with his bill straight up in
the ait, ts have drawn him, Nj. A.
reads Macaulay TO US, and you should zee
the'wise air with which, percted on Jenny 4
thumb, he cooked bis heed now one eide
aud lieu the other, apparently listening
With most critical at,eation!! His conf.
dence 10 as seems unbouhded he let's Us
stroke his head, smooth his feathers, With
out a fotier aud is never better pleased
than sitting. as be bus been doing all thi.
While, on my hand, turning up bis bili and
watching my face with & eat Cd fcaticn. ?
have just been having sort Of mater.
nal struggle TO make him go to bed 10 bis
box but he evidently considers himself
sufficiently conssescent to make a stand
for his rights as bird. and 90 scratched
Indignantly out Of his wreppings, and set
himself upto roosp our the edge Of bis box,
| with an airs worthy Of a ,pikey,,,st. the
very least. Having brought 10 o lamp, be
has opened his eyes round and vide, mud
sits cOeking his LIZZIE head at me teaac-
When the weather cleared away, and the
sun came. out bright, Hum became entirely
well. and seemed resolved 10 take The meas.
nre OF bis new life with us. Our windows
were closed in the lower. part of the sash
by frames with mosqaito gaozs so that
the sun and air found free admission, and
yst our little rover could not pass, out. -.
On the frst sunny day be took an eIac,
survey OF our apart ment from ceiling to
foor, humming eabour,. examining every.
point With bis bill ,-all The .cieyices, mould
Jugs, each little indenialion, ia. 1 be bed.
posts, each window pane. each chair and
stand and, as u was very simply furn..
Ished seaside apartment, bis SCRUTINY was
soop 6oisbed. We wondered, at first.
! what this was oil about /; bot, on watching
him more closely, we found that. he was
actively engaged in getting his living, by.
ds ring out bis long tongue hi,her aud
thither, aud drawing 10 all the tiny, flies
and insects which n summertime are to he
found In an apartment. In short, We found
that, though The nectar of flowers was his
dessert, yet he bad bis roast beef and
muttep chop to look AFTER, and that his
bright, brilliant blood was not made ont
Of simple vegetarian diet. Very shrewd
aud keen he was, too,. 10 measuring the
sz, of in.ects before be attempted 10 swal
low them. The smallest class we're whi,k.
ed off viii lightning speed (; but abou,
larger ones he would somelimes wheel and
hum for some minutes, darting bi,ber aud
lhilher, and surveying them warilv aud il
sapsfed that they could be carried, be
would come down with quick, dart which
would flush the unfortunate at a snap.-.
The larger flies seemed TO rritate him
especially when they intimated to him that
his puDage was sugary, welding bis bill
like sword A grusshopper that strayed
in, and was summing himself on the window.
seat, gave him grea, dscompospre. Hum
evidently considered lin as an intruder.
and, seemed to long TO make dive at him
bnf, with charac erstic prudence, confined
himself 10 th!eaiiug movements, which did
not exactly hit. He saw evidently that he
colld not swallow him whole, and what
might ensue from trying him pecemeal he
wisely foteboreito essay. ~ Sog SaAt A
Hum hsd bis own favorite places and
e'ciies. From the first day he chose FOR
his nightly roost q towel.liae which had
been drawn across the corner over The
wash-stund, where be every night establish.
cd himself with one claw 10 the edge OF The
towel and the other clasping the line, and
rufiiog up bis feathers till be locke ed like q
little chestnat-bur, he would resign himself
Ito the soandrst Sleep. He did not tuck
his bead, under bis wing, but seemed to sink
il down between his shoulders, With bis bill
almost straight up ia the air. Que even
ing one OF us, going to use the TOW ell, Jared
| ibe line, aud soon after found that Hum
had been lhrown from his perch, and was
banking head dowBward, fast asleep. sill
clipging TO the liDeo Another evening, being
discomposed by somebody coming 10 The
towekliae after he had settled himself, be
flutes ed off but so sleepy that he had NOT
discretion 10 poise himself again, ana was
found cliDging, like a little bunch Of green
floss silk, TO the mosquito netting Of the
window. s gmos b3laa19 .asUie1 gd bGl
A DAY after this We brought 10 large
green bough, aud put IL up over the look
ing glass Hum noticed il before il had
been there Eve minutes. few to it, and be-
gan u regular survey, perching now here,
oow there. Till be seemed to Cad twig
tbarexac'ly suited him and after that be
roasted there every night. Z Who does no.
seeiin this change all the sigus Of reflection
aud reason that are shown by us ia think.
ing over our eircumsta aces, and trying "a
better them 10 seemed 10 say in SC
many words That towel line Is al, unsafe
place for bird !, ! get, frightened, and
wake from bad dreams TO fud myself head
d0wpwsid sol will hnd a better rsoss OF
this iwig. - 4. ,..'-.. -, -
| When our lil'le Jenny one day put on. q
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