Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-12-13
!, rHs+ SINGING SCHOOL -voa aIaIDs.

: /, the SINGING soHool 'Roa sIaDs. :
- lam now going to tell .yod about a
aefoof forbirds:, =. .'~F -
20 & school &r birds1 How. odd! I
power beard Of such.a school,, * 49,, /.
= And. yet >snol, a school thore is; and;
vrryfgnoJ schoiars IT makes. They
cannot read or writo, but they can
'Aihg.7 < 80 ,.~ 70
II wsSonntl liko. to see. birds at school.
Tell mo .pf it, Do they not sing with
out being taughl2" ,,-,....s..'-'.''::. :
c They sing afew simple' notes, Ike
Tho small iinncts you may hear IN the
ffaIds; but, aftor they are taught,
they will whistle regular tunes:
Last, summer L was at friends
house at Naaant., b rose early in the
morning, aud went down stairs'' to
walk on the piazza. While there l
heard, as l thought, some person whis'
.,Gnga tune in worry sweet style.
Ilnoletd around, but c'uld SEQ no
oHc.' " hSie Coutu tho Souhu Soho
trom2 looked up, and saw little
bird in . cage. The cage WAS hung
in the midst OF fowers and lwining
plants. ,,s : .-'- ..-...
b Can it be, thought +; that sucl.
little bird as that has been taught to
sing regular tune j, swcetly7 l did
no, know what to make Of i,,!
When my friend came down stairs,
she told nc that it was indood tn o lit
tic hid who had whistlcd the sweet
Then my friend cried ont to the bird
"Comc, Bully, Bully, sweet littlo Bul,
iy Bulfinch, give US just ono moro
tune" ~,
And then this dear little bird hopped
about its cage, looked at ,ts mistress,
and whislled another sweet tune. II.
was 30 strange to hear q bird whistle
u regular tune!
Now, Bully, said my friond, you
mast give us 7"fankco Doodle" y
Como, come, you shall have some Lice
frc,h seed If youwill. whistle "Yankee
Doodle" And tho littlo thing did
whistle it. much 10 my surprise.
Ny friend then told mo that she
had brought the bird from tho little
town Of Fulda in Germany In Fulda
there are little schools for teaching
these. birde to sing. =
When bulfnch has learned to sing
two or three tunes, he is worth from
forty II, sky dollars; for he will
bring that price in Fra.,so Or Eng
! land.
| Great skill and patience aro. needed
to teach these birds. Few teachers
can have the time to give.to the little
children undor their charge 80 much
care as these bird=tcnchers give &c
their bird-pupils.
The birds arc put in !ciassos of about
six each, and kept for . time in d dark
room. Here, when their food is giver
to them, they are mado to 'hoar music
so that; when" thoy ,hpvo eaten tlrci
food, or when they want moro food
they will sing, aid try 10 imisa4esth'
tune they baso just heard. This,un'
they probably connect with the net o
ftoding. ia ',,:rs..'.. = E:,,S...,.tr -: 49,.
AS soon as'tbey. begin to initiate
fsw notes, Tho light il .lst, into tth
room; and this cheers them still more
and makes them f:ol as il they woufs
like to .ing.. ...s:.s2, ~. I.
In some of: those schools the bird
are not allowed either light tr foo'
,in they begin to- sing: THose ar
the schools .whcro tho leachers 81
most strict. j. - .--i;...-;:r. 49,.
-iAf,er bong abus. taught in c,asse
r eaphtbuIsnca is put -u,,dcr tho care o
u boy. VIII, plays his -orgaa from ,morl
, ,s,nz ill nfght., while, tho master o
mistress of s!ia bird school :.g;oes roun'
/ 70 see hoy tho pupils .ara. gsttiisg:or
STho bu.fnohes seen, TO know At one
. wien they arc, ,aco!dSd, aud Mhen The!
are praised by tiicir master or mis-
= trosa and they Kks. tQEe petted VIE
Z, Itheyshave dnne weltr 20 x -
;: the: tratnihgg ,..gee. On 81 hin
! ,mSoths; and, ,hen1ehe biris have isd
Itbohedneaa.|io Al nl rs; 3; so n,ia
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