Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-02-18
CITY sPGRROWs

Annie and Willie are city chiioteH,
living in tile midst Of the grea. New
Yorl hut they have beep i, ,he
country every summer Of their ives,
and they love flowers and bird ana
trees as much as If they were country
When the little sparfows first began
/ n iiyeiii New York, the children we're
verv interested in them, and longel 70
have some by their own home mat
] thew might feed and tame them 20
after while, their father had !!ttle
bird house made and gave it to Wlllle.f
n was really two houses made IN one
with an opening at each end to accom-
modate two families Of brides. 1t Wa-
made of pine wood; and a big brotheI
! af the children, whe liked todo all sort
t If oddiabs. PAINTED it brown and nailed
3 n unon the tree in front OF the mouse,
5 The tree is an allanthus, and does not
{ tihave worms on it. but still the chill
: dren hoped that some young couple OF
snarroWs would set up hOHseEeePlHS
/, there since rents are very high in some
/ nIoces and they meant to give their
: Ronse as a wedding present to the ilr7t
g vonnp gentleman and lady sparrow
d That should apply. Well the days
Y went On and mo brides came; the
d chidren grew very impatient, and
n wished the sparrows would come,
e Thev, nut out crumbs very often, ana
te nailed a hit of cot ON to the tree, hoping
N in that Way to tempt some passeT-Dy,
to on his way to the great bird hotels ID
pit Union S1uare, to stop and try thei[
m Lodgings. hut for long while it was all
n in Sai9 some of their friends, how
Id ever. assured them that in the carry
spring there were to be great many
ed weddings in the sparrow world, Wileh
he houses would be in great demand ioi
i the Young couples; so with that nope
les thew waited all last winter. Alas
OF alasl Spring came and went, but the
to nomch longel for Mr.. aud Mrs. Sparrow
&C. aid not arrive Summer passed tooi
I'M and the children went to the country,
te. and saw the robins and the yellow
re- birds and all the rest OF the sparIoWs
ted cousins and relatives, but when they,
lar came home their little house was sun
ate TO let, with no prospect OF tenant
ion They were almost in despair, llad al
ire, most come to believe that lhey were
ter too far from the parks and the worms,
,rY- and that they never W9u4l nave auy
l in dear little sparrows of their own, to
lose feed and pet, when, early one Noveln- Nll
ese- her morning, there was such tWlltef-
lere inc and, ,chiTping in the treer that not
. of nnly ANNA and Willie, but the Dig
nit nba6A Aie3 too, went to the windows, ana
ans There. at last were the darling, brown,
say sneckled. bright-eyed little things --
din. thrSe Of them, on the branches. OF the
sub trees. hopping about, looking int, the
} be boncn calling to eacf other, consulting
one another; discussing; all the qleS-
tions about situation, .nelghboThoou'
copyenienees ETC., which always arse
as happy as. young lovers oug4I L
ldest be-alnlOst as happy as lhelrheW lan'
lord and tandiady- We're n Wa'chl''-
mort them. OF course they could not move
in that day--iH fact, they dld not acI I'll
j., :, ally take the house, they only TOOK u,
I'u III refusal of it, and then they iieW oil
leaving the children in great ahNle ~
hlSh lost the house should net quite SUIT
last in their travels they should &c
unity, something more elegant, ana pe Temp
f-four ed by it. ,...... Va.
That same afterloOn, however WI
Towa. lie came in from his play WlthIhc o,llc
with boys in the street shouting o,' ,I,.
be had seen his brides farth up IN
have ne Ia" So tl,a,, ,,,ere Inc same on
es per S'[ee..-iiG nnV 80 them anvhere. The
must have been making inquire
,duces nnoonct ro th,, neigbbors as to the chara
)n eV- for of the owners of the house, al
what is more, they must have Dec
oyster satisfied; for naday or sWo uley lioN
'sters, in, bag and baggage anu llot naeln6
wait for men to put down carpets al
-, e.o- tinjsh ulumbing work, they were Vel
~ y, on on soon settled in their new quarter
~, roadv toreceiye visits from their friend
''l THE strange thing about 1t was, th
q, there were. as l have said, not tV
SOME b;rds-not two pairs--but three bird
VI ma and the question was, Who was t
young anu hi.JS E,' 91snfort1nately, the childr,
lhad not studied bird-language--th
: knob h6fh knew some French, and few
le and ,,or;, few words of German; but spi
id the row talk was as unintelligible to the
as the Greek declensions which th'
can be IbrotIier, who was in college, used
hoibp- thunder out at the top oil ms Nol
a few every day. So all they could do "
IN riIess. and ask the rest of the fami
:, that who they thought it could be. We
!, than some thought one thing and some
avings other; one Suggesteu 'nat no,, I,iU NM Nv
ANN
", Pa, househeeplmS pm I, Sans % French cook "
quite serVan., pGln~ pIiI, fsn,Tns Of her fricass
IS, just was speolatay t,cuobt If might be
iile the wIIaths' wIa' Ioi"r po s'larrew or merriam.
vounr brother of the groom, who
, while sngagetl to be married, and wanted
lived a have his house all ready for his br
clinch- Sill these were only guesses, and
which "a gYtxy liStnD tn the il
rdy = ,A who make plenty of noise, and tr'
e fred ret hetter acquainted with them
melted hopes that some day they will tell u
sin the all their secrets. They, give u
tied 'as plenty to eat, oats AMI homlny
$ made cfumhs, plenty OF water i'll niue
:. rie-nlate which they keep on their
,cs the cOny, plenty to line their house W
,eats IL cotton and wool; and they hope |
Malays spring there wlll be . still youl
Of the couple ready for another house,
butsbe- which there is plenty ot room on
All whO1 next branch OF the old aIlantnus' l
as well 'wantme, to tell all the chll9ren
read this. that it is great deal nIc'
haye spaEows in houses out oil u'
-. than canaries in cages in doors;
:. theybdpe all the children VIII pers'
...@ l4heir fathers to have houses built 10
Il mute o,n o,od II the house stands empty for
C0lvul- "eionr heeause. by and lsv' tlle hii
Ell sLak- - ;If s,srolv .lPark and PsCeJ
q dlnoyes VI r'isi'''''' - : -
lemiC & - -, Z. \ to,,s ~ ello,
istiifotly The Hsrtioi'i os' .eii' 'ue 'o''U' ~
rpt. ina- story An individual from the e
le bodAh districts entered one of our maC
ssi.CesS y Y w shopsa few days ago, remarking
= !. ~ NJ lie had nlittle leisure, he dro