Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-06-15
g Ten white fingers made him.

ical blood TO ebb and flow through the
mystic cells of his frame, his maker cast
from her lips. through his gaping golden
bill, a stream of song, and gifted him with
voice.
"This is the bird, bold and merry and
wise, who will shake my salvation from
his wings
"Ah. until the hour of my delivery
arrives, he shall be fed daintily on pre-
served butterflies, and shall scmpe his bill
on shell of PEARL"
/ opened the window as the last words
of this strange song died away, and had
scarcely done so when bright green bird,
with an orange bill and cinnamon colored
legs flew from Rosam0nd's window into
my room and perched on the table. Ii
was charming bird It's shape was
somewhat like that of the mocking bird,
long, slender body, piquant head, and
sweeping tail Its color was of the most
dazzling grren, and its feathers shone like
satin.
Good morning, pretty bid" said |
holding out my finger to my visitor, who
Immediately flew 10 my hand, and estab-
lished himself there.
GOOD morning" answered the Green
Bird, in voice so like RosamOnd's that
was startled; " am come to breakfast
with YOU
As the Green Bird spoke, a small bright
feather dropped from its wing and slowly
fell to the ground
am delighted to have your society"
| replied, with the utmost courtesy. "but
fear that | shall not be able to offer you
any preserved butterflies. Nay, have
not rs mach as a beetle in pickle"
Don't mention il" said the bird. with
an oif-hand iiiri Of his tail; lean put
u? with anything Besides, You know,
one can always fall back on eggs"
To my surprise another bright grserf
feather disengaged itself from the bird S
plumasc. ard hoaied softly towards the
ca-.et.
why. you'll LOSE all your feather,
said !. Are you moulting."
No, answered the bird. "b1t | am
gifted with speech on condition that l
shall lose a feather every time use the
faculty When | lose all my feathers,
which calculate will not take place for
about year. shall invent scme artifi-
cial ornithologic,l covering"
"GraciouS / exclaimed, "what q fe-
ure-of speech you will be"
AT this moment the usual knock wa,
heard AT my door, on opening which /
discovered a large tray. coIe.od with a
snowy cloth, on which were placed danTm-
Der of small porcelain covers, some bottle :
o. rcd and white wine. silver coffee ser
vice, IN short. everything necessary for a
goct bleaAflst.
N-BREAKFAsT. ORSITHoLoGIcALLy
CONSIDERED.
In few moments my repast was ar
ranged on the table, at which | seated
myself, the Green Bird perching on the
edge of a pretty dish of scarlet fruits, al
which he pccked, occasionally moistening
his golden bill in the slender glass OF Bar
sac which | placed near him.
Breakfast, said the bird, looking at
me with a glance ofundisguised contempt,
breakfast is meal utterly misinterpre-
ted by human beings. What can be more
unhealthy or more savage than the Eng
/ lish or American breakfasts The latter
is mi aclc of findigestibility. The elastic,
hot cakes. The tough. overlooked meats.
The half boiled, muddy coffee The halt
baked. alum-tempered bread. Breakfast
should be light meal, invigorating, yet
not o,. 80: fruits to purify the
palate and the physical system, and a lit
tie red wine to afford nolrisEncnt 70 the
frame, and enable it 10 go through ;he
work OF the day. In the morning man
arises refreshed, not exhausted; hisframe
needs but little support; it is only when
the animal vitality has been used up by a
hard days labor, that the meal of snccu-
lent and carbonized food is required The
French make their breakfast too elabor-
ate the English too heavy the Ameri-
cans too indigestible"
Am 20 understand then I asked
that birds breakfast more sensibly than
men!''
Certainly" replied the Green Bird
What is more delicate, and at the same
time more easy OF digestion than the mu
cilaginous Caterpillar? The Dragon fly
when carefully stripped of its corselet. i.
the lobster of the Insectivora. The greer
acarus is dainty morsel, and the yellow
roses sigh with relief when we gobble VI
their indolent enemy. The coceinela, o.
Lady bird, is our turtle: with what dex
terity is he stript of his upper shell an,
. eaten palpitating!
but the chief hygienic feature abou
| the breakfast frs birds is, that we cxer
| else in order that we may eat !, Supposin.
the Blackbird, on Withdrawing HIS heat
t from Under his crimson epaulet in th'
E early morning, were merely to yav n, ant
E stretch his wings. and hopping lazil!
g down branch by branch to the pool at tn
bottom Of the tree ON which he roosts
take his bath. That finished, we vii
I suppose him retreating to his covert, wheI
he rings a bell made Of the blue campanu
l In, and being answered by an attendan
, lTom Tit, commands breakfast to be served
!, Tom Tit disappears. and after the usua
absence returns with meal of beetles
! caterpillars, ripe cherries, and wild honey
' neatly served one setiny leaf Of the, ma
pie. Blackbird falls to and gorges him
self What an unhealthy bird he weul
be compared with she Blackbird as h
really is stretching, his wings at the frs
(. light of dawn. and setting off on a foras
ing expedition through the woods an