Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-07

leave to withdraw, which Report was summarily
accepted. Upon ascertainiug this discredtable
| fact, the following memorial was transmitted
| TO the General Court; by your present Secretary
the adtliorof the original motion for petition
in the Board Of Trustees
| To The Honorable Senate and House Of Representa-
tires IN GENERAL COURT assembled:
The Undersigned, citizen of the commonwealth.
protesting against the non-ieasanee Of a COMMITTEES
of your Honorable Bodies, by which gross injustice
has been done, to men III every respect their peers
sets forth for your Information that at the annual
meeting of the Trustees Of the WORCESTER COUNTY
| HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, a corporation duly es-
| tablished by law, it was unanimously UOted, on
motion ofthe undersigned, seconded by Mr.. stephen
S, Fosters to petition the GENERAL COURT for such
alteration OF the Statutes as will permit the des-
struction by individuals upon their premises,
of FrugivOrous Birds And the undersigned, still
protesting asserts that at early day in the pres
ent session of the General Court, petition stating
the wishes of the aforesaid Trustees under the seal
of the corporation, and attested by its Secretary.
was presented and in course referred to the Conn
mittee on Agriculture, Nevertheless the said Com
mittee, careless ignorant Of the fact that the
privilege of audience is iDseparable from the right
Of petition (which would otherwise be wOrthlessl,
In no manner needed the prayer Of the Trustees,
neither advising them of meetings nor yet of the
presdetermlnatton of the matter by the utter eI-
elusi0n OF testimony So that the report of "LEAvE
10 WITHDRAW" accepted by your Honorable
Bodies in default of explanation, was not more in.
eXcusabe for its wanton denial Of justice, than It
was complete in its surprise to the undersigned,
who was expected and only awaited notice to at
tend at the official hearing.
For the further Instruction. in the premises, of
your Honorable Bodies, the undersigned would add
that it is runored and believed in the country that
there are, within the walls of the State house. in
Testing the Library or peryading Committee
Rooms, but changing upon the verge" of legisla-
ton, those who consider the works of Wilson and
Audubon surplusage, aud in view of their own
istence, esteem the very lives of those eminent nat
uraistS IS supererogaion on the part of the Creator
Professors of ooogy Curators OF Stale Eggs, or the
like whose chief If not sole OccupaiOn appears to
bet that of testing, by personal experience the
theory of Artificial Incubation by the mae 1t is
strongly suspected that the Committee fell into the
ditch wherein they foutw?ly rep0se, owing TO the
guidance offs UGH "blind leaders of the blind"
Wherefore the undersigned, protesting that he is
not moved by any desire for hearing at this late
day, and especially not before the Committee on
Agriculture, which appears imperfectly to CONF
prenend its duties, concludes this discharge of his
obligations citizen, by inviting the attention of
your Honorable Bodies to the existence and nature
Of the obstacles which crcumscribe the Right Of
Petition and limit the slender chances of REDRESS
All which is respectfully submitted by
EDWARD W. LINCOLN,
One of said Trustees
| This Memorial was suppressed by AIR. Harvey
| Jewell, Speaker Of the House, who opned that
| II was not COuChed In quite diplomatic Ian
| guage. How exact the measure Of that equity
| which, six months later buried Mr.. Jewell aud
| his political aspirations in the grave of his
avowed irreYerence for the great African Fetishl
| At the annual meeting of the Trustees, last
NNONNlibtly IL was again NOlGtl 10 Apply 10 the
| Legislature for such amendment OF the statutes
| as will suffer the destruction of birds Injurious
| TO fruit or vegetable, by citizens, upon their own
| premises. Pursuant to that vote a petition
was once more prepared and presented to the
| General Court, at lis last session. Thanks to
| your steady persistence, a clearing" ifnothing
| more, was obtained from the Committee on Ag-
| ricuture, to whom the subiect-matter had been
| referred. Your Secretary attended at that
"hearing," to his personal Inconvenience, TO
| support, with that might Of truth which sup.
| pementS even the feebeSt ability the PRAYER of
| the Trustees. There being no opposition, and
| no facts being alleged in Tebuital, the commit
tee, after a dccOrous period of inatteniou, sue
ceeded in evolving from the depths Of their in
| tense mlSconceptlon yet another "leaye to with
| draw" Having been informed, Immediately
| upon the conclusion of his testimony, by mem
| Der of the committee, that such would be their
| decision, your Secretary asks leave 10 pay
| his humble tribute OF ADAPTATION to that emf
nent gravity which patiently awaited the lapse
of three months before announcing a ioregone
| conclusion,
| The chief and incorrigible offender--of W hose
devastation there is most and the best.founded
! complaint, is the TUTdUS MgFdt0riltS of the
| orn1thologist-the pseudo Robin of the senti-
mentalist and school girl. Should the follow
| ing little gem serve TO enlighten any who are
| ignorant OF the difference between that flying
| thief, with beak like a pickaXe, and the gentle
red-breast its space will be well occupied:
THE RED BREAST OF THE ROBIN.
| AN IRISH LEGEND.
Ofal the merry little birds that live up In the tree
| -, And carol from the sycamore and chestnut,
The prettiest little gentleman that dearest to me,
Is the one in coat of brown and scarlet waistcoat
| It's cockit little Robin!
And his head he keeps a-bobbin'.
Ofall the other pretty fowls I'd choose him.
For he sings so sweetly still,
Through his tiny slender bill
With little patch of red upon his bosom.
When the frost is in the air, and the snow upon the
To other little brides so bewilderin',
Picking up the crumbs near the window he is
found
Singing. Christmas stories to the children:
OF how two tender babes
Were left in woodland glades
| By a cruel man vino took 'em there to lose EN-;
But Bobby saw the crime;
(He was watching all the timeD
And he blushed perfect crimson on his BOSOM
When the changing leaves of autumn around us
thicky fall,
And everything seems sorrowful and saddening,
| ROBIN may be heard on the corner of a WALL
Singing what is soacing and gladdening.
And sure, from what I've heard,
He's Gods own little bird,
| And sings to those in grief just to amuse 'em:
But once he sat fOrlOrn
On cruel Crown Of Thorn,
And the blood 1t stained his pretty little bosom.
1t is recommended that application be
| again made, at the next session of tbe
General Court, for such amendment of
| existing statutes as shall furnish an adequate
| remedy in the premises; and for an investipa-
| ton by competent and unprecedented persons
| of the habits of both Insects and Birds, TO the
end that the least informed among us may be
| taught to discriminate in some manner howev-
err imperfect, between his garden friends and
| foes.
Your action, as a corporate body, is also in.
| yited upon the recent change in the statutes
regulating the Post Office department to the
tAra li.a of INrt1 1+, al
| saung advantage. Heretofore, it has been per-
mltted TO send seeds, ptdntS and CUTTINGS by
mail, at the rate of two (2) cents for every four
| a. ounces, in quantities of not more than four
| az pounds. Under this wise relaxation of for
mer restrictions, a large business had grown up
in the traffic and exchange between remote parts
of the Republic, of articles superhuous here but
| desirable there. This provision of the law, ben
| efcial to all and hurtful to none, was altered
at the last session of congress, so as to reduce
| the limit OF weight to twelve (12) ounces The
| effect of such narrow restriction can be best
| illustrated by a citation from the Garnenel's
monthly, which says that "aS for living vegeta-
ton, where so much of packing material has to
be employed to preserve them fresh and from
injury by the pressure Of other mail matter, the
postal limit will be reached before the plant is
enclosed. A formal vote of the Trustees is
solicited, authorizing the Secretary to mcmori-
alize Congress, at its next session, for restora.
ton OF the former liberal provision of the law
Only the merest official intercourse has oc-
cured between this Society and the Department
| Of agriculture. Principally, once year, comes
Il curt and formal note from the commissioner.
desiring TO be informed of the character of the
| organization of this Society, with the names of
its President and Secretary. The penalty of
Withholding such information, so the mole pro.
ceeds TO state, will be the withdrawal of the in.
Vulnerable aud lndeScribable benefits showered
upon all good Societies toward which the De.
partment turns its viyifying rays. In panic
terror lest this dire misfortune should belall the
Worcester County Society, from any negligence
Of his own, your Secretary upon resuming his
office, was careful TO supply the Department of
Agriculture with all required intelligence. The
oblaton must have been sufficient; for the sup.
ply OF the monthly Reports of the Department
has never intermitted That you may the more
fully appreciate their inestmable value, lust
mark the following detail IN the issue for No
yember and December Of the last year: ".SutoB
County, Mass, Apple-cr0p a fdilureP
And STILL with the characteristic faulty of
the average Yankee, the Farmers of Pearl, or
State streets, will continue to cling TO their
barren orchards. What has become of the Bos
ton Board of Trade?
The 1RRudl AUtumRn Exhibition, holden
for the third year in succession, away from the
Hall of the Society, more than justified the
brightest anticlpations OF its managers. The
pecuniary returns, it is true, were less than
could have been wished. But the regulation of
the weather is without the province of the So
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