The Lincoln County herald., 1872-07-24
LITTLE FOLKS.
"The sa,d Chips are Neore., The Hca1r"
old woodchopper.
now BIRDS IRC UGYT TO
CfNC

Each kind Of blvd sings il. osn pecu
liar notes, but all may Be- tassht 70 sin,
regular tunes. The mocking bird an,
thrush learn tunes without training
BIT, by q rsgslar education other bird,
may become ins performers. A con
tributor to the Nursery says:
Last summer I vas at a friends house
at Nahant. 1 rose early 10 the morning
and vent down stairs to work on tn q
piazza. While there, I heard, as
thought, some person whistling a tune
In very sweet style. looked around,
but could see no one. Where could the
sound come from? looked up and
saw little bird in cage. The cage
was hung in the midst of flowers and
tvining plants.
"Can it be- thought, |, that such .
little bird as tha. has been taught to
sing regular tune so sweetly r.
l did not know what to make Of il
When my friend came down stairs she
told me- that it was indeed tho little bird
that whistled the sweet tune. Then nv
friend cried out to the bird, "Coms
Bully, Belly, ewess Htsie buffdnch,
give US just one more tune" And
then this dear little bird hoped about
the cage, looked at its mistress and
whlstled another sweet tune. Twas 40
strange to hear a bird whistle q regular
tune!
"Nov Bully" said my friend, "you
must give US Yankee Doodle" And the
little thin: did whistle it, much to my
surprise
Ny friend then told me that she had
brought the bird from the little town of
Fulda, in Germany, where there are
little schools for teaching these birds to
sing. When bullfuch has learned to
sing two Of three tunes hs is worth from .
forty to sixty dollars, for h. will bring 5
that price in France or England.
Great skill and patience are needed 70 !
teach these birds. Few teachers can /
have the time to give the children under c
their charge SO much care as the bird
teachers give to their bird. pupils. =
The birds are put in classes Of about 7
Six each, and kept for time in a dark '
room. Here, when their food is given :
'hsm, they are made to hear music, 90 ,
hat when they have eaten their food, or
when they want moro food, they will
ing and try to initiate the tune they ,
'avs just heard. This tune they proba
ny connect with the act of feeding. As ,
'oon as they begin to initiate few note,
he lig ht is let into the oom, and this ,
Ulcers them still moro and makes them
eel az it they would like 10 sing In
ONE Of these schools the birds are al. =
owed neither light nor food till they .
'eGin to sing. These are the schools
there the teachers are most strict.
After being thus taught in classes,
aeh bullfnch is put under the care of a r
oy, who plays his organ from morning
ii night, when the master or mistress of
he bird school goes around to see how
he pupils are getting on.
The bulfnehcs seem to know At one.
hen they are scolded or when they are
raised by their master or mistress and
'ey like to be pstted when they have
'ne we'll. The training goes on for -
ne months, and then the birds have got
eir education, and are sen, to ENGLAND :.
France, and sometimes to America 70 nn
sold tn,
A II animals, all birds, and all reptiles "
hshes even-are susceptible Of culture az, Are
Improvement. So are plants, roots, sal
d fruits. And above and beyond all, rs, ,wl
human beings capable of alms.t il. be.
,ltable development, both of body and
nd