The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-25

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1s.ls 9. Aa1sAs and Ne5-zssa- eating iEe
Substance q IL Peaple and creasE-g :
fannie II ~h2s has t4ea called Tie
grz1sry % The nation hzs sazs tar nat
With 70 opposition Formidable enough &c
arrest liz march Pre- zot snoke, food
and bru.9u, hare alike failed 30 STAY iEe
p-ogres. ot sais modern scoa-Ee. ~h;ca
sets On col4leriag 2-d % coze1e-
Colorado. which his Il TIE .zs. sea Tez-.
attracted 70 Itself the Dr4rest soos s-6
fairest daughters Of The Eas-. has re-
solved, however, Eos 20 be oTer--un
without struggle, and she has sz1-
moned 20 her aid that faithful al.v 0.
man il his warfare against the i1secs
family-the English sparrow ( coa.
ceEted movement 70 import large nc--
bers Of these birds Is noE On foo. il
Denver and the first importztion. witch
viii include NUMEROUS orders, xiii te
made during the summer. We predict
success for the plucky Cclorsdsus The
sparrow Is The mortal enemy of The grub.
grasshopper and other insects. t5r they
are his fzvoFi'e food and his appetite Is
vorscious- But he vii rot prove wholly
blessing, this s41cF, cheerful Iits-e
stranger from over the sea. Like his
fellow British subject lis naturalization
il 81 easy matter and he increases
even more rapidly i few years
ego, certainly not more than fire. so Ct
these little emierarts we're invited TO
. take up thei- abode il Philadelphia. 10
rescue Ehe shade trees in or streets and
parks from the raTages o. he disgusting
grub that breeds the eato-olozioal
miller. Tie so did their work well. and
the nuisance has been abesed and the
danger = past, but there are Gaa-o.e OF
the birds now They I'll e7ery tree il
the city with their nests, the streets are
f1lle- Of them than they aEe Of pe,ies-
TRANS, they forage in the backyard under
the nose OF Biddy, and pick I'd their
MONDAY meal. OF The pavemeats without
fear q the small boy. AL this Is very
agreeable 10 the jewellers in tie CITY.
The sight Of the sturdy. plump little
/ fellows II brown i not unpleasant, and
calls up associations for which every
city man signs il rain; their innocer.
/ cAirping Is the sweetest o. al stree.
4 sounds. We give them the right Of xav:
/ some Of Us train vines and cultivate the
/ c!ematis against the bleak sides OF our
houses that they may have eonforta-
I bic home: aud We have seen many q
/ housewife Or clean-face3, tidy exile from
9 land near TO the sparrow's native isle
sweep the crumbs that hare fallen from
/ her own Or her mistress table where tie
/ hungry seekers after food might find
| them. Indeed, We hare taken the little
+ strangers 10 our hearts and fed them
/ with our own hands; bu. no. 80 the
| farmers hereabout. The sparrow has
/ multiplied ana migrated, and all the
country round about now knows him. al
| though not a. well as We do. Still We hear
an occasional protest against him from
the sgricGituEis.- Where he has not the
tender, juicy grub and rich sweepings of
The kitchen to eat and grow fat on he
helps himself 10 the equally nutritious
grain In the husbandman's fields. The
devices that intimidase the crow are
wasted On hin, and he breeds faster than
the enraged bucolic can load AID reload
MS gun We do not wish to anticipate
evil, but wise men tell Us that the day
will come when the farmers of the sub
urban counties will declare that the
people Of Philadelphia opened q Pan
dora's box when they swung back the
doors OF the cages in which the sparrows
were imported. Still, this is something
that worries the townsmsn in a small
degree; he has not the grub and he has
the bird, pleasant, companionable scr,
OF fellow, who has added another eIe-
ment to city life and given the streets a
new attraction We believe the Colors.
dams will like the sparrow too. ana tina,
he viii exterminate their pests. Certainly
he viii increase as fast as the grasshop-
per. The 800 brought 10 Philadelphia
i've years ago and their descendants now
lumber, Or would number. if a census
were taken, more than 10000, 900. II
this flock could not cope with the larges,
| army of Iocusts thar ever marched across
the plains and fell upon fair Nebraska
and free Kansas the people OF those IN
fortunate States had best abandon their
present homes and in one numerous car
AVIAN seek the eastern bank of the Mis-.
sissippi River and the Atlantic slope
Philadelphia Prea