The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-07
CHAT WITH THE SPARR0WS
THEY WANT THEIR B1TH-HOUSEs
KEPT OPEN IN WINTER
What fhcv Think of the Elevated Rniirond
Extension Across the Battery sparrow
Philosophy IL ecping In out of the storm.

Philosophy * ecping In out of the storm.
on THE BATTERY, May i.-Nearly year
ago had the honor Of addressing the public on
behalf of the sparrowA and once moro ] shall
attempt tn enlist sympathy for them and 70 Sc
cure for the merry little brownbachs certain
rights to which all good people must believe
them to he entitled. They are not oppressed 10y
taxation, they are not deprived Of their liberty,
nor are they pelted by the boys yet they have
their grievances which should be redresscd.
This morning came down here to take look
at tho harbor and sniff of the fresh breeze wan
dcrinR up from the ocean. The first thing that
attracted my attention was long line OF Iron
box-girders stretching from ths foot OF Green
witch street down toward the Water side. Then
sauntering slowly along came upon series OF
broken places like holes newly dug and filled |
| again. These for tho crder posts that the |
recent injunction against the Elevated Railroad |
| Company will not allow to be planted While |
looking at these things and grieving that the sim
ple.beauty Of so many sunny spots OF greenery
| should be marred to make room for the march
| Of improvement, heard a familiar voce-a tiny
| treble that had listened to before. II was that
OF my DAINTY little acquaintance, Mrs. Teewoe-
teree, whom had not seen since last haylng
| time. II,
"a long time since we met" said she, coyly
and looSed a. NJ me with her head on one side
Forgotten us. no doubt" she continued and
9S Nave been lust a%u and there's been no
| body to say a word for us, and there = been no.
S9 9as "'1 And so many Of the birds have gone
away TO the uptown parks that It's real lone
some for me and lots OF others
cnrp T. WET.
"where Il Chip T. weet 2" said 7.
and vent u OF on n was a furious flirtation, but
Mis- had to Rsss IsesG Of fy"s
be allowed the expression---head over ears into
@SS'y S.S sTiy !. a Nc is You know
VIZ. SSsi s sssai ct h' s'' stolen
$i SS SISS t. S3::%.
him iUH All H. made great sport Of chip and his
STSf and ' {SSm n%i tho buttons OH MS vest "
What did no see 10 laugh at :" ! asked
why" answered the little lady with iiutterj
the SHY seeSo .v,uHi.. ma , 4, hs. To-, rnid
INA, was wo en ago fr s,.u th"r yery vin
Se.,hers S''.' ''0' ~
x ri: point in the conysr's'i k S SS
I o9SS 1 along lie stopped few PAGES OF
from where Mrs. ana rom we %De .S a Ss
took nandigl al 81 bs cnn leaned over The
chain ana began sowing the ero1 tn tell M'' IL
crumbs In less time .ns1 '9 49, ,,y,terns
and cGrplnE and sSodns Ard eating At one ana
the same te, ~ was had 20 h sev Kin
Wnht pvIievt .'Iy ~ u ~. 20, ~ a.,
ana WIN ! whe' " foaa ~ bs SronSb, Mp from
v Iresn Supply %. toUt ,sn noe. et There thew
t , ,t'h h"idcrs well baok and bills in air
I giving voice 10 quiet "chweep, chweep," which
iqe Sr we ara SSay as so many in
n onIv hurry IN. Il YOU please - vet never once
letting The I'D gentleman detect by their &C lions
Una, shag ~s ths coming shower Of good things
o YES: and IL Was pleasant 70 sse the little chill
t tes, any,, an ~ ssren" dozen or more had
n LII - ,Aa old Ia
y man and don't believe that the Of
Q fer Of a penny piece would have tempted
q e. sn n1,cb a. an audii,le breath And tho two
l. so,biincSs WI Slned the group after a whiis
8 goua 10y deaa halt a oiesy fool short ~ az
n main and an. fla - -. hthar !, a boars,
s.ian.r tSat reaIi, had music in IL. CHEESE Il
70 stIhPy VI ~, ,e Inntor we're az ouiet a,
ane III tSe feast was over and the Sparrow
e hAo ni''oo """' W p w. ~, WYNN
d STRANGERS.
" p,cfure did not know that Mrs Tecweetere,
Is had left me- had missed her only moment
Il however whom back she came, and with he
d who but Twce wit. Chez Tcep. Pee Weep ant
- tnree or -FOUR oapp@r yTuns 'ei'o"' oou"
u, After shaking hands-so to speak-wlth thu
4 friends of last year, and Wing a formal in
as PRODUCTION TO the strangers, who, by the way
70 are too young yet for other than pet names,
ID said TO Chez Teep,
Backward By George, sir" said he with
sneezc and cough, there never was sprini
Ike it sincc car remember Chez Teep ha
been a sparrow about town nearly six years:
N Winter fingers sir like lazy loon Of a laggard
and every breath draw bears with it the seed
~ rheumatIsm ouinzy cnfarri; gOut, lum
!, bagow" S''
l. "Uold nm " interr,ipted Pee Ween "Cut thu
=, list short, and stick TO facts This spring ha
" not vet develoncd much 81 Tho Of hereaI
M ~ iS -, hav W In % M
a tiwos" .sv ,broa rr f,',r vc,rs ,,,o L,t 4, "a
. cnn,a ou; ali rjsht on, NJ tba s,,rsiina i"n
p AZ Tia ,rean erase i,nL - " Wv ' ~
ct - 49,, .inc',i,ted ftea reor bo.r,.
10 and ,,i1h "a Min sar,e ~, nv r,,,j,,, in III
xo,cs how much green grass vii we hav
10 when a dozen more elevated railroads cross III
h battery making uusichtly holes before they arr
H. -, - Il s,,,,i,,f, - r. H
- H., iha a. III Win rnncId oh 'and ho, ,shas
N " All, but" said little Miss Twee Wit, the
h. can't build any more roads across the TlattcrN
10 Thevui ali ba niiincted lie ms ono and no
40 ,a,'i "a i,cla ~ AN MI .nd nj, "a e.
ID ,ri,i aud axccntod iuder anaIfv nf the i,w nm
ia ~ IN ~ otbar aNNf,I thin,s dnns 10 ii en
no ma, m iaarn ,s,r villa ths, ,ya bayo ribt
hnt' eve, thesa hnrr,d railroads ara h'un5 :
err t"9pect - '''''' N''''1 NV '0D"N