Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-26

bo,,o corse,,ted to not tbe mart of n traitor -
Co... s,,cI, ,yay tbe cLaroctor ibe magician in.
to,doJ bo sbouId Nav
Uo,.in', m taIJ tbo ",yoctotors in few words
,ba story Of how Tho solJisr.bird Ind deserted
lie ooiayy and ,,oyod tbe nort of n snv for
tbo enemy the megicinn btpan tbe preparn-
t;o,s for iis rurisLment Inv erecting ,ipon the
taIio a srnoIl nolo On t,e ION of which was
f,st,,,,1 a uont si,,iior 10 tlnt which formed
,,ort ~ ,ba onn;nrt ;ns,rnmont of torture
rroIlod rd tbo ,,dncLina,stooI - In tbis seot he
H., ,i,o .oorao,,t L;rd ord ,ban brongbt
a,,, n to, connon ,nada of bross which he
Io"dcd ~ ,Lc ,rcso,,ce or The sncctators. with
a Looy, cborga ~ nowder Having fxed the
fnso b9 rincod tba ,,iece in nosition some
d;s,orco fro,, tLo ,ola ca tLot tboupb IL
,vns di.cbarced Jirectlv at the latter tbe bird
IL, tba seat Sonld not be iniurnd TIo then
II; s,,oII WOW ,o,,ar and ,laced Il in tho trnil
Of ,be ,,,,n .corr;o1e
Tho 1ro,,orotione for tbn execution being
,,oy, 6nisIad ,bo n,a,icion gave n low whis.
te and nnothsr conory bonned from the cage.
SLOWLY, onnroocbed thS cannon rickod mn the
ta,,nr ,,i,b on, nf ne feet ard bonning inon
u,. t,oiI Il, ,Lo fnso Drring ali tbis time
tl. .oldi,rLirJ Ind remained nerfectlv still
mon thn nolo and seemed IN bo watching tbe
fnse ns il slowly burned nenrer md nearer
the novd.r
Suddenly there was bright flash. cloud
of smoke. "A loud report, and the soldier-bird
fell from his scat to the table, motionless and
apparently dead. His executioner, who still
perched on the trail of the gun-carriage, hav-
ing seen the effect of his fire dropped the ta-
per and hopped back to his cage, exhibiting
no signs of the fright that il would have been
natural to suppose a canary bird would have
shown upon hearing Il cannon discharged so
near him.
To show the spectators how effective the
executoner's fire had been, the magician
caught hold of the foot of the motonless sol
dier-bird and held him suspended in the air
for some moments, the bird, meantime, be-
trayinp not the least sign of life.
The magician then dropped him into the
palm of his hand and rolled him backward
and forward lint he still remained upparent-
ly lifcless At the calling of his name and "A
chirpinp signal from the magician. however
he revived with startling obriIptncss hopped
upon his owners finger and in token of his
resurrection. warbled forth happy carol
and then flew away among his conpanions in
the cage.
After the birds had p,rfornied several more
tricks such os drawing n little bucket from a
miniature we'll and others of similar simplic-
itv. the magician in bringing the exhibition
TO a close called out:
..IIaro To,,r,,,N ,ro,,,r,,, Conn, loro -,
M ,,,,,,,.,a,,I ,, ,,,,,,,,.1 H., -, ,,,l
banl.o1,o to,, cot Who s,ro,e, ;,ro,,,f,i1I, nm,
- 49,. ."lio5 - 70 f9,s', . ~. 49,. I
,,'allal sIa,,,,' tiror,,i, tIa H. 81 ,,, Liri
cage and IaziIv cnrlad bimseIf NJ, in a bnndIa
ond LIinted gise,,;ly M tba snscta,ors
,ro The ,tori1Lment NJ nanv of tha Iot,.r
tb. c.,,or;o snarad 70 roanrj ls ,,nsc",,i,
;,,r,,s;o,' ,,';n, ,h ,,t,ast ;,,d;garo,,I'o a,'1
ha,,o,, ;,,,;, al ,h 80 la,il,, a,,d To-,
- S"'' ''''S 10 ''A - 49, 49, '''' 49, -'i
a, So Co.. ~, t, ,,;oL ~, saos ~,
der his yePy nose =. cLirpjnp and warblipp ali
the time as if to express pleasure at his com
panv. Tommy for his mart was quite AS nm
concerned az the canaries and watched their
movements with n sort of drowsv interest.
making no ATTEMPT to molest them or drive
them oil his head or back.
The writer PUZZLED for months and months
afterward irving TO account for the strange
spectacle. and looked through all the books
about birds and cats that he could find with
out discovering an explanation of it, He
continued to be perplexed until. finally. n
Young friend who was quite AN expert natur-
alist revealed the secret, which NAV now be
told to the readers of Wide Awake.
Tommy, when he was but a little kitten in
deed. had been placed against n bird-cape
the wires of which had been previously heat
ed until they were very hot. and had his fur
singed enough TO cause him severe pain for a
few moments This apparently cruel but
necessary oneration had IMPRESSED his kitten
mind with the idea that if he attempted to
harm either a bird-cage or its inmates he
would suffer the same main that he had en-
dured while being pressed against the hot
yGres The lesson once TAUGHT was never
forgotten. and in the same way as the prov
erb tells us "A burnt child will dread the
fire" he ever afteryard dreaded to meddle
with any cage or the birds within it,
Some voor, ofter saairo tbo trained cona-
-: j,,r;I,,l tl LaI ti,o l.,
,,r, ~ ot,or,i;,,l, ona ~ NJ RnLart uiIar,,
,',o,,;,,oI a,,tortairn,o,t o,,J of ;t,,asi,, ON,
of that witty oentl.mon's favorite tricks the
80 81 ;yl7cb comt"rsd ont;reIy i, tbo in
taninonco Of tbrae trained conaries
etl,,;,,,,in1, tba - NJ Hi. ,.h..lod
, s,,aII 5n,,,,d 7oIJ, in front ot ,La stona and
'Ioo"d an II n;it bird cala non,anin6 ,hra
1T, r Ii,tl, co1orias
Aftar onnonncin6, tbot be ;rtendod IN Liu
| .l.', ;,I,I.a,,.e e.,l,,,,,I 80 S., ,I, Co
tJa ",,d ,,a,' Is,,oIod 1871 ~ t,o na,,. taI
! - ',',,,t, ,,,.t;,ii,ias -. 30 p, ~,
n'e Nv e.; i, H. - i,,aot
i,,p, -, ,an,n''t that tL, ,!stol ,,onII Lo
I,ar,.a o~,,..i Hi o,i, 10 aro,, tIo
80, ep.,,,.I,, ,,,da,tanli,,, tLa;r 90
t;oa NJ Hi i3ynr,J tha nis,oi onJ ID st"n'
! pinu forward hepua1 their nnrlon in a most
Pni;a PIS nnd soi5 f'N''
phi 1T was usry SIR stnnid Of him to do co bptbe
,o,,,, %a5 rot ;ntoldad - Lrrt tho;r taoinl,.
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from, his Mont.t and wn1nJ II aronnJ tIi
1,l 1,,aItai,' Lijn,' tIn i,ti, III tron,
IS Vey, Hdyino IN 's this cievor and Nnsnsn;
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riUSo %S sin s5,ndarstooJ be a6a;n ,ri,hdroS
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"iJ toi ot ~ amd fraJ ''''''" '"' P''
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