The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-22

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Birds of Passage.
Mr. B. W. Evermann, of Camden, Ind, con-
tributes the following notes of bird arrivals in
his vicinity in addition to those published in the
journal in middle April April IS, cliff swallow;
10Th, coot, or mud-hen; 20th yellowrumped
warbler; 22d, blue gray gnatcatcher and purple
fnch-the latter frequently winters in the State;
oath, barn swallow, semipalmated sandpiper,
Baltimore oriole chimney swift 27th cat bird,
18th, great crested hy-catcher, wood thrush;
house wren, black and white creeper, pine-creep-
ing warbler; 30th orchard oriole, black throated
bunting, king bird, green heron and Savannah
sparrow May l. Wilson's snipe I'd, warbling
virea and common tern; 4th, Sora rail and night
hawk; May 5, scarlet tanager aud rose breasted
grosbeak, two of the most brilliantly -colored Of
the 800 North American birds. On the same
date the red-eyed wires and the yellow throated
virea, cerulean warbler, black throated warbler,
bay-breasted warbler, white-throated sparrow,
Maryland yellow-t throat and indigo bunting.
May g. the bobolink and redstart, both noted
birds and also the water thrush May 7, the
chestnut-sided warbler black and yellow
warbler, black throated blue warbler 9Th, lark
finch and summer yellow-birdj also the whip
poor-will and passenger pigeon On May TO-
the blue-winged yellow warbler and blue-headed
virea; 18th, Cape May warbler, ruby-throated
humming Bird 18th, Philadelphia yirea, Nash
vile warbler, wood pewee, and black burnion
warbler.
Since Mr.. Evermann's last report on the spring
migratons the great Southern bird wave has
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species seeking the northern States and British
America for their sumnlering Mr.. Evermann
has certainly done well to identify nearly a
hundred of them in less than six weeks in the
intervals of busy county school superintend-
ent's daily routine of country school visitation.
Any one in the State wishing to know about any
of our three hundred birds cannot do better than
to confer with Mr.. Eyermann.
CONSCIENCE is erratic in its manifestations
especially in Connecticut 1t is the custom in
the village of Poquonnoc, that State for each and
every bridegroom to treat the boys to cigars on
the eve of his wedding, at an expense of fifty or
sixty cents. Whether the amount of this outlay
indicates that the number of boys is limited. OF
whether the cigars are procured at the rate of
three more for nickel, is immaterial. Mr..
| Hewitt, of Poquonnoc, when he was about to be
married last week, did not object to the cost of
the treat, but his conscience would not permit
him to encourage the use of tobacco which he
regards as a vile and demoralizing weed. He
did not, therefore, buy any cigars and when the
boys, deprived of their expected pleasure, en-
tertained him at his residence, later, with tin
pan serenade his conscience took another turn.
Mr. Hewitt is described as an ardent member of
the Baptist denomination, as we'll as highly
conscientious gentleman; but neither of these
qualifications interfered with his firing several
loads of buck shot into the serenaders and
bringing down eight at the first round. Mr..
Hewitt now goes calmly and serenely about the
Streets while all the doctors are busy in picking
buck shot out of the neighbors boys.
A SPIDERS web is as capable of teaching a
lesson now as in the days of Robert Bruce.
When detective was sent for to find out who
had robbed the private safe of Mr.. Judd, OF
Stratford, Conn, that observing individual
noted the fact that while window near the safe
had been left open, apparently by the escaping
thief, a cobweb stretched across the aperture
had not thread broken. The sagacious de
tective argued from this that the robber had had
other means of entrance and exit and thereupon
hied himself to the law Office of Mr.. Judd's son
and accused him Of having stolen the money.
The young lawyer who stood too high in the
estimation of the public to have been suspected
by any one, Indignantly denied the charge; but
when informed that there was proof that the
window had been opened from the inside he
weakened and confessed the theft He handed
over the money to the detective, and that worthy
transferred it to the proper owner with explana-
tons. 1t may be hardly necessary to remark
that no prosecution of the thief has followed.
| CITIZENS who beat their wives can gather some
points from the defense offered by Rev. Gold
stein, New York minister, who was arrested by
his wife on a charge of assault and battery. He
did not deny the charge, but said he was born
and brought up under oriental customs, and be-
lieved that a man should be ruler in his own
house, and that his wife should obey him in ev
erything. Proceeding on these inherited prin-
ciples he had castigated Mrs. Goldstein when she
proved obdurate, and did not think she got any
more than she deserved The court, impressed
by the arguments, and no doubt having fellow
feeling for the accused, dismissed the case and
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CHICAGO women are not to be outdone by
their presuming New York sister. Mrs. Col
son, of Chicago, who had doubtless heard of the
invalid New York lady who desired to have her
dog cremated with her, determined to go one
better Mrs. Colson was not ill., but she had a
dog which was doomedt to die She knew she