The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-30
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THREE pt A0Ues OF NEW YORK
= Pafk Poliesmaa. i,smaYla : MI.
shieyous nsra sparrow. aud csls.
IseE Yers rinesi
,,poss esis and snarrov. theso an
tbe thfee nlasuea Il n yew al ana n
< Central paFk IfemArk Nj serat Neanv
offbe nark poliee n 4 rronn Z : a olI,seys
and renorsers ia othsr dsy .yTbs
E,oys steal lbiris M nest Ana 4 snIr,als ana "a
lIowers IA cats prowI asoana fhe
t,ieeons, hoases andfbe snarnows steal
Whatever they can Inv their Mia an
WHY only'tc.day We aifest,d'a boy
witiia 5uifrel whidh he ma stnien r
bis q possession = How dld hS M nsSsse NM. Il y
eatGh K Well that a !. tnvstery 4
secret ~ his own which KS wnnId
mai reyeal IA IA Bs had esnsht
5segetaI befose. ! w insw Il ANA IN 9cr
him and IA day Va eSnvht him i IRVING ,s,
Ia sneaL out oi ma tI,Fs wit6iibo \ sniFss is
ral i,n,Ier ma arfr t, Ive asisa Nm hnw
he md eansbtii md sxbai n DOWN "A m tbink
the youtig fnseal tesiiaiil !, II voI, ,vani
me 10 riye away ds fsSl,et IA ~ Won fel.
lows can, 10 and catc6 them yonrsslyos
llSell yoh All many IA YOU want for 10
cents aplece. butiII f6t IAN Won how
its done.
',And, . continued tbe sergeant .there
Is no one in this PARK who knoWs how
10 catch SQUIRRELS exrpnt viii, tr,ns orta
pun. and he boy AID not have 4 trat or
q gun. We locked hin M. beca,lse
there ara few sonirrels N the iarS nov
and. its asainst ibe rules to Eill then'
some time AGO the spRrk was flll of
tbeln. and the haonla eomnlained thst
| that they ata m tbe song birdsi eovs,
and the newly hatehed robins / tbInE
( there was some truth in ire eomniaint
for these souirrsls were often noticed.
fooling around tbe meta while TIA
Old birds fluttered about and rtter.
inr cries Of distress So Ina eoramis.
sioners gave order 10 t6in them ont
Many were then sbot and otbeys Wsra
caught In trans H the so1irrals md
only eaten mn all the sparrows'
erSs they Nould have besn nnbIie ben.
efaotorS but Tia sparrows ara Hohtay4
from liphtorsyille while tbe gSirrels
ana not yery brave 90 the feathered
tbieyes were abIa h hold thslr avn
IShat do ira s1nirreIs live nm do
Won aski They pick nm nuts and eat
fbem and what tbey can not eat thsv
bnry In the Sropud for Iuture ,ise Yo1
onght N sea Them hiding nnts Thev
viii scratch ont a bole n less than two
seconds drop in a few nnts and than
corer tham nm asain witb earth In
wintsr whom tho Snow ison tho gronnd
tbey nre fe5 with corn They ara sood
Miiders too and bpild snlstantisl
nests when the leaves will have ali
fallen Won viii potice shaneless bunchos
stusk IN the upper branches Of Some
trees These are their nests They ars
So firmlv fastened to the branches that
Tia strongest wind can NOT blow thcm
off They arc made of twivs mnss
straw an other materials. and Ara ner
fectly waternroof0
well, what about the sparrows.
whom Won caIl tbieyesp asked one oi
the re6orters.
@The sparrows ara pood.for.nothinp
law thieyes and ourhI 10 be extsrmi.
mated . Continued Serpt Meany aIat
the keeners % Ia feei 'the nigeons and
the sparrows are there eating faster
than the pigeons A sparrow can al
nearly a much S a. A ,uieeon and Il, wben ssi
ahundred sparrows inytte tbemsslyes
"a breaIfa WITH a fiool AZ ilftv nioenns q
,there a NOT much ieft for ina pigeons ,ssT,s
and the keeuer d Obliged 10 issue Sonble
rations why fhese spaTfows nave IN
cheek 10 70 into the esRies cace and
| inv to sample tho meat tbat a eiyen M to
the roynI birds Tbsre wera a connls
II aotiye male snarrows Who Ind ibo
imnndsncc n mil tbe featbsrs mt ~
the saSIss, bseks for thsir nests MA
| Il maEe tbs eagles maaI You bst Il
dld Int tkay Tsre too bi1 for ths sns..
rows and conld not catch them VIZ
tbs eagles had M M more % sbo~ Win X Y
snarrows than n mil has Win n 40 n
spmmsr -
Hsnsrrovs ara law Ioafms vbo live
bv THAR Wits v rnon N ;hs % t.Sits ~ ~ o,hn. hs
birds, toil yop onrht n taEe @ a ~ rsmhIo mill
somo srenine IN tSs r nnnsr m sns nsrt ' nftho
narS whsra thsra @ ara NJ many v;sitorS n Ss'
and vor, NAV Sss tbs .Ts snarroS, rohhin,, ,,IIS,
the r9bins TSsss iellowa bsys iSnS .tSS;aS
the habitR ~ tho roSinS and Inn trov 1'S yvhsn
these birls On ont foraginc W snsrrov, rsS
will mari ont T AZ ! roIin and foIlow 'tSm hin
Al A adistsnce Tho rol,n viii % ai;"ht ,, "n
| he roadside and beein IN re"t v sy.v " ~
ihe enrth nntii Sa Gnds : 5sIic,ta SIits
grvb of wbicb re- s is : Ssrv Sv'tS,v fo"d "uso me
viii mil X @ ont ~ thS gro,nd ,S1 i and a,nS NJ
4 down 10 rHb tSs Siri eS % Co1n S oan,aS n,us
ths snarrow iikS . i a bTiIct ssI,SS In ths
crnb and SvsIloSs n and u thso sv'4Oo sS..I. .le
inSly chirrnnS ~ tbs rnbir % .u as ,hn".b vvG
h ssy. ,Haw,s tbnt fos % b;sbf 'uVus"
5When tbs snar,ow. mar svs A Savo oo.,,.d
themselves and can eat no more they
get up a fight among themSalvnR They