Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-15
a BIRD FANCIER-RAIsiNG HUNDREDS
OF CANAKlES.


May tie Had AT All Timcs.
THE sweetest music Oi nature Is the singing
OF those little angels of the trees the birds 1t
Eladdcns the heart to hear their wood notes
Wild singing through those great CathcdrT,ls,
the woods, whose tail green pillars are reared by
the wonder.working hand of God. Their song
seems To the sunshine brighter, and We have
often tanCied we could see the golden rays dart
ing and flashing, and keeping time tu their
warblings \ few dollars will buy one Of these
sweet singers, and "a few more will build or buy
an opera house FOR his performances. lie charges
nothing for his singing, and is not fasttdious as
to his Accommodations, carrOllinE iust as swoeuN
In the attic OF the tired sewing woman AS In tho
boudoir OF the fashionable lady. He becomes a
friend to the lonely and a comforter To such as
are in trouble. From his cage, As well as from
the wildwood he sings OF the love and care OF
Him without whose knowledge not one of the
featherod tribe can tall tu the ground. Like
flowers, birds are beautiful gift to a friend,
with this advantage-they live longer, and. by
their constant voice, recall to mind the Eiver'
Thus writes Holden in his book ON birds and
these thoughts were suggested by a recent visit
to
MIR. John Schaener's canary Farm"
MIR Schaetier is a hair dresser at No tTI West
King street, and he lives at No Il South Prince
street, "A few doors south of West King. tiVo
years ago he started his canary farm ~ he
iOktngly calls 1t, with just one pair of CanHrcs,
an d to-day he has over one hundred of the de
lghtful birds, all descendants of that .oue orig.
inal pair. More prottily marked birds or better
singers we have never heard. They belong to
the HART Mountain (Gcrmaul stock. one of Il {.
teen varieties of Canaries and the only variety
that Mr. Schaofrcr handles. and, as every one
knows who knows anything at all about the
matter, the German birds are the best in the
world The canary was transported from Italy
to France and Germany, and from the latter
place the whole habitable globe j. supplied This
German variety Is the only kind Mr. ~chaCfer
will have anything to do with, and his patrons
never fail to secure a " singing bird.
The original birds have been crossed, of course.
| and new blood infused by annual importstious
from New Iork-the tmportatious being of the
same tine German kind but the more than one
hundred ON hand, and the numbers that have
been sold, may be said TO have sprung from that
one little beEinniug-onc pair of birds
Two Rooms ruled with Them.
At the residence OF this most successful OF all
of LanCastcr's bird tauCicrs. one large back
room on the second story IS entirely devoted tu
canaries and birds OF all ages may there be
| found. As an illustration of their industry We
| may mention that in one cage containing i've
| birdIngs that were too young to leave their
| nest, the mothe" bird has already gone into the
| business of preparing for another brood by lay
| ing two eggs, Another cage contained four
| birdIings in a nest, and Sthl another contained
six-the latter less than two weeks old, ana with
very few feathers yet.
In the front of Mr.. schacfers dwelling. also
a
the birds are not Gagged, but fy about at will.
Cigar boxes have been fastened to the walls. and
in these the CanariCs build their nests from hair
which Mr.. ;. throws on the floor How ingeni-
ously they build. and how they select all the
snug corners for their little homes, II Is a
beautiful sight as well as an interesting study.
At the Hair-Drsssins saloon.
| The pTettiest sight, however, is st Mr. Shaef
| ters hairdressing saloon, on West King street
where, in beautifully gilded cages, the birds are
| exposed for sale. The place Is literally tlled
| with them, and what concert they keep up
| Beautiful are the birds, their beauty Is en-
| hanCed by the gold bronze cages CUntaininL
them, and for the sale of which Mr.. ; is exclu
sive agent in this county. How much do you
| ask for your birds ~ we inquired. Two dol
! lars each, and every bird guaranteed to sing. o
| no pay before the holidays, however, sold tn.
| same birds Tor ;! jJund 50 each Think OF tht
| pleasure that can be afforded home by the ex
| penditure OF so triIiug q sum. "show me
| home that has birds and flowers, and I'll shov
| you place where dark crime cannot lurli,
| says "A modern writer. We do not know that "
| can go quite that lar, but tre say" Show US
| home that contains birds and flowers vii
| show you n home where happiness ought {
| dwell