New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-26
CENTRAL P1RK ~ UIN7ER.
MUCH MORE LIFE THERE THAN MOST PEOPLE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES INCIDENTS

MUCH MORE LIFE THERE THAN MOST PEOPLE
srpPosr-INTEREST1N INCIDENTS
There Is a general impression that Central Park
I'm nc winter IS sad and drcary pla'. 10 be re-
uclously avoided by the pedestrian unless = course
the lakes are frozen aud there IS skating THIS
idea IS a Iity. FOR the Park has It's winter charms
as well us those OF summer II wonderfully bcauti
ful nrer n recent storm when every bOUch and tvig
carried rs load OF snow. The fir trees stood ont In
almost ,omhre blaokncss against The virgin white
q, everything around and the snow rested heavily on
| tho Lourhs which bent under the weight Therc
WAS little ot He apparent while the storm lasted
and even TIE next day. whom the snow was thck upon
the ground. The spnrrows OF course" were around
irving to- look happy and As much Ike russell brown
nugbolls AS possiblc. \ squirrel now and then would
leave its "draw7 or nest and Chamber down the tree
nm. nay a visit 10 the "cache' where It had hidden
s winter store Of nuts; In thick chimp Of fir trees
inst north II Eighty second st.. II cardinal bId WAS
busy feeding on the hrcOncs and stood ont In brant
ol contrast 10 the white all around H. Yesterday the
snor had nearly all Vani ,hcd. II was ohN I'D the
sheltered nools that thor, were patches OF IT; and on
the grass plots larsr balls that hd been roIlei bV
boys wcr. quietly melting away rhc lakes were all
covered with about Il quarter of inch II beautiful
,cc hut rs one stood ard watched IT, report almost
Ike pistol shot would break the silence ana give
! evidence, that the thnw doing is work.
| Along the banks Of Inc lakes and small streams
which feed them, lhc water lilH M'l' h"NS l"''-ii5
for food. one rat. more vcntircSone thhh It's 'oH
rod,. or more hungry. across the path and INTO
tho R,ulle one Of tlr tribe oi half Wild cats, which
| hove made their home in tie Park, concealed
! hchind "A tanglc OF branches ana dead leaves of II
crconer and with one spring had augh the rat. whic
srnt M such an a.oniLng scream tat every other lal
within hearing distance scutcd down It's hole. The
soulrrcls especially about the Ramblc. were running
nj olt everywhere turning the leaves and ooAing
for n meal one was noticed to go toward pile
| of old lumber which Is stored behind the keepers
Iodrn and soon the little fellow busy clearing
nway pile Of dead leaves with It's front paws while
the tail kept spasmodlcaly jerking When 1t had got
down to its store disturbed but only retreated
a few PAGES. and sitting rock grunied angrily
while the man examined tie store, which consisted OF
hundreds OF acorns and beech nuts
Among the trees there number Of tree
climbers, tits CodnnuHcS and other birds. busy search
ing for the chrysass. grubs ana eggs Of Insects.
which next spirng would otherwise play sad havoc
with the trees that these little birds doing
great good While watching n small trceclimber the
writer saw coming down from the north, with almost
moonlcss wing, "A hawk. II would now md then
circle and lowered few times lcfore II settled In a
tree near the lake. II sparrow hawk n rare
( yisant TO the Park. Another lot of visitors
were three Wild geese. They saw the swans geese
! and ducks swimming about the Iady's Pond ana no
doubt thought would rest for awhile before going
further south There was terrible hubbub among The
geese and ducks when they dropped In among them,
| but the Wild ones we're soon busy cnung the food
Tor nearly hour took wing again and disappeared
| IN the direction Of Long Island.