Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-17
FRIgNp oF rHE wlLo plosoNs.
A Boston ItAokman sar whom the Birds
Have Taken a Great Islsing.

A ssosten Hacknaan aar whom the birds
Have Taken a Great Isling.
One Of the prettiest sights In Bos-
ton IN to be seen everyday about
noon In Boswosth street when corne-
Illus Bresnahan, hack driver. feeds
his pot pigeons, says the Bostsn
Globe. Con a. his friends call
him. Is "a fine, tall fellow. with
pleasing manner and pleasant face
He II not by any means laxative
about himself. and doses NOT appear
to regard his feeding Of the doves a.
anything very extraordinary But u
is 4 pretty sight 10 soc him great.
big. burly man standing la the road
way surrounded BY nifty or siSty fine.
healthy, wcll-fed doves, some flying
around him. others at his feet pick
ing up the corn, while ave
or six Of thc more familiar birds
perch on his shoulders or on his haad.
eating their food with the utmost
Abandonment,
Every day the birds come on tima.
whether Con Is There or n0t These
pigeons roost Ia the caves ~ the
tcmplr uF ia the oeliry 81 she old
church an Birthstone eprRer. bat SIX
actly al noon they leave their rOslsss
and AZ down 60 bpswOrth street apd
await Cons coming Sometimes h.
Is late. but the birds walt Tor him.
and often when hc gets % the feeding
place he will hnd two or three rsora
Of doves cooling aud iintterlng 10 rradl-
ness 70 receive their corn At his hands
Con drives hack No 3S9, and has
been driving for nearly twenty yeags.
He Is well known all over tho elty.
He began this feeding - the doves
about three months ago. He bad no
idea Of going on with Il when he be-
gan But be saw that the birds soon
got used 10 him, and that they would
come nc his whistle, and after q while
he found he could call them bg nAfna.
The birds arc simply Wild pigeons.
without an owner, and no ono "a feed
them but Con When Con II lac 4
long lIne Of birds will Us found v al,.
Ing on the lodges of chs horticultural
building on Bosworth street. bat they
viii see Con as hs turns into B0s.
worth street with his hack aad down
they ily, settling ia the road, Anx iOus
for their supply u corn
The major general, a. Com calls 4
crooked bin bird y quite tet con
says the major general can lick any
~ the other blrd-, and he shows his
lighting qualities whom ans ~ them
occupy too much room on Cons hand.
The major seems 20 think shat ~ has
a FIRST right 20 C0ns hand. and ~
viii perch - hi. thumb mud cas
heartily whtic thr nthors aFe com.
PEELED - look %.
Then there arr thu two 'indges =
solcmn-ipok ng tcli0ws, and kit aud
Dan McGuinpIs. an n whom are
special pets With Con. fiut ,hey an
know his whistle aud como - him.
Con has a peculiar whistle which Ia
uses 20 cali the birds. bus he also
talks 20 them. much az mother
would 10 her pct darliugn
Come here. little one. says Con.
as beautiful bird fins around III.
head Come aud have some corn.
and tho bird ilu,iers - his hand and
eats In psgfcc, contcntmcnt
''Now kiss me, be says 81 another
and the bird put. np his bill and takes
the kiss. Aging morrily away A. II
satisfied Then Con smuotha thcm
and pats thcm ~ thcy lo1k ~ into
his iaco. half hidden by bis cap
And 80. dag BY day, a. regularly az
clock work, Con comes and feeds ria
pcts. and they ny ofY 10 roust a. hap
py we'll ~ happy az woll.ioA blrda
II Is pretty sight, aud crowds II
men and women stop and take n the
Interesting scene Bat thS crowds
do not trouble the birds; they 60 on
feeding and cooling as II only their
kind friend we're present
A number Of saucy sparrowa. Too.
have just begun coming 10 partakn
Of Cons hospitality. and he il scri.
onsly considering whether he shall
take them In hand also They are.
however. a little scary Of present.
though one o. two are bnld enough
to approach close 10 the swarm ~
doves.