The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-05
AS 10 rns CUCKOO.
a bird Thai Aptly Tvpincs ProtectIonist
peculIarittcs.

reculIarlttcs.
As the cuckoo has probably come into
politics To stay. IL is well, perhaps, that
the real characteristics of the bird
should be we'll understood. When the
matter is thoroughly investigated no
one can fail To- be struck with the re-
semblanGc between the republican
party and the cuckoo party.
The term cuckoo is applied to several
different genera of birds. There Is the
cuculus canorus, or English cuckoo,
which has the habit OF depositing its
eggs IN the nests OF other birds. AS
soon as the young cuckoos have been
hatchcd, and have developed little
strength, they proceed to- kick the 9TH
or birds out of the nest and usurp the
tota, control of IT, The notes of this
species are said To be loud and joyful,
as is the habit of all jingoes when they
have succeeded in any game of spOlia-
ton. In the autumn they are usually
fat, thus reminding us of the sons of
the missionaries in Hawaii, after they
had obtained possession OF the wealth
OF the members of their fathers flocks.
In the United States we have the yell
low-billcd cuckoo, scientifically known
ns the Coccyzus Americauus, which
builds its own nest, but devotes much
of its time and attention To sucking the
eggs of other birds.
The impartial observer will not fail
to- note that both these kinds of cuckoos
exhibit characteristic qualities of the
republican party. AS a lingo party it
is best represented by the English
cuckoo, because it has adapted and is
seeking to apply the English policy of
spoliation toward feeble nations When
the English cuckoo invadcs the nest Of
! another bird it lays a very small egg,
too small 10 excite apprehension, but
when the egg is Matched, the young
cuckoo, after receiving nourishment for
II time from the original proprietor
ends Ivy taking full possession of the
! nest.
Such was the conduct of the Yankee
cuckoo in Hawaii. 1t obtained admis-
sion into that snug little nest and laid
an egg that bore the counterfeit trade
mark: Missionary altruism.' other
| eggs of similar kind were deposited
| from time TO time, and from them were
Matched Dole, Thurston and all that
| brood who call themselves sons of
! missionaries, but who are really
cuclioos and have got full possession of
the Hawaiian nest, and are likely to
! keep it until they quarrel among them
selves Having had their harvest, they
are now fat and sleek as the British
cuckoo is won't To be after the harvest
season.
The Coccyzus AmericanuS is a splen-
| did representative of the American pro-
tectionist, who advocates what he calls
the American system" lie builds his
own nest, and builds it snug and tight,
but he provisions it by robbing the
nests of other birds The protectionist
also builds nest, and then he goes
INTO the homes of other people for the
purpose of getting as large part of
their earnings as possible. and the
more he gets the more he wants At
this very moment the owners of most
| The other nests are observing that
there is remarkable scarcity prevail
| ing lin their homes, and though they all
know that the cuckoo has paid them a
visit, there are still some who profess
Ia doubt what il is that is making
times hard. As for the cuckoo himself
he is causing it To be given out that he
has been in the habit of sharing his
,tcalings with some of the other birds
| and that the distress is caused bv the
apprehension that his facilities tor in
vadiug other nests are about to he cut
oft.
The robber barCns have at last hit
upon u suitable emblem Let them
stop putting eagles on their tickets and
substitute cuckoOS The eagle is a
robbcr, too, but hc robS boldly and
without pretending To be anything
else than what he is. The cuckoo is "A
robher by stealth and under false pre-
lenses. The Calculus canurus is Il lingo
after the British pattern, with a tenor
voice To praise his own luwlcss thrift;
the Coccy2us Americanus is an advocate
of the American system of apolia-
ton practiced upon his ncighbors in
the name of patriotism, - Louisville
Courier-Journal.