The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-26
letters I've had. 1t comes from a country where
they've got more time than we have up here.
This 10 the letter:

nEg Hn5s, near kins.t9n, Nov :, isST I'll

AbpohON VI HNS ga,
REp HnLs. near Kingston, Nov, g, 1897 5.
my DRAR sIR: Your assertion that " birds are fools"
lead, me to beg that you VIII nnSsrteke to feson' E,ss
ies %s S1' lie rspss. s9d ~ w q. , BossiSS.'Sf; SOr aSS much fi in'
Jury done to our delightful little feAthered sonsstors
I@sElns tSs one moment. my dear sir; what s.d The
Ing against them. but, on the other hand. everything
70 inculcate a love for the beautiful winged creatures
SN SS,I %y d e sirt e yo H., g1h try Gn, wCTf nnTu yG 9Ss
erees turn e completely around, you will, am sure,
pleasant battles and oonseaGens biOodsSed viii be
ayerted.
JOIN PARSoSs JkcKsoN, Secretary.
10 M. John Potoers. Keeper Of the 1omiin'O' Bridge
Netc Hauen, Conn.
Now" said Powers, after the letter had
been read, II suppose that man thinks that all
w sgycs, s9St it 70 90 TB mere Roi Il b to use sSs ORA W. bridges 40 nra TO
ticable 10 all the rest of ,em: About a week
after got that letter l was broke up even worse
BY a visit from three richly dressed ladies who
eldest of the lot sends her footmen up to call me
out. l reckoned It was the old bird trouble, for
the minute she got hor eyes on me she began.
NJ: Powers says she, during all the time
snat lT Se,S oDsn s to sho sp oGHF 'h says hos sSo or !fvc
heard tsa you well SPOKEN Of, and I've always had
magazine. And now 1 must say, Mr.. Powers,
that i very much regret to geo that you've inter
wayyou have. You have made, me very angry.
Mr.. Powers, by declaring that birds are fools.
little birds says she. the birds have got the
most intelligence says she. I've been interested
in the dear feathered creatures, says she, ever
since / was n child. and the moro l SEQ of them
the more / think of their intelligence. They are
so thoroughly self:relisnt,' she says, and SO
talk which WAS too fiowery for me to get onto.
Then she gave me a bundle containing three
animals. and. She says: 'Mr. Powers SH eHs I've
brought you down some works that you will
please read and ponder over. and l think when
conclusion with me that birds are 10 fools. but
are the brightest and best creatures in our
All that I thanked her, of course. and as soon
as could get a word in eaEsEise I tried !G
;'Sssss Walt Ry = Minute i III show Ms yon that I I Know
""soh. no, Mr.. Powers says she; you needn't
capacity, and I'm very angry with you. indeed
that steamer passes through ri swing the draw.
80 itn be reversed, Then this sids II be over
s sssf So SRf ah sant b s1as VI wl} r. be sy mi1 SsfS up. Then you"
"'Oh. the dear little things said she. 4 can
see tina that. would puzzle them.'
a. Yes said l. and then you can see them
".oh. mol Mr.: Powers. says she; 4 wouldn't
'""Xndi says. they'll light and keep a-asht-
ins, TN I let The draw swing back the usual way
@oh says she, Mi. Powers, promise me that
you'll always let the draw swing back the usual
way then, won't youi Drive on. James and she
bowed, and all three Of them smiled at me so
sweetly that I didn't mind the blowing up, even
II they were just as impracticable as all the
rest Of tho women that you ever como in con.
tact with"
"What about your VOW, Mr.. Powers"
"My vowI Why, the battle between the birds
stopped In the fall when the martins left for
south. and tho sparrows are here by the hun.
dreds waiting for 'em to como back in the
spring; Then tho night will begin again, and
wait upon the birds themselves, for I'm 90 much
at sea on the matter that I have sworn that
I'm going to attend to the public hereafter and
let tho birds go. I've had enough Of this dis
fools they can come down here and see whether
] am right or wrong"