The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-12-02
Good Bye English sparrow.
! on. DAVIS Hughes. LAWYER n,

vi. Ddws hughes, lawyer. news
paper man, and John Wanam >
business manager ier- in Lancaster.
mt a frirnd several dars ago a. said,
zee 4,. Captain. y.u :,av, gu. e.
IN eve l IN ltlele. i, fac +, ..
Year or NOR hac % benz eng: yr,i
l. udv ~ q, viiMENT ard ,nim 1T
s-veral times. ina, YOU vel, ed - .
thing or -'m' DO Y. was 20 80 To- :, f.
fer II. n"~ re- dy t., unload o. -
L have been e. gel in crusade
against that p st ,u> amin Al, yclept
t-.r Z lisa sparr.,y. Y ~ b,v. oub
less n"tic d he comparative. scarri,,
OF that oir'. Y? Hi tell y..n how t
was by per son Of the Lancaster
El-ctr.c III mt Co., arranged a wir.
along by the side The electric wire
watch enters my res dence. so close as
almost to be in touch with e. but sen.
arated by very minute insulators, SO as
o preserve perfect circuit. These
wires are SO c!O>e that bird on Oh :.
ing. necessarily perch-s on both of
them, when an eIec rio shock quickly
SENDS him to the ground They WIRE
killed an Covered the ground so rap
idly, and there was SO much DANCER of
stencil rising from their decavinp
D. rs that was afraid Marshal d o
Walker or Joe Petty woul.i .rr st mn.
as q Common nuisance. there ore
laced und. the " ire. the full length
OF the circuit, a deep trough co,iain.
In p w"rful de.'dn"ising Il comnl>er
so tina, each bird as it frl. al O c..
p q Ito thu ga S. lila, 7 he
birds catch on9 "OI course they d
but they fell OF :, fssr as they caupn,
On. Va! un er>t nd you now Yes,
Trey eau. mt ON tn my s.: en-, "A b..
gene raj and C 'mno ons mt. re H. Il
r some liz % 20 urar the vir, 7
Was greatly disturbed nd ammo. ed
not oaiy at the allure OF my scheme.
but ! Y y Ere 'tiy ,re>Sei, because
90 No ally, u native Dir 1, wu.ch 1
Was '.esirous of pr,,tecting u. lo ST..
It's Ii "y tie very means whic inaI
'evis i for is nr >erv to, ,.wey.
''r, cus If tm current. cauturei a, d
Killed number % he arrow. inf
fed -ad aired III M aud per. h.. he :,
at intervals along on the wire. ms
not only kept the native birds away as
they will not go near the English
sparrow, but each one of the latter
was frst-c!ass, Thoroughbred, "de-
coy duck for the other sparrows. l
then stood back and gave the sparrows
chance, and great was the slaughter
then and there perpetrated. Thew
could not understand how these dunn
my sparrows stood it unmoved, and
unhurt, while they were falling by the
hundreds. and they seemed greatly to
resent the very idea that those birds
could live, while they by acting in the
very same way were dying in such
great numbers; and many of them
lest their valuable lives out of mere
bravado and jealousy. But quite
number OF them finally drew off in ut.
ter Encouragement What did l do
then? l had to adopt new plan. /
cut off the circuit and observed the
situation. After while one bird. CIV.
identity a stranger, came along and
perched on the wires, then one of nv
watching crowd, then another, and
another. lit on the wire, and finally
there was grand rush, and all sit
ting space, and most of the standing
room, was consumed. Sud ienly the
current went on, and as suddenly the
whole crowd of sparrows passed to
that undiscovered country from
whose bourne no sparrow returns
And that is why English sparrows are
SO scarce in this city. will work nv
scheme next in Stanford. Then Mr..
DAVIS Hughes. lawyer. newspaper man
and John Wanamaker's business man.
ager here in Lancaster, winked one of
his good eyes at q Stanford man. and
passed on, wv