The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21
BIhh ARP'S LETTER
Written for The Constitution


which means If your chickens get In your
nabor's garden he must sic the dog on
'em, or words to that effect Yesterday
received kind letter from some unknown
friend saying that our peafoWlS were an
noying the neishboring gardens and II
they were not put up they would be killed
| was Illuminating about this anonymous
letter and my opinion is that this is not
the best way to make a complaint Our
nabors are all good and KIND TO us anu
suppose it was the fear of giving oiehSe
that kept the writer's name from the iet-
ter. but L really would have felt better II
the writer had told me face to race ABOUT
the peafowls AS it IS. I afraid several
nabOrs have been feeling unltind ana
don't know who to apologize to. My VIE
has tod me several times that she reared
the peafowls were trespassing and that we
had better get rid of them Well we nave
had four or five every year for twelve
years and they never did any serious harHi
to our own garden-not half as much as
some of our nabors' chickens and dogs
have done. but folks are folks about such
things and nobody likes to have other
folks btpeds or quadrupeds PROVING
around The peafowl is such a nice pretty
aristocratic bird that We thought the ma
bors would like TO see them occasionally,
and if they behaved badly few stones and
clods and sticks and womanly Shoes
would drive them away for good, Tor the!
are timid and easily insmted. AS for put
ting them up, We cant do 1t, for we cant
catch them and they roost SO hlSA we
can't reach them A Colored Methodist
preacher couldn't. And so when l got the
anonymous | engaged a friend to come
and shoot them in the treetops, but they
had flown away before he got here. we
then baited them into the workshop ana
finally caught them and have sent them 70
the country where nabors are not 50 near
or so anonymous.
The pcafovl Is Il historic bird. Solomon
sent his ships to Tarshish and brought
back ivory and gold ana peacocks. Ana
the Lord said unto jon Who gave TO the
peacock his GoOdly wings" 1t is said TO
be the most magnificent of all BIRDS us
form IS elegant its movements graceful.
it's plumaGe rGsplendent with tntS OF
green. golden. bronze and blue; its long
bllshy tail is beautiful beyond description
with It's iridescent hues. velvet centers ana
brilliant eye spots. In their Incompatible
robe we find all that glistens in the rain
bow and Sparkles in the mtne-the azure
tints Of heaven and the emerald OF the
fields. Now isent 1t a pity to XIII b.ru
like that? And yet the ancient Romans
killed them for their brains and tongues
and 1t took 1000 TO furnish enough Tor
great entertainer
The peafoWl Is a galnaCeous bird, put
not graminifcrous. HoW's that. 1t belongs
to the polypleCtron genera OF the sub
family Of pavonine. Just think of it. The
bill is moderate with the base of the Gull
men elevated the APPEAL half arChed and
-.aulted; tarsi long and strong spurs conf
cal. anterior toes united at the base and the
tarsi in the females tuberculate
Mirablc diCtu! Some people don It know an
that. Maybe my anonymous TREND dluh |
know # or he would have had more con5ld-
Grafton for the bird. Their food is grain