Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-04-25

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Contributed BY member of the Delaware
Audubon Society.
Every bird needs its own feathers
Danish proverb.
Itds unfair to Gov. Hum for certain
out-of-t the State newspapers to assume
that the agitation produced by the
recent shoot Of live pigeons on Long
Island had considerable weight with
the governor in refusing to sanction the
live bird matches in this State. We
appreciate the governors course SO
thoroughly that we want him to have
full credit for what he has done.
When the General Assembly passed
the hrst bill the governor wrote US that
he was not in sympathy with such
legislation and that the bill would not
receive his approval. After the bill
had been recommltted and amended,
we asked the governor if he would sign
it. He replied March 18th 1--WE do not
intend to maze the bill a law allowing
the shooting of live pigeons fiom
TAPS. From this it is to be inferred
that his excellency was guided by his
own humane feelings, and not by the
sentiment aroused by the recent
slaughter OF live pigeons.
The governor OF Delaware has named
Friday, April Goth, as Bird and Arbor
Day. The time is too short to prepare
an elaborate programme for that day.
However, every teacher may do some
thing to commemorate the day. 1t is
too late perhaps to plant many trees.
but the governors proclamation can be
read. 1t will also be appropriate to
have a responsive reading. Let the
pupils make copies of the one given in
this column, unless the teachers have
something better.
Inc Gay Will be especially appro.
PIRATE for forming bird societies 10 the
SCHOOLS OF the State. Every boy should
declare for the protection of the birds
and the trees. The governors nro.
olamation is as follows:
The governor of Delaware has been
authorized and directed by the General
Assembly to set apart, by proclamation.
one day in each year for the planting
of trees, and for the promotion OF the
spirit OF protection to birds. There
fore, j, John Hum, governor Of Della
ware, do hereby nominate FRIDAY. the
wenty-sixth day of April, as Arbor
and Bird Day.
And | do hereby recommend that
this day be generally observed by ali
the people,. but especially by the
teachers and pupils of all public
schools. private schools, colleges and
by the officers and inmates of the other
public institutions Of the State.
This law in being very generally oh.
served by the people of the other States
OF the Federal Union. and il vpry
properly designed to promote the adorp.
ment of the grounds OF our rublio and
private schools, of public parks and
cemeteries, and OF our public institu-
lions at large, and thereby to awaken
among the people a desire for the
adjournment of public places, as we'll as
10 foster humane regard for the
preservation and protection of the birds
native to our commonwealth.
Inc advancement in the civilization
OF the people Is commensurate with
their aesthetic culture and humanity.
ana IN no way can this desirable result
,ioe obtained in any larger measure chan
py the hearty and general observance of
this very commendable law.
BIRD AND ARBoR DAY REspoNsrvp
READING.
And God said, Let the earth br;ng |
forth grass, the herb yielding seed. and
the fruit tree yielding fruit after hi,
kind. lien. |, IL.
And the earth brought forth grass
and herb yielding seed after his kind
and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed |
was 10 itself, after his Kind; and God !
saw that 1T was good. Gen. !, IL.
ana God said; Behold | have given |
you every horb bearing seed, which ,s
upon the face of all the earth, and |
every tree, in the which is the fruit of n
tree yielding seed; to you it shall he
for meat.-Gen. /, 80.
made me gardens and orchards. and |
! planted trees in them Of all kinds of
fruit. -Ecol. 2, 8. -
And out of the ground made the
Lore God to grow every tree that Is
pleasant to the sight, and good for
He heweth him down cedars ,nz
taketh the cypress and oak. which he
for himself amono the
tees OF the forest; he planteth an ash,
and the rain doth nourish lisa
A, IL. 49,
And by the river upop tbs bark
thereof, on, this side and on that s;da
snail grow all trees for meat, whose |
ieai snail not fade, neither shall the |
fruit thereof be consumed; it shall |
bring forth new fruit according to his
months, because their waters thew
Issued out of the sanctua+y: and me
fruit thereof shall be for meat. and tbe
leaf thereof for medicine. -Ezek. ~ - |
When thou shalt besiege a city a long
time. in making war against IL to take
it, thou shalt not destroy the trees
thereof by forcing an axe against them
for thou mayest eat of them, and thou
shalt not cut them down flor the tree
OF the field is mans lifel TO ernnlov
them in the siege. lieut. 90, 49,
The wilderness, and the solitary
place, shall be glad for them; md The
desert shall rejoice, and blossom az the
rose. LEA. IS. l.
There shall the great owl make be,
nest, and lay. and hatch, and oatber
under her shadow; there shall the
yuitufes also be gathered, every one
with her mate. "a, Is,
Wnere the birds make their nests, as
ior the stork, the FIR trees are her
house. --Psalms l0i, IL.
III q olrd 9 nest chance to be before
tnee IN sthe way in tree, or on the
ground, whether they be young ones, or
eggs, and the dam sitting upon the
young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt moi
take the dam with the young ~Dort
81, 6. "
The flowers appear on the earth the
TIME OF the singing of birds is come,
ana the voice of the turtle is heard in
W isng, zS2pas Of Solomon q L.