The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-10-03
Agriculture.
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About The stessss, naissace 10 isfutr.
alter The sasnss, she u ca,.sis seasons 81
the ysst sees usaplas oil evr bic hslds
,bo5tlss his aasil. sooacoes sad tabtiis.
~ the saaeti wte ea@es eosu hon the
Cdr saa cali. hinseli ''colisc,er.f lie
mat hsvs plants ssa nassH Tor hIs herb
srian 4 ,hes. tsdgalrs sbd saastic pl.ris
fst he sgasriau; nnst shoot every bird
be sets to send s.sy 10 siljeruist 10 be
.infsd, mus, hrs svsry birss ese be ESQ
dad Tor collection. sad si,tost leave o.
licepse from any Que.
A slurjy old i.rnr oree re, enc Of
lhcse collectors % biz pair tree after
come tbrashes' esss, While the poor birds
sste cifclias roara aud roand the tree 10
srtst dislfesa
HgLl What ate you doins theref q
clsims "a the iteial farmer.
osiy getting ies tess ir ny colitc
uoe, yes the su.se fsply
Who tsii you c0nld have .bemi rosted
the far ner.
| beg yorr pardon. sir. said the city
man. didn't suppose you'd care
They're my birds and on my property,
and them ,hrsshers hsvs boil, right 10
that ere spot Ter leo yesrs. Might Is we'll
come and tear ne ont Of ny home aud be
done With II,
i didn't m,au sty 4 nee,
Any aflancti 1 sbsat.d abe farmer What
tight hsye you 10 come 90 my farm max
ing your collectionsf Suppose, ~hen ]
went to The city, la go to your oihce or
place Of business, and gsther mp rome Of
your Tspers or valusbles fer my coll o
tiou. what wlnid You think Of met
thought biris and plants vera com
mon property.
Yes, that is what oil you oily folks
think. Yju think ev,iytbiog 10 the couo
Try Is free when every foot is owned by
somebody, and some bodies in the country
have IS much right to what they cwn ss
the city people have right to what they
own,
lam very sorry. cir. l never looked at
il 10 that way. I'll put The eggs back.
The birds surely have 30 ernest cham
pion 10 you.
They siug for me, and Ia rather besr
one tbrssher sing than sll the choirs 10
the city combined. They help me to
fight the insects that would tAt me out oil
house aud home II left alone. They are
friend to me, so ! will be friend to them
| would think you city folks would be
taught 10 church and Sunday school the
respect that the Bible has laid down for
birds
l never heard OF any. laughed the man.
Haven't, eh2 Then, when you 20 home,
turn to Deuteronomy xii and vi iu your
Bible, aud reads:
II birds nest chance TO be before thee
10 the way 10 any tree, or 90 the ground,
whether they are young ones or eggs, and
the Jam sitting upon the young, or upon
the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam
With the yonug.
Therel Yon see the Creator CT birds has
made 20 provision for collectors.
am sure never knew that was 10 the
Bible, said the man, % be walked tG.
That il the way With many others,
rnoy avu., Auv~ u1ao suu egg SresiIuB 10
forbidden by God. and | often wonder |
how anybody With spark Of humanity in
them csn bear TO teal them for any pur
pose.
7 have collection Of dead birds. left 10 /
uy care by . relative. becsnse she knew
am go passionately fond OF birds. and ev
sry time look Ut the poor dead things,
Ill standing up stiff and cold, their eyes
vide open aud staring, l feel as il we're
IT funeral, looking OF the dead faces OF
some OF my very best friends.
don't see What pleasure there Is 10
collection oil dead birds or butterflies, any
way. For my pant. when | want to study
nature I'll 80 where the pretty things sre
alive, and study them there. Mrs. A.
E, Markell 10 New York Tribune,