The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-09-21

OF them that turn ont very pleasant,
If you only wait to see. BY waiting,
you see, you can save the trouble OF
crying and worrying at all.
light.
The Squirrel.
You all know the pretty little gray
American squirrel which runs and
scampers about the woods and cop
pices, darting from tree to tree with
marvellous quickness, and CHANGING
about with its quick, bright little eyes
always on the lookout for danger or
enemies
The squirrel is one of the most ac-
tive little animals in the world, and
is able to spring such long distances
and at such a height. that one would
think it would be dashed to pieces at
any moment But not a bit of it,
The squirrel is very sura-focted, and
rarely makes a false step. If it should
by any chance lose it's foothold. it
/ spreads out its legs and furry, bushy
tail, drops lightly to the ground, and
bounds away again, as though nothing
had happened
IT you have ever seen this little
animal run. you win have noticed that
its movement is something between
a hop and galop; it can cover the
ground very quickly, but it is much
more at home in the branches and
trunks of trees. 1t is extremely diff
I tN Ii =. r,,;I1
state for it has such wonderfully
4 quick eyesight. and is always so much
on the alert that 1t scents danger in
a moment. and will mop behind tree
or a branch with such agility that
nothing can be seen of it beyond an
occasional glimpse Of its bright little
/ eyes or the tip Of its bushy tail
Squirrels arc very domesticated. and
] having once made their home in
/ tree, lay in it year after year. The
parent squirrels share the same nest,
which is carefully made of leaves,
moss. grass, little twigs hairs, feath-
eTs. odd scraps of wool which the
sheep kindly leave on the hedges for
/ them, and anything else that comes
in their way. and which they consider
will make the nest warm and COM
Portable
The whole is woven SO carefully and
! neatly together that no rain can get
| into it, and 1t is so firmly wedged into
/ some forked branches that no wind
4 can blow it away. and here they bring
up their various families with the
greatest care.
The nest is prepared in the spring,
1 and when the young squirrels appear
/ in the summer the parents take care
/ OF them until the following spring,
( when they are made to go out and
/ get their own living
/ But the autumn is the busiest time
] Of the year for squirrels, for then they
collect and lay up their stores for the
/ winter, and very hard work it appears
/ to be, Their chief food consists OF
/ nuts, acorns, beechnuts, corn and all
/ kinds of seeds, and these little crea-
/ lures may be seen scampering about,
and taking all sorts of treasures to
! their various stores.
Not single unsound, worm-eaten
or empty nut does the squirrel ever
/ store; he looks them all carefully
over beforehand, using his funny little
! feet to turn and twist them about,
/ and examining them all over with his
/ keen little eyes. Then, when he is
sure that he has some nice, sound,
wholesome nuts. Or any other dainty
| in the shape Of food, ne trots off with
it and bids il in all sorts OF little clefts
/ and crannies near the tree in which
he has his home
Now the squirrel has wonderful
/ memory. and although he has his
stOrehouses round his home in all
/ sorts Of holes, hooks and crannies
/ he never, by any chance forget3 where
/ he has put them And when the snow
/ comes and covers all his hiding-places
4 with a soft white mantle, making
/ everything look much alike, the SPUR
I rel Is not in the least uneasy, but
/ when he or his wife and family, want
/ something for dinner. trcts off lightly
1 and nimbly to one of his storehouses
/ scratches away the snow, and then
scampers home again with some
dainty
One Of the prettiest sights in nature
/ is to see a squirrel eat a nut. He
/ takes the nut daintily in his fore paws
/ nips the end of the shell off with his
sharp teeth. takes out the kernel, and
stripping the husl, crunches it with
! an air Of great enjoyment
of Education.