The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-04-17
Have heard vi,b hreskins moibsr hearts


Their tnpsry nss,liuss etyips.
Y TIE MEETINGS stsrvt, and Gods CON
mssd
Has been dthed snd broken.
/ For He wbo made the nrivfrse
10 their behalf hsth spoken.
With these facts before u., 10 regard
10 the distraction OF onr birds sod the
rapid dissppssrsues OF 10 many species.
before ~ 10 Il necesssiy to make sn sp
peal f,t their pfo,sciions II vould sesm
not. for the protection OF birds 10 last
bscouins q ustiopsl question,
The ssntineuis Of humsniiy once vide
Iy aroused. the birds are safe.
Inv itself ssn be Of little, perhaps no
srsii without IL. 1t msy sivs check. bu.
this tide OF destruction, II 10 powerless 10
ssy. for ~ lose ss the demand continues
the cffanders will hnd II worth while to
| dare the isv.
Oae thing onl, will stop this cruelty,
the cLsnsins OF fsshion. Let the women
ssy the word and hundreds Of thousands
Of bird lives every year vi be preserved,
Aud until she does uss her iIAaence, il
Is vain TO hope that thi. useless sacrifice
will oes'e until il has worked oul its own
end and the birds are gone.
1t 10 earnestly hoped that the women
can bs led TO see this thing In It's true
light, and TO take some pronounced stsnd
10 behalf Of the birds and sasipst the pre-
vsilina fashions,
Qiesn Victoria lsmspted aud nourped
BY ell nations. strongly disspprovsd the
practice OF wesrius birds for ornsment.
end issaed . decree ssainst il,
One year $40 the American Orpitholo
gifts Union slsrmed at the prospect Of
ell our sea birds living along sur coasts
being doomed to determination, sppoint
ed . special committee to devise means
for their preservation.
This committee. aided by the press, Up
pealed to The bird-loving public for funds
With which to hire wsrdens to guard the
ssa birds while on their breeding grounds
The contributions received to this sp
peal we're al fiicient to protect ell the
colonies left on the coast from Cape
Obsrles, Virgins, notthwsrd to Maine,
aud they hope the next season 10 extend
the work to the SJuth Atlantic sud Gull
cossts. where there is even greater need
OF bird protection than 10 the North.
Few persons living Ut q distance from |
the sessbofe have sby idea OF the enor |
nous destruction OF bird life by residents
Of the coast, who make q psstime OF
robbing water birds oi their eggs.
When one rene bsts thst there are
hundreds and prob,by thousands o.
grassy islands about ths ~. OF city
block. each with not less than ten tbou
ssud birds, consisting chiefly ofgulls, terms
and heFons. which sre robbed 10 these
retoris, be will realize what must be tht
havoc, the cruelty and the unwsrrsntsble
sacrifice Of theee hsrmless birds snnnslly
Is 1t any woader that they are shy and
hsts the very eight Of mani Is IL not
about time that the bird side OF the quss
,ion wss not only defended but siren uous
ly chsmpionedf The effect oi this heart
less disregard OF the instincts OF birds is
not calculated TO encourage friendly re
lstiops between them and man, % the fol
loving observation OF Mr.. George Sennett
will show;
have seen laughing gulls and royal
terms upon being driven from their nests
dash at aud destroy with
their bills, ev ~ egg exposed 10 the vioini
y OF their nests, not excepting those Of
heir own species.
Their very natures seemed changed by
his hesrtless persecution. and recogniz
ug the purpose OF msns invasion, they
ntelligently and deliberately attempt to
hwsrt bis purpose by destroying the
pie, be oovets.
How strongly in contrast to this 10 the
pleasant sight 81 Gspevs, Swilzsrlsnd.
the happy crowds OF visitors de
ieht in giving crumbs to the friendly
Iulls that hook about he bridgss. feeding
lmost from the very hsnds OF the people
'ho have 90 ,hou sht OF destroying them.
Moet OF the States have some kind Of
sw which is intended TO give projection
o certain kinds OF birds. their nests and
egs, but these laws ere rarely ever en-
orced,
Who tss not read the birds Appeal"
o the state legislature Of Msssscb uset'f.
Intteu by Senatora
And shsll our sister state OF Msssschu c
et,s bsve the milliuei'. aie Of truce oil TO
Ierselii Shall nol Vermont be The fret 10
ise and stand beside herl
Let us be united In this movement and
ar pleasant companions oil the sir will
Jog TO the Orestor 90 immortsl sopg Of o
raise. Lst us hope 10 the downing Of 9
his new century lbst the Law aud the 9
sdy will stsnd With locked hands, ex
hsnsing greetings, and forming
sentieth century alliance 10 The csuse Of y
'iri Protection as they have 80 often done o
, other things thai elevate the race. .
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