The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-05-20

cided 20 climb the same tree to dis
cover the size Of hollow where he
had located swarm Of bees. When
Brown went up the snake wanted to
come down and it was coming. too.
but the old man suddenly decided that
ne desired to come down first rather
than his snakeship run over him, and
a race began. Here como the snake
and here went Brown, but the old man
came 80 hastily that his clothing got
caught on snag and there he was
held. The snake ran over him and
he turned spotted, SO he says. l
mention this just to tell the boys
that loathsomc snake is diligcnt in
breaking up birds, and ~"rely they
will not initiate this loathson.e rcptile
any more
While | am thinking about these
birds allow me to persuade all the
young boys to watch what we call the
"pcckermoods." These "peckerwoods"
have red head which sets them off
somewhat, but they are not favoritcs
OF anybody that I know, either for
their looks, their songs or their soci-
ability, but they are wonderfully USE
ful, as you may sec for yourselves by
watching them this year. Watch the
apple trees. When you see "peck-
erwood" on an apple tree pecking with
all his might. make a note Of it and
then see if there are not fine apples on
that tree On the other hand there
will be no good apples on trees that
this bird misses. This is true be-
yond doubt, and as ali boys like.to eat
apples this should impress them
with the Importance Of preserving the
birds.
In this connection I desire to com.
rlimcnt the ladies on the absence OF
plumes on this last Easter season. /
never saw but one Easter hat with
plume, and the boys dubbed tho lady
that wore it "Shoddy Sue," and it
looks now asi if tho name would fasten
itself cn her. Il is m6natfous eas,
Tor nickname Of this sort to get at
tachcd to persons, but I shall strive
to keep "Shoddy Sue from being at
tachcd to this lady, for it is more an
error ct the head with her than the
cruelty Of heart that caused her to
wear the plume. She knows nothing
OF the fun the boys are having ceiling
her Shoddy Sue," and I think
thepeople Of our county are too
polite to ever mention it where she
will know, but the sisters of the boys
are catching on to it and it is having
the effect to impress them that it will
not do to wear the plumes, since all |
sensible end thinking people have
come to consider it an invitation to
destroy birds.
In this neck Of the woods we would
like very much to persuade the ladies
to start a fashion Of wearing rabbit
skin. They destroy everything but
insects. They peel the fruit trees,
destroy the garden and would spit in
the face of the average farmer IL it were
not that they want him to plant some
more peas and set out somemore trees.
If fashion" among the ladies could
be brought around to use his skin,
perhaps they could be dovned as the
birds have been. Everything else has
been tried and nothing reduces their
number. They thrive on progress
and now, that they are getting the
aristooratic blood Of the Belgian hare
mixed with their own, they strut the
same as the E. +. VS. and have added
impudence to their destructive habits.
My great desire is to array fashion
against the rabbits and win it over the
protection Of the birds. Every mother
should understand that ON egg broke or
nest destroyed means the destruction
OF birds,a and they should strive to teach
the boys that it is cruel and impolitic
so to do. I don't believe there would
be many boys that would break up
nests if they knew the importance Of
birds Those boys SO hardened as to
not bc persuaded out of such will
eventually land in the prisons or be
hung. 1t has been my observation
that boy who will wilfully break
up bird will come to some bad end,
but this wilfulness can generally be
traced to the neglect Of the mother in
the impressions she makes upon her
eons. Sarge Plunkett.
- Paper gloves and stockings are
| now Neing manufactured in Europe.