The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-06
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1904.
A REALLY CRAZY FLICKER

The oueerest Member of crackbraned Family of Birds
and His Queer Idea
Dallas Lore Sharp in ST. Nicholas.
M R. BURROUGHS somewhere has said that if the
~ flicker ever goes crazy he crazy boring holes.
Now doubt anything Mr.. Burroughs says about
birds and beasts, and for good many years have
confidently expected that if found crazy flicker
I should find him. Mr. Burroughs predicted, boring
holes
Of course, expected to find real crazy flick
tho have long been convinced that the whole flicker
family is queer and, indeed somewhat Drained
But 1 have found one-a real crazy, insane flicker;
and he boring hoes-boring holes in tin rain ppes
for he seemed to have been possessed
He appeared last spring at Newton, beautiful sub
urb of Boston. 1t in the sprngtime and Highhole
Highhole is of his six common New England names)
inheriting delicately balanced mind, drilling
the rain pipe Doubtless he thought he preparing
place for bride. Now the young flicker bride
is about 'sspoony'' and ready for Glove
age' any bride; but have yet to who would
go to the length of rain pipe.
No; the young flicker was mad, insane He arrived
in April and announced himself by beating thunderous
tattoo gavanizedron chimney. The persons in the
rooms below jumped as if the roof were falling The
passersby the street stopped and gazed around in
wonder. There nothing to be Again the
rafting ringing roll and up out of the chimney popped
Highhole, in ecstacy his drum.
Then the way the top of another house he
sped another, bigger drum and flew there It
big ventilator He it. To his apparent delight it
boomed and catching around an hoop that
encirced it he beat out roll that drummer boy might
have envied
The mystery is that his bill did not fly into splners
seemed
head and he crazer and crazer the galvanized
iron until he discovered the rain pipe.
Up to this time the neighbors had looked upon him
youthful and devoted lover, who could express
half Of his feeling ordinary rotten stub, and
had taken to the sounding hollow chmneys They had
been amused But suddenly all that changed They woke
up to the fact that the bird raving maniac,
what did they morning but the flicker high up
under the Of roof clutchng small iron bracket
in the side of the house and diligently trying to drill
hole thru the hard metal rain pipe.
He was hammering like tinsmith and already had
cut opening half big nes fist when discovered
He had not tried to drill before he had been happy with
the mere sound.
But something either in the size shape ring of
the pipe suggested nest to his wild wits and right
thru the pipe he had gone
He scared off finally, but not until he had let
himself in and had had look down thru the strange
bottomless pit that he had opened.
Lost Hair Found.
Mama and aunty talking about friends
beautiful hair.
IT wonder from which side of the family she got
it?" said aunty.
"she must have got it from her papa" said little
Orvile, 'for his hair is all gone"
Congenial and Useful Child.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Brown-Your boy Jimmie is getting to be quite big
fellow.
Jones-oh, yes; he keeps posted on baseball
THE RACE OF THE MONITORS.