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Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1910-04-12

81 aogea cling fan os %itaaliptte beore,
@n0 oct, at Sens er bort Sio, Dor SDlt.
Oct er ben Sro, iom oberbin0er 8er0ef,
@i'er ieirri9 8rem8ar8 bort 2io og 5eroen.
Ser ifal oct al gleoer1e erfores,
gt 2Diet ei er unoer Sfeppen iat.
Ser mongen g%bborior", o%bporoan" ifal %beioares,
Der for Stu0enten bar en- @oa0e plat.
Men frenfor alt ffol ySmertens Mon6 %forfIores,
Ger enc fen1pe6e BIN mprfe gaat.
0g no ira Sfolen Straalerne Jig ipre6er
gn0oQ til 4irfens fierne ~girfiombeoer.
Me6 oabent 9ie oo me6 oobent Gre,
De nlprfer Jig alt flint og ianot og tort.
Ser Ifal oe 2ioet bans 5ooipor fere,
Der pofte gnolineen Roiens Sort.
Den 2are, iom ifol Soft Ipfioli9gdre
Nt ane 9ing @u0 bel Tor os bar giort :
Zen Ifol inopIantes, bbor Ser Sor0bun6 fin6eS,
at Sielene De moo for 5erren binoes.
3bi 9lonteifofe seminar betp0er,
Og 9ipets Orb fan li9nes peo ct Gro.
NeoIagt / Siertets 49er, frenn oct ifD6er
@eo Noa6ens Col; Den Col fan oG0rig 6e,
Gen bnrer 5rugt, ser Serrens gingooro prpoer
Serneoe poa 5orfrenfeligbeos q.
@i0 glonteifolen meeen 5ru9t maa bore,
Eli Sjples 6relie og @l6s 0obn til 9@rel
San enote 9olen o9 in0pieo Sfolen
S gaotet: Sober, S6n og Selligoano.
@i0 olorig fottes Mpn0 poo 2eretolen,
Der oiIlig gier iio oper Cubs Saano.
9oor Seius blot er 8eien, 2ipet, Solen,
0a briiter a1e Spnoens TreGleboano.
ct Solmepers i9ennem Salen flang,
90 f~slaenoe al en- 9oortet, man lang:
0aerli96eoens S16,
@uoS aano lps og milo,
s Dor Sfole lao oirfe,
Saa ifol f%orflores,
Signes, benores =
2ioet somfuno og Strife"
Den nete Caller oor Sr. goitor 2enfer.
@allater iefs, gers ii bar Sefitens Orb.
Opmerfiom6eo ri ct 9ar Confer Ifenfer.
Soor meoet on0t, Ser gere8 Der pao Serb
ST folf, JONI biIoet er Spnoens 29nfer,
Men ri oil trp0e Dor Meiters Spor:
ST gere goot MOB aae, oae gegne,
Men iprlig gre pei imoo Greens egne.
8i'er oi 8ontro op, ri itaar neo Sfamnen,
Og ariiti 9ige lioer NeoerIag.
Men naar ri oS ON SfoIen i%lutter %iomrnen,
arbeioer for oens 5renr1e Dag for Dag,
0a ifol, ioa ionot @uos Oro er ga og amen",
CUB Serren ielp peofenoe Jig Dor Sag.
0oar 8ontros 9oooer mer og ner bortoeires,
s iantme Grab oo 2piets Wea9ter ieirer.
Sporleoes ifol ri uoen Sfolen frenme
Den opre, foItelige aroeport.
9i Fit al Iutberif ariitenoom o%erbiemme?
Bar Iunoet END for mango bsiit uflart.
Sar FER ri ful9t 6en gooe Sproes Stemnle,
San for port @el ei nogen Eing bar part,
Sbi BET, ri ielo meo aerIigbe6 omiatter,
81 oerne oil, Dor SIe9t oct ion1me ifatter.
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Stprite % beoite 1tooals
8iqIe0.9 reofort for
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Ordinations 8reotort
meo oonif Sefit. Mange for.
ifeni9e Slogs, i%orteret per 9nf.
% Gents.
grenfort me0 gibeItefit
0anif, Here Slogs meo forifellige
SefIt. Sorteret, per 0ui. 25c.
8roipeftfort ira glair
% Omegn. Sn0befntter Sam.
fnnoets Sfole % 6orla9sbus,
Iont oen oonife airfe. 5orteret
per 0ui. 25c.
Propeftfort fra Dan.
mart. Ga. 30 forifeaige iaroe.
les imliffe faroetrpfte Sort ira
i~fGnneite ggne / 2anOet. Sn6be.
latter mango betenote 4irfer.
Sorteret per 0ui. 25c. 4
g tai 9renfort meo onnff
8ibeltefi.. Grpft / 6 auIsrer
poa tint aarton, fremitiner ct
Gors ompnnoet meo 0lomiter. 3
forife1iee. 9efiterne paIgte al os
men arbeioet iofsrt | Spiflan6.
Disie er ubetinget De Imuffefte
Sort at fit Slogs og iplges Dog
i Get at IL Stpffer meb trpft
OmIlae for 25c.
Sorteret BrepepaIga f ale
o~penitaaenbe per Dui. 25c.
Dan. 2xtb. EnbI. &safe,
Blair, Rel. W.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1910-04-12

gnfe meo ct Barn ieaer Bloos
Iom Susboloerife peb p%irfelis troe.
enoe 6olf / Omegnen al SEEM Oorf
belit. Wprmere Oplpsnineer pos
Mrs. @noerien, 218 3ingsIan6s
Mpe, @reenpoint, @rooflpn.
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ltnsbomsmpbe | Atlantie arebs.

nneoomsforbunoet for ". g. al
Den for. 3. ep. .lntb. 8irfe inobpoer
berpeo pno oct bierteIigite til fel-
senoe Weber, iom nfboIoes oeo Pa.
itor 6. 8. ai9r | =
Weitbroof og Galmoutb, We. 15.-
10. Ipril.
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81 logea 1ing fan os i~toaliette be6re. Z
@no oct, at Seins er bort Gin, Dor 9pit.
Oct er ben Sro, iom operbinoer 8eroen, -
@f'er ieirrio 8renl9an9 / port 9io % 5ep0en.
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Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1910-04-12

90 9reiteemner man9ler pi oespere.
&c Wlorferne er alt til Soften bpi0'
Og oerfor n1oa Ri be6e Seitels Serre
9t ien6e ullge Mpno til Sfolen bio, -
Ger no til Solicit 5reIiens gno bill bore,
9t 2ipets forte, oprs 0oa0etio -
M}oo gribes al De Siele oprefebte, -
Ser elemte, Of De er til Simlen oe6te.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-08
BEACH LAKE.

The infallible sign, if March
comes in like lamb it will go out
like a lion, and vice versa, has cer-
came in and went out like a lamb
if that means being pleasant wealth
err, for the first day of March was
pleasant and remained so the full
month; a wonderful record for
March, called one of the most un-
pleasant months of the year. 1t
looks now as if we shall have an
early spring; vegetation is nicely
started; gardens are ready for culti-
vation, and ground is being plowed
for oats, etc
Building and repairing is now in
full blast preparatory to the board
ing season. Some of the boarding
houses are already getting applica-
tions for rooms for the coming sea-
son. By the way, the building of
two more large houses is under con-
temptation.
We learn before the return of
our pastor from Carbondale, that
he will not be returned to us. We
hope our loss will be his gain.
Mrs. Wheeler and son Eddie,
have returned after being absent all
winter
Lizzie Hitler, who has spent some
time with her sister, Mrs. Oliver in
Scranton, has returned.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. Davey left
Saturday to spend few weeks with
relatives over in the valley.
Henry Vangorder has removed
his family to Providence where he
has secured a position as teamster.
John H. Budd, of Forest City, ac-
band, are visiting his brother, w.
p. Budd of this place.
Mike Tembus is working for C.
A. Budd.
Jim Pepper has moved off of the
Gray farm and settled on the Phole
farm.
Both schools will close next week.
Miss Lee and Miss Gray have both
given general satisfaction. 1t would
be wise to hire them again.
The Beach Lake creamery will
open again for business this week
under the management of Mervin
Gavitt, We bespeak for him a big
patronage.
Ray Baily has moved his family
in the Dunedin, he having purchased
the same of Mrs S. Garrett.
Mrs. Hannah Jane Brown was TAX
en- suddenly i'll while calling on one
of her neighbors. She has been
kindly cared for by Mrs. Wheeler
to whose home she now is, unable
yet to be taken home.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-08
LAKEVILLE.

Mrs. Walter Walker and daugh-
ter, of Narrowsburg, returned on
Tuesday after visiting her parents,
G. Lafayette James and wife.
Mrs. o. Whitney, of Sterling, was
the recent guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. r. Loveless
Lizzie Alpha and Lucy Shelley
visited friends and relatives at
Honesdale, White Mills and Hawley
last week.
Charles e. Robertson recently
visited G. Lafayette James.
R. w Murphy, wife and sons,
George and Warren, visited the
formers mother, Mrs. E. Murphy,
on Sunday last
The Rebekahs will serve supper
at the Odd Fellows Hall at this
place on Saturday evening, Apr. 8,
for the benefit of the lodge. All are
invited to attend
Mrs. A. Quick, of Tafton, visited
her sisters, Mrs. J. n. Stephens and
Mrs. G. l.. James, also her aunt, Mrs
c. Harris, on Sunday.
Silas James of Sugar Notch, was a
guest of his sister and brother. Mrs
A. Goble and l.. James of late.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-08
ANIMALS ALL AMBIDEXTROUS.
Why Man Gives Preference to Right
Hand Over the Left.

Right handedness and right eyed
ness came with genus homo. DR..
George M. GoLld has watched for
them in squirrels that use their
front paws to hold nuts, cats that
strike at insects in the air or play
with wounded mice and in many
other animals, but he is certain no
preference is given to the right side
over the left.
But in the lowest human savages
ell over the world choice in greater
experience of one hand is clearly
present One cause TO its de-
yelopment is in primitive military
Gust oms. In all tribes and coun-
tries since man used implements of
offence and defence the left side.
where the heart lies, has been pro-
tected by the shield, and the left
hand was called the shield hand
while the right hand was called the
spear hand.
Next to fghtin. came commerce.
The fundamental conditions of bar
tering was counting with the low
numbers, one to ten. The fingers
of the free or right hand were nat
urally first used, and all fingers to-
day are called. digits, as are the fig
ures themselves, while the basis Of
our numberings is the decimal or
ten fingered system. Every drill
and action of the soldier from anc-
lent Greece to modern America is
right sided in every detail Firing
from the right shoulder ana sighting
with the right eye brings the right
eye into prominence.
1t is significant that with the de-
cline of militarism comes the sug-
gestion of schools for ambidexterity
and the establishment of move
ment for promugatng the gospel
of two handedness and its obvious
MISUNDERSTANDING Tribune
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-08
PAINTING
PEACH TREES.

A Westmoreland county farmer
(Livermore being his postoffice)
painted his peach trees with white
lead, and then having read that State
Zoologist Surface is opposed to the
application of oils to the tender bark
of peach trees wrote, in great alarm,
to the Professor, asking what could
be done to save the trees from be-
ing ruined.
Professor Surface allayed his fears
by giving him the following infor-
nation:
Replying to your letter making
inquiry as to whether or not you
have made a mistake by painting
your peach trees with raw linseed
oil and white lead to prevent borers
| beg to say that you have made no
mistake by so doing. Two years ago
| painted a number of my peach
trees with this material, and re-
peated it on some of them a year
later. Last summer | took from
them a nice crop of peaches, and the
trees are still healthy and apparent
ly uninjured. There were but few
borers in them. and ! consider it the
best possible preventive of borers in
trees of any and all kinds. This
was merely an application of a coat
ing of raw linseed oil and pure
white lead on the trunks of the trees
to just beneath the former surface
of the ground. Apply it not later
than the middle of June, and re-
peat it about the middle of August.
1t will also prevent injury to trees
by rabbits and mice.
when | said, Keep oils off peach
trees / had reference to spray liq-
uids. No oil sprays of any kind
should be used on peach or plum
trees"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-08
SHERMAN.

Beautiful spring! No snow left
after our long winter.
Mr. John Lynch fell on Tuesday
of this week and dislocated his
arm.
Mr. J. l.. Stewart, of Binghamton,
was in this place on business Tues
day and Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Cyle are rejoicing
over the arrival of daughter, Mch.
Goth.
Miss Mildred Hines returned to
her home in Orson, Pa, after
spending some time with her grand
parents, MIR. and Mrs. ]. Lynch.
Mr.. Frank Tarbox and family
are moving on Mrs. Alice Evans
farm and will work it the coming
year,
G. Simmons and family moved to
Mcclure the first of April.
Rev and Mrs. c. J. Moon attend
ed the funeral of his father on Fri
day at Brandt.
Mr.. Tracey Webster called on
friends at Hale Eddy on Wednesday
of this week.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-08
A WONDERFUL MARCH.
Unparalleled Weather for the Season,
With Contrasts.

The Oldest inhabitant, whose
weather knowledge marks back to
Andrew Jackson's time, admits that
never before in the memory of man
was there a March like this one just
passed. Friday, March IS, the high
temperature records for the third
month of the year were broken, but
even this high mark was passed this
week when the thermometer showed
rs degrees.
Two years ago on March 25, the
Weather Clerk says, the mercury
ran up to IS, a record heretofore
equalled but once. The showing last
week will probably permit March
1910, to wear the championship for
years to come.
While the state of New York was
sweltering under the sun that was
many degrees hotter than it ought
to have been, heavy SHOWS were fall.
ing in Colorado and Wyoming, and
we read that trains were stalled in
huge drifts from which they were
dug out by snow plows.
This republic is great in many
things, but in the infinite variety oi
it's weather, it stands unchallenged
at the head of the list.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-08
INDIAN ORCHARD.

The month of March was by far the
pleasantest that we have ever ex-
perienced, and April thus far has
also been pleasant; many are plow-
ing, and soon the tilling will begin.
f. E. Avery and wife are now
pleasantly domiciled on their farm
near Beach Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Switzer spent
Sunday with Hawley friends.
o. w. Treverton, of Vine Hill,
was. a business caller at the Altoona
farm recently.
Mrs. Charles Smith and daughter,
Maud, were recent visitors at the
home of Mrs. w. H. Marshall.
J. |. Henshaw, of Lafayette Col
lege, spent Easter vacation with his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. NJ. Hen
shaw.
A great many in this vicinity cut
their summers wood last week;
most of the work was done with
gasoline engines.
Peter NelPs man from Hawley
was here on Monday last buying
veal calves.
Mike Tenbus, OF Berlin Valley,
spent last week with Earl Ham of
this place. Mr.. Tenbus will work
the coming summer for Charles
Budd, proprietor of the Central
House at Beach Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Taylor, of
Torrey, spent several days last week
visiting relatives at this place and
vicinity.
Health Inspector. n. B. Spencer,
of Honesdale. was pleasant caller
here on Friday last.
Charles Budd, of Beach Lake,
was doing carpenter work for Earl
Ham last week.
Mrs. Emma Buckingham, who has
been sick the greater part of the
winter, is no better.
We received a letter from a
friend in Brandon, Manitoba, last
week. saying that the weather at
that place has been very changeable
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-08
STEENE.

The "Bobolink" is again elected
for the third term as supervisor.
Mrs. ]. e. Haley visited Saturday
and Sunday with her daughter,
Mrs. William Wright, at Carbondale.
Mrs. Minnie Mill and son Lesley
visited friends at Canaan on Sun
day
Claence Short, of Carbondale,
visited his parents here at Steene
Sunday.
Richard Cliff has purchased a fine
and well-matched span of four-year-
old horses; consideration four hun
dred and fifty dollars.
The Prompton borough fathers,
with Supervisor Haley, viewed their
nine miles of road on Saturday, and
decided to build about two miles of
stone crushed road again this season.
Lumberman Hollenback has pur-
chased another fine lumber tract in
this section, and has given the Bobo-
link the contract of getting the
logs, props. mine rafting, and ties
in readiness for hauling next win
ter.
There is another call of Grand
pa" again, for the "Bobolink," but
he isn't looking any older for the
call. as the stork visited the home
of his daughter, Mrs. William
Wright, at Carbondale last Wednes-
day and left a twelve pound brake
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Spangenburg,
of Carbondale, spent Saturday night
and Sunday with the formers par
ents at South Canaan.
MIR. Bates, the butter-maker at
Prompton, is still hiring every COW
that is looking for summers posi-
ton. Mr.. Bates says that he has
some good workers and expects to
hire more.
Lumberman Hollenback has sew
eral carpenters. masons and paint
ers engaged in building large
boarding house for the accommoda-
ton of his lumbermen during the
winter months. 1t seems as though
Mr.. Hollenback has built about one
half of Prompton in the last two
years
Samuel Thorpe, OF Honesdale,
visited friends in this section on
Sunday.
Mrs. William Wood spent Sunday
with friends at Waymart.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-08
Civilization and Eyeslsn,.

1t is sometimes mistakenly sup
posed that primitive races have natur-
ally better eyesight than civilized ones.
That is not exactly true. Nature works
more slowly than that, and in the re-
cords of power or acuteness of eye
sight some French artillerymen prov
ed to be as well furnished as the most
keen sighted Arabs. Native races often
appear to have keen eyesight simply
because they know what to look for
and where TO look for it. But as soon
as reading is introduced to a race
shortsightedness begins to appear
with progressive frequency, and some
striking instances of this relation TO
cause and effect have appeared among
the school children of Egypt
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-08

and not as pleasant as in former
years.
The roads in the vicinity of
Beach Lake and Laurella are being
worked in fine shape. Work them
early and you will always have good
roads.
Indian Orchard Grange will hold
a special meeting at their hall this
evening.
Albert Swartz is assisting II. II.
Bunnell at the Almshouse.
o. NJ. Spettigue and niece, Miss
Anna Seaman, of Honesdale, were
at this place on Sunday.
The young people from this place
spent Saturday evening last at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Ma
loney of Laurella. All report a
good time
Philip Bishop, wife and daugh-
ter, George Silsby, wife, son and
daughter, all of White Mills, and
Mrs. May Richmond of East Homes
dale, spent Sunday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira X. Bishop.
William Weeks and wife, of White
Mills, were calling on friends and
relatives here on Saturday and Sun
day.
Joseph Schmidt got in a car OF
fertilizer last week, most of which
was sold to farmers at this place.
Mrs. William Lee is having her
house reshingled. Lyman Garrett
is doing the work.
Ada Ham, of Hawley, was a re-
cent visitor at the Red Rock farm.
James Wren, of Hawley, was a
visitor at w. H. Halls on Saturday
last.
Mrs. J. S. Garrett. who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. w. H.
Hail. returned to her home at Haw-
ley on Saturday.
Mr.. Klenck and wife will soon
occupy a portion of L. r. Garrett s
large dwelling house.
Henry Bassney, who was badly
injured in some mysterious way,
while on his way home from Homes
dale recently, is improving quite
rapidly.
We are glad to see Horace Taylor
making his trips to White Mills
again.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-08
USWICK & LAKEVILLE.

The NJ. Z. Sunday school was or
ganized at this place on Sunday,
April 3, 1910. officers and teach
ers were elected as follows: Super
intendent, Charles F. UT; assistant
SUPERINTENDENT. Alfred Locklin;
secretary, Jennie Crane; treasurer,
Alma Killam; librarian, William
Alpha; organist Maud Locklin.
Teachers-Bible class, S. r. Crane;
Bible class. Mrs. NJ. l.. Olmsted; in
termediate class Mrs. Ethel Dan
iels: intermediate class, Stanley
Crane; primary class, Mrs. Oliver
Locklin. Time-9:30 every Sunday
morning, commencing next Sunday
morning.
Preaching service by our pastor
at 1880 Sunday evening, April 10,
1910, at the church at this place.
Text, "A Saved Donkey" Every
body invited to attend.
Alva Master, who lived near
Cobbs mill, moved into Mrs. Bra
zilla Shaffer's house at Uswick on
Saturday. We understand that he
has rented her farm for this year.
This place is known as the Henry
Barlteson farm.
Misses Harriet Rosencrance, Jen-
ME Crane and Pearl Crane OF US
wick, visited Miss Maud Locklin at
Lakeville on Sunday last.
MIR. Shelley, of Hawley, visited
his friend, James Shelley at Lake
Vile on Sunday last.
Mr.. c. Sanders, of Uswick, ex-
poets to build a new wagon shed
and have some carpenter work done
in his stables soon.
The Farmers Grange organized
April |, 1910.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-08
CLINTON.

Mrs. Albert Norton and little son
are guests at Ridge farm.
Warren Norton and Claud Arnold,
students of Keystone Academy, Fac
toryville, are enjoying their spring
vacation this week.
Howard w. Starkweather, a stu
dent of Bucknell University, recently
spent a day with his grandfather in
this place.
Henry Lavo, of Texas, is a guest of
his sister, Mrs. George Cramer.
MIR. and Mrs. II. M. Bunting recent
ly spent week with Scranton rela-
tiYes.
A large crowd of young people
gathered last Wednesday evening at
the home of f. e. Loomis TO help
their son. Herbert, celebrate his six
teenth birthday.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-08
THE
GRANGE Z
ENGLISH SPARROW
A NUISANCE,

To the gardener and fruit grower
the English sparrow is a nuisance
rather than help. 1t was introduc-
ed into the United States about forty
years ago, to prey upon the measur-
ing worm, or canker-worm, which
had become very destructive to shade
trees in the cities. Ii found many
other things, however, to engage its
attention. and soon became so un-
desirable in its habits as to become
despised by gardeners, farmers, fruit
growers and horticulturists gener-
ally. 1t is pugnacious bird, and on
account of its violent attacks upon
them many of our most valuable ma
tive song and insectivorous birds
have greatly diminished. 1t not
only is disposed to drive such birds
from their nests, but has been known
to kill and devour their young and
their eggs.
Moreover, the English sparrow
feeds largely in the spring on the
buds of fruit trees, and, also, does
great damage in vegetable gardens
in pulling up and eating the seeds,
: such as peas, etc, as they come up.
1t is. likewise, destructive in grain
fields, as it alights on the stalks of
wheat and oats, and not only con-
sumes large quantities of grain, but
wastes a great deal through swaying
to and fro on the slender stalks,
causing the grain to fall to the
ground. 1t has been known to tear
open the husks of green corn, de-
YOUR the tender kernels and cause
much loss through exposing the re-
naming grains at atmospheric
changes and the ravages of insects.
The martins which formerly re-
turned every spring to the boxes pro-
vided for them in towns and cities,
have, in many instances, failed to
turn up. on account of their nesting
places having been seized and oc-
cupied by English sparrows. Many
other insectivorous birds, as useful
as the martin, have been driven
away by the common feathered
enemy. In fact. there is hardly a
species of our native birds that the
English sparrow will not molest.
In view of the pugnaciousness of
the English sparrows and their de-
structiveness, and but few redeem
ing qualities, State Zoologist Sur
face recommends that war of ex-
termination be waged against them.
1t will not do to endeavor to poison
them, he says, as by scattering grain
! for that purpose which had been
soaked in some poisonous solution,
the lives of useful birds would be
/ endangered, as well as domestic
! fowls. They can be shot and trap
ped, or their nests destroyed when
containing young, thus keeping them
down to minimum. There was
| formerly a law which protected the
English sparrow, the same having
been passed soon after its advent in
the United States, but in 1888, at
the suggestion of a number of agri-
cultural and horticultural societies,
the law was repealed, and the kill
ing of English sparrows, and the de-
stroying of their nests, eggs or
young, at all seasons of the year,
is now legaliZed.