The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-05

crow damages The farmer $40 worth
during the season. It's In the winter
season that the bird has hard time.
and many freeze and starve to death.
No shotgun was pointed at him
Az he sat on the fence or limb,
No club broke his neck. M
No stone did him wreck.
But he suddenly took UP whim.
Funny End Of Lawsuit.
| A curious lawsuit took place In the
state of Ohio some ave years ago on
account OF the crows. The farmers Of
certain county were pledged not to
feed them during the winter. thus
leaving them to die, but certain man
with Kind heart bought many bush
els of corn and invited all crows to
come and feast .hree times a day.
There were days when thousand
crows assembled and when their cav
| ing could be heard for a mile or more.
They got through the winter all right,
but the good man who made 1t pos
sible had ten lawsuits for damages.
The matter hung fire in the courts
for long time. but 1t was finally
decided that as there was no law
against killing crow there could be
none against saving his life.
His song was a farreaching cav,
Like a spike that IN grated by saw.
Twas q cav and screech,
And a mile II did reach.
And twas not forbidden by law.
A German naturalist named Brett
zie started out few years ago to
make a songster Of the crow. He took
young ones and slit their tongues and
put them In cages with canaries and
other singing birds. and for time he
thought he would be successful. Then
when the young crows got their voices
It proved to be something more shrlll
and screechy than the notes Of their
fathers and mothers. The crow isn't
born with the right kind Of throat for
| q warbler. f ~
The whim that got into his head
| Was. instead Of going TO bed.
To sing with all hail,
Like the sweet nightingale,
And tickle the old farmer Jed.
Crows Can Cav, That's All.
It was believed for long time by
naturalists that the crow could be
taught to talk as well as or better than
a parrot. Men spent months acting as
teachers. but all they ever got out Of
Jim Crow was his cav. He was keep.
Ing quiet and letting them do the
talking. Many Of them were put in
cages with parrots. but the parrots did
| all the swearing.
"lt never can be-" said the wife.
| You're no singer, you bet your crow life.
The farmer win scoff.
The gun win go or.
| And there'll be a row and q strife"
Russia Is the country of crows.
Some thirty years ago duke offered a
reward of $1,000 to cook crow SO that
the peasants would like the meat.
Russian. French and German cooks
competed. They baked, boiled. stuffed,
broiled and made potpie Of Mr.. Crow.
and they used all sorts Of seasonings
to make him taste like chicken or tur-
key. but after experimenting for
weeks he was still crow and nobody
would eat him. A dog might get hun
CRY enough to pick the birds bones,
but 1t Is known that fox turns away
from them with wry face.
"Tm running this singing my dear.
| And don't you get on your ear
I've filed up my voice.
| And I'll make him rejoice
And bring out his wife for to hear"
As bad as men dislike the crow
they give him credit for his cuteness.
In locality where they have been
shot at no sooner does man appear
with gun than the crow is away at
his best speed. The same man can walk
out with stick on his shoulder and
the bird will give him no attention
whatever. He knows what's bad for
him, and In that he Is ahead OF most
human beings. The noise OF a brass
band will drive every crow away
within hearing. In that he has advan-
tage over man. Man wants to get
away from the music, but has no
wings to fly with. ai g q
And he went as the cleaning drew nigh.
And he sang from maple tree high.
Twas a screech and O cav.
A sort Of haw, haw!
As II reaching up for the notes.
As to the longevity Of the crow, he
has been known TO live twenty years.
or as long as goose, but In most
cases crows die under the age Of FIVE
years. They get tired OF their own
voices and want a change. 80
| He was warbling away like, band
| When Jed, with gun In his hand.
| Came out, and he fred
Be-caws he was tired,
And down came the crow In the sand.
And when he didn't return home
that night Mrs. Crow went looking fol-