Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-08-24
Save Our Birds.
From the Bangor Nesrs.i

IL is our Detief tnAt tnerS Hlc kiuuay eau
decent men and women enough right here
in Bangor and nearby cities and towns to
organize and equip active and energetic
Audubon socities with vigor enough to
prevent the indiscriminste killing OF song
and insectivorous birds, that are found
breeding in our shade trees and orchards
and fields.
Now, as Of old, the chief trouble comes
from the boy with the cheap shotgun or
the other boy with the air-rific. These
boys are not degenerates or brutes. The
chances are they will grow up and become
good citizens, and will regret deeply the
errors Of their younger days. Nobody
wants to send lads OF this kind to the re-
form school, or to arraign them before the
court and fine them, or put them under
bonds not to do so again. The boys are
doing no more than their ancestors, and
more from desire to seem '.smart" than
from any criminal intention, they are
yielding to . criminal impulse that Is
most degrading.
As rule, the little s.Georgies" Of to-day
are doing no more and no worse than the
little George Of more than century and
half ago. The elder George did the mis-
chief with his ''little Ratchet" The later
George does 1t with his little air-gun.
The chief distinction to be drawn between
the two 10 that the former George could
not tell q lie, while the later George not
only can tell lie, but does lie and lie
abundantly when confronted with the evil
dence OF his evil handiwork.
ALI the bird-loyers OF eastern Maine ask
Is that the boys shall cease their cruel
slaughter OF the birds. The average boy
Of the high school age or OF the grammar
school age, is not . reprobate or brute.
Meet him in any place and under any con-
dition, and he is very much OF . man. In
our experience, he has = kecner sense OF
justice than most men. He may smoke
cigarettes and pipes on tho sly; be may
swear like trooper when vexed or creased
in his desire, but in the hack OF his head
he has . very accurate set Of scales for
weighing right and wrong, and in discus
sing cases which involve right and wrong
he is very fair. We believe that II the
c'iininAi cases VI Msine "eis 'iea 'of.
juries OF boys instead OF before juries OF
n'e" st ues'e' "a 1~
would be secured and there would be
fewer instances where the jurors could
fe"aei nv 'e'a's'' y" ~ss""' %
asteeneh''
esoho question snAa lug ines's's
oi tne h'sn SCHOOLS IN bangor anu DIe~e1
anu All outlying towns are IN 'sNo' Vi oiia
plo'eo'ioh' VI eouiSs' M 'no "oiSH
VINO arc empioseo IN tne p"oi.e sen""ls
are warmly A''Aehea 70 p.'us IN 'Ae', /"
'ne "oriu were 'hAue Oh "oiaen' eaeiu-
s"eiy, 'he'c "ou'a oe NO aenAna io1
Aaol JON soe'e''es oi 'or soe'eies Ior pfe-
sen.'oh Oh cruelty 10 animals. 10 sum
uP.ne case "a 'e" "ofu-, Aii 'he 'ssohers
III 'nc Pooi's scn"ois vi "A'ne ale !"
nes. symf~'hs WIN the movement 70
ie'aih AL 'ne useiui ana ofnAnen'si anu
musical sPeeies o' native oiras Iisnt mere
IN Msihe 10. All time ana 10 90 Al 'nes
eau 70 ios'e1 .he" sna encourages tnem 70
'hANe themselves AZ nome ana muiip'y
- rap'ois as circumstances VIII permit.
Inc pifo-iosets o' "aihe uiu MOI ger tne
kind Oh laws from the last session OF the
MAine LEGISLATURE tnAt was most neeoeo'
FOE the sake OF saving the oirds rom ae-
s1fuction-n for nothing elsa small IL
eense Zee snouia nave oeen assessed upon
every person VINO owns OF mas IN possess
sion any gun r'ne' revolver or ar gun, eA-
~p' IN sucn cases As where the weapon ~
no' 70 oe 'ANeh rom the mouse or once Oh
.ne o~nef' VINO shan use Inc hreafm iof
lns ptosec'ion OF nome ana property es-
c'asisey.
ns'eAa' We nave eo"aiaiy iaw' "nieh
WAS no oount aimed az the italian labor
ers o. .he faiifoaas' put which Is worded
20 MI ahns.uia'i.ea residents OF Name
An act Oh TINS KIND savors oil KNOW
no.ningls,n' ana belongs 20 the same class
Is that ola saying, mo irish need apply"
me Question Vi oi'iAen1hip mas nothing 70
90 with pilo protectioh. fhere are nun