Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-09-16
STOP WRITER'S PEN
Many Gentle Distractions in
Summers Garden.
sone Reasons Why u 10 Dimcult 10
Work Out % Doors-ohse-sztion
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In sumner write every morning
N 4 sumner house az the extreme
rear OF NY garden-a house which Is.
IN reality. a COW she'd converted by
virginia creepers. side treIlises. great
openings sawed IN all four sides and
q small plaster cast OF a section OF
the Parthenon frieze. painted with
white enamel paint to resist the rain
But ! End II difficult 10 work out Of
doors. even IN the summer. There are
50 many distractions | am disturbed
necessarily BY the tiny cIamors Of lit
tie things. making their sweet. fnsfdi-
Gus appeal for attention
There is. for tnstance-or. rather,
there has been-a chickA-dee's nest
On NY summer house. IN q box tackled
there to attract the vrens. All my
life have desired TO have a chick-a-
dee's nest under observation. and this
year NY wish was granted. Every
morning while Mrs. chick-a-dee was
sitting On her eggs saiuted her when
l came down TO work.
Thea after ! had settled down. and
had lust got 4 paragraph well under
way. Mr.. Chick-a-dee would appear
with a worm or bug In his mouth to
feed her. and would have to lay
down ny pen to watch him First he
would perch on a twig twenty or thir-
" feet away and. without dropping
the food from his mouth. say -chfck-a-
dee two or three times softly-a pref
y. wfry, tinkling sound. He never
on any occasion added the remaining
-dee-deedees" OF the familiar call
After repeating his announcement he
would then fly to a strip Of the treilis.
beside the bird box. and sitting there
once more give his viry little Chick
adee-" Then he would suddenly give
a hop 10 the perch below the hole in
the boz. transfer the food TO the wait
ing bin Of his wife. who would have
her head out ready. and depart
Another disturber of my labors Is
a blnebtrd whose family inhabits
box in my --eighbor's yard. but who
prefers to hunt in mine. I can never
resist watching the fash Of his blue
wings over the flower beds. Still an
other disturber is a Baltimore oriole.
He feeds IN the orchard. swallowing
down q bug or caterpillar and then
fairly dancing on a spray while he
emits a musical grace after meat
Sopetimes a yellow butterfly IN
vades my privacy. nuttering across
NY vision to attract attention. and
then winging in circles over the potato
field or the flower beds. ! watch # in
its flight
When I look back al my paper an
ant 10 crawling over H. The ant
makes me think Of my young apple
trees set out this spring. for the ants
crawl up young apple trees and evi-
IDENTIFY devour the green aphis on the
leaves Have my new trees any
sphis. I must get up and investigate.
Yes. they have. must get the hose
and spray them OF
Back at last at my table am free
to resume my work. and another para
graph gets completed Then l hear
a meadow lark or perhaps a wood
thrush and. arrested By the sound.
pause to listen. and my ear catches
clearly the various noises Of the sum-
mer day. which so often We hear with
out hearing. and would only be aware
of IL they stopped altogether. To
sink back and Just listen-to feel the
touch Of the breeze On your cheek. to
watch the great. lazy. beautiful white
cloud. 20 smell the warm scents OF
the garden-that is better than work
ing,-walter Prichard Eaton In the
Philadelphia Evening Ledger.