Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-09
SKY AND TIE FIELD TELL or SEPTEMBER

the velvet rom thelr horns This IS one of the surest of the early signs of the month. Again, the animal is said to be in the blue, on account of It's coat
 having a blreiah tinge, which, later in the fall turns to browning-gray. The
 rising of the moon sees the whitehall doe lead her lawns to fields of clover and grain, or outlying gardens, and later in the month they feast among the oaks
 upon rich acorns This food fattens them
 and they are soon in condition for the f fall hunter.
 Gray squirrels, though not az abun- dant as formerly, are deserting the sum mer nests high up in the forks of trees and seeking hollow trees where the whole family constructs coTafortable nest for the winter. They do not hiber- nate Many observers believe the gray
 does not store food for the winter, but this is wrong for search will reveal
 nuts in plenty planted about the base of the home tree. The gray has been called the Solomon of the forest. You recognize the red squirrel, but how iit- tie you know him intimately. He is the cemsdian. the jump jack of the wilderness. He Fobs you and laughs at ] your discovery; but steal of his nuts 1 he has cut out for his own use and you are treated to the choicest and most yiv- i'd fit of passion and language ever en acted. If actions could speak and the | squirrel vocabulary known. you could walk away on strong and profane lam guage. September, at certain time, finds the red squirrel industriopsly la boring among the pine and spruce trees, cutting the cones for winter use. Pick up a fresh-cut cone and learn something. Ponder the time of year and why he did ! it. then wonder at one of natures mys-
 terious ways. chipmunks are working | overtime as they go into hibernation in October.
 The Small FoIk-One notices an in crease in movement and doings among
 those water lovers the humble, though 1 abundant musquash, or as 1t Is better known. the muskrat. Tn fields and back pastures sits the woodchuck, silent, erect. motioniess. beside his hole, meditating the changing landscape and the passing 1 season. Rabbits and varying hares wander more of nights and visit the l gardens. Weasel, mink and fox live in
 royal style on account Of abundance of
 bird life, and work havoc among the game birds. The otter and mink prey
 upon the brook trout as they swim the
 streams to seek out locations for spawn ing beds. On clear nights cornhelds suffer from raids of the raceoon off. times the vegetable garden is visited
 the raccoon gets of his feed' from frogs and shell fish That lowly vel
 important member of the animal fam fly, the skunk, parades moon-lit patf
 or road, and turns not for man ol 7 beast. This Is not courage; it is i'm pudenee, and wild life lets him hav' ss his way. And so does mani
 Isolated signs of fall appear in tb 5 landscape. The sumach haunts blood ? red leaf while wild black cherry temp 2 discriminating observers with its darl ! purple berries and their astringen
 juices. The berry-like capsules of tn E bittersweet have matured aH4 the frui l will save many a winter bird fror U starvation when snows lay deep and foo is buried. In rich uplands you find tn T longspine thorn with it's garnet-colore . fruit. Chokeberrtes are ripe, and awai ' hardy young mouths. Sugar maple ' scattering It's winged fruit. Along towar
 the end of the month begin to fall tn . yellow leaves of the tamarack.
 The Glitter of the Butterflies-This Y the time of Beautiful butterflies. See ! the goldenrod and you will find th Il thistle butterfly Willow eiumps aboun y with red admirals. The swallow-tail
 large painted in brilliant eolors, ar abroad in numbers-the black specie v haunting the open wood and thistle, th : green-clouded frequssting roadsides an .s open pastures, the tiger wandering e Y rantly but preferring the thistle patch, y of sun-lighted woods. The monarch bu terfies of the autumn birds; at son is period in the month they assemble v swarms, large numbers are to be see s hanging from the trees, and eventual they move southward in a thousar 'u gleams of black and orange and whit n lunmoiested by the birds on account .S the acrid juices of their food plant, u
 milkweed. Such treasures of color glea z, l along choice haunts In the landscape u the regal fritillary, the violet-tip, u {. tortoise, the gray comma, the cloudi - eye. Silent of voids, restllegs, ever { ie ' wing. what boon to those who love n ', " ture at first hand.
 ' From the fields comes the spott .s cricket's spasmodic chirp. In the pa lures and woods, at sundown. swarTs. u !, crane flies. Queens of wasps. horne - .sa and bees are maturing in the nests. Y u' less are the sun flashes of the win ' of the dragon flies over still waters. - unmuscal charm make tho clamoro n latydids, while the stridulations of | ~ grasshoppers reach high tide in the fiel and meadows. Moths and other insec are retiring into their retreats, some is to the ground where they pupate
 earthern cells, others build themselves - habitat of web and leaves for their a - preaching change in life, while a mi so 1 titude of insects, having lived peri ID in the survival of things, await the
 evitable end-death.