Show A Monument to Pigeons Not very often In the worlds history probably has It appeared that a sculptor sculp-tor of the first rank has been commissioned commis-sioned to design a monument for birds M Fremlet the famous French sculptor sculp-tor has however according to the London Chronicle received a commission for a monument to be erected In Paris In memory of the pigeons which carried messages during the siege At first the pigeon post wag of marked service and thousands of letters were sent from Paris by this means WritIngs Writ-Ings were reduced to so minute a size that not a word could be read without tho aid of a powerful magnifying glass hence one bird could carry many missives mis-sives In one Instance a cage containing two homing pigeons was appended to a balloon bal-loon with a notice offering a reward of 100 francs to anyone who would send them back with news of the outer world But the Prussians captured the balloon bal-loon and sent back word by parlemen talre that the pigeons were welcome and tender and had made a good pie |