| Show HANGED THE INTRUDERS 1 I J now how some wise antl got rid ol of tb the inquisitive spin row the burlington gazette tells tella this in testing bird bira story and ha h as three men ready to sign any number of affidavits thit tha tifis if true I 1 at the end ca of prof thomas big ham barn are a number of bird houses for the ura use odthe 10 f thousand i afi who keep the air alive in that locality the place i is close enough to fo the city to be infested with the pugnacious and hoggish english sparrow and for some years the sparrows and the wrens have fought the season through for the possession of the little houses the wrens being the smallest invariably came off second econ d best in the encounter until this year when the holes or doors were arranged so that a wren could get in but a sparrows body could n not t pass cono through still the sparrows continued tinned their annoyances by sticking their heads in the doors as far as possible and worrying the poor little wrens to ft a state of distraction finally the wrens decided upon a plan of action they rigged up a horsehair noose directly inside their little houses in such a way that any intruding sparrow would stick his neck into it As a consequence the men were surprised one day to find a sparrow hanging by the neck from one of the houses dead as a country town on sunday he was cut putdown down and jora few days the sparrows let the wrens rest undisturbed then another sparrow became inquisitive and before he hb knew it he too was dangling in the air unable to save himself these are the 0 only two instances that came under the observation of the men though others perhaps have happened |
