Show Lighthouse as Bird Trap Tho night watch of the Cape May lighthouse was chatting with a visitor vis-itor when something struck hard against the netting around tho light The watch wont out upon the tiny circular balcony and returned with a dead bird in his hand A mud hen sold he Sometimes we get five 01 six In a night Often we find robins and ducks dead on the balcony Its a fine life you lead here remarked re-marked the visitor Yes if It wasnt for the 01ltb6 six gallons of oil that the light burns nightly Tho government wont give us any machinery to hoist It up with Consequently every day I must carry tho whole six gallons up these 217 steps Thats hard on the heart It must be agreed tho visitor It would bo so easy to rig up a rope and pulley too and draw the oil up that way It aint allowed said the watch In every oilburning lighthouse tho attendants must carry up the oil by hand It docs seem Plop He slipped out to get another mud hen |