Show J AWING TIM TiE J Over acro across the California line lne has haR haRbe be icon n eloped developed a small smal rebellion against t the tine peace pence and dignity of these States Stales and the cause of U It I. I all alls al I h s ih the the beau btu es essay ay on on- fowl which has s ha K-en K embalmed d hilt literature 1 by Mark ark Twain the time farmers almer of Grass Glass Vale Valley wa way vay have haveS fallen into a dispute as ns aso to o the relative merits and demerits the he virtues and the vices of that created wayfarer on wing Some A say he ic Is a robber robben a law should be bc enacted b by the tine next Sacramento I meeting under which a bounty might I Ibe be he be offered for fOI scalps of Jaybirds and ant tJ bus Linus forever ole cl the tine raucous cry of oC the lie azure pl plumaged ma e one nine But Bu Mr h. h a Jay is not mat wholly without friends In lit order to plo provide the tho California Call Cali Cal Cal- fornia legislature with wih reasons why the he ja jay should be exterminated cerain cerI I alit ain Grass Gras ans sent a crate of or I defunct jays jas to the agricultural department de de- department de- de dei at t Washington and asked for fO on an opinion It I seems scents the willing I officials there did not know what was wag I Ithe t he the decision wanted and over the signature ure of ot the tine secretary of oC that great grent department came caine back bac to Grass Crass I IVale Vale Valley Vailey a tron strong testimonial to tho the value of oC the The astute em em- emI emo I plo el of gO el government Ila had peered unto Into the hidden recesses of o some tf fifty jay remains and filed fed official report that he Inc and his feathery feather tribe did more good than thant harm that he preferred grubs anti and snails acorns and the seeds of or weeds to shele shelled corn and growing fruit fult that thai he preferred PIO- PIO pvc pre erred a menu of grasshoppers Ia hoppers and cutworms to the tine finest t red led cherries that thai ever dared a bo boy to tl run runt away from school 5 Immediately there was rebellion in Grass Valley Its It roars Ja may not yet el have reach reached ell Washington but It i is rione none inTone the he le les s serious The farmers there thie have a assembled and anti told tole each other what wham the they ha have ha seen the do when he lie was at himself One tes tes- that a grown full grown ful-grown jay will vIiI wi steal teal and eat through h the Iho cracks s of a corn corncrib corncrib crib an amount of oC corn cOIn equaling four times limes his own hulk bulk and amid fly fy awu away with it- it screaming it-screaming screaming for COI more Another nother r testifies that he has seen seem the tine ja Jay stand tant on a grasshopper with fh fhone one fool foot and cutworm with wih the Hie other while he socked his bill bi Into inlo a hilt hill hi of newly planted corn and dl cd up UI the young oung maize b 1 by the tue roots Still Sti another depo deposes es that the jaybirds jay jay- birds on his farm will wi pick up acorns and amid carr carry them out of tine the lot lol where otherwise they lacy would fallen faten ho hogs s cud and drop them Into unto a hollow tree returnIng return return- Ing lug to lo scream cream and flap faIl in iii tine the faces aces of the pork lH and devour such uch food anti Coot antias as a provident mired hired man had hind his his- els- els for fOI them And nd the tine Jast ast straw h Is laid luid on the back hack of the Washington camel cannel by the testimony of a granger grangel who wIl declares declare he lie wintered three jays jUS In iii his hiR barn one flue time when the tine winds were vere espo espo- espot dally chilly caly piercing and amid that mat tine the they got ot into unto I his granary surreptitiously and board boarded cd themselves and that when i he opened the l barley bins In the spring he found the thc Jays hail had eaten ealen i ithe Ih the la last t grain and were boring honing holes holen i Inthe lia liay now mow In Iii search earch for Cor or egg eggs egg hole S All Al ii these things have havo been for Cor- CorI or- or I warded to Washington ton and a revised lc Verdict on un the tho life and manners of tho jb Jaybird rd Is e earnestly r t anticipated h by byall all cli al the wise men of or Grass Grans Val Valley J |