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Show Hk K 'Birds Stopped the Clock. HH "Tho town clock in Sanila. Ont ' F "stopped ono morning not long ago, HE and on lnestlgutlon tho hands were K round securely tied down by strands' HH of twlno and grass. The- mischief had HH liecn done by a pnlr of sparrows. Dc- HH firing to build n nest In tbo angle or HB tho hands, tho movement of which In- HH terfered with tholr plans, they tied HB; the hands to each ctlicr, and to tho HH' framework, In such u inniiner that It HH took considerable tlmo and labor to HR removo the nhstructluns. Tho ongl- HH ueerlng skill displayed, and tho B nmount of Industry and persovernnco HBJ -exhibited, makes tho fo.it qulto pho- HK q, nomennl In bird annals. |