Show no joke yesterday morning a number of workmen were engaged repairing repairing the wooden bird of the eagle gate at salt lake city for this purpose it was necessary to remove it to the work when a wonderful discovery was made mr henry grow informs the deseret news of a curious fact connected with this venerable wooden eagle it is a wonderful bird for a wooden one if it had been left undisturbed it would shortly have produced half a dozen genuine living members of the feathered tribe this is no joke for in removing a portion of the back the workmen found six begs eggs which would soon soon have hatched e out as many sparrows had the emblem of liberty been left alone there would have been the remarkable of six sparrows produced from one wooden eagle A sagacious sparrow had entered an opening opening at the eagles throat threat and built its nest in its interior |