198 FRIENDS WORTH KNOWING. 
sereech of the ungreased wheelbarrow and the how] of the 
farmer’s dog—no duleet sounds. Many of the noises con- 
stantly uttered by men and evoked by their work are any- 
thing but melodious, and young birds born and bred in 
their midst must surely turn out less sweet and accomplish- 
ed singers than if reared among the gentle whisperings of 
leafy woods, and learning music only from the golden- 
mouthed minstrels of the sylvan choir. 
