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THE BROWN THRUSHES: 
^ and grape-vine bark, no other furniture was 
needed to secure the comfort and well-being 
of the family ; for, if comfort is gained with 
a little furniture, is it not folly to litter up 
the house with stacks of gimcracks that are 
only in the way, and are only procured to 
gratify our vanity and love of show ? 
The work being done. Brown and his wife 
congratulated each other on their success, and 
the dear lady was so pleased with it, that she 
often entered her pleasant room and sat down 
in it in different positions, to test the degrees 
of comfort which it afforded. 
On the next day after the nest was finished, 
the first egg was laid, and in three or four 
days after, three were added to it; they were 
all of a beautiful bluish-white color, and were 
covered with very fine dots or dustings of light 
brown. As soon as the four eggs were laid, 
the neighbors assembled to offer their con- 
gratulations, and when they were exposed to 
their view, the opinion was general that Mrs. 
Brown Thrush was destined to be an ornament 
to her sex ; after an hour spent in kind wishes 
