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BY THU WAYSIDE 
BY THE WAYSIDE 
Published on the tenth of each month except July and 
August 
The official organ of the Wisconsin and Illinois Audu¬ 
bon Societies. 
Twenty=five cents per year. Single Copies 5 cents 
All communications should be sent to Thos. R. Moyle, 
Appleton, Wis. 
Annual Meeting. 
[This report arrived too late for last 
June’s issue.] 
The annual meeting of the State Audu¬ 
bon Society occured on the evening of 
May 29th, in the Unitarian Church. 
Owing to the bad weather and to the 
numerous other attractions, only a small 
number were present. The business 
meeting occurred at half after seven, and 
the usual reports were listened to and 
adopted. The treasurer’s report showed 
a balance on hand of $12.50. The fol¬ 
lowing officers were elected: 
Dr. R. H. Denniston, President. 
Mrs. Joseph Jastrow, 1st Vice President. 
Mrs. R G. Thwaites, 2nd Vice President 
Mr. Chas. E. Brown, Secretary-treasurer. 
Mr. Thomas R. Moyle, Appleton, Secre¬ 
tary, treasurer, and librarian of chil¬ 
dren’s Department. 
Directors—Dr. J. C. Elsom, Miss Ther¬ 
esa Farill, Mrs. F. J. Turner, Mr. E. G. 
Artzberger, Mr. FredericS. Brandenburg, 
and Mr. A. B. Stout. 
At 8 o’clock Mrs. R. W. Hegner gave 
anillustrated talk on “Some Experiences 
of a Bird Photographer,” both the photo¬ 
graphs and the slides having been made 
bv himself. The evening was a most 
valuable and entertaining one, thoroughly 
enjoyed by all present.— Chas . E. Brown. 
Robin Nest on Wagon Tongue. 
An industrious robin has built a nest 
on the tongue of a big carryall used by 
Lon Fuson, driver of the Center town¬ 
ship consolidated school wagon, in haul¬ 
ing about forty children to and from the 
Center township school, south of Muncie. 
In this nest, which is near the front axle, 
the robin laid her eggs and raised her 
brood. So much confidence has she in 
Mr. F uson that sometimes she does not 
accompany her young on their twice a 
day tours, but allows them to go away 
and return while she industriously grubs 
about for worms. 
When Fuson noticed the bird building 
her nest on the wagon in the early spring 
he thought she would soon realize the 
uncertain character of her surroundings 
and desist, but she failed to do so; and 
patiently continued the work of construc¬ 
tion until the nest was completed. Then 
she laid the eggs and sat on them, hatch¬ 
ing four young robins. The latter do 
not seem to mind being jolted and 
bumped over the uneven highways, but 
this process seems to give them an ab¬ 
normal appetite on their return home.— 
Indianapolis News. 
What the East Wind Brought. 
One gloomy afternoon in December, a 
raw chilly wind was blowing from the east. 
I was sitting by a window in a country 
home when all at once the sky darkened 
more than ever. It was not a cloud that 
overcast the heavens, but a big flock of 
snow buntings. It was a sight never to 
be forgotten. There were not mere hun¬ 
dreds, but thousands of them. They 
lit in a field near by, and acres of the past¬ 
ure were alive with them. After feast¬ 
ing and twittering for a while they again 
took wing and Hew steadily westward. 
An old farmer who witnessed the scene 
prophesied a terrible snowstorm for the 
next day. It was not a snowstorm, but 
a terrific rain which ended up in a sleet 
that coated the trees and ground with a 
sheet of ice. This multitude of snow- 
buntings were evidently aware of the com¬ 
ing storm and were doing their utmost to 
get out of danger’s way.— S. M. Schaefer. 
