

YeT. 19, 1907.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 637 

lroy it. The ordinary farmer’s boy of to-day 
lly thinks of killing birds that come in his 
whereas it was an almost universal in- 
it of the boy of fifty years ago. 
j|have inserted in another place a history of 
ms Township, Allen county, Bird Protec- 
| Association, and an illustration of the value 
juch organizations and a model to persons 
| may desire to form such an organization 
heir own neighborhood. Wherever such or- 
'zations are formed the hands of the officers 
the law are always upheld and the punish- 
t of violators is an easy matter. 
ly deputies have been doing good work for 
| last two years, largely because of an in- 
lse of experience in handling their work, as 
1 as of enthusiasm in executing their duty. 
jew have been found negligent and unfaith- 
}but the main body of them are uncomplain- 
i and loyal officers. There have been 560 
‘sts made in the last two years, and 480 
rictions, which is a good showing, consider- 
‘the wariness and caution exercised by the 
Jators, who no longer carry on their illegal 
ik openly as in former years. It also speaks 
‘mes for the change in public sentiment in 
\ate where a few years ago it was almost im- 
\ible to obtain a jury that would agree to a 
viction, 
‘4 
‘ SQUIRRELS INVADE EAST SIDE. 
jever before have there been so many squir- 
in Central Park as at present. At a con- 
‘ative estimate there are over 5,000 of the 
} animals within the confines of the park, 
| how many more have broken bounds and 
e temporary homes in the gardens of the 
/1 avenue mansions is a matter of conjecture. 
| certainly their number is legion. Squirrels 
‘iply rapidly, two litters of little ones being 
;d every year, according to Head Keeper 
jder. The question is how to provide for 
> hungry little mouths. 
| one would suggest for one moment that 
+ York’s little pets should be killed off, says 
| Times, but something will have to be done 
ire long to thin them out, and the only thing 
‘lo, so say their lovers in the park, is to 
2 a number of them and introduce them into 
‘other parks of the city. 
jley never go hungry. In the summer visitors 
he park keep them so fat that they find a 
‘-ulty in climbing trees, and being very provi- 
|, the peanuts which they can’t eat they bury 
ithe winter. Of course, when an exceptional 
‘of snow makes the ground too hard for them 
|g then the keepers in the park go about and 
\ibute bushels, of peanuts among them. 
Iscently the spectacle of squirrels running 
it on Third avenue has been seen, and _ all 
gardens of the numerous well-to- do families 
is streets leading off Fifth avenue, between 
ieth street and Eighty-fifth street, wherein 
2 are trees, have their little summer visitors. 
f the approach of winter the squirrels return 
1e park. 
las any one ever seen a squirrel in the park 
| died a natural death? Keeper Snyder con- 
4:d recently that he had not, and so did the 
tr keepers. Of course, once in a while one is 
'd that has been run over by an automobile 
‘-arriage, and sometimes a boy succeeds in 
hg one with a slingshot, but a dead squirrel 
|is almost as much of a rarity as a dead 
key. 
tyuite a number of the squirrels die, ap- 
{ntly from indigestion, caused by a diet of 
{ food like peanuts. So lazy are the little 
ie that they often refuse hickory or other 
shelled nuts, and as their soft food does 
grind their teeth down, these grow so long 
| they become useless. —FEprtor.] 
ee 
; CAUGHT A RIFLE. 
He. WittrAM HeEArpER, of Plymouth, writes 
1e Fishing Gazette: “One of our fishermen, 
WSaturday, while hauling a spiller, which he 
1 laid for conger, was surprised to see the 
+ of a rifle come up in his face. The hook 
I ht in the trigger guard; it was an old breech- 
jer of the Remington type, and although the 
4 is rather worm-eaten and the barrel covered 
" crustacea and barnacles, the hammer and 
1g were perfect.” 


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