Weekly Chemawa American., December 05, 1902, Page 7, Image 6

THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
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THE REDBREAST.
By Ellen DeVanlt, Pupil at East School.
The redbreast or robin redbreast is one
of the raofit common birds in Oregon. Ev
erybody knows him, and loveB him.
The robin in length in from ten to twelve
inches. They have a red breaBt, brownish
gray on the back, white around the eyes,
and the robin belongs tothetbrush family.
Watching and studying the robin, we flud
that he hops most of the time when on the
ground.
The robin likes cherries, fish, worms, cut
worms and many other kinds of worms
and other things to eat.
The robin's gweetiBt song is early in the
morning. Before sunrise, you can hear
them here and there and everywhere with
their songs of welcome or aftflra rain.
Kobiusare very gentle when treated kind.
In the winter when the berrieB are gone,
InseetBare dtad, and the worms hidden
under the hard frozen soil, then the robin
flies for refuge to the habitations of man,
for shelter and food.
It N amusing to see the half trusting,
hull fearful look with which it hops to the
window eiil for lh flt time. After a
while it becomes b ld and tap? at the win
dow, if the expected crainbB were not
thrown out.
Before very long it ventures to enter the
room, and hops about on the table, and
floor, and quite seems to consider as a right
that which was first merely a favor. It
will often come to the house and enter a
r.vona, and it you are very kind and re n tie
to ft, if will light on your hand and booh
try to talk to you. r love the birds and
love to hear them sing, to learn their eonge
and lanaunge. . .
Borne farmers do not like the robins and
before thinking kill them, and By they
do more harm than good, but they are mis
taken. First let us see what they do. They
bring htppineps, Bongs of welcome, worms
frim the ground which harm plants, insects
Trm the trees, a friend to everybody that
ie a friend to them, and many other things
you will see if you watch them, and be
kind and tame them, but you must not
think you can tame them by catching
them. You must be kind an i genile and
feed them, and after a while they will fly
on you.
Now let us see what they barm. There
is not a thing on earth thata little bird
can harm. But they say they take cherries
and berries and many other things. But
they work for the few things they take.
God put the birds on eartb and they must
have something to eat. How unhappy
man would be if it was not for the birds
to sing to him.
If men would only think that the Great
Maker of heaven and earth and all that is
in them has some Importaut work for all
and room, love and kindness for each onel
The robin has bean my subject all tne
while, but I love all kinds of birds and
study their ways.
The robin, with its innocent look when
it first cornea near you., I have a little
friend of a robin. Its name in Dick. I
have not had this little friend very long.
There are many kinds of birds in Ore
gon but not very many that Biayall year.
Most of our birds go south when winter
comes.
The birds like flowers and warm weath
er. Birks like to live neare . people.
People like to live near birds.
Note. The above was written by Ella
Devault, who is living In Salen and attend
ing the public school of the City. It was
clipped from the Statesman.
Washington, Nov. 28. President Roose
velt today received the members of Carlisle
Football team who defeated the George
town University team yesterday. The In
dians were introduced Individually, and
the President hada pleasant word for each,
asking him about his tribe or some famous
Indian Chief. To. one the President re
ferred to the Carlisle-Harvard game. The
Indian, who wan 'a Sioux, said that they
had been defeated 24 to 0. "That was bet
terthan Harvard did with Yale," observed
the President, smiling.