Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1917 — THE ROBINS ARE AGAIN HERE [ARTICLE]

THE ROBINS ARE AGAIN HERE

Wednesday afternoon "the writer • and heard the first robin of the season that has come to 'his notice. There were plenty of witnesses to corroborate this statement, as it ft sometimes necessary to have more than one’s own unsupported word on the early robin question. Bert Overton and Dolph and Edward Day were among those who also saw this harbinger ■of spring. In fact, Dolph, who was topping out a chimney on Park avenue* was the first discoverer of the bird, and he let out a yell that could be heard from one end of the street to the other, and called the otherf’ attention to it. I, But all saw and heard the little redbreast.