Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1904 — FEASTED ON SPARROWS. [ARTICLE]

FEASTED ON SPARROWS.

A Diet That Did Not Agree With the Crane. “Some time ago I had occasion to observe an Interesting change in the habits and temperament of a crane which had been picked up in the swamps of Arkansas,” said a gentleman from one of the towns on the Mississippi river, ‘“aiuj the change was startling too. The crane was placed In a small parly which was literally filled with English spDF- . rows. These pests did not like the viaItof from the lowlands, and they made assaults on the poor bird. The „ "’•etty fowl, long, slender, pure white and with - he Bt «t®ly stride of a tragedian. The sparrows T ouia B J S ' tematically swoop down on the CraH e In droves, and the attacks were fiefCS and vicious.