A BIRD CHARMER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 21, 24 January 1880, Page 6

A BIRD CHARMER.

; The following account' of the influence ,of a child over Ibirds reminds iik '.Bfarpngly of "Wendell Homes' remark* ', 0* '.nofd (tf :i '" l Tßlßie'\Veimer/f v iWif6: ; seemed to hare a remarkable influenjcie : , . pyer and sy mpatti^ with suaies. a I ', ',' j iludy >f Vsyfchology' her' Btpry js worth *' plrusar^There reafde's ifa/the; v cinitiy 1 ; ipfißTarriisburg, an ! ! out. bf-the-way place ' in Hane¥ck ' 'coiii'ty, three miles jo „w^fc' o1 Mouni^lancQardila yeryure•;martablel 'child 'only 'five gears' ,old, who ' /Se^mato hkye ihe power of "charming \ :: ;)6irdrat will; '7 TB^inbfherffir^t noticed '' ."thiß Btrange'fasciiiation sh^' poßsesees , f aWiW year; 'ago: Th<p ; lifctle u gi 1 was pliying^outßido' t\xe door-yard ainjong a : , tjeyy qf^no^'biTds/and'.wh^nßh'elßpoke' , ',fd thetn BeV cbine andlifent upl /'; tin y^ita;fch'e utmbst; glee. ; ! On tak--1 •■'_. 'ing' them ,ip t her 'hands and yfchetaj , l the birds, instead of' trying : to ; r^et awajr from their fair captive, jseem- ; <sd to be; highly pleaised] anii i( when t let 'f ' lboße / %qnl& , aWay a 1 sjiprt distance and' immediately fly; to the child again; . ' ; ' She then, took eeveral of them' into the . ' houee ! to 'show her mother, Who, thinking >t« might hurt them, took the ;^ir^B,i»nd put them d^t "of doors', but V'no'Bboney^aß the/ door opened! than Uh the birds flew into the, room arid lit upv 'l on the ; girl's head, and hegfin "to jshirp. ''* The birds remained about the 'premiees :> all the^ winter; flying to the littlia girl "whenever the door Tfas opened, j The parents of this remarkable ehild;became that this '"strange r iiower was an ill omen, .and that much ■'' dreaded visitor, ' Death^ was about to vieit their home. But; death di^ not come, and f during last summer tbe! child h'id ! numerous pets from the birds. The child handles the birds so gently Ihat a' humming bird once iri her \ hand ; "dde'B'notfairto returri.; |This winter a ; lievy of fbir^B hhve kept 'her company, : and oho plays with them for hours at a 1 time. Every morning the birds %to her window, and leave only when the ■-'•' ~' ! san;sinkß : in r r .the west. There, is no:;('thing peculiar about the child's personal appearance except her wonderful jmag- ■ ■ netic eyes, which Bparkle like diamonds. cp: The parents of this little girl are poor, , Ci iau'pewtiti6uis people j and have beien very . ./reticent about the matter until: lately, ; x) fearing some great calamity was about "'■ tolbe'folFJhem/ ; , .;.• "';••;■• : ;.; : '„..'..