Of the voice Mr. A. W. Butler says, "They have a peculiar lisping note, uttered in a monotone varying in pitch. As they sit among the branches of an early Richmond cherry tree in early June, the note seems to be inhaled, and reminds me of a small boy who, when eating juicy fruit, makes a noise by inhalation in endeavoring to prevent the loss of the juice and then exclaims, 'How good!' As the birds start to fly, each repeats the note three or four times. These notes develop into a song as the summer comes on; a lisping, peculiar song that tells that the flocks are resolving into pairs as the duties of the season press upon them." After the pairing season there is a great show of affection between the two birds, which often continues long after the nesting season has closed.
Listen near a grove of elms or maples and you will not fail to hear its song, a some what broken, rambling recitative, which no one has so well described as Wilson Flagg, who calls this bird the preacher, and interprets its notes as "_You see it! You know it! Do you hear me? Do you believe it?_"--_Chapman's Bird-Life._
Apostle of the grove across the way, Surpliced in color of the foliage, I list enchanted to thy sermon-lay, As if it were the wisdom of a sage; "_You see it! You know it! Do you hear me? Do you believe it?_" Ah! thou wouldst quicken memory to-day.
Nor morning's chill, nor noon-tide's languorous heat, Doth hold thy voice in thrall, O, preacher fair; Perched on the greenest bough, thy message sweet Thou pourest out upon the vibrant air, "_You see it! You know it! Do you hear me? Do you believe it?_" Over and over in a swift repeat.
Apostle of the grove! Thy song divine The God of Nature gave thee note by note, To gladder, fuller make the message thine, Rippling in beauty from thy dainty throat. "_You see it! You know it! Do you hear me? Do you believe it?_" Would that apostleship so sweet were mine!
Coffee is a native of Abyssinia, being first used by the natives of the district called Kaffa, whence its name. It is still found wild in parts of Africa.
It was introduced into Arabia in the fifteenth century, and is so well suited to that soil and climate that the Mocha coffee has never been excelled. It became so popular that in 1638 the Mohammedan priests issued an edict against it, as the faithful frequented the coffee shops more than the mosques.