, 1869-03-28

kfrr tur1 ed away; but no sooner had His-
Ma1esty reached the threshold, than the PR.
rot, In peculiarly sweet tenor voice: eon.s
menced hGod save the KING" His As1eFy,
turned, and With baud raj ed to kerp silence
amoug the sttcndsnis, listened fn Eapl -
sea lion 70 the Li1d'a s9Dg, Ehleh Z, nst az 10
large sun Of money for the parrot, but i va
reIdfe ed. Its owner was often in dlmcolnss,
being OF an e1tsavsgant dsposittonI and e.
sorted to the strange expedle0t o. rAanR
money By. pawniuE poor Poll. He alw4ya
redeemed It, however, and IeRAlaed posEs-
eon. It Is ssid when th!s bird died Us : ,ftn y
lsh Museum, while the skeleton Is prescribed
In Tho museum At Oxford
Another H.. nd Of mine possesses parrot
who always dlecrlmInatcs between The sexes
and condition OF lie Of its masters visitors.
II q gentleman comes we'll dressed. ne u IN;
what Swell you ase " Nan old lady, 10.
what 4 fright what q pair OF nut-eraekersM
II = youDK lady, he b. gins to kiss ard londle.
and Says IN mcat soothing tone, us 4hs
not nice! Is she not nice!'' But when 4
clergyman appeazs, he Instantly, IN the esfv.
ct ard uost solemn tones, such ~ torbid! at
the moment, any feeling Of laEity, addresses
him with the words, LET us psy j; let us
pray With pause between the sentenees-
The anecdotes about paEro's Are 50 s1-
tremely nun*roul that It u dliHcult 10 decide
which are the best snd most likely to plcisa
but Ut thr max Of plagiarism Im1st transciibs
the following, which baye LAT ly met with:
=" An American parrot That had been taught
TO- whistle In the way which generally at
trtcss the Dotice Of dogs, was sitting Ia bis
cage one d1y at the shop door, whlstl!uR wilt b
all his might. By chance 4 large dog passed
| ~. The animal. imagining that hs heard
The call ef his msster, tuned suddenly and
ran towards the caEe OF the parrot. This
movement rather alarmed the bird, who IN.
stanfly screamed Gus, Get out, you brute,
which caused the astopished dog to hastily
retreat, isavfbg these in the shop conyulzed
With laughter at the joker
In country town In the centre OF EuRlaud,
before the railway passsd through 1t, ens-
bling the Inhabitants TO reach the metropolis
and seaside places Of amukement, many little
card parties were formed during the winter
evenings An old lady, aged ei,hty-fve tells
e had or OF these Parfios. A parrot which
they had tit only died few yetrs ago, Ger,
tainly Yearly one hundred years old had been
noltily calling tor cake and bnn Ill tea. ire,
and at last settled itself to sleep, II It was
thought: The whist-tables we're placed, aud
| du11nE the game little wss said. Wben the
supper tray arrived, The time came for set.
t1inR the winnings aud losipgs- There wRs a
dispute about some points, and the atakes
being high, one or TWO OF the party lost
,uheI temper: Suddenly they vere as
ton!shed 70 hear the supposed. asleep
parrot exclaim, "Curse your cards, ladles,
| curse your cards." Instantly feeling oj
! awe spr, sd over the party, differences o.
| opinion we're smnothed. and the whole com.
| pnpy parted better friends. Ny aged inform
ant told me that ~ the story spread 1t Be
-came exaggerated j; but, ugvertholeas 1t pro
| duced very beneficial result among, ths
card-playlng community, who ever After oh
served more deco um in their perties. :.
Some Of these anecdotes seem to imply tht
existence of uorc than merely imlta.lvl
expect that my anecdotes are but apeclmen
| of wrll.atteatst facts concerning parrots
L<i,ure Hotkrx.