Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-22

ordinary huency in its conversation and va
riety Of expressions. AS soon as its own
er opens the door of the room in which it
| is usually kept, i'll o most natural voice it
eXclaims:
"Pa, dear, come and kiss your pretty
green beauty y riff its master knocks at
tie door, it Immediately shouts, "Come in,
pa, and give US kiss, and thousand
more" This done, the parrot shouts, "Hip,
hip, hip, hurrah! Three cheers for the
Queen;" and instantly begins to dance to
the tune, "Poly put the kettle on, and we'll
all have tea," repeating, or rather singing
the words perfectly. Again, she frequently
says, "Let the dear waiter bring pretty Pol
ly pot of beer, for she really wants her
dinner" and numbers Of similar observa-
tions, such as Who'll give thirty guineas
for the pretty green beauty; then she will
ride in her carriage, the dear?" or again,
80, you cookey rough, why did you promise
to marry me, and didn'tW
This bird is most af3ectionate, and never
allows its master to leave the room without,
giving it kiss or shaking its foot. 1t has
a lovely green plumage and belongs to that
variety which is not commonly supposed TO
talk, namely, the pasakeets, but it is said
when they do talk they excel all the rest Of
the tribe.
My brother-in-law, captain Of large
sailing vessel, which frequently touched at
the ports on the western coast of Africa,
at different times possessed two gray parrots,
one of which, from having had some hot
water thrown on its head accidentally, lost
all its feathers permanently. Being fire.
quently asked what was the cause of his
strange bald pate, he used to reply, 81 was
scalded," but whenever he saw an old gen
teman passing by in the street, or enter
into the room, he would be sure to shout
out, with a correct changing of the gram
mar, "You have been scalded,' and then
turning to the company, he would add,
"He's been scalded."
Another Of his parrots had been brought
up by one Of the sailors, but unfortunately
had been taught to swear in most horrible
manner. My brother-inlaw had him duck
ed in the water well whenever he heard him
swear. This tended to cure him of the
habit; but one day man was washed over
board, and upon the body being recovered
and placed on the deck, the parrot hoped
dIOuHd ~ oeftidi tlihco, oHahluS It's hchu
from side to side gravely, and saying,
"You've been swearing, you've been swear
ing"
This reminds me of what once occurred
in clergyman's family. The bishop of
the diocese had been holding a confrma-
ton in the neighborhood, and was lunching
at rectory with several Of his clergy. In
the middle of the lunch, one of those
dreadful pauses in the conversation took
place. No one seemed able to break it,
| when, to the astonishment and dismay of
all present, nest horrible swearing
tongue poured forth a torrent of blasphemy
and abuse upon the assembled guests.
Every one looked aghast at these unu-
sual sounds, and for a minute or two the
cursing and swearing continued uninter-
rupted for, though every one | oked at
his neighbor, the mystery was not cleared
until the hostess, hastily rising from the
table and drawing aside a muslin curtain
from the window, discovered the offender
in the person of gray parrot, whom that
morning she had purchased at the door
from travelling bird dealer, and thinking
to show off her new acquisition, had hung
in the room