Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-09-09

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There - an editor on Harvard
street who never gets homo till Ion :
after midnight. aud ho has neigh.
hor who Is clergyman, pcS~c-srng
q parrot that has voice like Ilan.
lng mill. This parrots cage IL hunl,
out abort daylight, arl ,ast a. the
long suffering editor j. getting ~,
hrst slccp, AMI dreaming shat BE-
has Seoopci oil other papers on .
big Indian battle, thc parrot give. a
war hoop that makes all the win
dows ia the ward rattle. and then
goes Oh into sCrics of shri,ks.
whistles and ycils, enough 10 turn
the milk ont IN Cicero aud set
the teeth al q hand saw on
edge. The Performance lasts ull
about . O'Clock, anil whenever "A
shows only signs Of tagging. the
clergyman comes ont and with an
almond or lump II sugar stimulates
the accur~cd hirl O. ucW ircul.r-.
~ least this l. how thing. used
to he. They are changed now one
evening ia June, when tbe editor
went homo Co druncr, lis wiic sad /:
"l,eorg', ! have -opc news tor
/ you."
"Ah, my love. O. ID exciu>.yes'
"our ucighbors are going away
Cor the -umm r. To Perry springs"
u hope they are going to take
that parrot With them"
NO and what DO You think
Ther Lad the imlui,ucr 10 como
AMI ask lr we would take care Of
the bird Tor them wAlle the, are
gone. bii YOU ever Id ik, Ia
vrng i,s neck tor them while they
are gone"
A smile that wa- horrible 10 see u.
Eliminated the editors face as be
hissed in low, concentrated voice
Ny dear, We should always try
and rcturn good for evil. | will
take care of that bird"
Next day the minister went away.
and the editor set hnneelf a~,iduous.
/ ly % train the parrot in the wav be-
should 20. lie had a room padded
and the walls deadencd. aud he hung
the cage up IN IT, Then be- went
and hired two \. u. T.. neSscngcrS,
and bought horse syringe and
water barrel, and installed the boys
IN charge of the parrot. "My son-,"
he said, little parrots that shouldn't
sing, bat will sing, must BE- made not
TO sing. Whenever that bird lets on
a checp just syringe him with ice
water The boys carried out the
Instructions 80 faithfully that N lc@s
than a week the bIrd was silent ~
the tomb. "Aha, "said the editor.
"his mimi Is now 'tabula rosa and
prepared to receive proper instrlc.
tion. lie must now he taught. and
first ] shall attend to his musical ell
ucation." Accordingly he hired
man from variety show on Canal
street 20 teach that parrot to whistle
all he tPopuiar airs Of the day.
such rs Yum, Yum, Yam," "Saw
My leg or" as was gong over
the hin, ! saw a maid milking a iii
ly goat Then the vocalist taught
that parrot all the cries OF the street
IFeddlers, and how 10 swear in fine
print without the use Of glasses.
"Now,' said the editor, triumph
antly, "if 1 can teach him the value
Of time, | shall be well repaid BY
dint Of Swinging the bird with the
rec water when be offended, and
comforting him with almonds, be re-
duood the bird 10 the status Of a
feathered alarm clock, set to 90 oil
with unorring regularity at 1880 p.
m. and l0.l0 a. an, and warranted
not 10 run down until the whole per-
formanoe had been gone through
with according 10 programme. The
parrots education had cost him a
heap Of money and much trouble,
but be did not regretit.
A week ago yesterday the minis
ter returned On the 1850 p. m. train,
and received has precious bird. TIE
editor went home on the halfpast
10 car, lit his cigar, opened his
window, and with q calm smile OF
expectancy, listened. The clock
had just struck halfpast II, when
there came . yell OF "Flre 7" that