Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-11-13

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Mr.. sIawson j. tbe possessor Of !
cocknloo which i more remarkable Cor
The noise il makes than Cor anything
else Its voice i not exactly like lng-
horn Or tugboal whistle: It Is worse.
Everybody in the neighborhood IS threat
ening 10 file legal papeys for its inme-
date destruction. This i slarminx NJ.
Siawson very much. as he has owned
The bird = long WHILE having made its
acquaintance several years anterior 10
meeting his vile. Consequently, he
| regards The bird with . sort Of senfimen-
lal veneration. and even prefends to ie-
gard It's vocal Iucubrahons with critical
satisfaction.
He was warned by lawyer for the
seventh time that the bird would have
to be brought to an end unless his voice
could be modified. This, Of course,
would be a difficult thing 10 do, as the
voice was full Of diabolical weirdness,
especially when directed against stone
wall on a clear, cold day. Mr.. Slaw-
son is Of the opinion that if that cocka-
too's voice could only be materialized
IL would certainly revoIutionize the rat
tail file market. About week ago Mr..
Slawson thought he would experiment
with the cockatoo and ascertain il its
saw edge couldn't be abated in some
way. At FIRST he was at loss what to
do, but found his way out Of the dilem-
ma by surrounding the cage by Eolian
harps. As soon as the harps were fixed
and the cockaloo let of broadside, Mr..
Slawson was of the opinion that Para
disc was loose on the premises.
Bot the cockatoo dropped and felt
sore at not hearing It's voice reverberate
on the soul Of the average mortal with
its customary weirdness; consequently
Il reached out with its bill and bit off
strings enough TO make an aperture suf-
ficiently large for It's head 20 protrude
through, and let out shrek that broke
a pane of glass and cut in twain a ge-
ranium that was rePosing on the win
dow-silI.
The Eolian harps proving failure,
Mr.. Slawson next put the eockatoo into
The huge furnace in the cellar and locked
the door, thinking perhaps the darkness
might have the Same effect; but IL did
nc good. In the middle Of the night,
when the SlawSons were wrapped in
happy dreams, the cockatoo SET up
long, unearihly yell, which passed up
the pipes and filled all the rooms with
a discord that awakened ell hands and
led them 10 believe the house had been
entoroa Ey bsryslarn The rznss af fte
noise being ascertained, the registers
were Immediately turned of and the
cockaioo's notes wen% out Of the Chin
ney in such volume that the neighbors
were all out with guns to quell the sup
posed riot.
On the following day the bird was ta-
ken from the stove and replaced in his
cage, his head being inserted into tin
pipe forty feet long and running along
the side oil the house, ii being supposed,
as the other end OF the pipe was closed.
that the din would exhaust itself with
out making its Influence felt on the COM
munity; but the cockatoo blew the end
out with a preliminary yell, and sent
succeeding ones through the pipe with
such force that Mr.. Slawson, in walk.
ing before il, had has hat taken Off
After this pipe was secured which
was all full of crooks and-elboWs. Ms.
Slawson. believing that as The birds
voice reached sharp turn il would be
smashed to atoms: but this also failed,
as the pipes only started the horrible in
a serpentine course, from which il
started IRON the end of the pipe like
whirlwind, and worked its way spiral-
ly until il spent ITS force.
Then the cage was raped with a Po-
ker, and the solemn occupant threaten
ed with all sorts of disaster, such as be-
ing drowned. shot and fakeH to church;
but nothing seemed, to produce the de-
sired effect. One day last week one Of
the gIrls by accident repeated line
from one Of DR.. Hollands poems, aud
the bird turned singularly pale. This
happy discovery caused them TO hang
the "Marble Prophecy" where the bird
could see II 10 penetrate him with PRO-
per awe. On the following day he died.