Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-05-15

in the house Of rope maker, opposite
20 that Of the butcher, took upon her
self the chastisement of the unnatural
mother. 1t continually repeated the
cries which the poor child uttered when
he saw his mother rush at him with the
rod in her hand. what for? What
for?' This phrase was uttered by the
bird with such doleful and supplicating
accents that the indignant passers-by
entered unexpectedly into the shop and
reproached the rope-maker for his bar
4 barity. He justified himself by showing
his parrot and relating the history of his
neighbours child. After some months
the woman, pursued by the accusing
phrase and the murmurs of public
opinion, was obliged to sell her business
and leave the village" So, with all
their noise and mischeivous habits, they
are sometimes productive Of good.
King Henry possessed a "right
royal" parrot in more senses than one
1t spoke long sentences of Latin and
Greek, swore a little in French, and
was great admirer of drinking
songs" of which it knew score. It
was invariably kept in large room of
the palace, bordering on the Thames,
and one day when taking the air and
bird 's-eye view" of the river, it fell
over into the water, and as soon as she
could get tongue she screamed out in a
loud voice, "A boat, boat! Twenty
pounds to save mel'' A boatman i'm
mediately dove into the water, and was
astonished at finding, instead of man,
hn Ia inn 10 L.,
ashore, carried her to the King, and
claimed the money the bird had offered,
which was readily given him. 1t is also
related of this bird that as an extremely
young and modest nobleman was adj
dressing the King, she screamed out,
Z" See the fool bush!" and so disturbed
the young orator that he was forced to
retire in confusion.
ave have seen a parrot" SAYS
Button, (which had grown old with his
master and partaken with him the
infirmities of age. Accustomed to
hear little more than the words, 'I'm
ill., when asked, How are you, Poll;
how are you?' it replied in doleful
tones, Il am ill., stretching itself on
the hearth" The same author says:
"a parrot from Guinea, being taught
on the journey by an old sailor, learned
his voice and cough so perfectly that
they could not be mistaken. Although
it had been given Immediately to
young person, and heard only his voice,
it did not forget the lesson of its former
master, and nothing was so agreeable
as to hear it pass from a sweet and
1oaa nf 10 al ~
cough of early times" We have heard
of parrot that was owned by a keeper
of a glass shop, and when he or any
one happened to drop any thing, it cried
out in tones of great rage and anger,
Awkward brute! He never does any
thing else" 1t had probably caught
up the expression and tone that had been
thrown at some unlucky clerk in for
mer house, and used it to great advan-
tage. Levaillant saw parrot turn
over on its back, clasp its claws in an
attitude of supplication, and repeat the
Lords Prayer without single mistake;
and De La Borde relates that he saw a
parrot take the place of chaplain on
board ship. She stood up, and in de-
cidedly ministerial style-or style COM
mon to many ministers - recited the
prayer to the crew.
A curious circumstance is told of a
couple OF parrots in London, who were
owned by shop-keeper; these proved
of much annoyance to the neighbors. |
One bird was green, the other gray. |
The green parrot had been taught to |
answer whenever he heard knock at
the street door; the gray whenever
there was a ring at the bell. They only |
knew two short phrases, but they spoke |
very distinctly. The house had a pro-
jecting, old-fashioned front, so that the |
lower door could not be seen from the |
sidewalk on the same side Of the way.
One day, when left at home alone, they