The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18

A Bird of Correct Habits and Linguistic At.
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tainments Dies ola Hemorrhage.
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Judah was parrot, and such a parrot
but Heaven rest his soul, for now he is dead
dead at the ripe old age of three score and
ten plus Eve. Judah was most remarka-
bic bird, and recital of his many noble
! qualities might set many a worthy man TO
thinking. His code of morals was such that
none could afford to despise them, and were
honored by him in their observance. In
deed. il is related Of him that he never
oyerstepped the bounds of the strict
est propriety but once during his
| lengthend career, and then not without
cause, as an interminable rainy spell had so
disturbed his usual equanimity of mind,
that. becoming thoroughly disguised with
| the moist condition Of the atmosphere, he
ruffied his feathers in an angry fashion and
exclaimed: Damn it all" but to be can
did about the matter, his mistress declares
! that to this day she il not thoroughly salts
| fed that he did not say, ut is damp and
cold" However, it was determined not to
allow him the benefit of the doubt, and
poor Judah was whipped. Yes, sir, We hedt
| him right straight mp and hpt him., said
Mr.. Judah, his master, and, be il related to
his credit, he never swore again. What
| noble example is thus furnished by this
poor bird for that host of blaspbemers who
swear most outrageously from day to day,
and would probably continue to swear
though they should be whipped again.
! This bird of all birds was the property of
Mr. ]. Judah, the barbar, OF East Sixth
street, and like his master, was known to all
the city and half the suburbs, and many
were the distinguished citizens who called
from day to day to hear poor Judah, the
parrot, we mean, discourse upon the vir-
tues of hair tonic and cocoaHut soap-these
| little impromptu speeches, in keeping with
| A. -. 81 -. 4.
| livered in three several languages-German
English, and Spanish. But poor judah is
no more His spirit has winged its flight to
that more congenial cline where parrots
cease from troubling, while his body, in
cased in a neat wooden box, lies buried
meath the grape vines in the backyard of
| the barber shop.
.'Why didn't / stuff himg' said Mr..
Judah. in answer to question from the
scribe, 'Oh, Mrs Judah would haf cried if
| he vas stuffed. Oh, no; my wife would not
hat him stuffed; but hat kept me de fed
ders from his tail, and the disciple of Fa-
Der was Immediately made the proud pos
SCISSOR of a plume from the lamented
Judah's caudal appendage. This bird was
originally br, ught to this city from Mexico
some forty years ago by a lady whose name
has not been handed down in the annals of
the times, he having become complete
master of the language, both walking and
talking Spanish, if the reports may be be-
| lieved, before leaving that country. After
remaining in this city sufficient length of
| time 10 complete his knowledge of English,
according to Pineo's most approved method,
he was next car. led 10 Europe by his
wealthy mistress and learned German at
either Heidelberg or Stuttgart, but upon
this point again the chronicles are some
what indefinite. Returning to this country
his mistress, by a reverse of fortune, found
| herself somewhat impoverished, and TO bet
| ter the state of her eXchequer she visited
her uncle and poor Judah was hypothecat-
ed, so to speak, or to put itmore plainly,
soaked for the paltry sum OF $50.
In this manner Mr.. b. Frank, the noto-
rious pawnbroker became the possessor of
the bird. Judah remained in the Frank
mansion for some fifteen years, or there
abouts but upon the death of Mrs. Il. Frank
mourned so unconsolably that he was bar
tered for the consideration of $35 to his late
owner, Mr.. ]. Judah. With him he re-
manned until the day of his death, which
occurred Wednesday, Y II, at 9 O'Clock
| p. m. "He vas in the best of spirits" said
Mr.. Judah Judah, "until about g o'clock in
de evening, singing so sweet, leetle tunes
| from de Daughter of de Regiment, and visit
ling sometimes to de boys; but at O'Clock.
ven goes to gif him some supper, de blood
| coined rushing from his mouth and he falls
| over dead" so that il will be seen that Jul
dab died Of severe hemOrrhage brought on
by over exertion of his vocal or
| gans. Many touching little anec-
dotes are related of Judah. His
mistress kept large box in a dark corner of
the cellar, and when his birdship became
unruly he was thrust into this rudely ex-
temporized dungeon. He became so famil
lar with this mode of punishment at the
last that il was only necessary to show him
the box, when he would Immediately ex-
claim, Polly don't like it, Polly don't like
it," and would at once become very tractable
from that out. When singing he always
marked time with his foot and changed his
tune to a whistle instantly when asked. He
had become so accustomed to travel in his
younger days, that when it was found nee
essary to carry his cage from one place to
another, he would call out, $50 on the rail
road, ha, ha!"
He was by nature very sympathetic, and
| when he observed his mistress, who was sub
ject to headache, with bandage on her
brow, he would Immediately set up a loud
crying. He called for his meals first in En-
glish, and if not supplied at once, repeated
his request in German. All in all Judah
was a most remarkable bird, and We shall
probably never look upon his like again.
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