Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-11-02
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mon Pleas Court No. 2 Philadelphia,
Tbursday. "Who is that talking 30
loud?"
=" It's parrot, your Honor" said one
Of the tipstAves.
A peep into ,he with ess.room showed
to n News Pa,herer . crowd Of men and
women sitting around on chairs and on
the window stills. while in the centre Of
the room WAS big gray patriot In
cage. The bird had been enjoying her.
self by fqueakiDg and Whaling yam
zoe Dood 10 and Poor Little Butter.
Jup," and otherwise distur bling the
oour..
shut that door," yelled the bird to
tho reporter, % she poked her head oRt
|of the cage.
The latter slipped into the room and
obeyed the order by giving he door .
vigorous slam.
=" What's the matter here, anyway"
WAS inquired.
This thing Is growing monotonous,"
said one OF tue ladies'. have been
here four times In the last three montbs
and 40 has Polly and the rest Of rs,
but they don't call the case up"
" Is the bird under arrests" said the
News man.
"It's my parrot" said Mr. William
Silver, medical electrician, keeper OF =
patent medicine store No. 1913 Poplar
street, com N issioner for DelS ware, jus.
tice Of the peace for fourteen years, for
n,er attorney 1t Law and once . candi.
date for Governor OF the Blue Hens
Chickens"
Yes, yea, yesl" yelled the bird.
Keep quite. said the ext Justice OF
Delaware, - he pleasantly looked
through his gold-riu, med spectacles 10
Polly, who had one leg raised from her
perch and her left eye winking ut the
reporter.
The TALE OF THE PARROT.
"I 30 )tsmb Der, 1884, !" said M. 3 =
yer, " VS. sitting in my Office, go
Vine street, when the door bell rans
and Mrs. jane Harrison, . lady who
fearfully aspirated her HIS, called "
look at some furnished rooms. wh-r
she looked at the cage she said. That's
my parrot. lost her last August.
Poor Polly, poor Polly' she said as sht
looked at the Dtrd. Polly whistled -
her / told her it was my bird, and
that had had it for ears. Shesaid she'o
have that bird II she had To tear the
Office out.
l brought q boarder down stairs t.
prove to her that l owned the bird
years before the time she alleged sh.
had lost 1t. She pitched into tn.
boArder and told him it wasn't So Then
/ ordered her out. On the first OF the
following month (October) she came IN
with man from Magistrate Poles Of
fec and said she wanted the parrot.
She would give $40 for 1t, which amount
she said she hao nd vertised ~ give TOT
Its recovery through the newspapers.
She went up to the cbgo and lsaid,
Polly, Polly opened the cage door
10 let her stroke the bird and warned
ner that 1t acted vicious toward any
person but myself. Polly made 3
dash for her when she put her hand In
the cage and bit her finger. Then !!
laughed.
She had been to the Magistrate.
office for warrant and no sent the man
home with her to nee II IL couldn't Dt
fixed up without legal proceedings. !
exhibited Q receipt for the bird, S25.
paid by me May ~, 1880, 70 Mr.. W. J..
Armstrong. On the 4th OF October sh.
again came in with n Deputy Sheriff,
who said: I'm the Sheriff Of Philadel
Here'sA writ of repleviu. Look a.
my dear Polly said Mrs. Harrison
SEQ 'ow he notices me The bird didn'
even wink 1t her, but was probabl,
waiting TO get another chance NJ he,
finger.
l knew enough about law not u
attempt to treat the writ with contempt,
and as she had brought cage with her
let the bird 60. Then l went 70 m,
attorney, K Cooper Shapley, and
ntered property bond for 500, paid
that amount Of money, which Ia still III
| the hands Of the oOurt, ard began u
tight the writ of replevin. In tn.
feveuing the Shtriff's deputy arrived
back with my bird.
| Polly kissed me add exhibited
signs of pleasure by skipping arouno
the cage aud whistling Yankee
Doodle The woman claimed shat
she brought the bird over from Eng
land. Now, nobody ever heard tell OF
an English parrot whistline Yankee
Doodle, did they?" said DIR. Silver
app ealingly to the News gAtherer.
1.-THE PARROT BECOMES TALKATIvE
just then the door OF the witness
room was again opened and Polly
screAmtu Come In, come In qulCB ,
quick" The colored man who peered
In looked frightened. shut the door
quick and skipped down stairs int
Sixth street, four steps at . time, Will
the waiting witnessesburst oatlaughing.
When order was restored. Polly agan
burst out with How do you do 2
What do you want?" in measured ca
dence, and sounding for all the worlo
like n human baiug.
That's what shs says to nearly
every body who comes 10 my store" sale
DIR Silver, proudly.
Does the bird ever aay cass worde?'
queried the News gatherer.
Yes, and I'm Trying to break hei
of 1t. When she gets excited she will
yell ont, Go to D.; you're liar,
/ and expressions of that kind"
The witnesses waited until O'Clock
but the case WAS not reached. and tn,
wonderful bird and its owner, togethe
with the eleven witnesses, were told t,
come again to-day.
The oase was called up on Saturday
and was decided in favor of Mr.. Sill
yer.
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