The Grenada gazette., 1886-12-11
"Ihe next parrotIh,o,.,

with was gray one. and belo ia"a'a
ana admiral .a! Blank. k We had opa nass,l ID to
and, and Admiral Blank another, 'ap apa 1'ns p =
used to spend his time in , !, anu Poly
perched up in tree, where he w, We, e's'
happy and conversational, md ny vas Very
quite friendly with me- as una a, became
fruits and other delcacies. S"'e hia
.'Now' there was huge n,,,o
ant upward of six feet high, as slp h.s' SEW
"a "a, coal, but great swell, attired re iaes aa, a
in most spotless lily-white dna1. In aNay'
a1., and tall white hat, who was told told .r sT's u
attend TO these garden houses, vi No. %
name too, was White, and ..v,ii hs
WhIte''' might often be heard ss.i, %n'fe!
through the garden in the s,en.'1 suou.ed
tones of Admiral Blank; whom ,,,'aa "r!
would fly, with an obedient start "nl'' ,.
the Kitchen Of the hotel hard by. 11a naa
morning | had seen the Adm;.o, one
off, resplendent in uniform, and ls ,,a''
ne was gone. Twas surprised th' lnsS
fore, to hear "White White :" oan', o,,Is,
in his tone of voice. Sa'e'
Il could not understand It ,.,,
never left the garden since b. WAY nay
away, and had not seen him re,n.u n.u'
Neither could White, He came runn; D1
and perspiring, went to Admiral P,,nE'
house, and then looked about The e,,
den, but could not find him. Tssa t@
supposing he had made mist,Lo 4
returned to the kitchen. But ,ba ~. "
rot gave him no rest. for the man oda'' fr
not tell the parrots voice from tb,, y.
the Admiral
While the writer was in India frtp,,
gave her two young parrots. "Wb1,
| inspected them,' she says, n copl'
hardly believe they were parrots. Tho,
looked like very yellow, ugly, Skim,
frogs, with W hite claws and red ha,t
and not vestige of feather, and nor,
firmly than ever l declined to have an,
thing to say to them. However, tbs,
were put in a basket and fed every tT.
hours on system Of dough. pills nosas
down their tbroats and washed dow,
with water. and, to my disgust | Wa
expected to assist them to these ao
liclous repasts." These parrots we,,
named Torpedo and Whale, and we,.
taken to England "Many tinen
continues the lady, 4 have gone to tn,
kitchen and found it empty of domss.
ties, but the whole floor swarm.ng with
animals-viz: six pugs, father mothe,
and four little ones, one cat and one XII.
ten, a huge Mount St. Bernard dog and,
canary, and among them all, proud,
strutting about. Torpedo and III,
Whale. If Leo, the big dog. was in
front OF the fire, the parrots woua
calmly pinch his toes till he made Place
for them: and the kitten and para,
PLAYED games together, rolling o,e
and over.
whale, among his other accomplish.
ments, possessed love of music, and
whistled just like the canary. He also
greatly enjoyed my music when play.
ed, but he preferred scales and ezer.
clses. his taste being purely classical
Whenever l began the former he wond
climb up my dress on 10 my shoulder,
and there fiutter about just as though
he were taking bath. Then. one BY
one he would abstract my hairpins, til
at last my hair would fall down, andin
that he would plum ge and lathe With
extreme relish. This was an amusemea
he was not often permitted to indulg
in. however.
Another parrot owned by this lad,
was named doctor Johnson because
ike the famous man of the dictionary
ne was fond of tea OF this parrot sh
writes: Il was very busy embroiderins
, curtain soon after we landed. ard Doe
or johnson. willing to be useful as We
Is ornamental. learned how to sew. HI
would st on the side of the woodl
rame, watching the patient needle ;
t stabbed the cloth in and out. Sud
ienly, one day, he made da,h at tb
needle coming through the work, end
pulling it out with a jerk. ran again II
he side of the frame, and this he re
oeated every stitch. with many ;oyou
yamhols among the nlany-eolored wool
md silks - Golden DAYS.