The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-08-18
AN uSREGENTRATE POLLY.
10 Does Nothin. But Swear and Will Not
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That's the wickeIest polly in New
York." said the keeper of Rowarv oird
: o-c TO q New York Worlt Exporter,
meanwhile pointing to an old g~ey par-ot
that was Ting in his ccre witt his head
cooked on one side listening. He blink.
ca his eyes knowingly, and gave the harsh
sA lex of his kIDk in t. dent approval
ana complete sl,isfacMon OF his wicked
NESS. II bought him in saloon on Sta
street in Chicago ana can't sell h..
You see he don't do nuv hing but svcr :.
As if to sustain his re alton the parrot
burst forth into a tJr:ent OF he most
vigorous oaths. Then he relapsed into
profound silence holding his head on one
side as 1t waiting for applause.
II sold him TO Sixth avenue bar
keeper on condition that he could re- Urn
him in week if he did rot liks him The
parrot cane back next day. JIM call
him swearing Jlm-didn't like the place.
so he sat up all day long damning the
lunch, the whiskey aad the barkeeper,
lie swore at the Gus omers, and kept ND
such storm OF oaths that it scared out
all the Customers out of the house. Next
| sold him on trial to gambler who WAS
A"AtA 'A% lSnNA Aobul aoHI TOWN.. ne
gambler sat in tine game himself that
night and hung Jims cage up behind
him. The rattle of the chipgs annoyed
Jim Keeping him from steep, and the
gambler says he never stopped swearing
all night. Wnen Jim gets very mad be
says: BLAST your heartr' Ee kept
'eechIug that out every mi" e that
night and between times got IN - regu.
n = na haf l.
$SC0 He brought Jim back and said he
worl"n't take him as u gift. haven't
sold him again"
During the recital of this story Jim
kept nooding his gray Old head and blink
ing MS wicked eyes i'll perfec' coufirma.
tion. Whom his owner ceased talking
jim made some remarks in general way
ABOUT mis- soul and its probable destina.
zion, and then became silent save an oc.
opal noarse screech.
Il believe he's unlucky," the man went
on, 'ano I'm getting afraid of him. |
believe sometimes that he is devil. He
never says good word and | can never
teach him one. But let anyone use a
strange oath in his presence aud he cocks
up MS heau and fires it back at him.
Spaniard was in here yesterday, and
c"oS GU Jun III . pSnlsn. his Ola eyes
lighted up, ana he seemed to know lie was
hearing some strange, new wickedness.
He jest rolled it around in his mouth and
Kept repeating 1T again and again. He
was happy all day. He was happy ell
day, anu whenever any body came iu, he
would espec ally delight to swear at them
with his new oath. He likes to startie
ladies'. Last week lady got out of her
ce rage and came in 10 look at some
cara 'es. When ladies come in | always
take Jim ont, but this moeairg | forgot
1t. When the ladies were looking at the
| suddenly heard volley OF
or MS and | looked arouud. Thee was
j lm looking like devil, his neck stretch
ed ont and his eyes snapping, swearing
his very "o st. He knew lhe lady woula
be fiji htaneo. and SO she was She ran
out of the shop and Jlm swore till the
carriage drove away. Nv wife is Il
chm ch worker aud her paste: comes here
to - 8 very frequently. The sight OF
preacher sets Jan az. He almost
frothes at the mouth. We have to hide
him when the preacher comes"