Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
KEEP TAB ON THE BoARoER.
Garrutous Parrot Causes "a Row 10
Pennsylvania Boarding House.

a Garruious Parrot Causes "a Row Ia :
Pennsylvania boarding House.
A very garrulous parrot is owned bv
a woman who keep boarding house
in the southern part of Scranton, says
the New York sun. During meal
hours the talKative bird is not allowed
to stay i'm the dtning-room. for 10 makes
so much noise That the boarders can't
hear themselves think, much less what
one boarder tries TO say to the others.
So, just before the bell is rung, polls
cage is hung out in the Kitchen, aud.
after the table has been cleared OFF, it
is put back again, Not long ago one
of the young men boarders was unus-
ually late to his dinner. His absence
at the regular meal had not been no.
ticed, aud the mistress of the house,
surprising that all Of ner boarders had
diued, ordered the girl to hang the
parrot in the dining-room. The girl
did So and pretty soon the belated
boarder came IN and told the waiter
girl that he was uncommonly hungry.
He duplicated his first order and took
plenty Of time to eat it, the girl staying
in the kitchen when she wasn't watt
ing on him.
For twenty minutes the parrot kept
as still as mouse. Then it began 20
screech and yell at a great rate, and,
when it had got its voice in good work
ing order it sang out:
John. come here! John, come herei
Fannie, come On upl Fannie, come on
upw
John and Fannie are members OF
the household, and the parrot, after
having yelled their names for a while,
changed the tone of its voice a little,
stuck ITS bill out of the cage, looked
down on the solitary feeder, and went
on in his way:
Say. let up! Say, let upl Stop,
stop, stop, stop, stop, stopl Let up,
let up, let up. let upl Say, let upl
Say, let upl Stop, stop, stop, stop,
stop, stopl Let up, thercl Let up,
therel Stop, stop, stop!'
Poll kept this up for two or three
minutes, and then changed its tone
again and sang out;
Go it, 90 it, 90 it, go 1t, go it!' for
two minute, more, when it gave an
other series OF screeches and yelled:
DO let up, do let up, do let up!
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop" I'M
til it got out of wind.
BY this time the Ooarder was mad.
He called the girl out of the kitchen
and ask d;
"Where is the mislress?'
"Down-stairs, guess
"Wcll, go'n tell her | want to see
her
The girl hurried downstairs, and
presently the laudlady appeared aud
asked the boarder wuat he wanted to
sec her Tor.
How much do owe your" he in
quired.
"Why, you don't owe me for week
yet lam in no hurry for the money. "
"Well. I'm in hurry to pay you
and get out Of here. ! won't stay in
any house where they put a noisy par
rot in the room 10 see how much ! eat,
and then yell at me to stop. | won't
stand it,"
"Why, my dear sir, nobody thought
of such thing, and | hope you don't
think they did had the parrot hung
here because ! thought every body had
been TO dinner.
Il know better. She's been yelling
at me to let up aud TO stop for the last
ten minutes. It's too thin, and I'll
never eat another meal in your house
again.
The lady said all she could to pacify
the angry aud hot-headed b0ardcr, but
she couldn't make hin believe that the
parrot had not been placed there to
watch him, and So she took what he
owed her and let him 90.