The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-03-14

with his black tongue. Mrs. Hardy
likes to have her hair fused with,
and so he has learned to pull her
hairpins out and push them back
again, only al last 10 let her hair
fall down. He is great company,
for he talks softly most Of The time
he is doing ihese things, The talk
goes on as follows:
"MoAer's pretty Jonny, mother
bird. Game audkU3me-t-h e
t h.e-enme. Snake. hands, sweet
bird. @aRm frstly How
40 YOU DIDO you @NOF johnny
Hardy. Mother, scratch my head.
Ma a q, scratch my head"
His way of putting sentences to-
gelher is almost startling, for he
will say to a stranger:
Hello! How do You dol Got
anything TO eat this morning
johnny wants a cracker" Once
when The maId had given him a
piece of bacon, which he liked I'M
mensely. Mrs. Hardy said Why,
YOU mustn't give him anything so
greasy as that johnny cooked
his head 10 one side, but said moth
Inc until the next morning. Then
when the maid appeared he shout
ed:
sHollo! Got anything greasy
this morEingF
Mrs. Jurdan's bird is not aifec-
~tionaie. but 1t is very smart. II
learns all sorts of speeches, good
and bad, and especially bad. HE
reason is that Mrs. Jordan has a
son of about fifteen who teaches
every BIT Of slang he picks up on
the street to Polly. So it i very
amusing to hear Polly talk, and
sometimes rather shocking. One
day a maiden lady called on Mrs.
Jordan and in a little mincing way
said tn Polly:
"Pretly Polly. Why, Polly, Pol
Is want a
"Oh, for Gods sake, don't say
Polly want a cracke,# broke in
the bird.
That ended The conversation.
Polly was shut up III a diIk closet,
As size ALWAYS was when she was
naughty. But it didn't seem to d"
any good, for just as the closet door
was shut, she said, as The boy had
taught her to do under such cir
GumSiauces
.'Ha-ha-ha-ha. Don't y0u think
Unu're smart Oh. mr-y-y.
In a minute NOR her mutled
voice was heard from within say
ing:
"Come off. oh, come Off and
then. in a %erfect scream, Come
o-o-o-f!."
They took her out Of the closet,
and she said :
"Pretty Polly! Loves her moth
er-loves her mother-oh-h-h-h -
johnny Hardy and Polly Jordan
used in warm weather to be set out
on a window sill a number If years
ago, and then the neighbOr5 had
fun. A dialogue was kept by the
birds somewhat in This style;
"Hellow, Johnny Hardy"
GOOD morning
Had a bath tins morning p
Got anything 10 eatP
"Johany wants a cracker"
"Oh, my
"Shut up
Shake hands"
"Don't you think you're smart,
Johnny Hardy!
Scratch my head"
go long,
Mothers pretty bird"
~Ha hal Ha-ha Ha-ha. Ha-
Observation-Disclosures"
1t always put The whole neigh
borhoOd in a roar. But one day
naughty Polly Jordan pat an end
to this sort of Jun. The minister
of the church that stood next door
was a man of strict Calvani>lic
views, of loud voice. of corcible
manner, and was withal thorough
" in earnest in his faith. On a
certain Sunday morning, which
the neighbOrs will not forget, Mr..
Jordon hung Polly out and went
away 10 her own church, further
down town. Polly behaved very
well until the text was given
out in The church. 1t was a warm
day and the windows were all
open, so the emphatic voice Of the
minister was plainly heard as he
said:
"My text. this morning, is as
follows: There is a lake that burn
eth with fire and birthstone. and
all liars shall have their part there
in.,n
Get on to that, Johnny Harry 2"
shouted the parrot at that instant.
A sermon of the most rigorous
character followed, and Polly, with
what seemed TO be almost devilish
instant, Kept up a run of COM
ments:
Go for 'em! Give 'em fits
You're a dandy! Hit 'em agin
Ha-ha-ha-a-a! Knock the slufin'
onl'n 'emi Rats Whoap
What's the matter with Hannah
T-ii-mel Still in the ringl &c
soak your headn
What with the cries Of the chill.
oren who had gathered from the
shaniies that we're then 10 be
found not far away, the voice o.
ne speaker and the pounding O
TIE pulpit Polly sot into a frenzy