The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-01-22
An UsAei, Parsst

One Of the f,urishing and happy Csths
lilo congregations OF the city 10 that spirit
uslly cared for by Father Kelley. The
church is located u the stock yards, and
the prizes, is gres, fsvorite with both old
aud younR. He Is a. popular out Of the
pulpi, ~ he 10 in Il, Father Kelly, 20 the
story ruus. hiss . parrot OF which he IL
extremely iouud. II isa very Intelligent
bird; IL decidedly gsrrulous. and, more
over. has the faculty OF always saying the
right thing in the right place. feat that
not oil two legged birds without feathers,
a. Thomas Carlyle calls the human race.
oAn perform.
Father Kelley keeps this bird In bis
study. and many ~ hour Of Incubation
apd labor is broken into by this talkativs
parrot. Not long ago, on one particular
Sunday morning. jast before the begin,
ming OF the Sunday service. the father bsp
peusd TO be very much engrossed with his
work. And ss parrots are sometimes quite
m perverse a. some men and women, II
kept mp . continual jsbbering. much TO
the annoyance OF the priest.
Admonition after admonitiou vas admin
istered, but to no purpose. aud. finally los
ing his patience at the persistent talking
OF Polly. he opened the door OF the cage.
and taking out the bird he soundly boxed
its head. Polly was very crsstfsllen over
this punishment. and for the remainder
OF the time the father remained IN his
s,uly was silent and sulien. by and by
the tssk was over. and the priest entered
tho church by the side door. forgetting 10
close tha door Il bis residence securely.
II swung open again aud remained open,
Polly he'd not been replacod 10 his cage.
aud /, was free 10 do as it pleased,
For little While 1t smused itself climb
ing over the articles OF furniture. aud then
the notion seizad it thst 1t would like 10
follow iu HE steps OF its master. II hop
ped down from the chair TO the floor aud
hen about the room, and gradually made
is way to The door that Father Kelly had
LETT oper. II boppsl out IT the door on
The church steps, md up tho steps IL
jumped and entered Within the portals OF
the sacred edifice. In the church 1t was
4 I'D for q while aud before an aggress
i've movement was decided upon il ppent
some time in an investigation. Soon the
familiar voice OF itS master struck Pollys
ear. Father Kelly could not be vi once
located, bnt the iutellccnt parrot follow
ed the rouDd. and 1. vas not long before
it had bopped abont to q position that
gave il view Of the well known person
delivering the morning sermon from the
pulpit.
With ~ little ado ~ possible il climbed
up into one OF the vacant rear pews. and
when 1t had reached = commanding posi-
iion it sung out with oil the lung power st
its commsnd: God save Irelsndi Long
live Father Kellyl II is needless to re-
mark that the interruption, wholly unex
pected and upjuslifisble, spread consterna
tion for moment among the worshipers.
Father Kelly. however, knew the parrots
voice and knew bis favorite expressions
too we'll to be indignant over the interjec
tion Of those irrelevant remarks. But he
was nearly overcome by the merriment
that WAS naturally caused by Cd apparition
OF thi, kind.