The Meeker herald., 1892-07-09
PARALYZED POOR SIS.
THE PARROT WHO OFT MADE
A FEW REMARKS.
One Of the Most Remarkable nirds IN
Record According I" the story
Finally Frightened to
Death by Thunder.

Now YORK sun. 'fnAt b.citihc pcflcct-
ly crazy Whenever n ihundc, storm
rolled up tho Roaring BROOK valley.
We called hcr Sis In teal OF Poll. aud
she got in the habit OF calling my
wife ma and mo pa the same IN the
children did Si-'s cage generally
hung on the vcrandn In warm wealth
cr and tho moment she heard tho
rumble o. distant thunder The would
begin Ia dash against tho side, OF tho
cage and yell; Ma come and get
ms, Ma come aud taIts mo In" or
something similar, Sometime, my
wife was TOO busy 10 bother with Sis
ut the moment and " she neglected
her until tho storm struck the village
Sis would sing out - Lori I'll DO
killed. I'll bo killed Save mt ma
Save me" and keep II up until my
wife took her In and covered up the
cage. II the thunder was uncommon
Is heavy Sis had Ia be taken down
cellar before she would stop her noise
aud get over being frightened. a.
soon u, II stopped numbering 81,
would yc,l to my wife to bring her up
10 where 1t wns ght 1hc fear Of
thunder aud lightning grew on the
bird la spii. Of all We could do and
after awhile We made II practice To
pa, her down cellar whenever we saw
big storm coming. II wa didn't 81,
would l.u nrrN on, and unhappy for
hours aud tho most Vlol-n, clnp- nf.
footed hcr badly even whoa sho wa,
down there
one fall the Eight after the new,
of the presidential election hbd been
received the radical Republican, of
tho village went srounI ani fired "a
cannon In front ~ every house that
belonged Ia ponpcrnt wa, "a
Democrat. aud thuy pat .nn aNir.
charge IN the cannon t'..cn they
reached my house at IL Ia tho evening
~. VA, -oini asleep and WHOM tho
cannon went OF -hr iumblo,i from hrr
perch Strengthened up uni yelled
Thunder aud lish,nins' Ia take
me down cellar oh huw ms head
aches l dat make nny move
toward tho rsgo in,i pretty soon tho
Republican. iirrl she cannon In irolt
of tho next house Thunder 10 the
win,"r!' SIS snns out and followed .,
up by begging my vito 10 put hcr in
tho cellar Tho cannon shortiy
Doomed again. nn tho parro, y.llr
Dprn H. ma' wi.h could go ,o
.lccp" Tho bird seemed Ia have
: IN ado AZ her mind that tho nois-
wasn't real thunder bat I, annoyed
hes 80 much that .ha Jidnt 80 to
sleep uniii a.,ur mhnisht anil she
"a, On her I,orch MI o. tho n.y, day
I rr'u.pd ,o eat ani dian's liter
"A.
atn1t < tho family that day nbo D,
Repaid eau, Of Elmhurst md
! Sis mas, hav. iHson 1, all in for .h.
broke her -ll-neu IN tho -ning b.
-.Yius In Low Tan. "a. though she
an. ,aik.n. IN herself 10 h-li
with tn ksPsbl.esa' and 'hsir be
gun Darn ihrir t'al-. AnI then
.h~ LOOKED dssn ai TO an a.s- |,
| Nili they b. aF,uni tonight pap
told her ihry ~ouidnt aud ~. i'm
tho ilai.,iy tackled her head under her
sins sud wen, To sleep
~. va. sensitive tn oil sorts OF
unpleasant noises HnI shu d.slik-i ,a
hear aus ono ,npnr Ny cousin John
va. por ging Tor tho Hi tho tins aud
/ ffysiueatiy tack mp on the lounge
4 IN III evening lir snprri dreadful.
h. and on- night >i' bristi-i up
! jumped la tho bottom Of her cnga
| iSnkui d"Nn at John aud BEGAN to
scr-cch and .tualL Ii-r noise didn',
F., dis'urb hin ani instead nf waking
up hc .nonid tho harder II. stood II
for minute or aud ihrn .hc
yulirit Shut up John shut up .hut
az .hu, up hu, John cuntinu-d io
.uoF- greatly to the aanuyan Of
tic psrrpt who Immediately sang ou,
.. .hs siormod HrouBi the cage
| Iahu "; up on thai. nos You mako
ny head ache Everybody laughed
~ s.s bu, John kept ON snoring ~
though hr bal siArird IN for tho
nish, and pretty soon Sic sang out g.
nv vito. Ma throw wafer IN his
iacc' Make htm stop his noise ma
| Tho bird had seen my vito sprinkle
water In tho lace. ri tho children
when itcg wouldn't wake Up aud got
ready Tor bod aud .hr though, 'ba, it
would b. good trick to play on
John ~ soon ns John had finished
his nap SIS stuck bcr bill toward him
and saId In an alto tone shame ou
,oit john Don, make that noise
my moro
Tho bufzing 81 spinning wheel
tiso annoyed the parrot My vile
spun ali 81 her stocking yarn IN those
lay. aud whenever .hc broirh, the
whc1l ou, sis would say plcalingiy.
Ma don't star, that thing l'ui IL
, away. ma. and keep u up till my
wife hung her cage In another room.
Then SIS would yell to b. taken back
sad II ms wife humorcd her she would
.crccch and nut,cr aud .uusll every
moman, tina, the wheel wac going.
When tho spinning was done Tor the
LAY Sis settled down In normal con.
, iitinn aud remained .u until some
other noise upset her Every spring
I had man como To- MY place and
saw UP a lot Of corlwood with - horse
power buas saw She fairly hated
The sound Of tho saw and while II was
going she ua- noisy and restless.
Dnc dhy she sang out 10 my wife
Ma 20 out and throw IL In tho we'll.
and lot Of othc- siu1. sis could
,ay scat as plainly a. person and
to ono Of our cats she said IL with so
much force that the cat few from her
presence the instant she heard IL u
dog barkei ut sis she yelled. Get
~, you curl and nov and then she
fooled strange dog. by whis,ling To