The morning call., 1892-09-14
THE PARROT ATE CHAIRS.
But the Cow Preferred a Diet
of Strawberries.
SHOULD GO In THE CIRCUS.
Dangers Of Entrustirg Furnished Houses to
Strangers as Revealed in Case In
Court in This City.

Robinson's circus just now lie the talk OF
the town. but Robinson ought to acquire at
any cost certain parrot and an uncertain
COW. which were in San Benit0 County
when last heard of.
In May, last year, Mr.. and Mrs. James j.
Searles let their house and two acres Of
ground, comprising the Searles rancho. stu
ated near San Juan, in San Benito County,
to Leonard Kieny and Maria TrobOck,
whom they knew as Mr.. and Mrs. Kieny.
1t was a lovely place and Mrs. Trobock
took it specially because she understood 1t
was near Monterey beach. where the gay
and giddy throug is wont to congregate.
They occupied the place from the 9th Of
Nav until the goth of September, and when
the Searles saw the house which they had
left in a sp!ek-and-span condition they
were scaudaliZed.
The fences were torn down. the carpets
were covered with grease, the utensils were
ruined. some hay was gone from the barn
and some chairs were missing.
Mr.. Searles said Mrs. Trobock's parrot
ate the chairs.
He did not see the act. but circnmstantial
evidence, such as the presence Of the par
rot on the chairs, marks OF its bill and the
absence of certain portions OF the uphol-
stery made him positive on the question:.
n
of So, an upholstered chair damaged to the
value of 81 and a wicker chair damaged to
the value of s., and all by Mrs. Tro6ock's
parrot.
The other damages cited were caused, he
said, by Mrs. Trobock, Mr.. Kieny, and the
formers children.
The Searles brought suit in the justices
Court for the amount of the total damage
rated ct S299.
A Judgment was rendered against them,
however, and yesterday the case came up
on appeal in Judge Firms court
Mr. Kieny said there WAS another side to
the question.
How about that COW?
1t appeared that Searles with the house
leased q COW, which was warranted sound
and capable of furnishing the Kiepy-Tro-
book menage with fresh milk and cream and
Point Reyes butter.
But the COW. like the parrot, had secret
bankerines of the kind attributed TO Edgar
Allen Poe and Nine. Blavatsky fer the
strange, unique and unknown.
The unknown was represented by straw
berry patch on the rancho, aud tue obstacles
which usually hedge the unknown were
represented by q stiff baTbwire fence.
II Nine. Blavatsky had been daunted
by obstacles, ut Is Unveiled" would never
have been written.
Anyhow the cow CHANGED ii.
She landed in the unknown patch, and
StrRlgutW6y Q6YOureu all tue plants anu
fruit in sight.
But her cuticle and general health so suf-
feTed from the wire barbs that she gave no
more country milk and cream and the Point
Reyes butter failed.
There was goat about the premises, but
SO far az the record showed lie had not dis
tinguished himself in his omniyolous ca
pacIty.
The main issue lay between the cow and
the parrot.
Mrs TTobock tried to make out that she
was rot liable anyway. as the house was
leased 10 Mr.. King, who was not her hus-
band but her real estate agent.
The Searles attorneys, however, wanted
10 hold Mrs. Trobcck because they said
they knew she had $40, 900 or $50 900, while
the amount Of Mr.. Kings assets was doubt
full.
General Solomon, who appeared for Mrs.
Trobock, was very skeptieal about that
parrot
He referred TO its alleged feat In very
sighting terms, aud even the court sur
missed that chairs were indigestible food for
parrots.
Still. his Honor held that there was no
doubt that certain amount Of damage had
been done, and be accordingly rendered a
judgment for the plaintiffs, assessing the
damages al $780,