Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-03
BURIAL OF A PARROT
WHOLESALE MOURNING OVER A
MUCH LOVED HOUSEHOLD PET

Ih~ Unfortunate Creature said "ny ny.
Lora. Dy n.y." and Yielded Up tho
Ghost-Ihe Funeral Was Large ono
aud the Furnishings Were Gorgeous.
There was n strange scene in Noe
Valley, away out Castro street on Thurs.
day, and those who witnessed II will not
toon tire talking Of Il. To most Of those
who took part in Il the occasion was
iraugnt with more Of curiosity than Of
deeper interest, hut It was not 30 with
all. In a little front parlor Mt max
Castro street stands big empty bird.
cage. Rising from the top of the cage
n staff on which % tlag, hoistcd half mast
high, tells the visitor that the one time
occupan, is dead. All around the little
doorway whore sho iluttered in and out
bits OF black and white still further
emphasize the fatal fact, and bouquets
of flowers fitted into feeding and drink
ing cups and hanging from the swinging
perch whore Polly used 10 swing are
tokens TO her memory.
10 was only q parrot, this recent
dwellcr within those walls of wire. but
seldom has u bird left more SINGER,
iHouruors behind It, aud many man or
woman would ho proud to think that
such AN elaborate funeral was In store
for him or her. Less than two years
ago thus poor parrot was matched ont IN
the wilderness of Panama. John Strau-
Afghan, an honest sailor lad, came into
possession of the bird ON one of his coast
wise trips aud brought II 70 his unrlcs
home In Noe Valley. just ono year ugo
Il was presented TO Mr.. and Mrs. Au-
gustus Tachc, aud in their pretty little
home on Castro street tho bird really
began to 1.-Two the life that has now 40
suddenly ended. The parrots name was
Loretta, but owing TO tho difficulty par.
rots lind Ia pronouncing the letter 4 she
called herself Loa, and those who
know her and loved her learned to ac-
cept tho Authorization. Lora was the
pct Of the entire noighborhood, but she
was the apple of Mrs. Tacho's eye
There were tears In both OF Mrs.
Tachcs eyes last evening as she related
stories illustrating tho genius and nc.
complishmcnts Of poor Lora, In np-
poarlnco the bird had been quito Ike
any other grcon parrot with gold trim.
mings, Her sizo was roughly but kindly
stated by Mr. Tachc, who Is a carpenter.
"She just fitted into box ~ by 3
inches, suid he. And there stood tho
box ON pedestal Just In front of the
empty cottage II was q dainty box,
more like young lady's glove box than
u coffin, covered with blue silk and linol
with tho sano in quilted squares No,
IN ii poor Lora had boon laid ont. BY
the hlken handles on either side the
| pallbearers had carried il to the grave
side, and there in the darkOnod parlnr
II now stands with the other evidences
Of womans strange devotion to the
memory Of dead bird
Tho lessons that Lorl learned IN her
home ON Castro street seem all to have
been good ones, She coulduot only tall,
aud whistle like other parrots, but ~ q
singer she had an cnyiable record. He
singing of tho chorus OF "Au,d Lam.
Syue' Is tnid 10 have made many of the
residents OF Noe Valley weep copiuusly.
and Mrs. Tlcho herself was very much
overcome last evening in ondeayoring to
give the reporter an idea Of Loru's rem.
dition Of amid the Raging Of Sea .
"She had u sweet and lovely voice, said
this fond mistress Of pretty pot, but
Mr., Tachc did not seem TO agree with
her There was also slight difference
OF opinion as TO the cause of Loras de.
false. Both agreed that the parrot died
| Of cholera murbus, hut Mrs Tpghp dc.
clarcd that the disease was due 20 Mr..
Tacho feeding the bird ON watermelon,
while the latter contondod that death
had been due to too freqent bathing at
the hands Of Mrs. Tacho.
| Whatever the cause, poor Lora vas