Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-04-11

for puss would reach up and box her
ears with his paw.
At one time they lived in the coun-
try; the 'sPiney Woods" the region
was called. There Polly was allowed
more liberty than in the city; she no
| longer had to break out of her cage
when see wanted exercise and the air
together, but was permitted to go
where she pleased. On several occa-
sions she took full advantage of this
freedom. and her taste for gaining
knowledge led her to go on little ex-
| ploring tours OF her own planning.
Once she was gone some hours, and
her friends became alarmed; they
looked everywhere, but in vain; they
called. with the same result. At last
emily, ''taking her sewing to some
distance from the house, began to sing
some of Polly's songs, waiting be-
tween to listen. By and by she heard
faint voice say, "Pretty Polly"
She called, and presently there was
the culprit, walking very slowly out
of the woods. Polly was tired out,
and had had enough rambles for one
while.
She had some amusing adventures
with the dog and the chickens. Some
times the chickens, as all chickens,
even the best of them, will do, got
into the garden. Whoever Happened
to see one of them there would call,
HJuno, Juno!" and Juno would rush
out and hold it down with her paw
until some one came and returned the
trespasser to the hen-yard. Polly
could initiate voices perfectly, and
nothing pleased her better than to
have a little fun at the dogs expense.
And, although in her haste she would
sometimes call ''Jonu," she was al
ways successful. Juno would groWl
and look very sheepish, when she dis
covered the trick. Polly would laugh
heartily, and always stayed up on her
perch.
When the chickens were fed the
parrot occasionally deigned to mingle
with the common herd" to give the
Door creatures a sight of a real aristo-
crat, and partly, perhaps, because
she recognized them as beings Of her
own race, although Of an inferior or
der. But she was much ruff1ed when
the plebian birds, caring less for ar
istocrats than for cracked corn, even
dared to tumble over her.
After the capture of New Orleans
by the Union troops it was not very
safe so far out in the country for any
secessionists So ''Poly's folkso
moved back to the city.
The house was in a busy street
where the horse cars passed very Of
ten; and every pleasant morning
Polly's cage used to sit on the balcony
where she could see them.
There was something inspiring in the
sight. She would laugh, sing, whistle,
and say everything she knew. Chow
do you do?'' "Good morning." ''Wait
for the wagon she would call out;
and the drivers, and sometimes peo-
pie in the street, especially the school
children, would shout back, Good
morning, Polly" and soon came to
look for her whenever they passed
the house.
Several years later Polly's mistress
moved to more northern State, and
there, as before, Polly had her little
court Of admiring friends.
One of the neighbors had another
parrot which used to call on her, and
she showed herself to be a model
hostess.
But the climate was too severe for
a warm blooded Southerner like her,
and she could not long endure it.
Polly was buried in the front flow
er garden, and all the children came
from the school across the street to
MOURN for the bird that had been their
especial pet.
-'sFor several years." says John Park, OF Bea-
yer Creek, Mimi, ''during the winter, have
been troubled with a painful swelling of the
feet, which physicians claimed was rheumatic
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