Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-01-01

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Haa tatIne NIn
0oInel soInei for the fniI1 and
Iasf limn. NeniIemtni Ate Ytu al
doncI eoIdi Sold CD Che colonel for
$3.50 If wte 8 eoai price. gentle
men. ondW QJl hare bowl
These woIo the ciosinnwotas II Tie
auctioncsr at ibe sale of natIot ia
the apartments whore The bird had
been q conspicuous figure iof years.
Tie belonged 10 d nan about town
whose estknoWn nnnois Captain.
It seems an onormous SUM 20 be paid
FOR = parrot. but ihis IS no ordinary
bird. aud the purchaser thinks he las
d bargain.
Tho captain has q reputation for
being Of the best entertainers ia
tho city. and + apartments have
been tho scene Of mnuy q mcfIy
gathering Of the good fellows of
his long list Of acquaintance. They
hnve also been tbs rendezvous Qf ni
select coierio who have gathered
many times TO play draw poker The
parrot occupied a prominent place
Ina the caflrO0m. and when q game
was in progress and q player passed
dropped nj be usuuliy gave some
moments to conversation with him,
and 1t IS reasonable 10 believe true
his statement that lie has q vocabu-
larry that is a wonder
S8pe time ago cap announced
. he was going . desert the ranks Of
7 the .un6omesticaied" and JOIN the
ranks Of the benedcts. he also an-
nounced that he would his Old
quarters, and that If any Of the crowd
! whose faces were familiar 80 them
particularly desired any object con-
tanned in the room 10 the way o. @
. memoir on for q moro practical rea-
son he might obtain the same by
! making known his wants. At this
announcement there was o general
! request for the parrot. Everybody
|. wanted him. The requests became
so numerous and decided taat the
{ captain began to get worried. fHe
consulted one of the crowd.
you see, I cunt give him to every
body, and one is as welcome. to him
as another" said the captain.
'fWhy not auction him off, thepf'
y the friend suggested.
"The very thingi" cried the cap
y tain. well do that" Y
, He proceeded to notify the inter.
y ested ones TO the effect that the fol
y lowing Friday the bird would be auc.
toned of. the proceeds Of the sale tC
4 go to liquidate some outstanding IN
4 d~ebtedness for wet goods used in Q
9 recent memorable supper.
The parrot whose name is FalstaiI
sat pompOusly on an elaborate PEREZ
as the crowd assembled. It was The
10 gold end Of what had been q goll
n headed cane. Its ends rested on twC
champagne bottles that sat on {
at champagne cooler, battered and look
ing the worse for wear. Poll was en-
rs gagged IN dissecting an old cham
payne cork when the captain cam
at in at q side door. followed by his col
X ored boy, who took Poll over to thl
lt end Of the room near a statuette o
Venus. The captain then turned
10 from asidoboard, suspiciously wipinl
u his lips, walked over to where Fal
Il staff stood, climbed upon a little DO.
and faced the crowd.
Then the bidding began. Poll chiI
ae ped in his say every now and then
causing outbursts Of merriment AM
ia a more spirited contest for owner
dis ship. Finally, just before the las
bid, when there was q lag in offer,
ne lie shouted:
'e, TITS your ante, colonell' noddin
~ sagely at a fat man whose bank az
count resembles himself. The COLI
-er mel laughed outright. Then be said
~ Il bid 3850p
And he took the bird away.-Cb
cago Tribune.