Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-08-01
A TALKING
BIRD
q MARJORIE COUCH

n dent beilsre ihet d3ai ieast. no
i ine nuptent fan They have dlnnsr
x apa thaaier parties auG 10 % eiuls
!. an3 danrs the turkey trog and 800 tiHi
nni they donf kn04 what npeerefnpDi
oas fun that doesn't cost anything Is
When ! was between boy and llinn.
StapiaN went on 'nt our old hnme ~
the DAYS when every family contained
from SIX 70 q dozen children, we boys
, aud girls rree ~ together. and every
boy 7yas as eafsfnl o. ~ fbe girls -
he tne ~ bis own sister Turkey
srof Noi much No such dancing
was ever heard Of then But we play
"a iii sorts ~ innocent Jokes On one
another remember one " 'em was
the cream cake racket the cake Being
fuil or COTTON one ~ ne boys once
swallowed one u them cotton une All
rather tlinu acknowledge that bed
heeB sold
fhat was nills Williams re made
% MS miud Tint bed ~ eeen wiih
tie nrl Who uade the cake Corn
f}lHhe aae Mrs 0l.stead hgi cen
knew thar De- w8s iagiag>S9f her, ana
abe was 80 blawed w8fehfai hc could
oai eateh hef 10 waa about that iia3e
thal graree 0lnslead aua Corn ware
getting kiua IL ihiek ard though %
engagement had been announced ga
hY fhe frequent iieaHuarauees ~ ne
lwa 80 mir Aeml gatherings and ether
evidences ~ spoonlng ii WIS pretty
generally nuAefeiooa timi There was a.
he q upieh
une summer afternoon dozen Or
more of Is b,ys and girls were aui 30
pHf luwa piayiHe foguei Fennis had 1
barely come into vogue md they call I
"a & awn tennis nor having the +
r0nfls she's base now Corn Blake 4
and Silly Williams and George 0lm-
sitad were all ~ the pafiy aud we
were having no end 81 good time
Presently Il man came into the grounds
carrying basket A. soon az be
reached Us he took a Parrot out OF the
haskell and asked ns II We would like
10 aev him perform. assuring IN that
he had the most remarkable talking
bird IL The world
"Al right" SAID Biliy williams
ffp ahead with your show
fhs man stood on a short distance
Niih the parrot perened On the fore
singer Of bis lcft hand h
"zis b vefa f0e ladies and gentle !
uea, don yom think SOP said the Han
% The bird
"nullyT was the parrofs iaeoaic re
'ly I
what seu ttlna Of that Young lads q
Iver therof'' g
''Eailyr'
And that gentleman over thereY7 !,
TO Billy Williams whose hair :
vas what We cali auburn =
The sorssl topi" q
"Yes
"Huliyr. !,
We al laughed ~ nllly. who looked !,
hii Disconnected III your bird can't
~ anything but 'nnliy he said to =
sc Snowman. you'd better take hin q
way Youll get nothing for such le
easily performance here il
Jus sou waiia The parrot talk IN
laes tings ~
"teraf' snid the parrot IN a mans =
'scei ~peaf Coral" sharpening It's %
'ak on one Of lts toes. Ia
Every one laughiugly looked NJ Cora hs
% George Uimstead who was stand
( beside her she eolered. white
'oree tried 70 smile hut the result
ls sletly grln
'CoHfe' siop thsse personalities or
aHl 81 here said BILLS Williams ~
NfUly Y ap9H want ap more u ~
fof aiy Fart
GIVE l0e Z kissg sald fhc bird hi IN
gl9s np tbe words With lpt 81 gut nli
RAJ saaa@klue Tile words having FL
90 speken IA mans voice Of
arse they were assumed 70 refer 10 al
'crge Olmstead. who was uasier Ore /,
Shut that on said Williams an
Us lie
The bird taiks what hs Ike the IN.
'ner proie@fed ~iaw cana stop ~.
mr. ~
then the psrrot gave dialogue he
~ea soans man aBd girl va
'rsss sway your arm "Mmxnf
We lust ans kissT' ~Sat~ Just sas
? iistis sevpy ~eeny biz Of oney j
away. yoars mu~-ins nsv hair"
" course George and Cora were sup a.
'ea ~ ~ the pair having this little ear
eussion f'ors stood II till the halr br,
INsiug part came. wbea she turned E
; bottled for the house
Thsf'il ser aaid Williams 70 the 10
'wman ~Yea may 30 And he wa
ifea bli iaso fhe fellows hand low
A8s ess Eefu.ed ~ baying hlred \
maa e eanss WITH hls performing err
rpss tug 81 1o9aius admit Il. No -.
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