Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1910 — PARROT IS GREAT TRAVELER [ARTICLE]

PARROT IS GREAT TRAVELER

Seagoing Polly Has Crossed Ocean Many Times and Is Known to All Captains. New York. —Joe, a gray parrot that first saw the light on the west coast of Africa, has crossed the Atlantic so many times that he is known to nearly every captain in the Cunard service. He arrived here on board the Mauretania, occupying the starboard imperial suite of the steamship with his owner, Albert C. Bostwick, Mr*. Bostwick and her five children were aboard. Fourteen times Joe has crossed the Atlantic, and so has attained the \itle of “the seagoing parrot” Because of his acquaintance with steamship officers he is no stranger to the baptain’a bridge. He can stand on his head, roll over and turn somersaults, besides being able to engage any one in repartee. Mr. Bostwick, together with Artenas Holmes, who also arrived here on board the Mauretania, was a participant recently in tennis tournaments in Italy, where they won the doubles championship. Mr. Bostwick won 13 prizes in France and England.