Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1911 — PARROT GUARDS A COAL BIN [ARTICLE]

PARROT GUARDS A COAL BIN

Learns Value of Black Diamonds on Chilly Trip North —Grows Morose and Raucoua Boston. —A parrot wan custodian of the Ikarla’s coal hod when that frelgher reached port from South American ports. The parrot looked very cold and had been complaining about the steadily falling temperature ever since the freighter reached port from South had been fastened to the bird’s left leg, the other end of the tether attached to the stove In the Ikarla’s cabin. Somehow, the parrot divined that the black lumps in the coal hod were precious and every time the steward dug Into the receptacle to replenish the fire the parrot shivered and protested at the apparent lack of thrift Ordinarily a soft-voiced creature while In warm latitudes, this parrot grew morose and raucoua at the approach of arctic weather, and nearly went into frenzy at tight of snow. The mocking birds from the Weat Indies also felt the cold. Their cages were suspended from the ceilings, close to the stove. The Ikarla brought 2.006 tons of cargo, mostly hides. Captain Robertson reported an unusual activity erf golf stream currents. During a snowstorm off Nantucket the ship was forced almost 60 miles from her course.