Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1911 — LEAVES $3,500 TO PARROT [ARTICLE]

LEAVES $3,500 TO PARROT

Sailor, Who Cured Pet Bird of Bad Habit of Profanity, Wills Money For Its Support. Oklahoma City, Okla.—A will leaving $3,500 for the support and maintenance of a pet parrot has been drawn and witnessed by Thomas Billingsby, a capitalist of this city.’ The parrot is twenty years old. Billlngsby was a sailor many years ago and came into possession of the parrot in Polynesia. When he left the sea he carried the bird with him inland, and succeeded in reforming the bird, which at one time was an expert on profanity. Three men are named in the will as trustees of the fund to be expended in the care of the parrot, and during the bird’s lifetime the money cannot be devoted to any other purpose.