Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1912 — PARROT WORKS FOR CITY [ARTICLE]

PARROT WORKS FOR CITY

‘Teddy” Bosses the Workmen Who Are Paving an Alley In Chicago. Chicago.—“ Teddy” la a parrot and a "boss" of men. City workmen are paving the alley In the rear of the bird’s home, and they get neither time to loaf nor opportunity to fatten their pay envelopes by making the Job last longer, for "Polly” is constantly on the Job "bossing" the men, except, of course, when "Polly" is talking polities. August T. Reich man n, 3014 Clifton avenue, letter carrier at the Lake View sub-station, is the- owner of •’Teddy" and describes the .martinet hold the bird has on the laborers. “Come on, fellows!" the bird demands. At first the men were mystified, and gaxed wonderingly at “Teddy” when they received the command: “Go to work, now. boys!” “Pollyalias “Teddy.” has a good eye for detail, too, her owner declares. Refchmann is off several hours every afternoon and declares he has come home and found his pet conversing and giving orders like this: "What are

you doing? Stay at it Drop that, yoi boob," and terminating chattering* frequently with, “That’s the boy.” ts> “ Teddy* must be honest,” said fit J. Glackin, secretary of the board of local improvements. “The name does not appear pa the city pay rolL This la one tlme the city gets the best of H.”