Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1915 — Intelligence of Birds [ARTICLE]

Intelligence of Birds

“Bur’reds is intilligent,” Mrs. Brannigan observed as she encountered her friend, Mrs. O’Brien. “Ye can tache ’em annything. Me sister has wan as lives in a clock, an’ whin it’s toime to tell th’ toime it comes out an’ says cuckoo as manny toimes as the toime is.” “Thot’s wondherful!” said Mrs. O’Brien. "It is, indade,” said Mr.s Brannigan. “An’ th’ wondherful par-rt of it all is it’s only a wooden bir-red at thot!” — Judge.