Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 222, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1917 — MACAW PRIZED FAMILY PCT [ARTICLE]

MACAW PRIZED FAMILY PCT

Crippled Bird Highly Eeteemed by its Owners Despite Unconquerable Propensity for Mischief. An old reader sends the following to the editor of London Tlt-Blts: “We possess a macaw which came to us eight years ago. About four years ago something came along and injured One leg, which since then has been wholly paralyzed and is tucked up under his wing, no use at all to him. About three years ago our pet came in one night with hie eye protruding from its socket After a little careful attention the place healed, but he only possesses one eye and one leg, and Is still going strong. “By the way, I have termed the macaw as he, on account of having christened him Robert; but to our surprise, about six months ago *he’ laid four eggs, but has not laid any since. We do not keep Robert in a cage, as he is thirty-eight Inches long from his beak to bls tail-tip. Robert Is the only pet we possess, and ls mauled and played wlth like a kitten. In the daytime Robert flies away and comes home to roost in the evening. He has most Tovely plumage of azure blue and golden yellow. “Robert Is a great pet of everyone’s, except when he goes out on washing days and starts to take out the clothes pegs at one .end of the line and finishes at the other. Then he gets some blessings, but takes It ali as a Joke, and perches in the nearest and safest place and laughs and talks while the angry women peg on the clothes again.”