Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1918 — PARROT SQUAWKS “OH, BOY" [ARTICLE]

PARROT SQUAWKS “OH, BOY"

Clever Magistrate Decides Ownership of Bird Claimed by Two ' Women. New York. —There was a “bird of a case” before Magistrate Mancuso recently. Mrs. Mary Board had summoned Mrs. Julia Lutman to court, claiming the latter had in her possessslon ohe fine big green parrot which she alleged belonged to her. “Suppose both you ladies show just how well this bird does know you,” suggested the magistrate. Whereupon the parrot in a big gilt cage was placed on a table before the judge. “Say ‘Oh, boy!’” directed Mrs. Board. “Oh, boy! Oh, boy!” squawked the witness, parrotlike. “Say ‘papa and mamma.*” ordered Mrs. Lutman. Polly was strangely qqjet “It seems to be Mrs. Board’s bird,” said the magistrate, whereupon he directed Mrs. Board to pay Mrs. Lutman the $3.50 the latter claimed to have paid for the cage, after which she was permitted to depart with her pet.