Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1901 — Anomalous. [ARTICLE]

Anomalous.

In Boston I encountered a parrot one day. “Polly wants a cracker!” I observed, thinking nothing. “Your language is extremely anomalous!” replied the bird, severely. “Polly is colonial, while cracker, in the sense of; biscuit, is distinctly post-bellum. Moreover, I am not conscious of wantlag a cracker. I wouldn’t mind a plate of pork-and, however.” The fowl's scholarly dignity was what impressed me particularly.—Detroit Journal.