Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1881 — A Parrot that had Brea There. [ARTICLE]

A Parrot that had Brea There.

A day or two since two Frenchwomen were paseengent on one of the local trains between Virginia City and Carson. They had with them in a big tin cage a parrot that annoyed everybody with its constant squalling and gabble. Observing the t 'h»t were bestowed upon • thebird, onte of the women pulled down a doth cover that was on the top of the cage. When the extinguisher was dropped upon the bird and it found itself in the dark, it growled out, “That’s smart.” The bind kept quiet for a few minutes, then yelled in its shrillest tones: “Look out, Sarah, he’s going to kiss you I” The conductor, who happened to be in the car, said: “That parrot must be an old traveler on railroads. He seems to think we are passing through a tunnel.”