Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1886 — Why the Bird Didn’t Sing. [ARTICLE]

Why the Bird Didn’t Sing.

Mrs. Clamwhooper, an elegantly dressed lady, followed by a servant in livery bearing a cage in which there was a green parrot, entered the establishment of a New York bird dealer. "I bought this bird of you six months ago, and he hasn’t spoken a word yet. When I bought him you told me that he would repeat every word he heard,” said the lady, indignantly. “Well, I say so yet. He will repeat every word he hears,” replied the bird dealer, calmly. “But he doesn’t repeat a single word.” “That’s because he can’t hear a single word. He is as deaf as a post. You forgot to ask if he could hear, and T forgot to mention it. My motto is •Honesty is the best policy.’ Morning, ma’am.” Mrs. Clamwhooper left thep’a?e suffering from rage.— Texas Siftings. Prof. Chas. P. Williams, Ph.'D., of Philadelphia, says there is neither morphia, opium noti. minerals in Red Star Cough Cure. Price, twenty-five cents a bottle.