Show REFORMING A PARROT the scheme ue did not work in rn an en allah parish pariah A Pitta Pitts burger who spent a part of last summer in england tells an incident which sadly disturbed the religious peace of a parish in penzance Pen zance A maiden lady of that town owned a parrot which somehow acquired tha disagreeable habit of observing at frequent intervals 1 I wish the old lady would die this annoyed the birds owner who spoke ice to her curate about it 1 I think we can rectify the matter replied the good man 1 I also have a parrot and he is a righteous bird having been brought up in the way he should go I 1 will vill lend you my parrot and I 1 trust his influence will reform that depraved bird of yours the cu rates parrot was placed in the same room with the wicked one and as aa soon as the two birds had become accustomed cust cus tomed orned to each other the bad bird remarked 1 I wish the old lady would die whereupon the clergy mans bird rolled up his eyes and in solemn accents added winve we beseech thee to hoar hear us ug good loidl erdl the story got out in the parish and for several sundays it was necessary to omit the litany at the church services |